Lesson 73 The record-holder纪录保持者

 

First listen and then answer the question.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Did the boy go where he wanted to?

Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off .From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the center of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.

New words and expressions生词和短语

record-holder(title)/'rek&:d-'h+vld+/纪录保持者

meantime(1.7)/'mi:ntaim/n.其间

truant(1.1)/'tru:+nt/n.逃学的孩子  

lorry(1.9)/'l%ri/n.卡车

unimaginative(1.1)/?)ni'm$nDNin+tiv/adj.缺乏想像力的

border(1.11)/'b&:d+/n.边界

shame(1.4)/Meim/n.惭愧，羞耻 

evade(1.12)/i'veid/v.逃避，逃离

hitchhike(1.5)/'hiCMhaik/v.搭便车旅行

Notes on the text课文注释

1  play truant from school,逃学，也可以说play truant。

2  as far as they get,他们顶多到这种程度而已，as far as作“到……程度”解。

3  They have all been put to shame…,这是被动语态；put sb. to shame,使某人感到羞愧，使……黯然失色。

4  while playing truant是分词短语作状语。相当于一个状语从句while he was playing truant。

5  in the meantime,在此期间。

6  did not take him into the center of Paris as he hoped it would,没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心。as he hoped it would是一个方式状语从句，作“像……那样”解，would后面省略了和前文相同的谓语take him into the centre of Paris。

参考译文

逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或在电影院里坐上8个小时，一遍遍地看同一部电影。而有那么一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1，600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子们都相形见绌了。他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加莱。当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。从那里他又搭上卡车到了巴黎。司机给了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，就把他丢在了城外。男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。他在那儿被一个警察抓住了，之后被当局送回了英国。他无疑为成千上万梦想逃避上学的孩子们创造了一项纪录。

Summary writing摘要写作

In not more than 80 words, describe the boy's experiences. Write two different paragraphs using the points and connections given below.

用不超过80个单词的篇幅描述这个孩子的经历。用以下要点和连词写出两个不同的段落。

Composition作文

Write two paragraphs in about 150 words using the ideas given below:

按以下思路写出150个词左右的两段文字：

1  The boy returned----sick, cold and hungry----his parents were worried----met him at the harbour----their reactions.

2  The boy returned to school----he was afraid he would be punished----the boys gave him a hero's welcome----asked questions----the headmaster punished him by making him give a talk to the whole school about his experiences abroad.

Letter writing书信写作

A letter contains three main parts: the introduction, the Purpose and the Conclusion. The most important part is the Purpose.Here you must explain why you are writing.

每封信包含有3个主要部分：引言、目的和结束语。其中最重要的部分是目的。在这部分中你必须说明为什么要写此信。

Exercise练习

Write a short Introduction of a letter to a friend beginning:

用以下句子写出给朋友的一封信的引言。

‘You will never guess what…’

Key structures关键句型

Simple, Compound and Complex Statements (KS1, 25, 49)简单句、并列句和复合句

（复习第1，25，49课的关键句型）

Exercises练习

A  How many joining words can you find in the passage? Underline as many as you can.

划出课文中的连词。

B  Rewrite these simple statements using the joining words in parentheses. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

用括号中的连词改写以下句子，完成练习后再对照课文，核对你的答案。

1  Children play truant from school. They are unimaginative. (who)

2  They have all been put to shame by a boy. He played truant. He travelled 1,600 miles. (a boy who, while…)

3  He hitchhiked to Dover. Towards evening, he went into a boat. He wanted to find somewhere to sleep. (and…to)

4  He woke up next morning. He discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. (When)

5  No one noticed the boy. He crept off. (as)

6  The driver gave him a few biscuits. He gave him a cup of coffee. He left him outside the city. (and …and)

C  Rewrite the following sentences using the joining words in parentheses:

用括号中的连词改写以下句子：

1  The climbers reached the top of the mountain. They spent the night there. (not only…but…as well)

2  A fire broke out in a cinema. Several hundred people tried to leave the building. A number of them were injured.(When…and)

3  James Sullivan will give a lecture at the local library next week. His book on the Antarctic was published recently.(whose)

4  The police searched everywhere. The missing boy could not be found. His dog could not be found. (Although…neither…nor)

5  Fares have increased. The railway company is still losing money. The employees have demanded higher wages. (In spite of the fact that…because)

6  He gave me a fright. I knocked the teapot over. (such…that)

7  I made sure. The alarm clock worked. I set it. It would ring at six o'clock. (After making…that…so that)

8  I hid the Christmas presents under the desk quickly. My young daughter would not see them. She entered the room.(so that…when)

9  I refused the offer. I explained. I had already been offered a job by another company. (Refusing…that…)

10  He fought the wolves off for three hours. Help arrived.(before)

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Comprehension理解

1  How did the boy get to Dover?

(a) He walked.

(b) He went by train.

(c) Someone gave him a lift.

(d) He went in a lorry

2  The boy ____.

(a) didn't expect to be taken to Perpignan

(b) decided to go to Perpignan

(c) went to Paris  

(d) wanted to go to Spain

Structure句型

3  ____did he travel? 1,600 miles.

(a) How long  

(b) How long ago  

(c) How much further  

(d) How far

4  How did he get to Dover?

(a) By hitchhiking.  

(b) With hitchhike.  

(c) Hitchhiking.

(d)With hitchhiking.

5  He wasn't noticed by____ as he crept off the boat.

(a) no one  

(b) none  

(c) anyone  

(d) not one

6  The driver gave him a few biscuits.____ was given a few biscuits.

(a) To him  

(b) Him  

(c) For him  

(d) He

7  After____ by a policeman, he was sent back to England.

(a) being picked up  

(b) he picked up  

(c) been picked up  

(d)picking up

Vocabulary 词汇

8  Little boys who play truant don't go to school ____.

(a) because they are ill

(b) because they have left

(c) because they are not allowed to

(d) on purpose

9  They are unimaginative. They haven't much ____.

(a) imagination

(b) fantasy

(c) imaginary

(d) fantasia

10  They have been put to shame by a boy. They should feel ____.

(a) ashamed

(b) shy

(c) shyness

(d) shameful

11  He was picked up by a policeman. A policeman____ him.

(a) gathered  

(b) collected

(c) assembled

(d) found

12 Thousands of boys dream of evading school. They dream of____ it.

(a) escaping  

(b) avoiding 

(c) preventing  

(d) running away

Sentence structure句子结构

Rewrite this sentence, then check your answer against the text.

改写以下句子，然后对照课文第6-7行，核对你的答案。

On waking up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.

When _____________________________________________.