(
课件网) NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH 2 新概念英语 2 Lesson 75 SOS Key words and expressions thick adj. 厚的 helicopter n. 直升飞机 scene n . 现场 signal n. 信号 stamp v. 跺，踩 survivor n. 幸存者 Questions on the text Language points The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. armchairs, babysitters, flyovers, hand signals passers-by, mothers-in-law, commanders -in-chief men friends, woman doctors, gentlemen farmers It was the middle of winter. We landed at the town in the middle of a torrential storm. the middle of the day the middle of December the middle of the 1906s She turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. She hurried into the classroom, holding a laptop under her arm. They jumped and cheered, tears running down their faces. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. 1) The meal was as awful as the conversation. I’m as good a cook as she is. 2) as quiet as a mouse as white as a sheet 3) She had taken five days to write. I thought I was entitled to take as many days thinking about my reply. This earthquake had a force one third as great as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Snow lay thick on the ground. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. He is the tallest boy in his class. China has the largest population in the world. He plays ping-pong the best in his department. She swims (the) fastest in this group. Lesson 76 April Fools’ Day Key words and expressions fool n. 傻瓜 bulletin n. 新闻简报 announcer n. （电视，电台）播音员 macaroni n. 通心面，空心面条 leading adj. 主要的 grower n. 种植者 splendid adj. 极好的 stalk n. 梗 gather v. 收庄稼 thresh v. 打（庄稼） process v. 加工 Singor n. （意大利）先生 present adj. 目前的 champion n. 冠军 studio n. 播音室 Questions on the text Language points Two of the leading growers… A demand for change came from leading politicians… some of the leading women’s organizations… Among ten leading American cigarettes, only one has a low tar rating. She played the leading role in The Winter’s Tale. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. Ford and Chrysler lost more than $700 million between them. They have both been married once before and have five children between them. The whole village has been working day and nighr gathering and threshing this year’s crop before the September rains. You can’t go home in all this rain. The rain had been pouring all night. A light rain had begun to fall. Up here the rains last only three ... ...
