Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab Objective: Master the usage of the simple past tense and the past continuous tense. Piccadilly II New words & Expressions smash: v. break to pieces, crash 打破, 碰撞, 粉碎 eg. He got drunk and began to smash things. The car smashed into the wall. crash: v. 碰撞，坠落 eg. The car crashed into the wall. The plane crashed 5 minutes after its take-off. shatter: v. destroy 损坏；摧毁；粉碎 eg. The explosion shattered every window in the building. Our hopes were shattered. II New words & Expressions grab: v. snatch sth selfishly or rudely 抓住；掠夺；攫取 eg. He just grabbed the bag from my hand and ran away. He grabbed at the opportunity to go abroad. snatch: v. seize sth quickly, sometimes rudely 攫取，抢 eg. She snatched the letter from me. He just snatched the bag from my hand and ran away. grasp: v. seize sth firmly with hands; understand 抓住；掌握，领会 eg. He grasped my hand warmly. She never could grasp the secret of this job. clutch: v. seize, take hold of tightly with hands 抓住；攫取 II New words & Expressions arcade 有拱廊的街道 lane 小巷 path 小道，小路 street 街道 avenue 林荫大道 road 道路 highway 公路，大路 expressway / freeway 高速公路 II New words & Expressions ring 戒指 the thumb 拇指 the first finger, the forefinger, the index finger 食指 the middle finger 中指 the ring finger, the third finger 无名指 the little finger 小指 II New words & Expressions staff: collective n. usu. followed by single action verb 全体工作人员，做主语常跟单数谓语动词 eg. The staff is working efficiently. (stress the collectivity) I have a staff of 10. The staff are working efficiently. (stress the individuality) The staff in this shop are very helpful. crew: staff on a ship or a plane (全体)船员; (全体)乘务员 faculty: the teaching staff in a university 全体教员 II New words & Expressions fantastic: adj. (1) very big, very large, enormous 大得惊人的 eg. a fantastic house, an enormous house a fantastic amount of money, an enormous amount of money (2) very good, marvelous 极好的，极妙的 eg. a fantastic view of the city from the mountain top, a marvelous view of the city from the mountain top a fantastic book, a marvelous book (3) very strange, hard to believe 奇异的；古怪的；怪诞的 eg. My dreams are fantastic. She had some fantastic idea that he was going to kill her. III Text Study Please close your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the following question: How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves? (He threw things at them.) Read the text by yourselves and pay attention to the usage of the past continuous tense(过去进行时 ). Open 用法 When do you open /close? We are open /closed. Opening hours The store has been open for over a hundred years. III Text Study Explain the text: After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop. (1) Structure: “After gazing at the display for several minutes”: prep. “after” + gerund “gazing at…” is used as an adverbial of time. ... ...
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