Lesson 75 SOS

·单词

thick adj.    厚的

signal n.    信号

    ·send a signal    发出一个信号

stamp v.    跺，踩

helicopter n.    直升飞机

scene n.    现场

    ·on the scene    在现场上

survivor n.    幸存者

    ·survive v.    幸存，幸免于难

·本课句型

复习一般过去时

·课文

    When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

SOS = Save Our Souls

light passenger plane    轻型客机

fly off course    从航线飞出，偏航

Snow lay thick on the ground

    ·lay 在这里有系动词的意思，表示一种状态，thick 是 adj. 做表语，雪躺在那处于厚厚的状态

grew dark    变黑

turned a suitcase into a bed    把行李箱变成了床

    ·turn ... into ...    使某物或某人变成另一种形态或状态

The woman kept as near as she could to the children.

    ·as near as she could    第一个 as 做 adv.，kept as near    保持的同样近，第二个 as 做 conj.，像她能做的一样

    ·如果第二个 as 后面跟的是宾语，那这第二个 as 就做 prep.，像，如同

She heard planes passing overhead    她听见头顶有飞机飞过

    ·hear sb./sth. do/doing    听到 某人/某事 做/正在做

    ·passing overhead，现在分词短语，做宾语 planes 的补足语

    ·动名词短语：做主语、宾语、表语

    ·现在分词短语：做定语、状语、表语、补语

stamp out    踩出，out 做副词

    ·call out    喊出来

    ·point out    指出来

    ·write out    写出

    ·tap out    拍出

    ·ring out    响出

plane crash    飞机失事

·知识拓展

表示 “变得”：

He grew angry when I told him about it.

The leaves are turning yellow.

This apple has gone bad.

Coal got scarce last winter.

Everything you said came true.

She fell ill while she was on holiday.

介词 by

'I've just arrived by train,' she said.    通过 ... 方式方法/做某事

It was bought by my grandfather.    被动标志，表示动作的发出者，被谁做

They told stories and sang songs by the campfire.    在 ... 旁边

Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year.    by + 时间，截止到，搭配完成时

It cleared the mountain by 400 feet.    相差，差额