今年5月1日,高三(3)班的学生志愿者Li Yue和Zhang Hua去阳光敬老院(Sunshine Nursing Home)开展志愿者活动(送水果、打扫卫生、聊天等)。假如你是校英语报的记者陈洁,请按下列要点用英语写一则100~120个词的资讯报道。
(改编) 要点:1.时间、地点、人物、活动;
2.老人们对此次活动的反应;
3.对这次志愿者活动作出简短评论;
4.题目自拟;可适当增加细节。 范文背诵 Student Volunteers Brought Sunshine to the Elderly
On May 1st Day, Li Yue and Zhang Hua, students from Class Three, Grade Three, went o Sunshine Nursing Home and did some voluntary work. Upon their arrival, Li Yue and Zhang Hua were warmly welcomed, and respectfully, they presented the elderly with flowers and fruits. Then, they started working at once, cleaning the windows and sweeping the floor. Everything done, they sat in the yard chatting with the elderly people.
When it was time for the volunteers to leave, the elderly people thanked them for their kindness. They said it was such a beautiful day that they would remember it forever.
Li Yue and Zhang Hua felt very happy. What they did has brought joy to others and enriched their own lives. By Chen Jie, School Newspaper
句型背诵 ①Everything done, they sat in the yard chatting with the elderly people. ②They said it was such a beautiful day that they would remember it forever.
③ What they did has brought joy to others and enriched their own lives.
1. ______ n.出生地;故乡→ ______ n. 出生 2. ______ n.小说;长篇故事;adj.新奇的;异常的 3. ______ n.奇遇;冒险→ ______ adj. 冒险的,有危险性的;喜欢冒险的 4. ______ n.(戏剧)一场;现场;场面;景色→ ______ n.(总称)风景;景色→ ______ adj.风景优美的 5. ______ vi.漫游;漫步;漂泊 → ______ n.漫游者;流浪汉;彷徨者 6. ______ n.商人→ ______ n.生意;商业→ ______ adj.繁忙的 7. ______ vt.&vi.许可;允许;准许;n.通行证;许可证;执照→ ______ n.许可;允许;准许 8. ______ n.过错;缺点;故障→ ______ adj.有错误的;有缺点的→ ______ adj.无错误的;无缺点的;完美的 9. ______ vt.发现;认出;n.斑点;污点;地点→ ______ adj.没有污点的;纯洁无瑕的 10. ______ n.船费(包括食宿);通道;(一)段→ ______ n.乘客 11. ______ vi.&vt.认为;说明;总计有;n.说明;理由;计算;账目→ ______ n. 会计 12. ______ vt.&vi.寻找;探索;寻求 → ______(过去式)→ ______ (过去分词) 13. ______ n.耐性;忍耐→ ______ adj.有耐性的 14. ______ n.反面;对立面;adj.相反的;相违的 15. _____ adj.难以置信的→ ______adj.值得相信的→ _____ vt.&vi.相信 16. ______ adj.粗鲁的;无礼的 → ______ n.粗鲁;无礼 17. ______ adj.真的;真诚的 → ______ adv.由衷地;真诚地 答案:1.birthplace;birth
2.novel
3.adventure;adventurous 4.scene;scenery;scenic
5.wander;wanderer 6.businessman; business; busy
7.permit;permission 8.fault;faulty;faultless
9.spot;spotless
10.passage;passenger 11.account;accountant
12.seek;sought;sought 13.patience;patient
14.contrary 15.unbelievable;believable;believe 16.rude;rudeness
17.genuine;genuinely
1.bring ______
抚养;培养;教育;提出 2.make a ______ 打赌 3.go ______ 前进;(用于祈使句)可以;往下说 4. ______ accident
偶然;无意中;不小心 5. ______ at
盯着看;凝视 6. ______ for
导致;做出解释 7.on the ______ 与此相反;正相反 8. ______ a chance
冒险 9.in ______
衣衫褴褛 10. ______ for
关于;至于
答案:1.up
2.bet
3.ahead
4.by
5.stare
6.account 7.contrary
8.take
9.rags
10.as
1.Well, towards nightfall I found myself ______ ______ ______ ______ by a strong wind. 嗯,傍晚时分我发现我被一阵大风刮到海上去了。 2.And ______ ______ the ship ______ brought you to England.
正是那艘船把你带到了英国。 3.The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, ______ accounts for my appearance. 事实上我靠做义工来顶替船费,这就是我为什么衣冠不整的原因了。 4. ______ amazing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life, especially if you can’t have them for a while. 从生活中如此简单的东西之中竟能得到这么大的乐趣,真是令人吃惊,特别是当你暂时吃不到这些东西的时候。
答案:1.carried out to sea
2.it was;that
3.which
4.It’s
1.scene n. 现场;场面;景色;(戏剧)一场 Our reporter was the first person on the scene.
我们的记者是最先到达出事地点的。 I saw the scene with my own eyes. 我亲眼目睹了那一幕。 The rocking boats along the river bank make a beautiful scene.
河边晃晃悠悠的船只构成了一道美丽的风景。 Act 1, Scene 2 of Macbeth 《麦克白》第一幕第二场 【速记名片】
常用结构: behind the scenes在幕后;暗中 make a scene吵架,(当众)大吵大闹 appear/come on the scene到现场 on the scene在现场;当场 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①他是这出戏里的一个重要幕后人物。
He was an important man ______ ______ ______ in the play.
②我不喜欢当众吵闹。
I do not like to ______ ______ ______ in public. ③ 当我到达现场时, 一切都结束了。
By the time I came ______ ______ ______ , it was all over. ④ 那事故发生后不久警察就赶到了现场。
Policemen were soon ______ ______ ______ after the accident.
答案:①behind the scenes
②make a scene
③on the scene
④on the scene
2.permit vt.&vi.许可;允许;准许
n. 通行证;许可证;执照 Dogs are not permitted in the building.不得携带狗进入楼内。 We don’t permit smoking in the office. 我们不允许在办公室里吸烟。 Permit me to explain it.允许我解释一下。 He took out a permit to hunt when the policeman asked why he hunted the deer. 当警察问到他为什么猎鹿时,他拿出了一份狩猎许可证。
常用结构: permit sb./sth. 允许某人/某事 permit sb.to do sth.=allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事 permit doing sth.=allow doing sth. 允许做某事 permit of许可;准许 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①我们不允许在阅览室内大声喧哗。
We don’t permit ______ ______ in the reading room. ②老师不允许我们碰实验室里的任何东西。
The teacher doesn’t permit us ______ ______
anything in the lab.
③这项工作不能耽搁。
The work ______ ______ no delay. 答案:①loud talking
②to touch
③permits of 【联想拓展】 permission n.允许;准许 ask for permission
请求允许 With/without one’s permission在某人的准许下/没获得某人的允许 【易混辨析】 permit/allow/let permit与allow意思相近,都表示“允许,准许”。permit稍正式一些,多指上级对下级或长辈对晚辈的准许,权威性的(明文规定)准许,语气较强。 allow多指听任或不管教某人做某事,含有默许、放纵的意思(一般无明文规定也不明令禁止)。 let允许,让,常用于口语中,一般不用于被动语态。后常接不带to的不定式作宾补。 【即学即练】 单项填空 ④—Would you permit me ______ here?
—Sorry. We don’t permit ______ in the library.
A.smoking; smoking
B.to smoke; to smoke
C.smoking; to smoke
D.to smoke; smoking 解析:选D。permit sb. to do sth.允许某人做某事;permit doing允许做某事。
3.spot vt. 发现;认出
n.污点;斑点;地点 My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my composition. 我父亲在我的作文里发现了好几处拼写错误。 His boots were spotted with mud.他的靴子上沾有泥。 The boy’s white shirt was marked up with spots of ink. 那个男孩的白衬衫上有墨水渍。 This is the spot where the two trucks collided. 这儿就是两辆卡车相撞的地点。 常用结构: be spotted with 满是……斑点;被……点缀 on the spot = on the scene 到(在)现场;当场 in a spot 陷入麻烦 a spot of (spots of)少许;少量 off the spot 不准确 【联想拓展】 spotless adj. 没有斑点的,干净的
spotted adj. 有斑点的 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①每当她遇到困难时,就找他帮忙。
Whenever she was ______ ______ ______ she turned to him for help. ②他当场就回答了那个问题。
He answered the question ______ ______ ______ . ③做点儿事怎么样?
What about doing ______ ______ ______ work?
答案:①in a spot
②on the spot
③a spot of
④He was hit by a falling stone and got killed ______.
A.on a spot
B.in a spot
C.on the spot D.under the spot 解析:选C。句意为:他被飞石击中,当场死亡。on the spot当场。
4.account vi.&vt. 认为;说明;总计有
n.说明;理由;计算;账目 In English law a person is accounted innocent until they are proved guilty.
按照英国法律,一个人未经证实有罪之前视为无罪。 How do you account for the sudden disappearance of the murder weapon?
你如何解释凶器突然消失? John gave us a detailed account of his plan. 关于他的计划约翰给我们做了详尽的说明。 常用结构: account for 对……做出解释;(在数学、比例上)占;导致 by all accounts 大家都说 on account of 由于;因为 on no account 绝不(置于句首时,句子用部分倒装) take account of=take...into account=take...into consideration 考虑到
【即学即练】 完成句子 ①他无法说清楚为什么旷课。
He could not ______ ______
his absence from school. ②你为什么干那件事?是因为我昨天说的那些话吗?
Why did you do it? Was it ______ ______ ______
what I said yesterday? ③我们绝不可以错过这个机会。
______ ______ ______must we miss the chance. ④他的考试成绩不是很好,但我们必须考虑到他曾长期生病。
His exam results were not very good,but we must ______ ______ ______
his long illness.
答案:①account for
②on account of
③On no account ④take account of 5.seek vt.&vi.(sought, sought) 寻找;探索;寻求
You should seek medical advice.你应该听取医生的建议。 He sought vainly for the answer.他寻求答案,但无结果。 常用结构: seek (for/after) sb./sth. 寻找某人/某物
seek to do sth. 试图做某事 seek happiness/comfort/wealth/success 追求幸福/安逸/财富/成功 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①你需请求经理批准。
You must seek ______ from the manager. ②他寻找机会与她说话。
He sought ______ ______ to her.
答案:①permission
②to speak 单项填空 ③She ______ and acquired all his early paintings.
A.seek out
B.sought out
C.sought through
D.sought 解析:选B。句意为: 她找到并获得了他早期画的所有的画。seek out固定搭配,意为“找出或找到某人(某事物)”。根据语境可知,用过去时,故选B。
6.bring up 培养;抚养;教育;提出
She brought up five children. 她养育了五个孩子。 My parents brought me up to respect others. 我父母教育我要尊重他人。 He brought up a question for discussion. 他提出了一个问题进行讨论。 【联想拓展】 bring back 归还;使回忆 bring about 引起;致使;造成 bring down 使减低;降低;打垮,击败 bring in 介绍;引进;赚得 bring forth 使产生;发表 bring forward 提出;提议;把……提前 bring out 取出;阐明;出版 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①他们之间的争吵是由什么引起的?
What ______ ______ the quarrel between them? ②政府已采取了一些措施来降低物价。
The government has taken some measures to ______ ______ the price. ③最近他们已经引进了新的技术。
Recently they have ______ ______ new technology. 答案:①brought about/round/around
②bring down
③brought in
7.go ahead 前进;(用于祈使句)可以;往下说 —I wonder if I can use your bike for a while. ——我想知道我是否可以用一下你的自行车。 —Sure.Go ahead.
——当然(可以),用吧。 温馨提示:ahead adv. 表示“(在空间或时间上)向前, 往前, 朝前; 在前”ahead of 作prep. 表示“(在空间或时间上比某人/某物)更前,更早;处于(某人/某物)的领先地位; 比……更先进”;强调领先之意。 【联想拓展】 go against
违背;反对;不利于 go around/round/about
着手做;四处走动;传开;从事 go after
追求 go by
过去;逝去 go in for
爱好;对某物有兴趣 go out (火、灯等)熄灭;外出 go over
复习;检查 go through
遭受;经历;通过 go up
上升;增长 go without
没有……也行;将就 go wrong
出毛病 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①这场战争对我们很不利。
The war is ______ ______ us. ②她力争头奖。
She is ______ ______ the first prize. ③今天没有肉吃我也将就了。
I can ______ ______ meat today. 答案:①going against
②going after
③go without
单项填空 ④—Didn’t you have a good time at the party?
—Of course I did. As a matter of fact,I had such fun that time seemed to ______ so quickly.
A.go by
B.go away
C.go out
D.go over 解析:选A。句意为:——舞会上你玩得开心吗?——我当然很开心了。事实上,我很开心以至于觉得时间似乎过得特别快。go away离开;go out出去;go over复习;go by(时间)过去。 8.by accident(=by chance) 偶然;无意中;不小心 Last time I ran across her in the street by accident. 上次我偶然在街上碰见她了。
I only found it by accident. 我只是碰巧找到的。 用法点拨: by + n.表示“……的方式;用……”。by contrast 对比之下;by mistake 错误地;by hand 用手;用体力;by machine 用机器等。 【即学即练】 用by + n. 构成的短语填空 ①I was in such a hurry that I took someone else’s umbrella ______ . ②These toys are made ______ instead of ______ , so they are very expensive. ③She had found the file ______.
答案:①by mistake
②by hand; by machine
③by accident
9.Well,towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.(P18)
嗯,傍晚时分我发现我被一阵大风刮到海上去了。 I found that the boy was hiding behind the door. =I found the boy hiding behind the door. 我发现那个男孩藏在门后。 用法点拨: find+sb./sth.+宾语补足语= find(+that)+sb./sth.+谓语动词。如:find+sb./sth.doing发现……在做……(主动);find sb./sth.done发现……被做……(被动或表示状态);find oneself in/at 发觉自己在某处/处于……。 【即学即练】 完成句子
(原创) ①The film star ______ ______ ______ ______ (发觉自己被围住) a group of fans immediately he got off the car. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 ②He found a wallet ______ (lie) on the ground. 答案:①found himself surrounded by
②lying
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.He is very rich though he is always in r ______. 2.They shouldn’t treat their mother in a rude m ______. They should respect her. 3.As a child, you are not p ______ to smoke. 4.Mary listened to his long story with p ______. 5.D ______ is the sweet food served after the main course of a meal. 6.The explorer told the boys about his ______ (冒险) in the Arctic. 7.The boy was ______(漫步) around. 8.I had thought it was a terrible film. On the ______ (正相反), it was exciting. 9.I want to see him now ______ (确实). 10.Her excuse for being late was totally ______ (难以置信的).
答案:1.rags
2.manner
3.permitted
4.patience
5.Dessert 6.adventures
7.wandering
8.contrary
9.indeed
10.unbelievable Ⅱ.用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空 make a bet/on the contrary/to be honest/account for/grow up/stare at/by accident/go ahead/bring up/get into trouble
1.All plants like to ______towards the sunlight. 2.If you don’t believe,let’s ______. 3.He is not poor, ______, he is a millionaire. 4.The flood ______ the bad crop. 5. ______, I can hardly wait. 6.The company______
when it tried to expand quickly. 7.She ______ me in surprise. 8.They met him there______. 9.Food and fodder should______ of troops and horses. 10.He ______a good idea for us.
答案:1.grow up
2.make a bet
3.on the contrary 4.accounted for
5.To be honest
6.got into trouble 7.stared at
8.by accident
9.go ahead
10.brought up Ⅲ.完成句子 1. ______ ______ (请允许我)to lead the way, sir. (permit) 2.I wonder, Mr Adams, ______ ______ ______ (不知你是否介意)us asking a few questions. (mind) 3.May we ask ______ ______ ______ (你要干点什么) in this country? (do) 4.I didn’t know ______ ______ ______ (我是否能)survive until morning. (whether) 5.I went to the American embassy ______ ______ ______ (求助). (seek) 6.Could you ______ ______ (给我提供)some kind of work here? (offer) 7.If this is your idea of some kind of joke, ______ ______ ______ (我可不觉得)it’s very funny. (think) 8.You ______ ______ ______(千万不要)think I don’t care about you. (account) 9. ______ ______ (为什么不)you explain what this is all about? (why don’t...) 10.We won’t give up ______ ______ (即使) we fail ten times.(if) 答案:1.Permit me
2.if you’d mind
3.what you’re doing 4.whether I could
5.to seek help
6.offer me
7.I don’t think 8.on no account
9.Why don’t
10.even if
Ⅳ.单项填空 1.When the man was trying to break into the bank, he was caught by the police ______.
A.in a spot
B.on the spot
C.off the spot
D.to the spot 解析:选B。on the spot在现场,当场,符合语境。in a spot陷入困境; off the spot不准确,离题。
2.His illness ______ his absence.
A.explained
B.because of
C.accounted for
D.is responsible for 解析:选C。account for 说明;是……的原因,解释。句意为:他因病缺席。explain解释;because of因为; be responsible for 为……负责,均不符合句意。 3.She
______ herself in the mirror and felt puzzled.
A.looked at
B.stared at
C.glanced at
D.glared at
解析:选B。考查动词短语辨析。stare at意为“盯着看”; look at泛指“看”,无感情色彩;glance at意为“瞥一眼”; glare at意为“怒目而视”。根据句意可知,选B。
4.—Do you mind if I open the window?
— ______.
A.No, you can’t
B.Yes, of course not
C.Certainly, please
D.No, go ahead 解析:选D。go ahead意为“不介意,开吧”,符合语境。
5.Her mother would not permit her
______ back late.
A.to come
B.come
C.coming
D.came 解析:选A。permit sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事。 6.His parents died when he was five, so he was ______ by his uncle.
A.brought on
B.brought down
C.brought up D.brought in 解析:选C。考查动词短语辨析。bring up养育,培养,教育;bring on导致; bring down 使降低; bring in 引进,赚。句意为:他的父母在他五岁的时候就去世了,是他的叔叔把他养大。
7.I hadn’t seen him for 10 years but I ______ him at first sight.
A.realized
B.spotted
C.watched
D.observed 解析:选B。考查动词词义辨析。realize意识到,认识到;spot发现;认出;watch 注视,看;observe观察。句意为:虽然我已有10年没见他了,但我一眼就认出了他。
8.You didn’t bother me, ______ , I like your company.
A.on the contrary
B.in other words
C.for one thing
D.on the other hand 解析:选A。on the contrary与此相反,正相反;in other words换句话说;for one thing其中一个原因是;on the other hand从另一个方面说。句意为:你没有打扰我,相反,我很喜欢你陪伴我。 9.—How did you find your missing key?
—______. A.I found it in my drawer B.Quite by accident C.It was well kept by the monitor D.I had no idea where it was 解析:选B。by accident偶然的,意外的。 quite用来加强语气,意为“相当的,意外的”。
10. ______, they didn’t do well in helping each other with their study.
A.To honest
B.Honest
C.To be honest
D.To be honestly
解析:选C。to be honest是固定搭配,意为“说实话,老实说”,作状语,也可使用副词honestly。to honest和to be honestly是错误搭配;honest是形容词,不能作状语,故排除。 11.Mary wanted to travel around the world all by herself,but her parents did not ______ her to do so.
A.forbid
B.allow
C.follow
D.ask 解析:选B。句意为:玛丽想一个人周游世界,但她父母不允许她这么做。forbid禁止;allow允许;follow跟随;ask要求。
12.Little Tom’s clothes were
______ rags.
A.at
B.with
C.in
D.under 解析:选C。in rags 衣衫褴褛,穿着破烂。
13. ______money is spent on the project.
A.A large amount of B.A large number of
C.A great many of
D.Many 解析:选A。a large amount of后跟不可数名词,其他选项短语后均跟可数名词。 14.Can you imagine how late I went to bed last night?It was nearly 1 a.m. ______ I finished my article.
A.that
B.when
C.before
D.as 解析:选B。考查状语从句。句意为:你能想象昨晚我睡觉时有多晚吗?我写完文章的时候已经快到凌晨一点了。考查了固定句式:It is/was+具体时间点+when从句;before用于It will be/was+一段时间+before从句;that用于强调结构It is/was+时间状语+that...。
15.He is very friendly ______ , and we become friends at once.
A.at all
B.in all
C.as well
D.indeed 解析:选D。indeed的确;真正地,符合句意。 at all丝毫;in all总共,总计;as well也,又。