I. Introduction

　阅读"His Dark Materials", 理解大意，完成P15的问题。

II．Reading and Vocabulary

1. 阅读课文，完成教材P16~17的习题。

2. 再读课文，弄懂下列句子。

1）It looked as if someone had cut a patch out of the air，about two metres from the edge of the road，...

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 这是一个_________句，as if引导__________从句。

(1) as if引导从句时，通常用虚拟语气，表示与事实不符。如果与现在的事实相反，谓语用did或were；如果与过去的事实相反，用过去完成时；也可用陈述语气。

　　He treats me as if I were a stranger. 他待我有如陌生人。

　　He behaved as if nothing had happened. 他表现得若无其事。

　　She looks as if she is going to cry. 她看起来似乎要哭了。

(2) as if后接省略语：as if＋doing / to do / done / adj.

She opened her mouth as if to say something. 她张开嘴，像要说什么似的。

He stood up as if to leave. 他站起来似乎要离开。

2) Of course, every cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing to turn for home that tears scalded his eyes.

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本句是由 ______ 连接的__________句。后一分句使用了such... that ... 句式。

3) Then she leapt backwards, back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly.

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本句中back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly 是名词的独立主格结构，即名词后接现在分词，过去分词，不定式，形容词，副词，介词短语。独立主格结构通常在句中做状语，可以表示原因，条件，伴随状况等。

例如：The teacher came in, book in hand.

Work finished, they went home.

3. 知识点学习

1） hold out 伸出 The lady held out her hand to him.

hold back 退缩；阻止 hold on (to) 抓住；坚持