MyFirstRideonaTrainGrammar
详细内容
plete these sentences
1) People first started travelling by train _____________________.
2). We had a nice holiday last year. _______________ we visited museum.______________, we went to a music club.
3). There are a lot of cars in cities nowadays. _______ you could see a lot more bicycles in the streets.
4) . ________, I travelled by bus to meet a friend of mine who now lives in another city.
5) _________________, there was a huge railway station in the middle of the city, but it isn’t there any more.
3. More practice: fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1) There was an ______ look on his face when the actress appeared . (excite)
2) It’s wrong for the __________ countries to control the world. (develop)
3) A metal ______ uranium gives off a kind of radiation. (call)
4) I have collected the money ______. (need)
5) The glass of water is too hot. I prefer some cold________ water. (boil)
6). Form your _________voice, I have to say that you are really __________. (disappoint)
7) . This is the problem ________yesterday. (discuss)
8). The __________ look on his face suggested he had not expected that. (surprise)
9).―What else did you do this morning besides doing the shopping?
-- Two hours ________ washing the floor.(spend)
10).? Bob has gone to New York, I hear.
-- Oh, I wonder when he ______.(leave)
11) .Robert _____(give) me his address the other day, but I’m afraid I _________ it.(lose)
12.)―You’ve made he so angry.
-- But I _________ to. (not mean)
13) .Don’t use words, expressions or phrases _______ only to people h specific knowledge.(know)
Task 4 Language points
1. Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.
A . a way to do sth.做某事的方法、途径
Is this the way you thought of to solve the problem?
Our English teacher has an interesting way to make her class lively and attractive.
B. try doing sth. 尝试做某事（看某种方法是否行得通）
e.g.Try doing more exercises, you’ll soon lose weight.
Try knocking at the back door if nobody hears you at the front door.
2. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
be short for 为……的缩写
e.g. CIA is short for Central Intelligence Agency.
TV is short for Chinese Central Television.
3. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. pass a law,
allow sb. to do sth.
be a problem