1、Unit 1 reading(2)Boy missing,police puzzledLanguage FocusKey phrases加紧，加强寻找某人或某物失踪引发公众的兴趣因为为做好准备播放，穿上被惊醒把向后拉出席，到场为了对进行研究把某人带走负责捏造调查Step upSearch for sb/sthGo missingSth receive great interestDue toShow upGet ready forPut on Pull backTake sb awayDo research onSo thatLook intoTake charge ofMake upBe w
2、oken up by 1.Police in America have stepped uptheir search for fifteen-year-old boy who went missing three days ago in Dover,New Hampshire.Difficult sentences美国警方现已加紧对一名15岁失踪男孩的搜索，该男孩于两天前在新罕布什尔州的多佛市失踪。该事件引起了公众的极大兴趣，原因是有各种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪光亮和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。2.The incident has received great interest due t
3、o reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.(Page 2,Line 4-8)3.Witnesses also say they sawJustin walking towards his home at 10.45p.m.(page 2,Lines 18-19)目击者也说他们看见贾斯廷在晚上十点四十五分时朝家里走去。(1)witness n.&VtThe witness was telling about the whole accident.I
4、witnessed the traffic accident.The year 1949 witnessed the foundation of the Peoples Republic of China.n.目击者Vt.目击Vt.见证(2).see sb./sth.doing看见某人/某物正在做see sb.do sth.看见某人做了某事，强调看到整个过程他们看见他拿走了书。We saw him take away the book.我们看见他在教室画画。We saw him drawing in the classroom.同类动词用法：hear，feel，notice4.Standing
5、 inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.(P2,Lines 36-38)许多白皮肤，眼睛又黑又大的奇怪的生物站在里面。此句属于倒装句（谓语+主语).英语中，当句子的主语较长时，往往使用倒装句。正常语序该为：Lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes were standing inside.e.g 一个皮肤黝黑的,长头发的小女孩躺在地上。Lying on the floor is a little gi
6、rl withblack skin and long hair.with white skin and large black eyes是介词短语作定语，修饰前面的名词creatures.5.Mr Foster was working that night on his road construction job,and was not home when these events occurred.(P2,Lines 36-38)Foster 先生当这些事情发生时，福斯特先生那晚工作在筑路工程的现场，没有在家。occur vi.发生occurring occurred Earthquakes
7、 occur frequently in this area.在这个地区地震发生很频繁。(1)Sth occur to sb某人想到某事我想到一个好主意。A great idea occurred to me.(2)It occurs/occurred to sb that+从句 某人想到It never occurred to me that you could succeed in asking him to change his mind.6.When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens,Detectiv
8、e Sam Peterson,who has taken charge of the case,told journalists(Line 67-68)当被问及Justin被外星人绑架的可能性时，负责调查此案的 Sam Peterson 侦探告诉记者(1)When asked=When he was asked当时间状语从句的主语和主句的主语相同，而且从句的谓语动词有be的某种形式时，可以省掉从句中的主语和be，仅保留分词。1.当你被给予帮助时，你应该说“谢谢”。2.我在等你的时候，发现了我一直要寻找的那本书。When given help,you should say“Thank you”.
9、When waiting for you,I found the book which I had been looking for.(2)that 同位语从句用来解释说明possibility的具体内容There is a possibility that 有可能可以跟同位语从句的名词通常有news，idea，fact，doubt，suggestion，evidence,words（消息），possibility等。He failed the exam due to the fact thathe didnt work hard他考试不及格，是由于没有努力学习。事实上还没有确凿的证据证明是外
10、星人劫持了他。Theres really no hard evidence that aliens took him.7.So,while we have not dismissed the idea,we are looking into other possibilities as well.(Line73-75)这句话中的while意思是“尽管，虽然”，引导让步状语从句。If you are late again,you will be dismissed.dismiss vt.不考虑,开除，解散She dismissed the idea of going to Paris.At 11
11、:50 the class was dismisssed.所以，尽管我们不排除这种想法，但是我们也在调查其他的可能性。search:search for:表示“搜索，搜寻”，其宾语是搜查范围概念，一般是被搜查的人或场所，而不是要找的东西。=be in search of,其宾语一般为要找的东西。search a house/the boy search for a house/the boy搜查房子/搜身寻找房子/寻找男孩VB.searched for,searching forC.searched for;searchingD.searched;searching forThe police have _ the thief for several days,and now they are _ the station.A.searched,searching我们很早出发以便能赶上第一班火车。他累得得再也无法多走一步。so that so that因此，为了We left early so that we could catch the first train.He was so tired that he couldnt go further.如此以致于
