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1、Unit 3Trying to Fit into a New Family (adapt to)lBACBBCACI Wordslcelebrate lv. 庆祝le.g.lIts our custom to celebrate our birthday with a party. l我们习惯开个晚会庆祝我们的生日。lNational Day is celebrated every year in our country.l我们国家每年都庆祝国庆节。anniversaryln. 周年纪念日le.g.lHe wanted to give his wife a happy surprise on
2、their wedding anniversary. l他想在结婚纪念日给他妻子一个惊喜。l Its the twentieth anniversary of his death. l今天是他逝世20周年纪念日。ratherladv. in some way; quite 在一定程度上，相当le.g.lIt is rather cold today.l 今天相当冷。lshe had some rather interesting news to tell us.l她要告诉我们一些很有趣的消息。comfortl v. 安慰，抚慰le.g.lI tried to comfort my mother
3、 after grandmas death. l外祖母去世后，我尽力安慰母亲。lShe was/is comforting a crying child. l她在安慰一个哭泣的孩子。comfortln. 安慰，抚慰le.g.lHer children were a great comfort to her when she was ill. l她生病的时候，她的孩子们给了她极大的安慰l。lYou have been a real comfort to me. l你的确是我的安慰。shockln. 震惊，冲击 be shocked to do sthle.g.l The young profes
4、sors death was a great shock to us all.l 那位年轻教授的去世使我们都很震惊。lI was not able to speak from the shock. l我惊骇得说不出话来。shocklv. 使震惊le.g.lShe knew how much the bad news would shock me.l她知道那个坏消息会使我多么震惊。stay stay up late in the nightlv. . 停留，保持le.g.lCan you stay for dinner? l 你能留下来吃晚饭吗？lI cant stay. Ive got an
5、important meeting.l 我不能留下，我有一个很重要的会议要参加。wipe lvt. to remove dirt 擦，抹 You dont have to wash your hands. Just wipe them clean. l你不必洗手，擦干净就可以了。lappear vi. 1. 出现 The two officers suddenly appeared. 那两名警官突然出现了。2.看来好像It appeared that I was wrong. 看来是我错了。fair la. 1. （皮肤）白皙的；（头发）金色的 English people usually h
6、ave fair skin and fair hair. l英国人一般有白皙的皮肤和金色的头发。l2. 公正的，公平的 We must be fair to everyone. l我们必须公平对待每个人。l。II phrasesl1. stand up to拒绝；对抗le.g.lSomebodys got to stand up to them. l必须有人敢于和他们斗争。l2. no longerle.g.lThey no longer live here. l他们已不住在这里了。 lBy that time he was no longer a child. l那时他已经不再是个孩子了。3
7、 fit into 适应，适合l Its hard to see how he would fit into the team. 很难看出他怎样适应这支队伍。clear awayl 1. 散开；变晴朗 The rain stopped and the sky cleared away. 雨停了，天变晴了。 2. 清除 The waiter cleared away all the dishes on the table. 男侍者将桌上的剩菜都清除了。move on lgo on to another place 继续前进 The policeman asked us to move on. 警
8、察让我们往前走。 We had to move on to find another hotel. 我们不得不继续寻找另一家旅馆。think of as l把看作 He looked very young, and we all thought of him as a student. 他看上去很年轻，我们都以为他是学生。l think about 思考，考虑He was thinking about how to finish the work before next Friday. 他在考虑如何在下周五之前完成这项工作。of ones ownl Children should have r
9、ooms of their own. 孩子们应该有自己的房间。自己的with a shock震惊，惊讶l We learned of the news with a shock. 我们得知这一消息感到很震惊。stand up to 拒绝；对抗lYou should stand up to her a bit more. 你应该顶撞她一下。lose height 下降l Father woke me up when the plane was losing height. 飞机降落时，父亲把我叫醒了。lAnnual adj .lFence n. lRelative n. adj. lFair a
10、dj.lStay v. avoid v. height n. wake v.lAppear v. Straight adj. Shock v./n. Firm adj. /nl1. relativelyl2. avoidedl3. annual l4. fencel5. firmly l6.appearedl7. shocked l8. fairThe text l1 The three children sat in the airplane, watching the clouds clear away as the airplane went higher and higher into
11、 the sky. Two years ago, before their parents death, it would have been fun. Now it was nothing more than another time of meeting new relatives, trying to fit into their family life, and then moving on again. It wasnt easy to think of these places as home. lMeaning: The three children sat in the air
12、plane, watching the clouds slowly disappear. airplane: 飞机He died in an airplane accident. 他在一次空 难中丧生。 Note: 飞机 (airplane或plane) 在机场 (airport) 降落 (land on) 或起飞(take off)。lTwo years ago, when their parents were still alive, traveling by air would have been something they enjoyed. Note: 虚拟条件句中的条件从句有时不表
13、达出来， 只隐含在上下文中，如：What would I have done without you? 如果没有你，我怎么办呢 ？(条件隐含在介词短语without you中。)lMeaning: Now, it was like another time of meeting new members of their family, relative: n. C a member of the same family tree 亲戚 My uncle is my closest living relative. 仍然 在世的亲人中，叔父是我最近的亲人。 设法适应新家庭 l三个孩子坐在机舱里，
14、注视着云彩随着飞机 升空渐渐消散开去。 如果是两年前父母还在 世的时候，这一定很让人开心。 而现在只不 过是又一次去见新的亲戚，又一次设法适应 新家庭的生活罢了，然后又到另一个地方去 。 把这些地方看作自己的家可不太容易。 l艾米杰克逊想起他们在自己家的那些日子， 那时她以为父母会永远与他们在一起。 虽然 父亲常常一连几天绕着牧羊场转来转去，照 看着绵羊、草地和围栏，但母亲总是在他们 身边。l l3 Then, when Amy was just thirteen, everything changed. Usually her father went alone to the annual
15、farmers meeting in Sydney, but that year their mother went too. They were to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. l然而，在艾米刚刚13岁的时候，一切都发生 了变化。 往年她父亲总是一个人去参加在悉 尼召开的农场主年会，但那年她母亲也一起 去了。 他们要庆祝结婚15周年纪念日。l4The day Amy learned of the car accident and her parents death in Sydney, she realized what i
16、t really meant to be the eldest in the family. Before, she had rather enjoyed playing mother and helping to look after the younger children, though she did less for Richard than she did for Susie, the baby of the family. Amy had washed her dirty hands, read stories, washed cuts, and wiped away tears for her, always knowing she could stop when she wanted to. Then it was no l
