1、 I just got a parcel from home!It took about two weeks to arrive,and it was a bit damaged,but it was so nice to get some sweets and jam from home;Ive been dying to have some of my favourite sweets,and its always nice to get mail!果酱；堵塞果酱；堵塞traffic jams 交通堵塞交通堵塞be dying to do sth.渴望做某事渴望做某事for sth.渴望得
2、到某物渴望得到某物 我很想知道发生了什么事儿。_ 她很想同弗兰克谈谈。_ 这个女孩渴望上学。她渴望知识。_ 外面太热了，我真想喝杯冷饮。_Im dying to know what happened.She was dying to talk to Frank.The girl was dying to go to school.She was dying for knowledge.Its so bloody hot out,Im dying for a cold drink.渴望做某事渴望做某事desire to do sth./for sth.be eager to dolong to
3、do I just got a parcel from home!It took about two weeks to arrive,and it was a bit damaged,but it was so nice to get some sweets and jam from home;Ive been dying to have some of my favourite sweets,and its always nice to get mail!n.邮件；信件v.邮寄；发邮件给 So Ive been here in the jungle for about a month now
4、.My secondary school is a bush school.The classrooms are made of bamboo,with clay floors and roofs of grass.It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a dusty track covered in weeds.由由.制成制成be made from.由.组成(看不出原材料看不出原材料)(看得出原材料看得出原材料)it takes sb.some time to do sth.做某事花了某人多长时间做某事花了某人多长时间
5、When I reach the school grounds,Im greeted by a chorus of “good morning”from the boys.Unlike students in our country,these boys do not wear cotton uniforms,and many of them also have to walk a long way,sometimes for up to two hours,just to get to school.多达；多达；up to1、Up to now hes been very quiet.2、I
6、ts up to you to decide.3、In my opinion,he is not up to this work.胜任胜任直到直到取决于取决于 Theres no electricity,running water or even textbooks,not to mention laptops,tablets,or other modern devices!更不必说，更不用说更不必说，更不用说v.提及；谈到提及；谈到mention.to sb.向某人提及向某人提及.=mention to sb.that.mention doing sth.提及做提及做.Dont mentio
7、n it.不客气不客气【随堂练习随堂练习】He he had seen you somewhere in public.他跟约翰说他以前在某个公共场所见过你。Come to think of it,he did .想起来了，他确实提到看见过你。我向珍妮说起过这个想法，她似乎很喜欢。，and she seemed to like it.mentioned to John thatmention seeing youI mentioned the idea to Jenny All the students have are pencils,rubbers,and paper.Im still t
8、rying to adapt to these conditions.Ive had to become much more imaginative in my teaching.适应适应;改编改编 n.n.适应；改编本适应；改编本adaptation Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept of doing experiments.There is no equipment,and since there isnt even a washroom,if I need water I have
9、to carry it from my house in a basin!原因状从原因状从 Its important not to be too rigid about rules here,too.The other day I was showing the boys a chemistry experiment when,before I knew it,the mixture was bubbling out of the test tube spilling everywhere！反：灵活的反：灵活的 flexible几天前几天前be doing.when.正在做正在做.这时这时.
10、时间状从时间状从试管试管 The class became a circus as the boys,who had never come across anything like this before,started jumping out of the windows.Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students遇到；偶遇遇到；偶遇adj.相关的;有意义的be relevant to.与与.相关相关n.化学化学n.化学家化学家 chemistadj.化学的化学的chemical few will ever b
11、ecome chemistsand most will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.To be honest,I doubt whether Im making any difference to these boys lives at all.老实说老实说;说实话说实话=honestly speaking无论如何；不管怎样无论如何；不管怎样make a difference to.对对.有影响有影响/有作用有作用 Last weekend I made my first visit to a remote villa
12、ge,home to one of our students,Tombe.Another teacher and I walked for two and a half hours to get therefirst,up a mountain from where we had fantastic views,make ones visit to.拜访拜访.定语从句定语从句,and then down a shaded path to the valley below.When we arrived at the village,Tombes mother,Kiak,saw us comin
13、g and started crying“ieee ieee”.We shook hands with all the villagers.Everyone seemed to be related to Tombe.shade v./n.shadow n.影子影子与与.相关相关 Tombes father,Mukap,a man with a strong jaw and a wrinkled forehead,led us to his house,a low,round bamboo hut with no windows,with a door just big enough to g
14、et through,and with grass sticking out of the roofthis shows it is a mans house.adj.有皱纹的有皱纹的stick out of.从从.中伸出中伸出/探出探出 Such housing is dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust.Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a platform for Jenny and me to sleep on.There was a fireplac
15、e in the centre of the hut.The only possessions I could see were one broom,a few saucers,a kettle,cups,pans,and a couple of jars.Mukap built a fire outside and laid stones on it to heat.He then placed the hot stones in an empty oil drum with kau kau(sweet potato),ripe corn,and greens.He then covered
16、 the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam.build a fire 生火生火=make a fire It smelled delicious.We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire.I loved listening to the family talking softly to each other in their language,even though I could not participate much in the conversation.Luckil
17、y,Tombe interpreted for us.解说解说 Later,I noticed a can standing upside down on the grill over the fire.After a while,Tombe threw it out of the doorway.Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food.颠倒地颠倒地炉火旁的烤架上倒放着一个罐子炉火旁的烤架上倒放着一个罐子(使使)完全变干完全变干;(;(使使)干透干透 His family believes that
18、leftovers attract bad spirits in the night,so any leftover food is dried up in a can and the can is then thrown out of the hut.精神；灵魂；鬼魂精神；灵魂；鬼魂恶鬼恶鬼 We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes.My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we dragged ourselves down th
19、e mountain towards home.结实的结实的;牢固的牢固的;有力的有力的were时间状从时间状从drag oneself down/费力地走下费力地走下/to/走到走到 That evening I fell happily into bed.It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombes family.It is a privilege to do sth.有幸做某事有幸做某事Complete the word puzzle with words from the blog entries.Can you fin
20、d the hidden message?_ A _ C _ R _ _ S _ R _ _ M P _ R _ _ L F O _ E _ _ _ D C _ _ C _ S S _ C _ _ D _ _ _ _ O _ S I N _ _ A _ L J _ M K _ _ _ L E C O _ _ _ N T _ _ L _ T _ _ B B _ _ C _ _ R U _Hidden message:_SHARING MATTERSS U EW A H O O A C E R R H E A I U E O N A R Y H U G M I A E T T T T O A B E R U E R H O S
