1、Lesson 53 Hot snake閱讀理解1. What usually causes fire? Broken glass and cigarette ends.2. What is the cause of this forest fire? Remains of a snake.單詞詳解1. hot adj. 帶電的，充電的hot還可以解釋為：Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁熱打鐵。This dish is a bit hot. 這道菜有些辣。I could not bear his hot temper. 我忍受不了他那急躁的脾氣。Lately,

2、 global warming has become a very hot issue. 近來，全球變暖已經成為一個相當熱門的話題。2. fireman n. 消防隊員3. cause v. 引起；n. 原因e.g. What caused his illness? = What was the cause of his illness?4. examine v. 檢查翻譯：醫生仔細地為她做了檢查。The doctor examined her carefully.詞組：physical examination 體檢5. accidentally adv. 意外地，偶然地翻譯：I accide

3、ntally overheard what they were saying. 我偶然聽到他們的談話內容。6. remains n. 尸體，殘骸翻譯：She cried loudly over her fathers remains.她對著她父親的遺體放聲大哭。If you dont mind, we still have some remains of lunch. 如果你不介意，我們還有中午的剩飯剩菜。7. wire n. 電線8. volt n. 伏特（電壓單位）9. power line 電力線10. solve v. 解決派生：solution n. 解決辦法11. mystery

4、n. 謎派生：mysterious adj. 神秘的12. snatch v. 抓住13. spark n. 電火花翻譯：A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火可以燎原。課文解析1. At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.詞組：put out 撲滅put up搭建 put on穿put off 延期 put up with 忍受(教學說明：老師可以口頭給出上下文，讓學生猜測以上詞組的意思。【學生版不出現】)2. Since then, they have be

5、en trying to find out how the fire began.詞組：since then 從那以后 = from then on是完成時的標志語法：how the fire began是賓語從句3. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.詞組：be caused by 由引起翻譯：The accident was caused by human error. 這宗事故是人為過失造成的。詞組：broken gla

6、ss碎玻璃 cigarette end煙蒂詞組：throw away 扔掉throw to 把扔給 throw at 把朝扔去運用：The boy threw a stone at the window and broke it.He threw the ball to me and I caught it.It is a waste to throw away food.4. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were al

7、so quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.辨析：sure 人做主語 V.S. certain 物做主語翻譯：他會成功是無疑的。It is certain that he can succeed.我們確信他會成功。We are sure that he can succeed.語法：adj. + that 引導的賓語從句（詳見語法重點）5. This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.辨析：cause V.S. reason HYPE

8、RLINK javascript:void(0); cause指直接導致事情發生的原因，與所發生的事有因果關系，結構cause of sth.； HYPERLINK javascript:void(0); reason強調指從邏輯推理上得出的結論性原因，不是直接說明起因，結構reason for sth.。運用：Smoking can cause lung cancer（肺癌）.Thats the reason why he left.Police are investigating（調查）the cause of the explosion.6. He noticed the remains

9、 of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.單詞：wound 原形wind復習：The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent. (Lesson 27) 彎彎曲曲穿過田野（老師口頭示例）【學生版不出現】7. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.詞組：in this way 用這種方法詞組：solve the m

10、ystery 解開謎團8. The explanation was simple but very unusual.單詞：n. explanation v. explain（注意拼寫）9. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.辨析：drop V.S. fall HYPERLINK javascript:void(0); fall表示自動下落； HYPERLINK javascript:void(0); drop既可以指代自動下落，也可以指代人為扔下去。運用：I

11、dropped the glass on the ground which smashed into pieces.He fell down the stairs and broke his leg.10. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.這里so指代什么？指代wound itself round the wires詞組：start a fire起火語法重點形容詞+賓語從句賓語從句一般跟在動詞后面。I hope that it will rain.賓語從句有時候也跟在形容詞后面。EX. 找出以下句子的賓語從句部分并且口頭翻譯。1. I am afraid that you are wron