1.[教材原句]They may be many kilometres long with plastic balls to keep them floating on the water, and weights to hold them down on the seabed.
它们或许有数千米长,且带有塑料球以让它们一直漂在水面上,也带有一些重物以让它们垂到海床上。
[句型点拨]句中使用了"keep+宾语+宾补"结构,keep意为"使......处于某种状态"。
[佳句赏析]In our daily life, we must keep ourselves away from danger.
日常生活中,我们必须使自己远离危险。
2.[教材原句]I'm sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and reflecting on the day - a day of pure magic!
我坐在温暖的夜空下,手里拿着一瓶冷饮,回忆着当天的事情--这是神奇的一天!
[句型点拨]with复合结构,在此处作状语。
[佳句赏析] (2014·天津高考写作)With the climate changing, you should prepare enough clothes.
由于气候变化,你应该准备足够的衣服。
3.[教材原句]Then there were two grey reef sharks, each about one and a half metres long, which suddenly appeared from behind some coral.
然后,还有两条灰色的珊瑚鲨,每条大约有1.5米长,突然从珊瑚礁后边游了出来。
[句型点拨]独立主格结构。
[佳句赏析]Class over, the students went out of the class room.
课堂结束了,学生们走出了教室。
4.[教材原句]The water was quite shallow but where the reef ended, there was a steep drop to the sandy ocean floor.
海水是浅的,但是到了珊瑚礁的尽头,就有一个陡坡,一直下降到满是沙子的海底。
[句型点拨]句型where ...,there be ...表示"在有......的地方,就有......"。
[佳句赏析]Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
A NEW DIMENSION OF LIFE
19th January
I'm sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and reflecting on the day - a day of pure magic! I went snorkelling on the reef offshore this morning and it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Seeing such extraordinary beauty, I think every cell in my body