language Points

witness 1) (vt ) 亲眼看到 你亲眼看到那场事故了吗？Did you ________ the accident?

2) witness (vi) “ 作证”、“证明”

witness to sth/doing sth” ：

witness

他作证说他看到那个人进入大楼的 .He ___________ to having seen theman enter the building.3 ） witness (n) “ 目击者”、“证人”她被传唤作被告证人。She was called as a _______ _______ .

defensewitness

witnessed

sort out• I’m just sorting out the papers that can be thro

wn away. (文件 )

• We’ve got a few little problems to sort out.

整理 , 分类

解决 ( 问题 / 困难 )

yell vi. 大叫；呼喊Don’t yell at me! She let out a yell and ran home.

  yell n. 叫声；喊声

Ahead of• Ahead of us was a river.• Time here is nine hours ahead of London.

• We finish the task ahead of time.• He is ahead of me in Chinese.• By working hard he got ahead of the rest of the

class.

( 空间上 ) 在…之前( 时间上 ) 在…之前

提早比…强 / 好

超越

head• We headed the boat out to sea.• They are heading home.• Who is heading the party.

朝…方向去带领

distance• His house is within walking distance of the

hospital.• We have come a long distance on the project.• There has been a great distance between us

since the quarrel.• The picture looks beautiful at a distance.• I saw Mt. Fuji in the distance.

从稍远处

在远方

flee – fled – fled 逃跑 , 逃避 , 逃离 1) vt. flee sw

They were forced to flee the country.

2) vi. flee from sw

The prisoner attempted to flee from

the prison , but he failed .

恐慌的人们从火里逃出 .

The alarmed people fled from the fire .

depth (n)“ 深 , 深度深处→ deep (adj.)

length (n) → long (adj.)

width (n) → wide (adj.)

height (n) → high (adj.)

What’s the depth of the lake ?

※ in depth “ 深入” The teachers and students are

studying the subject in depth .

注意 1. The river is 5 miles long

and 2 meters wide . = The river is 5

miles _____ ______ and 2 meters ___ ______ .

in length in width2. deep (adj. ＆ adv.) “ 深的 , 深 , 迟” ,

指具体深度 .

deeply (adv.) “ 深深地” , 带有感情色彩 .

Frogs go deep under the mud .

We were all deeply moved by his words .

1.I regret _________ that I am unable go there .

2.The meeting continued ________ into the night .

3. The hole is around 3 meters in

________.

deeply

deep

depth

in the meantime = meanwhile (adv)

在此期间 , 与此同时The new secretary won’t come untilnext week ; in the meantime we havearranged for a temporary one .在事故中 , 很多人都死了 , 但同时有一些没有受伤 .

Feed on• Cow feed on hay during winter.• We feed our dog on meat.• We feed meat to our dog.

吃 , 以…为食

“ 以…饲养”feed … on … / feed … to…

abandon (vt.) 放弃 , 抛弃 , 遗弃Many people were killed by the

chemical weapons ____________ by

the Japanese during the World

War .Ⅱ

abandoned

abandon one’s country

abandon one’s friend

abandon a bad habit

abandon one’s hope

abandon one’s idea

背弃祖国背弃朋友革除恶习放弃希望放弃主意

Hold up• I help up my hand to show that I had a

question.• We were held up on our way to the airport in a

traffic jam.

举起

使延误

Beautiful sentences;1.It was a time when the killer whales…helped

the whalers catch the baleen whales…2.This was the call that announced there was

about to be a whale hunt.3.I had already heard that George didn’t like

being kept waiting, so even though I didn’t have the right clothes on, I grabbed my boots and raced after him.

4.As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers.

5.From James’s face, I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.

Useful Expressions

1. 听说2.亲眼看到

3.分类 , 整理4.大声喊叫5.快点

hear of witness … with one’s own eyes

sort out yell out

come on

Useful Expressions

6. 跑在…前7. 给某人领路8. 在远处9. 一包 , 一群10. 指向

run ahead of …

show sb the way

in the distance

a pack of point towards (to)

　　　　 Useful Expressions

11. 用…向…瞄准12. 饱吃…一顿13. 因为…很害怕14. 抬高 , 举起

aim … at sb (sth)have a good feed on …be terrified of

hold up

Complete the sentences below with suitable words from the text

1. Police have appealed for w________ to come forward.

2. The travel agent fixed up our a_______________.

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ccommodation

3. The manager went abroad last week , ______________ we made Mr Wang in charge of our company .in the meantime

4. Karl Marx was forced to f___ his home country for political reasons.

5. He a _________ his wife and children.

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bandoned