A wet night 雨夜
【課文】
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!
【課文翻譯】
傍晚時分，孩子們在田野中央搭起了帳篷。這件事剛剛做完，他們就在篝火上燒起了飯。他們?nèi)拣I了，飯菜散發(fā)出陣陣香味。他們美美地吃了一頓飯后，就圍在營火旁講起了故事，唱起了歌。但過了一陣子。天下起雨來，孩子們覺得累了，于是他們撲滅了篝火，鉆進了帳篷。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他們都睡得很香。午夜前后，有兩個孩子醒了，大聲叫了起來。原來帳篷里到處都是水!他們?nèi)继鏊�，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)地上已經(jīng)形成了一條小溪。那小溪彎彎曲曲穿過田野，然后正好從他們的帳篷底下流過去。
【生詞和短語】
tent n. 帳篷
field n. 田地，田野
smell v. 聞起來
wonderful adj. 極好的
campfire n. 營火，篝火
creep v. 爬行
sleeping bag 睡袋
comfortable adj. 舒適的，安逸的
soundly adv. 香甜地
leap v. 跳躍，跳起
heavily adv. 大量地
stream n. 小溪
form v. 形成
wind v. 蜿蜒
rightadv. 正好
【知識點講解】
1 put up：支起，搭建
Tom put his lunch up in a bag.
湯姆將午飯裝進了包里。
相關(guān)短語：put up with 忍受, 容忍 put trust in 對 ... 信任 put out 熄滅 put to use 投入使用, 利用
We have to put up with her bad temper.
我們只得忍受她的壞脾氣。
I don't trust those slick salesmen.
我不信任那些油嘴滑舌的推銷員。
2 As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.
這件事剛剛做完，他們就在篝火上燒起了飯。
本句中，as soon as表示“一……就”，形容前后兩個動作連接之緊密。同樣表達類似詞意的詞還有：immediately
I came immediately I heard the news.
我一聽到這個消息,馬上就來了。
3 After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.
他們美美地吃了一頓飯后，就圍在營火旁講起了故事，唱起了歌。
本句中by做介詞使用，表示在……附近，靠近，通過。
The house by the lake is a restaurant.
湖邊的那座房子是家飯店。
與by搭配的其它詞組包括：by means of 經(jīng)由，用……方法 by far 截止到目前 by accident/by chance 偶然
Thoughts are expressed by means of words.
思想是用(通過)言語表達的。
I met her quite by chance.
我遇見她完全是偶然的。
The TV tower is by far the largest construction of our country.
電視塔明顯地是我國最大的建筑。
4 creep vi. 躡手躡腳地走, 爬, 漸漸出現(xiàn), 蔓延, 毛骨悚然 n. 卑鄙小人, 爬, 徐行, 蠕動
We take off our shoes and creep cautiously along the passage.
我們脫掉了鞋，在走廊中躡手躡腳地往前走。
與creep搭配的其它短語有：give sb the creeps 使某人毛骨悚然 creep up on 爬向，慢慢爬來
The cat crept up on the bird and pounced.
那只貓悄悄地爬近那只鳥，接著便猛撲過去。
詞義辨析
creep, climb, crawl
這些動詞都有“爬”之意。
creep: 多指人或四足動物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或不出聲地緩慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生長等。
climb: 通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飛機、日、月的上升，還可用作比喻。
crawl: 指人或動物以身軀貼著地面緩慢地移動。
5 The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!那小溪彎彎曲曲穿過田野，然后正好從他們的帳篷底下流過去。
wind在句中做動詞用，表示蜿蜒，過去式和過去分詞都是wound;做名詞時表示微風。
與wind經(jīng)常搭配的詞組有：wind up 卷起，結(jié)束，以……告終 wind down 放松, 慢下來, 接近尾聲
We went to the pub to wind down.
我們?nèi)ゾ频攴潘梢幌隆?/p>
The speaker will soon wind up his speech.
演說者就要結(jié)束他的講話了。
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