1、课文解析1. I know youre dying to hear all about my life here. 我知道你一定很想知道我在这里的生活。(P29)【要点提示】 (be) dying to do sth. / for sth. 渴望，极想做某事 / 得到某物。例如：Im dying to know what happened. 我很想知道发生了什么事。Im dying for a glass of water. 我真想喝杯水。2. Ive included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk abou
2、t. 我在信里附上了一些照片，看着它们你就应该能想象出来我所说的那个地方是个什么样子了。(P29)【要点提示】 picture n. 描绘，头脑中的情景、情形。例如：I have a vivid picture of my grandfather smiling down at me when I was very small. 我清楚地记得很小的时候祖父向我低头微笑的情景。Just a few years ago, the picture was very different.几年前，情况大不相同。vt. 想象，描述。例如：We found it hard to picture him as
3、 the father of teenage sons. 我们很难想象他居然是有几个十几岁儿子的父亲了。【归纳拓展】 picture sb. / sth. as .把某人 / 某物想象 / 描绘成; picture sb. doing sth. 想象某人在做某事。3. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut.他们认为剩菜剩饭在晚上会吸引邪灵，所以把食物在罐子里弄干，然后把罐子扔到屋外。(P30)【要点提示】 dry up （河流、湖泊等）干涸，枯竭，耗尽，擦干（刚洗完的碗碟）。例如：During the drought the river dried up.干旱期间，河流都干涸了。Ill wash and you can dry up. 我洗盘子，你可以擦干。
