高中英语 Unit 3 Under the sea Reading课件选修7.pptVIP

⑤“be about to＋动词原形”意为“正要做某 事、正准备做某事”，通常不接时间状语。 “be to＋动词原形”表示按计划或安排即将 发生的动作，或可能、一定会发生某种情 况。例如： They are to come to Guangzhou in November. ⑥用系动词be的一般现在时表示将来。 例如：Are you free tomorrow? * 2. I had already heard that George didn’tlike being kept waiting, so even though Ididn’t have the right clothes on, I racedafter him. 我已经听说乔治不喜欢等人，所以尽管我还没有穿上合适的衣服却 跟在他后面跑起来。 句中连词so引导结果状语从句，该从句中 含有一个连词even though引导的让步状语 从句。主句中含有一个由连词that引导的 宾语从句，作谓语had heard的宾语。 * even though意为“即使，纵然，虽然， 尽管”，其引导的让步状语从句既可置 于主句之前，也可置于主句之后。例如： a. Even though I have to walk all the way,I will get there. b. I can still remember, even though itwas so long ago. * 【拓展】 和even though具有同样意思和用法的是 “even if”。 连词as though=as if意为“好 像，似乎，仿佛”，引导方式状语从句。 例如：He behaved as though / as if nothing had happened. * Scanning to get detail information * scanning Reading Comprehension III Review the timeline of the passage. Write a sentence in each of the boxes. Three sentences have been given. 1 Clancy arrived at the whaling station. 2 Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. * 3 He saw a huge animal in the water, which was Old Tom, the killer whale. 4 The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt. 5 The killer whale guided the team to hunt. 6 Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killers. * 7 The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale. 8 The men returned for the baleen whale the next day. * Old Tom throws itself out of the water and then crashes down in order to ___.A. give the whalers the informationabout a whaleB. tell the whalers it is hungryC. help the whalers catch the whaleD. inform the whalers to run away scanning Reading Comprehension IV * 2. Why did the men start turning the boat around to go home after the whale died? Because they didn’t need a dead whale. B. Because they couldn’t find the whale’sbody. C. Because they knew that the dead whalewouldn’t float up to the surface foraround 24 hours. D. They had to do this because it was toolate. * 3