Lesson 44 Through the forest 穿过森林

1.原文

2. 参考译文

3. New words and expressions

★risk ① n. 危险，风险
John took/ran the risk of damaging his bus and drove it into the back of the thieves’car.
John saved me at the risk of his own life.
② vt. 冒……危险，使……遭受危险We’d better take a taxi. We can’t risk missing the plane.
★breath n. 呼吸out of breath 上气不接下气
waste one’s breath 白费口舌
in one breath 片刻, 转眼间
He finished water in one breath. 他一口气把水喝完了. hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸
bad breath 口臭 You have a bad breath.
★contents n. (常用复数)内有的物品(具体的东西)
contents of the bag 包里的书
More contents! (口语) 在吃饭时要求再加些饭菜时可以这样说. content n. 内容(抽象)

4. 课文讲解

1、Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
think of… 考虑，思考take a risk(of doing) 冒……风险run after 追赶；追随；追求 run behind 在某人后面跑run to 跑向
2、They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
rush up to sb. 迎面冲向某人up向上，面对面，与说话人相反方向；down方向相同，与说话人相同方向 go down 接着往前走,不用回头
up to可以表示地点、时间等“一直到……”
have a picnic 野餐
at the edge of 在……的边上
3、In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. in one’s possession = in the possession of sb. 为某人所拥有……
4、When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.
go through (仔细地)搜查，在……中搜寻，浏览，翻看(速度较快的看).
catch up with sb. 追上,赶上(强调结果)
contents of the bag 包里的东西
run (straight) at (at 强调瞄准,一般与straight相连都用at)

5. letter writing

信封上的地址的书写方式：收信人的姓名和地址必须在信封的中央，称呼总是和姓名连在一起的：
Mr. James Thompson；James Thompson Esq.；Miss H. Thompson；Mrs. D Thompson；Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson,
Esq. Esquire写信时对男性的尊称(放在人名的后面)，等同于Mr. 但位置不同Mr.and Mrs.(已婚)，一般夫妇一起邀请.先写人名，再写地址，写信人的地址写在信封背面，或放在信中

6. Key structures

1、动名词可以做主语、宾语、介词宾语等
That’s no excuse for not mending the chair!
2、动名词还可以用于“动词+介词”之后
look forward to doing sth. 期待、盼望做某事
be accustomed to doing sth. 习惯于做某事.
be used to doing sth. 习惯做某事
比较：I used to get up early but I don’t anymore. 我过去常早起, 但现在不再早起了。
devote to doing sth. 奉献给某事, 把…奉献给……
devote oneself to doing sth. (全身心投入做某事)
object to doing sth. 反对做某事
get/be tired of doing sth. 对……厌烦, 作为系动词get可与be 替换 believe in 信任,信仰
believe in + sb. 表示信任某人,信仰某人
believe in + doing sth. 表示我的信条是…
accuse sb. of doing sth. 因某事控告某人(accusevt. 控告；指控)
3、在start，begin，continue等后面，既可以用不定式又可以用动名词，区别不大：
4、在love，like，prefer等动词后，用不定式和动名词意义有所区别。
hate,love,like+doing sth. 表示一种习惯(always)
hate,love,like+to do sth. 表示某一次性的行为(now)
would love /like to do sth. 表示想要, 习惯于在前面加 would.餐厅服务员习惯会问: “Would you like to…?”，而不会用 “Do you like…?”，他只关心你现在想吃什么,而不管你平常吃什么。
I hate to do sth.… 不喜欢……
I hate to say but I really have something important to do. 你想拒绝别人的邀请时可用的句型
prefer…to…结构中只能用动名词
I prefer walking to driving.
5、在need，want之后，动名词形式具有被动的含义，相当于被动的不定式：
如果以物体做主语，可以直接加动词-ing，表达被动的含义