人教版新课标高中英语（选修10）课件-Unit1课件 Workbook-listening and talking1.pptVIP

WILL SHE ARRIVE IN TIME? Meimei put down the telephone, picked up her bag and rushed down the street. She had to get the afternoon bus to go and see her mother. It was terrible news to hear that her mother was so ill again. As she rushed towards the bus stop she could see the people picking up their bags. That must mean that the bus was coming. Meimei took her wallet from her bag. She stood there helplessly as she saw there was no money in her wallet. She was not going to get there in time and she would miss her mother who was eager to see her Meimei began to cry as the bus started and moved away towards the city. What was she going to do? Just then a motorbike drew up beside her. It was her neighbour, Wang Yi. “Whats the matter, Meimei?” she asked. When Meimei told her, Wang Yi moved fast. “Get on,” she said. “I’II take you home.” They drove fast along the road, passing the bus as it slowly climbed up the hill and arrived at her home ahead of it. “How can I ever thank you?” whispered Meimei gratefully. “Its my pleasure,” said Wang Yi. “Give my love to your mother and tell her that I hope Ill have a wonderful daughter like you one day.” Meimei smiled for the first time that afternoon. “I certainly will,” she said. “I shall be in plenty of time now.” commitment delay bless changeable cosy grasp abroad discourage regular punishment urgent boom 1 Complete the passage with the words provided below in the correct form. Odysseus is a literary figure in the Odyssey written by Homer. He rejected the____ life of a Greek king and made a ___________to help another Greek leader, cosy commitment Menelaus, get his wife back. But the war dragged on and on and he was away from his family for ten years. During this time the fortunes of the war were so__________ that no one could predict who would win. changeable Odysseus became tired of the war and the _____ in Troy. He ________wanted to return home, so when the Greek