譯林版英語(yǔ)選修9教師用書(shū)Unit2SectionⅣTaskProject

Ⅰ.閱讀P27內(nèi)容，判斷正(T)誤(F)1．TheheadoftheRomanCatholicChurchalloweddivorcethen. ()2．BoleyngavebirthtoasonforKingHerryⅧatlast. ()3．QueenElizabethⅠhadSirWalterRaleigharrestedandheldintheTowerbecausehehadmarriedinsecret. ()【答案】1－3FFTⅡ.閱讀P30－31內(nèi)容，從三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳答案1．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.MostoftheMingTombsarelocatedinShisanlingnorthwestofBeijing.B.Changlingisfamousforitssimpledesignandpaintedceiling.C．AnotherfamousMingTomb，XiaolingisalsolocatedinBeijing.2．Whichisconsideredasthebestpreservedofthethirteentombs?A．Shisanling.B．Changling.C．Xiaoling.3．WhichisnotthefactorthatdoesharmtotheMingandQingTombs?A．Rainandwar.B．Fireandtheft.C．VisitorstoTombs.【答案】1－3ABC(教材P27)KingHenryⅧwantedtohaveason.Hisfirstwife，Catherine，didnotgivebirthtoone，sohedecidedtodivorceher.國(guó)王亨利八世想要兒子，而他的第一任妻子凱瑟琳未如他愿，所以亨利決定休掉她。(1)givebirthto生(孩子)；產(chǎn)仔Shediedshortlyaftergivingbirthtoahealthybabygirl.她在生下一個(gè)健康的女?huà)胫蟛痪镁退懒?。givebirthto 還可用作比喻，意為“產(chǎn)生；引起”atbirth 剛出生時(shí)frombirth 先天的；從出生起Itwasthestudyofhistorythatgavebirthtothesocialscience.對(duì)歷史的研究孕育了社會(huì)科學(xué)。Thebabyweighedthreekilosatbirth.嬰兒出生時(shí)的體重為三公斤。Markhasbeenblindfrombirth.馬克先天失明。完成句子①史密斯太太昨天晚上生了個(gè)女兒。Mrs.Smith____________adaughterlastnight.②他的提議引起了爭(zhēng)論。Hisproposal______________adispute.③萬(wàn)里長(zhǎng)江始于涓涓細(xì)流。Thislittlefountain______________abigriver.【答案】①gavebirthto②gavebirthto③givesbirthto(2)divorcev．與……離婚；使離婚；使分離；使脫離n．離婚；分離；脫離Sherefusestodivorcehimthoughhehasbeenunfaithfultoher.雖然他一直對(duì)她不忠，她仍拒絕與他離婚。Mr.Hilldivorcedhiswifeattheageof70.希爾先生七十歲的時(shí)候與他妻子離婚。Theirmarriageendedindivorce.他們的婚姻以離婚收?qǐng)?。be/getdivorcedfrom 與……離婚/分離divorcesb./sth.fromsth. 使某人/物從……分離/脫離Politicsshouldnotbedivorcedfromthelivesofordinarypeople.政治不應(yīng)該脫離普通民眾的生活。Whenhewasdepressed，hefeltutterlydivorcedfromreality.他沮喪時(shí)便感到完全脫離了現(xiàn)實(shí)。完成句子④他的妻子最近和他離婚了。He______________byhiswife.⑤他對(duì)未來(lái)的期望常常脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)。Hishopesforthefuture________________reality.【答案】④wasrecentlydivorced⑤areoftendivorcedfrom(教材P27)HenrycreatedtheChurchofEnglandandmadehimselfheadofit.亨利創(chuàng)立了英國(guó)自己的教會(huì)，并且自命為教皇?！疽c(diǎn)提煉】make＋賓語(yǔ)＋名詞(作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ))。Mostpopsingersmakemusictheircareer.大多數(shù)流行歌手把音樂(lè)當(dāng)作他們的職業(yè)。BillGates'Microsoftmakeshimaphenomenoninthebusinessworld.比爾·蓋茨的微軟使他成為商界的一個(gè)奇才。①make＋賓語(yǔ)＋賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的其他形式：make＋O.＋eq\b\lc\{(\a\vs4\al\co1(adj.,prep.phrase,v.,p.p.,that-clause))②如果賓語(yǔ)是動(dòng)詞不定式或從句，就用it作先行賓語(yǔ)，真正賓語(yǔ)移至句末。make＋it＋adj.＋eq\b\lc\{(\a\vs4\al\co1(todo,that-clause))Nothingcanmakemeturnagainstmycountry.什么也不能使我背叛我的祖國(guó)。TheInternetmakesourliveseasyandconvenient.互聯(lián)網(wǎng)使我們的生活變得容易和方便。Theteacherraisedhisvoicesothathecouldmakehimselfheard.那個(gè)老師提高了嗓門(mén)以便別人能聽(tīng)到他講話。“Makeyourselfathome，”thehostesssaidtomeassoonasIenteredthehouse.我剛一進(jìn)門(mén)，女主人就對(duì)我說(shuō)：“別客氣，就像在你自己家一樣?！盬hathasmadeChinawhatsheistoday?是什么讓中國(guó)變成今天的樣子？Thismakesitpossibleforagricultureandindustrytodevelopquickly.這使工農(nóng)業(yè)有可能很快發(fā)展。PeopleintheWestmakeitaruletobuyChristmaspresentsfortheirrelativesandfriends.西方國(guó)家的人常在圣誕節(jié)時(shí)購(gòu)買(mǎi)禮物給親屬和朋友。Theywanttomakeitcleartothepublicthattheydoanimportantandnecessaryjob.他們要向公眾表明，他們所做的工作是重要且必不可少的。完成句子①我們推選他當(dāng)我們足球隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)。We______________________ofourfootballteam.②行人，不論老幼，都該養(yǎng)成走人行天橋的習(xí)慣。Pedestrians，botholdandyoung，should__________touseoverheadbridges.【答案】①madehimcaptain②makeitahabit(教材P27)However，whentheQueendiscoveredin1592thathehadmarriedinsecret，shehadhimarrestedandheldintheTower.然而，當(dāng)女皇在1592年發(fā)現(xiàn)他已秘密結(jié)婚時(shí)，就派人拘捕了他并把他拘禁在塔里。【句式分析】本句中的havehimarrestedandheld是“have＋賓語(yǔ)＋過(guò)去分詞”結(jié)構(gòu)，一般表示“讓某人做某事”或“遭受，遭遇”。Ihavehadmyhaircut.我已剪了頭發(fā)。Hehashadhisbikerepaired.他讓人把自行車(chē)修了。①have＋賓語(yǔ)＋do 讓……做……②have＋賓語(yǔ)＋doing 讓……一直做Don'thaveyourkidcarrysomuchwater.別讓你的孩子擔(dān)這么多水。Ifyouhaveyourhorseworkingdayandnight，itmaygetill.如果你讓你的馬日夜不停地工作，它也許就會(huì)生病。完成句子①湯姆踢足球時(shí)，傷了腿。Tom________________whileplayingfootball.②史密斯先生在度假期間家被盜了。MrSmith________________whilehewasawayonholiday.③我不允許你和你父親那樣講話。Iwon't________________yourdadlikethat.【答案】①hadhislegbroken②hadhishousebrokeninto③haveyouspeakingto(教材P27)In1603，Raleighwaschargedwiththecrimeofbetrayinghiscountry，andsentencedtodeath.在1603年，羅利被起訴犯有叛國(guó)罪，法官宣判他死刑。(1)bechargedwith因……被控告；起訴Thepolicechargedthemanwithstealingthecar.警察指控這個(gè)人偷了車(chē)。Hewaschargedwithmurder.他被指控犯有謀殺罪?！咎崾尽縞hargesb.withsth.＝accusesb.ofsth.指責(zé)/控告某人做了某事Theteensaccusetheirparentsofmisleadingthem.青少年指責(zé)他們父母誤導(dǎo)他們。Sheclaimsthatheremployersaccusedheroftheft.她聲稱(chēng)她的老板指控她盜竊。chargevt. 控告；要價(jià)；充電freeofcharge 免費(fèi)chargesb.withsth./doingsth. 指控某人(做)某事accusesb.ofsth./doingsth. 指控某人(做)某事chargesb.moneyforsth./doingsth. 向某人索要……的錢(qián)chargefor 為……收取費(fèi)用inchargeofsth. 負(fù)責(zé)……inthechargeofsb. ……由某人負(fù)責(zé)takechargeofsth. 負(fù)責(zé)；管理Howmuchdoyouchargeformendingthispairofshoes?修理這雙鞋你要多少錢(qián)？Ittakestenhourstochargeabattery.給電池充一次電要花十個(gè)小時(shí)。一句多譯劉先生負(fù)責(zé)這些文件。①___________________________________________________②___________________________________________________③___________________________________________________【答案】①M(fèi)r.Liutakeschargeofthesedocuments.②Mr.Liuisinchargeofthesedocuments.③ThesedocumentsareinthechargeofMr.Liu.(2)sentencevt.宣判Thejudgesentencedthethieftofiveyearsinprison.法官判決那個(gè)小偷五年徒刑。Theyoungmanwassentencedtoallhislifeinprisonforthemurder.這個(gè)年輕人因?yàn)橹\殺罪被判終身監(jiān)禁。Themurdererwassentencedtodeathatlast.這個(gè)殺人犯最終被判死刑。sentencesb.todeath/lifeimprisonment 判某人死刑/終身監(jiān)禁sentencesb.todosth. 判處某人做某事sentencen. 句子；宣判，判刑Thejudgesentencedhimtofiveyears'imprisonmentfordealingwithdrugs.因販毒罪他被法官判刑5年。Thejudgesentencedhimtoworkinthedesertforayear.法官宣判他到沙漠勞動(dòng)一年。Thejudgepassedthesentence.法官宣布了判決。完成句子④法官判他無(wú)期徒刑。Thejudge______________lifeimprisonment.⑤他們判他服勞役。They__________________hardlabor.【答案】④sentencedhimto⑤sentencedhimtodo(教材P27)In1616，hewasgivenpermissiontomakeatriptoSouthAmericatolookforgoldonbehalfofKingJames.1616年，他被允許代表詹姆士國(guó)王去南美洲尋找黃金。(1)givesb.permissiontodosth.允許……做……Fathergavemepermissiontousehiscar.爸爸允許我用他的汽車(chē)。Noofficialpermissionhasbeengivenfortheeventtotakeplace.這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)未得到正式批準(zhǔn)，不能進(jìn)行。askforpermission 請(qǐng)求許可get/receivepermission 獲得允許/接受允許givesb.permissiontodosth. 允許某人做某事withyourpermission 在你的許可下withoutpermission 未經(jīng)允許Theteachergavemepermissiontogohomeearly.老師允許我早點(diǎn)回家。完成句子①誰(shuí)允許你進(jìn)入這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室的？Who________________thelab?②她未經(jīng)許可擅自使用了汽車(chē)。Shetookthecar________．【答案】①gaveyoupermissiontoenter②withoutpermission(2)onbehalfof代表；為了Hespokeonbehalfofallstaffmembersofthepany.他代表公司全體職工講話。OnbehalfofthedepartmentIwouldliketothankyouall.我謹(jǐn)代表全系感謝大家。onbehalfofsb.＝onsb.'sbehalf 代表/代替某人；因?yàn)槟橙耍粸榱四橙薸nbehalfofsb.＝insb.'sbehalf 為了Shegaveapianorecitalinbehalfofacharity.她為某慈善機(jī)構(gòu)舉行了一場(chǎng)鋼琴獨(dú)奏會(huì)。完成句子③我代表我母親給您寫(xiě)信，以表達(dá)她對(duì)您送禮物的感激之情。Iamwriting____________toexpressherthanksforyourgift.④今天校長(zhǎng)不能來(lái)，所以我要代表他發(fā)言。Thepresidentcan'tbeheretoday，soI'mgoingtospeak______．⑤噢，不要因?yàn)槲叶闊h，don'tgotoanytrouble____________．【答案】③onbehalfofmymother④onhisbehalf⑤on/inmybehalfremainsn．遺產(chǎn)；遺物；剩余物；殘骸(教材P30)TheMingandQingImperialTombsareamongthemostextraordinaryculturalremainstobefoundanywhere.明清皇陵是世界上發(fā)現(xiàn)的最令人贊嘆的文化遺產(chǎn)之一。Hereistheremainsofatemple.這是一座寺院的廢墟。Theremainsofthecastlecanstillbeseenonthehill.殘存的城堡的遺跡仍能在山上被看到。remainv. 留下，剩下，留待linkingv. 繼續(xù)，依然①remaintobedone 留待以后做②Itremainstobeseen... 是一個(gè)固定句式結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“(情況未 明)有待去證實(shí)；要看怎樣發(fā)展”。③連系動(dòng)詞，后接表語(yǔ)，意為“保持，仍舊是”，后接形容詞、名詞、分詞、介詞短語(yǔ)、從句或表示位置的副詞，無(wú)被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。Hisbrotherhasbeeamanager，butheremainsaworker.他弟弟已經(jīng)成為經(jīng)理了，而他仍然是一個(gè)工人。Sheremainedathomewiththechildren.她和孩子們留在家里。Asisknown，muchworkremainedtobedone.大家都知道，還有許多工作要做。Itremainstobeseenwhattheresultsofthetestswillbe.測(cè)試結(jié)果如何尚待以后分曉。完成句子①其他人走了之后，蘇珊留下并將家具放回了原處。Whentheothershadgone，Susan________andputbackthefurniture.②他所說(shuō)的有待去證實(shí)。Whathesaid______________．【答案】①remained②remainstobeproved(教材P30)Ofthethirteentombs，onlyChangling，DinglingandZhaolingareopentothepublic.十三陵中，只有長(zhǎng)陵、定陵和昭陵對(duì)公眾開(kāi)放?！揪涫椒治觥吭谶@個(gè)句型中，of在此不表示所屬關(guān)系，而是表示部分和整體關(guān)系。tombs表示整體，Changling，DinglingandZhaoling表示整體中的一部分。Manyofthestudentsefromothercountries.學(xué)生之中的許多人來(lái)自其他國(guó)家。Ofalltheworkshispaintingwasthemostbeautiful.在所有這些作品之中，他的畫(huà)是最美的。翻譯句子①在所有的星球當(dāng)中，太陽(yáng)離我們最近。_________________________________________________________________②我班有65名學(xué)生，其中32名是女生。_________________________________________________________________【答案】①Ofallthestars，thesunisthenearesttous.②Thereare65studentsinourclass，ofwhom32aregirls/32ofwhomaregirls.(教材P30)AddingtotheextraordinarybeautyofChanglingistheLing'enPalace，knownforitssimpledesignandpaintedceiling.陵恩殿以它的簡(jiǎn)約的設(shè)計(jì)和彩繪內(nèi)頂而聞名，為長(zhǎng)陵更添宏偉與壯麗?！揪涫椒治觥勘揪涫堑寡b句。用倒裝句的目的是為了保持句子結(jié)構(gòu)平衡。本句由于主語(yǔ)帶有一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)，主語(yǔ)較長(zhǎng)，所以把作表語(yǔ)的形容詞、過(guò)去分詞、現(xiàn)在分詞或不定式置于句首，句子用完全倒裝。其正常語(yǔ)序是：TheLing'enPalaceisaddingtotheextraordinary...。HangingonthewallaretwopaintingsbyQiBaishi.墻上掛的是兩張齊白石的畫(huà)。①表示時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)和動(dòng)作轉(zhuǎn)移的副詞如here，there，now，then，up，down，in，away，out等置于句首時(shí)，常采用倒裝語(yǔ)序。句子的動(dòng)詞多為go，e，rush等。但主語(yǔ)是人稱(chēng)代詞時(shí)，就不用倒裝。②表示地點(diǎn)的介詞短語(yǔ)開(kāi)頭的句子，也用倒裝語(yǔ)序。Inthecenterofthesquarestandsamonument.在廣場(chǎng)的中心矗立著一座紀(jì)念碑。Onthebackwallhangsaportrait.一幅畫(huà)像掛在后墻上。Theregoesthebell.Let'sbeginourclass.鈴響了，咱們上課吧。Thereesthebus！車(chē)來(lái)了。Suddenly，incameamanwithamaskonhisface.突然，一個(gè)戴著面具的男人出現(xiàn)了。用倒裝句翻譯句子①鈴又響了。整個(gè)上午都響個(gè)不停。__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________②去北京的火車(chē)來(lái)了。__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________③山里有座廟。__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________【答案】①Theregoesthephoneagain.It'snotstoppingringingallmorning.②HereesthetraintoBeijing.③Inthemiddleofthemountainliesatemple.intermsof就……而言；從……方面說(shuō)來(lái)(教材P30－31)ItisapparentthattheQingTombsareinfluencedbytheMingTombs，especiallyintermsofarchitectureandthewaytheyareplacedamongthesurroundingmountainsandvalleys.清皇陵明顯受到明皇陵的影響，尤其是在建筑風(fēng)格和在山谷之間的選址方面。Thinkofitintermsofaninvestment.從投資的角度來(lái)考慮那件事。Thejobisgreatintermsofsalary，butithasitsdisadvantages.就薪金而言，這個(gè)工作倒是挺不錯(cuò)的，但也有一些不利之處。beongood/badtermswithsb. 與某人關(guān)系好/不好etotermswith 接受(令人不快的事物)onsb.'sownterms 按照某人的主張IthinkI'veetotermswithlosingmyjobnow.我覺(jué)得自己現(xiàn)在已接受了失業(yè)這一現(xiàn)實(shí)。Tomisongoodtermswithhisclassmates.湯姆與他同學(xué)的關(guān)系很好。完成句子①這在能量上是什么意思呢？Whatdoesthis________calories?②據(jù)說(shuō)老張和那個(gè)部長(zhǎng)的關(guān)系特別好。It'ssaidthatMr.Zhangis________theminister.【答案】①meanintermsof②ongoodtermswithtakeup開(kāi)始從事；占(時(shí)間、地方等)；處理；接受(建議，提議等)；繼續(xù)做(教材P31)Thetombs，whichwerebuiltoveraperiodof247years，takeup78squarekilometres.這些陵墓的建造歷時(shí)247年，占地78平方公里。Thatbigtabletakesuptoomuchroom.那張大桌子占據(jù)了太多的空間。LearningEnglishtakesupalotofmytime.學(xué)英語(yǔ)占據(jù)了我許多時(shí)間。HehadstudiedJapaneseforayearandahalfbeforehetookupEnglish.他開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)之前已經(jīng)學(xué)了一年半日語(yǔ)了。takeapart 拆卸；拆開(kāi)takedown 記下takein 欺騙；吸收；吸納；收留takeoff 起飛takeon 呈現(xiàn)takeover 接收；接管takecareof 照顧；照料takeaway 使消失；拿走，帶走Hewashomeless，sowetookhimin.他無(wú)家可歸，我們便收留了他。Theplanetookoffanhourlate.飛機(jī)起飛晚了一個(gè)小時(shí)。寫(xiě)出takeup在句子中的漢語(yǔ)意思①Whenheleftschoolhetookupjournalism.________②Hetookuptheinvitationtovisit.________③I'lltakeupthestorywhereyouleftoff.________④Thetabletakesuptoomuchspace.________⑤Thehospitalmanagerhaspromisedtotakethematterupwiththememberofstaffinvolved.________用take短語(yǔ)完成下列句子⑥I'dliketo________thepointyouraisedearlier.⑦He________thepanyafterhisfatherdied.⑧Iwasgivensomepillsto________thepain.【答案】①?gòu)氖垄诮邮堍劾^續(xù)講④占據(jù)⑤處理⑥takeup⑦tookover⑧takeawayasaresult因此；結(jié)果是(教材P31)Asaresult，thegovernmenthasstrengthenedregulationtoprotectthesehistoricsites.因此政府加強(qiáng)管理來(lái)保護(hù)這些歷史遺址。Heworkedhardathisstudy.Asaresult，hepassedtheexameasily.他學(xué)習(xí)很努力，因此他輕而易舉地通過(guò)了這次考試。asaresultof 由于……的結(jié)果withoutresult 毫無(wú)結(jié)果地resultin 造成；導(dǎo)致(接結(jié)果)resultfrom 產(chǎn)生結(jié)果；發(fā)生；因……而引起(接原因)Shediedasaresultofinjuries.她由于受傷而死亡。Asaresultofthefire，thousandsofpeoplelosttheirhomes.由于那場(chǎng)大火，成千上萬(wàn)的人失去了家園。Themeetingwasoverwithoutresult.會(huì)議毫無(wú)結(jié)果地結(jié)束了。完成句子①很多人因這次車(chē)禍喪生了。Manypeopledied__________________theaccident.②這場(chǎng)車(chē)禍導(dǎo)致他的死亡。Theaccident________hisdeath.③這次事故起因于粗心駕駛。Theaccident________carelessdriving.【答案】①asaresultof②resultedin③resultedfrom如何進(jìn)行人物個(gè)性描寫(xiě)[寫(xiě)作指導(dǎo)]人物個(gè)性描寫(xiě)就是描述一個(gè)人在思想、品質(zhì)、行為、習(xí)慣等方面的特征，例如樂(lè)觀還是悲觀、外向還是內(nèi)向等。描寫(xiě)時(shí)盡量避免使用過(guò)于籠統(tǒng)的句子，而應(yīng)該采用相對(duì)比較細(xì)致入微的句子來(lái)對(duì)人物進(jìn)行“個(gè)性化”描寫(xiě)。例如：1．正面描寫(xiě)Youngasheis，hehasastrongsenseofresponsibility.雖然很年輕，他卻有很強(qiáng)的責(zé)任感。Heiseasy-going，optimistic，andabletoworkunderpressure.他性格隨和，樂(lè)觀向上，有良好的抗壓能力。Hissoulisaspureaswhitesnow.他的靈魂像雪一樣純潔。2．負(fù)面描寫(xiě)Shegivestheimpressionofbeinggenerous，butinrealitysheisaveryselfishwoman.她給人以慷慨大方的印象，但其實(shí)她是個(gè)非常自私的女人。Heisbad-temperedandwon'tlistentoanybody，soyou'dbetternotstandinhispath.他脾氣暴躁，不聽(tīng)他人勸告，你最好不要去阻礙他。Youmightaswelltalktoastoneastrytoarguewithastubbornwoman.你與其跟一個(gè)倔女人爭(zhēng)吵，還不如跟一塊石頭說(shuō)話。[常用詞塊]1．a(chǎn)manwithasenseofresponsibility有責(zé)任感的人2．a(chǎn)good-naturedperson友好的人3．a(chǎn)manoffinepersonality個(gè)性強(qiáng)的人4．a(chǎn)nambitiousperson有抱負(fù)的人5．a(chǎn)smooth-spokenman能說(shuō)會(huì)道的人6．a(chǎn)noutspokenman說(shuō)話直率的人7．a(chǎn)cold-bloodedman冷酷無(wú)情的人8．beofadeterminedcharacter性格果斷[常用語(yǔ)句]1．她年輕、有活力、且極具耐心和想象力。Sheisalivelyyoungwomanwithpatienceandimagination.2．他是一位心地善良、幽默、有責(zé)任心的教師。Heisakind-hearted，humorousandresponsibleteacher.3．他和我們相處得很好，但對(duì)我們很?chē)?yán)格。Heisgettingonwellwithus，butheisverystrictwithus.4．約翰很固執(zhí)，從不承認(rèn)他的錯(cuò)誤。Johnisverystubbornandneveradmitshismistakes.5．我從未見(jiàn)過(guò)一位那么愿意幫助處于困境的朋友的人。Ihaveneverbeforeseenamansoreadytohelpafriendintrouble.6．瑪麗完全不是膽小的孩子。Maryisnotatallatimidchild.7．他具有獨(dú)立的性格。Hepossessesanindependentcharacter.8．這些學(xué)生樂(lè)觀并有抱負(fù)。Thesestudentsareoptimisticandambitious.[佳作構(gòu)建]閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫(xiě)的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。AVacationwithMyMotherIhadaninterestingchildhood.Itwasfilledwithsurprisesandamusements，allbecauseofmymother—loving，sweet，yetabsent-mindedandforgetful.OnestrangefamilytripwetookwhenIwaseleventellsalotabouther.MytwosetsofgrandparentslivedinColoradoandNorthDakota，andmyparentsdecidedtospendafewweeksdrivingtothosestatesandseeingallthesightsalongtheway.Asthefirstdayofourtripapproached，David，myeight-year-oldbrother，andIunwillinglysaidgoodbyetoallofourfriends.Whoknewifwe'deverseethemagain?Finally，themomentofourdeparturearrived，andweloadedsuitcases，books，games，campingequipment，andatentintothecarandbravelydroveoff.Webravelydroveoffagaintwohourslaterafterwe'dreturnedhometogetthepurseandtraveler'schecksMomhadforgotten.DavidandIwerealwaysalittlenervouswhenusinggasstationbathroomsifMomwasdrivingwhileDadslept：“Youstandoutsidethedoorandplaylookout(放哨)whileIgo，andI'llstandoutsidethedoorandplaylookoutwhileyougo.”Ihadterriblepicturesinmymind:“Honey，wherearethekids？”“What？！Oh，Gosh...Ithoughttheywerebeingawfullyquiet.”Wewereneveractuallyleftbehindinastrangecity，butweweren'tabouttotakeanychances.Onthefourthorfifthnight，wehadtroublefindingahotelwithavacancy.Afterdrivinginvainforsometime，Momsuddenlygotagreatidea:Whydidn'twefindahousewithalikely-lookingbackyardandaskifwecouldsetuptentthere?DavidandIbecamenervous.Toourgreatrelief，Dadturneddowntheidea.Momnevercouldunderstandourobjections(反對(duì)).Ifastrangefamilyshoweduponherfrontdoorstep，Momwouldhavebeendelighted.Shethinkseveryoneintheworldisasniceassheis.Wefinallyfoundavacancyinthenexttown.Paragraph1Thenextdaywerememberedthebrand-newtentwehadbroughtwithus._______________________________________________________________________________________________________