PartⅢDevelopingideasStarsafterthestormIt’sstrange,butIdon’treallyremembermuchaboutthehurricaneitself.Itallhappenedsoquickly.Iwassittinginmyroomwithmycat,Smartie,onmylap,whentheroofjustflewoff.Allofasudden,therewassky(1)wheretheroofhadbeen.IwassofrightenedthatIjustfroze.Momcriedtogetoutquickly,butitwasalreadytoolatebythen.Therainwascomingdownsohardandsofast.Ourstreetturnedintoariverinseconds.Weweregoingnowhere.Atfirst,Iwaspleased(2)wecouldstayathome,butsoonitgotreallytough.Withoutaroof,(3)stayinginsidewastoodangerous.Therewaswatereverywhere,butwecouldn’tdrinkanyofitotherwisewe’dgetreallysick.Wejusthaddrinkingwater(4)thatwassenttousbyhelicopter,butitwasneverenough.ItwasAugust,soitwasreally,reallyhotanditsmelledsobadeverywhere!Ijustspentthedayswatchingtheboats(5)goingupanddownthestreetandlookingoutforSmartie.Hehaddisappearedthemomentthestormhit.(6)Livingintheopenair,webecamebreakfast,lunchanddinnerforthemosquitos.ButMomsaid(7)thatwhateverhappens,weshouldalwaystrytoseethegoodsideofthings.Itwasdifficult(8)tostaypositive,though.Wehadlostourhomeandeverythinginit,includingSmartie.All(9)wehadleftweretheclothesonourbacks.But(10)asMomkeptonremindingus,wewerealltogetherandsafe.Mom’swordsmadeusfeelbetter.Irememberusall(11)lyingunderthemidnightskyandlookingupatthestars.(12)Becausetherewerenolights,wecouldseetheBigDipper,theLittleDipperandtheMilkyWay.Itwasamazing!(13)Eventhoughwehadlostalot,momentslikethosegaveushopeforthefuture.(14)Althoughitwasonlyafewdays(15)beforewewererescued,itfeltlikemonths.Weweretakentoanothertowninafarawaycounty.Thankfully,Smartiecamehomejustintime.Weweresohappytotakehimwithus,althoughthen,noneofusknew(16)thatwewouldn’tbebackforquiteawhile.Now,oneyearhaspassedandI’mbackhomeinNewOrleans.Somefamilieshaveyettoreturn,butmanyothershavecomeback.(17)Althoughwearesurroundedbyremindersofthedisaster,weareworkingtogether(18)torebuildourhomesandourlives.Nowwehaveanotherchance(19)tolookupatthestarsofNewOrleans,theirbeautyinspiringusandgivingusconfidencetomoveon.(1)where引导定语从句,修饰先行词sky,并在从句中作地点状语。(2)本句为形容词pleased的宾语从句,省略了连词that。(3)stayinginside为动名词作主语。(4)that引导定语从句,修饰先行词water,并在从句中作主语。(5)goingupanddownthestreet为现在分词短语作宾语补足语,修饰宾语theboats。(6)Livingintheopenair为现在分词作原因状语。(7)that引导宾语从句,作动词said的宾语。(8)tostaypositive为不定式作真正的主语,It为形式主语。(9)本句为定语从句,修饰先行词all,省略了连词that。(10)as引导原因状语从句。(11)lyingunderthemidnightskyandlookingupatthestars为现在分词短语作宾语。(12)Because引导原因状语从句。(13)Eventhough引导让步状语从句,意为“即使,尽管”。(14)although引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然,尽管”。(15)before引导时间状语从句。(16)that引导宾语从句,作动词knew的宾语。(17)Although引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然,尽管”。(18)不定式作目的状语。(19)不定式作后置定语,修饰名词chance。①flyoff飞走②allofasudden突然③frightenedadj.感到恐惧的④freezev.僵住;不动⑤bythen到那时⑥atfirst起初⑦upanddown来来回回⑧disappearvi.消失⑨positiveadj.积极的⑩backn.(人的)躯干⑪keepon继续⑫liev.躺⑬lookupat仰视⑭amazingadj.令人惊奇的⑮rescuev.救援⑯farawayadv.远的;遥远的⑰thankfullyadv.幸好⑱intime及时⑲forquiteawhile相当长的一段时间⑳surroundv.围绕○rebuildv.重建○inspirev.激励○confidencen.信心○moveon继续前进StepⅠGenera...