1、Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained 1.Boy missing,police puzzled (Page 2,Title) 男孩失踪,警方困惑 考点:puzzled adj. 困惑的,茫然的 2.Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing three days ago in Dover,New Hampshire.(Page 2,Lines 1-4) 美国警方现已加紧对一名 15 岁男孩的搜索,该男孩三天前在新罕布什 尔州的多佛市
2、失踪。 考点:step up 加紧,加强,促进 3.This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.(Page 2,Lines 4-8) 该事件引起了公众的极大兴趣,原因是有各种关于男孩失踪前后天空 中出现奇怪光亮和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。 考点一:incident n.发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的) 考点二: due adj. 由于,因为;预期的,适当的
3、 考点三:disappear vi. 消失;失踪 4.Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 p.m.(Page 2,Lines 18-19) 目击者们也说他们当晚十点四十五分看见贾斯廷朝他家走去。 考点:witness n. 目击者,证人 vt. 目击,见证 5.Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.(Page 2,Lines 36-38) 里面站着许多白皮肤、眼睛
4、又黑又大的奇怪生物。 考点:这是一个表语前置的倒装句。正常语序为 Lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes were standing inside。因为 主语较长,为了平衡句子结构,突出表语,避免头重脚轻,因此表语前置。 6.However,since Mrs Foster thought that Justin was spending the night with a friend,she assumed that Kelly was having a bad dream,and sent her bac
5、k to bed.(Page 3,Lines 47-51) 但是,福斯特夫人以为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜了,因此她认为凯莉只 是做了个恶梦,于是将她打发回床上。 考点:assume vt. 假定;认为 7.Mr Foster was working that night on his road construction job,and was not home when these events occurred.(Page 3,Lines 51-53) 福斯特先生那天晚上忙于道路建设工作,当这些事情发生时他不在家。 考点一:construction n. 施工;建筑物 考点二:occur vi
6、. 发生 8.When Justin did not show up for lunch the next day,Mrs Foster became worried and told her husband to call the police.(Page 3,Lines 53-56) 当第二天午饭时间贾斯廷没出现时,福斯特太太变得担心起来,并让她 的丈夫报警。 考点:show up 出现,现身,露面,来到,出席(相当于 turn up) 9.The aliens took me aboard the UFO so that they could do research on me.(Pag
7、e 3,Lines 59-61) 外星人把我掳上飞碟,以便对我进行研究。 考点一:aboard adv. 上(轮船、飞 机、火车等) 考点二:so that 在此引导的是目的状语从句,意为“以便”,相当于 in order that。从句中常有情态动词 can,could,might,may 等。 10.Luckily,they returned me home without any injuries.(Page 3,Lines 61-62) 幸运的是,他们把我毫无损伤地送回了家。 考点:injury n.伤害 11.When asked about the possibility that
8、 Justin was taken by aliens,Detective Sam Peterson,who has taken charge of the case,told journalists,Sometimes people make up such amazing stories.(Page 3,Lines 67-71) 当被询问关于贾斯廷被外星人带走的可能性时,负责这个案件的侦探 萨姆彼得森告诉记者说:“有时候人们编造这样一些令人惊奇的故 事” 考点一:“When asked about”为省略形式,相当于 When he was asked about。在 when,while
9、,if,unless,as if,though,whether 等引导的状语从句 中,若谓语中含有 be 动词,而主语又与主句主语相同或主语是 it 时,则 从句的主语和 be 动词常可一起省略。 考点二:that Justin was taken by aliens 为 that 引导的同位语从句,对 possibility 的内容进行解释说明。 考点三:take charge of 负责,掌管 考点四:case n.案件;具体情况,实例 考点五:make up 编造,杜撰;构成 考点六:amazing adj. 令人惊奇 (惊叹)的 12.Theres really no hard evi
10、dence that aliens took him.(Page 3,Lines 72-73) 事实上并没有确凿的证据证明是外星人劫持了他。 考点:evidence n.证据 13.So,while we have not dismissed the idea,we are looking into other possibilities as well.(Page 3,Lines 73-75) 所以,尽管我们不排除这种想法,但是我们也在调查其他的可能性。 考点一:while 在本句中意为“虽然,尽管”,常用于句首。 考点二:dismiss vt. 不予考虑;解雇;解散 考点三:look in
11、to 调查;向里面看 14.I did research in a base in outer space called space station.(Page 7) 我在一个被称为太空站的外太空基地做研究。 考点:base n.基地,大本营;底部;基础 vt. 以为基础 He has just been to Qomolangma Base Camp.(Page 8) 他刚刚去过珠峰大本营 15.My friend Jack is enthusiastic about travelling.(Page 8) 我的朋友杰克热衷于旅游。 考点:enthusiastic adj. 热情的;热烈的;满腔热忱的 16.Though he has never met any aliens,he believes they do exist.(Page 8) 虽然他从未见过外星人,但他相信他们的确存在。 考点一:句中 do 意为“的确,确实”,起强调谓语的作用。 考点二:exist vi. 存在;生存
