新概念英语第二册63-01

Lesson53 Hot snake

Multiple choice questions

6. key phrase: be able to = can, succeed in doing

11. in this way: 以这种方式 = that's how

like: 在英文中不表示方式

Summary writing

1. now that: 既然

Now that firemen have put out a big forest fire in California, they have been trying to discover its cause.

2. 区分同位语从句和定语从句的区别：

如果that做了主语或者宾语， 是定语从句

如果that既不作主语也不作宾语， 是同位语从句

5. In winding itself around the wires the snake had sent sparks to the ground and it caused the fire.