新概念二第7课_Lesson7__Too_late.ppt

★airfield / ??r?fild / n. 飞机起落的场地 【a place where planes take off and land】 field 田野； on the airfield 在停机坪上 ★guard / ɡɑrd / n. 警戒, 守卫 【a person who keeps watch over something or someone】 keep guard 守望，警戒 They kept a close guard over the thieves. 他们对小偷们严加看管。 stand guard 站岗，放哨 life guard 救生员 body guard 保镖 ★precious / ?pr???s / adj. 珍贵的 【of high worth or cost】 precious words 珍贵的话 precious diamonds 珍贵的钻石 precious moments together 在一起的宝贵时光 a precious fool 大傻瓜 make a precious mess of sth. 把某事弄成一团糟 ★stone / ston / n. 石子；石块； 【a small piece of rock that is found on the ground】 To kill two birds with one stone. 一石二鸟；一箭双雕。 stone-blind 完全瞎的 stone-deaf 完全聋的 ★sand / s?nd / n. 沙；沙子 【Some deserts and many beaches are made up of sand. 】 ① 沙；沙子；（不可数名词） mix sand and cement to make concrete 将沙和水泥混合成混凝土 ②（pl.）沙滩，沙漠； the children playing on the sand(s) 在沙滩上玩耍的孩子们 ③（pl.）生涯；寿命 the sand of a mans life 人的寿命；毕生的岁月 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. 这里detectives第一次出现，且只是强调“侦探”这类人，所以可以不用冠词。 过去进行时（强调过去某段时间一直在做某事），标志性时间状语all the time/day/morning wait for sb./sth. at somewhere； at+小地点，in+大地点 They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. expect sth.(心理上的期待) = wait for sth. (动作上的期待)。 expect sb. to do sth. 注意expect VS except。 valuable 贵重的 VS precious 珍贵的 a parcel of... 一包… South Africa 南非 A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. would +do 过去将来时, 站在过去看未来 立足点是侦探们等在机场的时间。主句用的过去完成时，从句用的过去将来时。 try to do sth. 试图做某事 a few hours ago 现在之前，以现在的时间为基点往前推，用于一般过去时。 a few hours earlier 比之前更早，以过去的时间为基点往前推，用于过去完成时。 When the plane arrived（分句2）, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield（分句1）. 主句是过去进行时，分句1是过去进行时，分句2是一般过去时。 while 后常接进行时（持续性动词）。 when 后常接一般时（瞬时性动词），也可接进行时（持续性动词）。 代词others常常和some连用，表示“有些（人）……，也有些（人）……”或“有的……，其余的……” Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it