Lesson 75 SOS 呼救信號(hào)
When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters "SOS" in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
句子講解:
5、The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.
這位婦女知道,即使最近的村莊也有數(shù)英里遠(yuǎn)。
6、When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.
夜幕降臨時(shí),她把提箱當(dāng)作小床,把她的孩子們放了進(jìn)去,又將所有能夠找到的衣服都 蓋在了孩子們身上。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) turn sth. into sth.把某物改為某物:My teacher turned a plain board into blackboard.我的老師把一塊平板改成了黑板。
7、During the night, it got terribly cold.
夜里,天冷得厲害。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) got表示由于天氣的突變而使得環(huán)境惡劣。
8、The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.
這位婦女盡可能地靠近孩子,甚至自己也想鉆進(jìn)箱子里去,但是箱子太小了。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 she could為比較狀語(yǔ)從句,表示“盡可能地”。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 try to get into somewhere努力進(jìn)人某地