The length of time her family hid away The time they started to hide Answers: 1. Her diary―Kitty 2. During World War II.

Netherlands Anne Frank her diary-Kitty over two years July 1944

3. Read the passage and finish Comprehending Exercise 1 on Page 3 of your textbook.

Step 2: Read the passage again and finish Comprehending Exercise 2 on Page 3 of your textbook. Write your answers to the questions below:

1. __________________________________________（within 5 words）

2. ____________________________________________________ ( within 10 words)

3. ____________________________________________________________ ( within 15 words)

4.____________________________________________________________ ( within 15 words)

Answers:1. Nearly 25 months. 2. She felt nothing special about it. / She paid little attention to it. She didn't find anything interesting about it.... 3. Because she hadn't been able to be outdoors for over 2 years. 4. Because she believed nature is one thing that must be experienced. / Because you can only enjoy nature by experiencing it. / Because you cannot possibly enjoy nature without actually living with it.

疑难破解： 1. I wonder if it's because I haven't been able to be outdoors for so long that I've grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.

本句的主干是I wonder if...(主语+谓语+宾语从句), if引导的宾语从句中是一个强调句型：it is + 被强调成分 + that...。(have) to do with意为与......有关。全句意为：

我不知道这是否因为我长久无法出门的缘故，才变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂热。

2. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.

3. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I'd seen the night face to face...

4. It's no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.

Task 4: Try to solve any other problem you may have by discussing it with your classmates or consulting your teacher. Make sure you understand everything in the text.

● Homework：1. Read the text and try to retell it in your own words.

2. Try to recite the 4 difficult sentences above.