英語Chapter3ThenightofthehorseReading（沈陽牛津九年級上）

ThenightofthehorsepyramidsEgyptStonehengeEnglandKinkaku-jiJapanTrojanhorseTroyThenightofthehorseAnewspaperranashortstorycompetitiononfamoustalesformhistory.Thisisastoryoneofthestudentssentin.OurschoolwillrunanEnglishSpeechCompetition.Myfatherranacamerastorelastyear.

我父親去年管理照相器材商店。遞送、寄去（稿件等），后面直接接表示事物的名詞或代詞。Hesentinthreedrawingsforthecompetition.1

Howdidthesoldiercomedownthestairs?2Howdidthecaptainoftheguardsgoupthestairs?3WhatdidtheTrojancaptainthinkwhenhesawtheemptyplainandtheemptysea?4Inthecaptain’sopinion,whydidtheGreekleavethehorseonthesquare?5Howdidthesoldierthinkofthehorseonwheels?6HowdidtheTrojandealwiththehorse?7HowdidtheTrojanscelebratetheirsuccess?8

HowmanyGreekshidinsidethewoodenhorse?9

Whydidtheywaitforonemorehourinsidethehorse?10

Whenhadtheyreturn?11Whowonthewaratlast?12Whodoyouthinkisreallystupid,theGreeksortheTrojans?閱讀文章回答下列問題1Howdidthesoldiercomedownthestairs?2Howdidthecaptainoftheguardsgoupthestairs?3WhatdidtheTrojancaptainthinkwhenhesawtheemptyplainandtheemptysea?

HethoughttheTrojanshadwonthewar.threeatatimetwoatatime4Inthecaptain’sopinion,whydidtheGreekleavethehorseonthesquare?5Howdidthesoldierthinkofthehorseonwheels?6HowdidtheTrojandealwiththehorse?HethoughtitwassobigthattheGreekcouldn’ttakeitwiththem.Hethoughtitmaybeatrick.Theydraggeditintothecitywithropes.

7HowdidtheTrojanscelebratetheirsuccess?8HowmanyGreekshidinsidethewoodenhorse?9

Whydidtheywaitforonemorehourinsidethehorse?

Theysanganddancedaroundthehorse,andmadejokesabouttheirenemies,thestupidGreeks.Six.BecausetheywantedtobesurethattheTrojansallhadfallenasleep.

10Whenhadtheyreturn?11Whowonthewaratlast?

12Whodoyouthinkisreallystupid,theGreeksortheTrojans?

IthadreturnedinthedarknesswhentheTrojanscelebrateinside.TheGreeks.TheTrojans.Thesolidercamedownthestairs-two

atatime.‘Captain,they’vegone,’hecried.‘They’vedisappeared(消失)-allofthem.Theplain(平原)is…’Butthecaptainoftheguardswasnolongerlistening.Hewasgoingupthestairs-three

atatime.Secondslater,thecaptainstoodonthehighwallofthecityofTroy(特洛伊).Helookeddownattheemptyplainand,beyond(超越)it,attheemptysea.’They’vegoneandwe’vewon.’hesaid.’TheGreekshavetriedfortenyearstocapture(占領(lǐng))ourcity.Nowthey’vesailedaway.Andthey’vetakeneverythingwiththem.’

‘Noteverything,sir,’thesolidersaid.”They’velefttheirhorse.’OutsidethemaingatesofthecitystoodahugeHorsemadeofwood.‘Ah,yes,’thecaptainsaid,’thatwoodenhorse.It’ssobigthattheycouldn’ttakeitwiththem.Well,it’soursnow.Getsomehelpandpullitintothecity.Thatwon’tbedifficult.It’sonwheels.

“Butwhyisitonwheels?”thesoliderasked.’IthinkthatmaybetheGreekswantusto...’Thecaptaininterrupted(打斷)him.’You’reasolider,”hesaid.‘Youdon’thavetothink.Youhavetoobeyorders,andI’mgivingyouonenow.Movethathorse.’AndsotheTrojans(特洛伊人)dragged(拖，拽)itintothecitywithropes.Bymidnight(午夜),thesquare(廣場)wasempty,exceptforthegianthorse.ThesixGreeksoldierswaitedforanotherhour,tobesure.Thenveryquietly,theyopenedthesecretdoorinthesideofthehorse,andclimbedout.Thatnight,inthemainsquareofthecity,allthecitizens(市民)ofTroycelebrated(慶祝).Theysanganddancedaroundthehorse,andmadejokesabouttheirenemies(敵人),thestupidGreeks.ThentheTrojansmadesureallthegatesofthecityweresecurely(安全地)locked,andallwenttosleep,includingthegateguards(守衛(wèi)).Noguardsstoppedthemastheyopenedthemaingates.OutsidestoodtheGreekarmy.Ithadreturnedinthedarknesswhenthecitizenscelebratedinside.Nowthearmyenteredthecity.TheGreeksseized(抓)thecaptainanddraggedhimaway.Fortenyears,theycouldnotcapturethecitybyfighting.Inonenight,theysucceedincapturingitbyatrick(騙局).let'scomeintothetext!Thesolidercamedownthestairs-twoatatime.‘Captain,they’vegone,’hecried.‘They’vedisappeared-allofthem.Theplainis…’Butthecaptainoftheguardswasnolongerlistening.Hewasgoingupthestairs-threeatatime.

couldnolongerbe_____

thebig,flatpieceoflandthecaptainoftheguardswas____listening_________.每次，一次：我們不能一次做兩件事。Wecannotdotwothingsatatime.seennotanylongerSecondslater,thecaptainstoodonthehighwallofthecityofTroy.Helookeddownattheemptyplainand,beyondit,attheemptysea.’They’vegoneandwe’vewon.’hesaid.’TheGreekshavetriedfortenyearstocaptureourcity.Nowthey’vesailedaway.Andthey’vetakeneverythingwiththem.’在…那邊；遠(yuǎn)于；超過用于說明時(shí)間，地點(diǎn)，范圍，能力等的界限。Don’tstaytherebeyondmidnight.Thefruitisbeyondmyreach.‘Noteverything,sir,’thesolidersaid.‵They’velefttheirhorse.’Outsidethemaingatesofthecitystoodahugehorsemadeofwood.‘Ah,yes,’thecaptainsaid,’thatwoodenhorse.It’ssobigthattheycouldn’ttakeitwiththem.Well,it’soursnow.Getsomehelpandpullitintothecity.Thatwon’tbedifficult.It’sonwheels.Theyhaven’ttakeneverythingwiththem.倒裝句在左邊是一幅中國地圖。OntheleftisamapofChina.Inthecenterofthecity____somesupermarket.(be)Beyondthishill____thelake.(lie)areliesIt’stoobigforthemtotake.“Butwhyisitonwheels?”thesoliderasked.’IthinkthatmaybetheGreekswantusto...’Thecaptaininterruptedhim.’You’reasolider,”hesaid.‘Youdon’thavetothink.Youhavetoobeyorders,andI’mgivingyouonenow.Movethathorse.’AndsotheTrojansdraggeditintothecitywithropes.You____________think.You_______think.don’tneedtoneedn’tThatnight,inthemainsquareofthecity,allthecitizensofTroycelebrated.Theysanganddancedaroundthehorse,andmadejokesabouttheirenemies,thestupidGreeks.ThentheTrojansmadesureallthegatesofthecityweresecurelylocked,andallwenttosleep,includingthegateguards.取笑，嘲笑：Thechildrenlaughedandmadejokesaboutherfunnydress.瑪麗是班里最胖的學(xué)生，但沒有人拿她開玩笑。Maryisthefatteststudentinourclass,butnobodymakesjokesabouther.

playajokeonsb開某人的玩笑TheboysplayedajokeonJames.safely

andalsomakesure:確保，確信，查明后面常跟賓語從句或of介詞短語當(dāng)你離開房間的時(shí)候，請確保燈都關(guān)了。Pleasemakesurethelightsareoffwhenyouleavethelab.Willyoupleasemakesurethathereturned?Willyoupleasemakesure______________?ofhisreturnYoushouldmakesureofthetime.

你應(yīng)該把時(shí)間弄清楚。sure用作形容詞，意為“肯定的；當(dāng)然的；有把握的

1.besure（不接其它詞），意為“肯定的”。

Areyousure?

Ithinkheiscoming,butI'mnotquitesure.2.besuretodosth.

表示要求，意為“務(wù)必做某事；請一定做某事”，多用于祈使句。

Besuretotelephonemeandgivemeallthenews.

besuretodosth.

還可表示一種推斷，意為“一定做某事；肯定做某事”。

Thechildissuretobeateacher.Youaresuretowin.

3.besureof/about(doing)sth.

表示人對某事（物）的看法，意為“對……有把握”。其后常接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞-ing形式。

Areyousureofpassingtheexam?

你有把握通過考試嗎？

I'mnotsureaboutEnglishgrammar.

我對英語語法沒有把握。

4.besure+從句，意為“確信”。例如：

I'mnotsurethathewillcome.

我不確信他會(huì)來。

二、sure用作副詞，意為“當(dāng)然；的確；一定”例如：

1.常用來回答一般疑問句，意為“當(dāng)然；的確”，相當(dāng)于yes或certainly。例如：

—Areyougoingwithus?

你和我們一起去嗎？

—Sure.

當(dāng)然啦。

Bymidnight,thesquarewasempty,exceptforthegianthorse.ThesixGreeksoldierswaitedforanotherhour,tobesure.Thenveryquietly,theyopenedthesecretdoorinthesideofthehorse,andclimbedout.

openareainacity介詞prep.不遲于,到…為止notlaterthan

Ishallbebackby5o'clock.最遲五點(diǎn)我一定回來。到上學(xué)期末，你們舉行了幾次英語晚會(huì)？HowmanyEnglishpartieshadyouhadbytheendoflastterm?

onemorehourexcept表示“除去，不包括”，強(qiáng)調(diào)所排除的“不包括在內(nèi)”，一般表示同類之間的關(guān)系，常同nothing,all,none,nobody,any等不定代詞以及every連用。excep