1、THE LOST BOLTWhen Where How Your feeling?Questionnaire:2.21 Xitang by car Mom:tired,stomach turned;sleepy yet happy;Me:relaxed,totally child-free;Questionnaire:This summer,Dad and Mom planned a road trip across the US from my California home,but I didnt fancy the idea,feeling reluctant to leave my p
2、et cat,Max.Whats worse,Dad found and fixed a car leak before setting out yet got a bolt missing/lost.3-min fast-reading:main idea Careful reading:Part 1 Before the trip(Para1-5)summer across US by car Dad&Mom:happy;excited;rejoiced;overjoyed;delighted;eager.Find supporting details:Whosaid didDad&Mom
3、“This is the trip of lifetime.Ill bet none of your friends will be driving across the United States this summer.”he said hed always dreamed of driving across the country.Night after night,Mom and Dad huddled around the computer,plotting every inch of our 8,000-mile journey.Find supporting details:Wh
4、othought didIFifty-eight days!That was p rac t i c a l l y m y w h o l e summer!G o o d-b y e,s u m m e r vacation.Good-bye,diving at the lake.Good-bye to hanging out and doing absolutely nothing.Good-bye,Max.I picked up my cat,Max,and buried my face in his fur.Careful reading:Part 2 Beginning of th
5、e trip(Para6-7)Dad noticed a wet spot under the van.Dad fixed the leak.Mom:organized a search.Dad:called the store.I:shouted“Find Max”.cancel the tripcontinue the tripDraft the plot:I got EXCITED while Dad and Mom became DISAPPOINTED.I couldnt bear to see them so DISAPPOINTED.I made the CHOICE and a
6、ssumed Max to be the“thief”.We found the bolt with JOINT EFFORTS and happily hit the road.Add details to the plot:the use of echoing(呼应)WHOSAIDDIDTHOUGHTII picked up my cat,Max,and buried my face in his fur.Fifty-eight days!That was practically my whole summer!G o o d-b y e,s u m m e r vacation.Good
7、-bye,diving at the lake.Good-bye to hanging out and doing absolutely nothing.Good-bye,Max.Dad&Mom“This is the trip of lifetime.Ill bet none of your friends will be driving across the United States this summer.”he said hed always dreamed of driving across the country.Night after night,Mom and Dad hud
8、dled around the computer,plotting every inch of our 8,000-mile journey.rejoiced(欣喜若狂的);be engulfed by.;a surge of.;take a stroll;leisurely;1.Fifty-eight days!That was practically my whole summer!2.Good-bye,summer vacation.Good-bye,diving at the lake.Good-bye to hanging out and doing absolutely nothi
9、ng.Good-bye,Max.1.I was happy!2.My summer holiday came back.suggested version:My soul silently rejoiced./I was engulfed by a sudden surge of gaiety./A wave of delight washed over me at the possibility of cancelling the trip.Structure:I had visions of.(我想到了)suggested version:I had visions of diving a
10、t the mirror-like lake and taking a stroll leisurely with Max.dim;to ones dismay;vanish(v.消失);manage a weak smile；pierce(刺穿)1.“This is the trip of lifetime.Ill bet none of your friends will be driving across the United States this summer.”2.he said hed always dreamed of driving across the country.1.
11、Dad was unhappy!2.His dream couldnt come true.1、消失的螺栓让爸爸的希望破灭。令他失望的是，他的梦想终生难忘的旅行消失在他眼前。2、他只能努力挤出一个微笑，这让我心都碎了。suggested version:1.The lost bolt dimmed his hope.To his dismay,his dreamThe Trip of a Lifetimewas vanishing before his eyes.2.He could only manage a weak smile,which pierced my heart.油然而生的罪恶
12、感占据了上风，我绞尽脑汁(rack ones brains)想着螺栓到底在哪里。A surge of guilt got the upper hand and I racked my brains to find out where the bolt could have been.Find wisdom from New Concept English 1.George took off his jacket,rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.(Lesson 15 Fifty penc
13、e worth of trouble)2.The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.(Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab)3.She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.(Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb)New Concept E
14、nglish 4.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.(Lesson 23 One mans meat is another mans poison)5.They had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall.(Lesson 23 One mans meat is another mans poison)6.One man stayed at t
15、he wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.(Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab)took off his jacket,rolled up his sleeves,scrambled(急忙)to.fetch food,toy.at the wheel;bushes;bat the bolt Then it hit me.“Max!”I shouted,“Find Max!Rea
16、lizing my intention,Dad and Mom immediately switched into action mode.Dad took off his jacket,rolled up his sleeves and scrambled to look for Max while Mom hurried to fetch some treat to coax(引诱)Max out.We had almost combed every inch of the house with joint efforts when a distant meow guided us to
17、the bushes,where Max was found batting something around.Needless to say,it was the exact bolt Dad had lost,of which Max took secret possession as his new toy.Love is compromise.Love is sacrifice.Realizing my intention,Dad and Mom immediately switched into action mode.Dad took off his jacket,rolled u
18、p his sleeves and scrambled to look for Max while Mom hurried to fetch some treat to coax(引诱)Max out.We had almost combed every inch of the house with joint efforts when a distant meow guided us to the bushes,where Max was found batting something around.Needless to say,it was the exact bolt Dad had lost,of which Max took secret possession as his new toy.An hour later,Dad was humming a pleasant tune at the wheel.This time,I hopped in the van without hesitation.After all,love is complicated,full of sacrifice and compromise,right?
