八AUnit4.doc

Unit4 Historical stories Reading The soldier rushed down the stairs. rush vi.冲,奔,闯eg:He sprang up and rushed to the door.  他跳起身向门口跑去。 rush down急促冲下 eg:The class is over, many classmates rush down the stairs. Rushing down the stairs is dangerous after the class Dont rush down the stairs we must keep order. Before the soldier could finish,the captain of the guards quckily ran up the stairs. guard n.哨兵;卫兵;警备员;看守员eg:A guard was placed at the door.  门口设了一个警卫。 vt. 保卫;守卫;警卫[(+against/from)]eg:A helmet guards your head against/from injuries.  头盔可以保护你的头部免受伤害。  A dog guarded his house.  一只狗守卫着他的房子。 3. But they’ve left their huge wooden horse outside the main gates. leave遗忘;丢下eg:I left my keys behind.  我忘了带钥匙了。 离开(某处)[(+for)]eg:Mr. Smith left the room at two oclock.  史密斯先生两点离开房间。 离开(某人)的身边;遗弃,离弃eg:Her husband has left her.  她的丈夫把她遗弃了。 main adj.主要的,最重要的eg:She noted down the main points of the speech. 她把演说的要点记了下来。 4. “Pull it into the city now. It’s on wheels.”the captain ordered. pull vt. 拉,拖,牵,拽;搬走eg:She pulled his shirt to get his attention.  她拉他的衬衫以引起他的注意。 on wheels order vt. 命令;指挥[+(that)]eg: He ordered her to go.  他命令她走。 n. 顺序，次序，命令eg:The names are in alphabetical order.  名字按字母顺序排列。 You have to obey orders. 你必须遵守命令。 in order to为了eg:We started early in order to arrive before dark.  为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。 5.The Trojans dragged it into the city with ropes. drag vt. 拉,拖;拖着(脚等)行进eg:He grabbed her and dragged her away.  他抓住她,把她拖走了。 rope n. 绳,索eg:This ladder is made of rope.  这架梯子是用绳索做的。 With 以(手段、材料),用(工具)eg:My American friend is learning to eat with chopsticks.  我的一位美国朋友在学着用筷子吃饭。 6. That night,all the citizens of Troy celebrated. citizen n. 市民,(城市)居民 eg:The United States gives its citizens certain rights. 美国给予它的公民某些权利。 celebrate vt. 庆祝eg:We held a party to celebrate our success.  我们举行宴会庆祝我们的成功。 7. They sang and danced around the house and made jokes about the stupid Greeks. make jokes about eg:They