泛读1 Unit1.pptVIP

Questions Where did the family live? What did the father do one morning? Can you describe the surroundings of the li8ttle house? What did Ma do when her husband didn’t come back one night? After they saw the bear, what did Ma and Laura do? What did they see in the barnyard? What did they think of the bear? Were they safe in the end? What did the father bring back? Language notes 1. Pa said he must go to town to trade the furs of the wild animals he had been trapping all winter. （爸爸说他必须去城里一趟,卖掉他一冬捕获的兽皮。） The word trade is often used as a noun. But here trade is a verb, means to buy and sell goods. There are many such conversions in English. He watered the wine before drinking it. （water, verb,掺水） The earth orbits the sun. （绕…轨道而行）Point this pencil for me, please. （削尖）Oil the machine before you operate it. （上油）She journeys to Europe once a year on business. （去…旅行） Language notes 2. Ma was worried, but Pa said that by starting before sun-up and walking very fast all day he could get home again before dark. （妈妈很担心。但爸爸说，如果日出前就出发，并且快些走，他可以在天黑前赶回来。） Sun-up is an American expression for sunrise. Note that sometimes American English and British English have different words for the same thing. British English?? ?American English 商店?? ?? shop???? store 汽油 petrol gas 电影院 cinema movie theatre 铁路 railway railroad 裤子 trousers pants 公寓 flat apartment 出租车 taxi cab 出纳员 cashier teller 分数 marks grades 人行道 pavement sidewalk 秋天 autumn fall 电梯 elevator lift 橡