Lesson 27 A wet night雨夜What happened to the boys in the night?Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!参考译文傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。
这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌但过了一阵子天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去New words and expressions】（15）1 tent[tent] n.帐篷2 field[fi:ld] n.田地，田野3 smell [smel] v.闻起来4 wonderful['wʌndəful] a.极好的5 campfire['kæmpˌfaiə] n.营火，篝火6 creep [kri:p] v.爬行7 sleeping bag['sli:piŋ] 睡袋8 comfortable['kʌmfətəbəl] a.舒适的，安逸的9 soundly['sʌundli] ad.香甜地10 leap [li:p] v.跳跃，跳起11 heavily['hevili] ad.大量地12 stream[stri:m] n.小溪13 form [fɔ:m] v.形成14 wind [wind, waind] v.蜿蜒15 right [rait] ad.正好一．单词讲解：tent n. 帐篷put up a tent 搭帐篷/pitch [pitʃ] a tentpeg down a tent 用木桩固定帐篷pull down a tent 拆帐篷/strike a tenteg. We always sleep in a tent when we go camping. 我们宿营时，总是睡在帐篷里。
field n. 天地，田野，领域，专业，视野in the field 在田地里develop unexplored fields of industries 开发未曾探索的工业领域one’s special field 某人的专业a wide field of vision 广阔的视野smell v. 闻起来smelled/smelt1) （感官动词） + adj.2) 不用于被动语态，不用于进行时态eg. The fish smells good. 这鱼闻起来不错eg. The fish smells delicious. 这鱼闻起来就好吃这类动词很常见：eg. The story sounds interesting. 这故事听起来很有趣sound 听起来 )eg. The girl looks charming. 那女孩看上去很有魅力look 看起来)eg. The material feels soft. 这布料摸上去很柔软feel 摸起来)smell v. 嗅到（实意动词）eg. I can smell trouble coming. 我凭直觉感到要有麻烦了eg. I smelled something burnt. 我闻到有什么东西烧糊了。
smell round/smell about 东嗅西嗅，到处打听/nose aroundeg. The dogs were smelling round, perhaps they smelt the thief.这些狗到处闻 ，也许它们闻到贼的气味了smell of 带有… 气味（通常指令人不快的气味）eg. Your breath smells of brandy. 你的呼吸带有白兰地的气味eg. The house smells of paint. 这座房子有油漆的气味wonderful adj. 极好的campfire n. 营火，篝火campn. 营地a holiday camp 度假营地a prison camp 战俘营an army camp 军营a concentration camp （德国纳粹的）集中营pitch a camp 扎营have a foot in both camps 脚踏两只船have a foot in the grave 行将就木campv. 设营，扎营，宿营，露营go camping 野营度假eg. They camped near the top of the mountain. 他们在山顶附近扎营。
campfire 营火，篝火open fire 在野外生的火，篝火bonfire ['bɔn,faiə] n. 营火，篝火camp bed 折叠床，行军床creep v. 慢慢地，悄悄地或偷偷地移动（尤指弯着腰走）(crept, crept)eg. The cat crept silently towards the bird. 那只猫悄悄地接近那只鸟bell the cat 舍己为人，为他人利益去冒险bell the cat是一个固定短语，意思是“为了大家的利益承担风险”，这个短语是怎么来的呢？ bell the cat源自一个故事：有一窝老鼠，因为怕猫，不敢出去找食物其中有一只老鼠想了一个办法，在猫的脖子上套一个铃铛，这样，他们就可以知道猫在哪里，然后避开它找食物这个办法得到全体老鼠的一致拥护，但有一个最重要的问题尚未解决：谁去给猫套铃铛呢？也就是：Who will bell the cat? 这个故事的结局怎样，没有明确的说法，但bell the cat这个短语却被人们反复引用，成了习语eg. It's quite difficult to get a man who can bell the cat. 很难找到危险时刻能够挺身而出的人了。
eg. All the men agreed that they wanted a pay increase, but nobody offered to bell the cat and ask their employer for the money.大家都想加薪，但谁肯承担这个风险去向老板提出来呢？eg. "Down with the weekend homework!"shouted all the boys. However, none of them dared to bell the cat and say that to the teacher.“打倒周末作业”，所有男孩子都叫道，但是无人敢去向老师提出来eg. The thief crept along the corridor ['kɔridɔ:]. 那个贼悄悄地溜过走廊eg. Old age creeps on you before you realize it. 人不知不觉变老了eg. The boys crept into their tent.crawl [krɔ:l] 爬，爬行，匍匐前进crawl 使用于如蛇类，无足，以腹部着地而行或者动作迟缓之虫类，而creep则表示四足动物缓慢而行，然而，快速前进之虫类，仍多以creep 表示。
sleeping bag 睡袋sleeging car 卧铺车厢/sleepersleeping pill 安眠药eg. Let sleeping dogs lie. （谚）不捅马蜂窝，蜂也不来蛰comfortable adj. 舒适的comfort n.[U]1) 舒适，身心健康，安慰live in comfort 过得舒适a few words of comfort 几句安慰的话2) 令人安慰的人或事 (single)eg. Her children are a great comfort to her. 对她来说，孩子们是很大的安慰3) （生活方面）使人舒适的设备(pl.)comfort station 公共厕所 (Am.)public convenience 公共厕所 (Br.)comfort sb 安慰某人eg. The mother comforted the disappointed boy. 妈妈安慰那个失望的孩子comfortable adj. 舒适的 ←→ uncomfortable 不舒适的a comfortable chair 一把舒适的椅子a comfortable car 一辆舒适的车子eg. Make yourself comfortable! 请别客气！comfortably adv. 舒适地 相当于 in comforteg. She sat in the sofa comfortably. 她舒适地坐在沙发上。
/She sat in the sofa in comfort.soundly adv. 酣睡地，充分地sleep soundly 睡得香甜sleep deeply 睡得很沉sleep well 睡眠很好be fast asleep 睡得香甜sound adj. （睡眠）酣的，香甜的，不中断的；（睡眠的人）酣睡的1) be a sound sleeper 一个睡得很香的人/be a deep sleeper2) a sound heart （身心）健康的，健全的eg. A sound mind in a sound body. 健康的心理寓于健康的身体3) 合理的，正确的，坚定的a sound judgement 合理的判决eg. She is sound on her future. 她对未来有信心leap [li:p] vi. 跳，跳跃(jump as fast as one can; jump over)(leapt, leapt) [lept, li:pt]eg. We leapt out of the tent. 我们蹦出帐篷eg. My heart leapt for joy at the news. 听到这个消息。