The rescue

1. The rescue

2. Rescuing a girl

3. 1998 Wuhan flood

4. Rescuing people in the flood

5. 1.run,drag,pull up 2.held onto a tree 3steps 4.house 5.upstairs 6.chimney survived, rescue themselves 1 Jeff (hero) 2Flora (heroine) 1.In the courtyard 2.house Flood

6. I.The words and expressions that are used to describe the terrible flood. 1. She heard a _______noise,______grew to a terrible _______. loud which roar 2. There she saw a wall of water _____was quickly a_______ t______ her. that dvancing owards 3. The next moment the first wave s_______ her down, s________ the garden. wept wallowing 4. Before they reached the house, a new great wave came,_____ down the trees,and sweeping them down too. sweeping

7. 5. Now the water,______was cold as ice and _______ faster than a river, was a_______her knees. which flowed bove 6. B________! Another wave s________the house,and a strange c________noise began. The water m_______up like a sea. oom truck racking oved 7. Below, the water swept past the house like a w______river. Tree ______tree went down, c_____down by the water,______must h______ b______ three metres deep. ild after have ut which een

8. II.The words and expressions that are used to describe the feelings of the heroine and the hero. 1. She was so s______ that she couldn’t m______. urprised ove into 2.Jeff and Flora looked ____each other’s face with a look of f_______. right whose 3. Flora,_____beautiful hair and dress were all _____ and _____, started ______. wet cold crying

9. Flora heard somebody shouting. She looked around and saw Jeff running. see, feel, doing hear, watch, +sb./sth.+ do notice… done I heard her singing an English song. I saw him cross the road. I found his hands tied behind his back.

10. Before she could move, she heard a loud noise. Before she could think twice, the water was upon her. She was angry before I could explain to her. He asked a second question before I could answer the first question. … long before … 固定句式 It took long before he came to help me. It was not long before he learned to use the computer.

11. behind : 1) at the back of sb./ sth. 2)later than 3)making less progress than 4)in favour of advance : v. 1) move forward or develop 2) make or present (method, plan…) 3)bring to an earlier date n.forward movement or development adj. advanced ~ education an ~ worker in advance You must pay for the book in advance.

12. seize: The policeman seized the thief. I can’t quite seize your meaning. They seized an opportunity. seize political power seize the city sweep: Please sweep the house clean. A storm swept over the country. The old man’s eyes swept the distance.

13. …,holding onto a tree that grew against the wall. 1)靠，倚 He is leaning against the wall. 2)逆着，违背 We sailed against the wind. Drug taking is against the law. 3)反对 (be for) No one is against this proposal.

14. fight for They are fighting for freedom. fight against We should fight against the pollution. fight with The captain fought with his soldiers in the war. English fought with (against) Germany in that war. fight one’s way He fought his way out of the fire. fight back

15. look into He looked into the room to see if anyone was in. He lookedinto my eyes to make sure I was telling the truth. He promised to look into the matter. strike Strike while the iron is hot. strike a match A happy thought struck her. The clock is striking twelve. They are striking for higher pay. (on strike)

16. have done must, may, can + be doing 表推测 do Lucy is your good friend. You must know her e-mail. We can hear loud voices in the next room. They must be quarrelling. I met her just now. He can’t havegone to Australia. He must have gone to the hospital yesterday,___________? didn’t he