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【开心哈哈】 I cant let him get away A male crab met a female crab and asked her to marry him. She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is really special. I cant let him get away .So they got married immediately. The next day she noticed her new husband waking sideways like all the other crabs, and got upset. What happened? she asked. You used to walk straight before we were married. Oh, honey, he replied, I cant drink that much every day. 不能让他跑了 一只雄蟹遇到一只雌蟹，便要娶她为妻。她注意到他走路是直着走，而不是横着走。哇！她想，这只雄蟹可真特别，我可不能让他跑了。因此他们立刻结婚了。 第二天，她又发现她的新郎像其他蟹一样横着走路了。她深感不安。“你怎么了？”她问，“我们结婚前你可是直着走路的。” “哦，宝贝，”他回答说，“我不可能每天都喝那么多。” 【课前热身】听短文并回答问题Too lateFirst listen and then answer the question.Did the detectives save the diamonds?The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!New words and expressions detective n. 侦探airport n. 机场expect v. 期待，等待valuable adj. 贵重的parcel n. 包裹diamond n. 钻石steal v. 偷main adj. 主要的airfield n. 飞机起落的场地guard n. 警戒，守卫precious adj. 珍贵的stone n. 石子sand n. 沙子参考译文飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。这时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！ 【语法】易混易错词语辨析 11. 表示“输赢”的动词：lose，fail，beat和winfail表示“失败、没办到、没做到、失信”，或“该做什么没做”，用法很多，不过特别有用，我们需要掌握其中一个很重要的句型fail to do。例如：He failed to mention us in his speech yesterday. 他昨天在演讲中没有提到过我们。lose，表示“失去、丢失”的意思。如果表示人，流行用loser，意思是“失主,失败者,输者”。lose用法比较广泛。例如：If so,