SectionⅣLesson4，CommunicationWorkshop&CultureCorner1．horribleadj．可怕的；令人厌恶的2．floatvi．漂，浮3．escape__vi．逃脱，逃跑4．recovervi．恢复正常；康复5．sinkvi．下沉；沉没6．leakvi．渗漏；泄漏7．terrifyvt．令人感到恐惧→terrifiedadj．恐惧的→terrifyingadj．令人恐惧的8．survivevi．幸存，生存下来→survivaln．幸存9．unableadj．不能的，不会的→ableadj．有能力的10．recognisevt．辨认出→recognitionn．辨认11．oppositen．对立的人(物)；反义词→opposev．反对12．disagreevi．不同意，意见不合→disagreementn．分歧，不同意1．make__sense讲得通；有意义2．all__at__once突然，忽然3．pick__up取，接载4．be__located__in位于……；定位于……5．on__the__edge__of位于……的边缘6．rather__than而不是1．独立主格结构Oneday，mytwobrothersandIwerecomingbackfromtheislands,our__boat__full__of__fish(我们的船载满了鱼)．2．was/weredoing．．．when．．．正在做……，这时……Ourboatsurvived,andIwas__trying__to__recover__when(我正努力恢复这时)myelderbrotherputhismouthclosetomyear,andscreamedouttheterrifyingword“Whirlpool！”3．助动词用来强调谓语Asyoucansee,Idid__escape(确实逃脱了)．4．wherever引导让步状语从句Fromthenon,theywerehappytofollowZhengHewherever__he__led__them(不管他领他们去哪里)．5．make＋宾语＋宾补Whenhediedin1435，thestoriesofhistravelsmade__him__one__of__China’s__most__famous__sailors(使他成为了中国最著名的海员之一)．Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext．1．Whatwerethewriterandhistwobrothersdoingwhentheywerecaughtinthestorm?A．Theywerefishing．B．Theywereplayingontheislands．C．Theywerereturninghome．D．Theywereswimminginthesea．2．Whatmadethebrothersgointhedirectionofthewhirlpool?A．Thewindandwaves．B．Thebrothersthemselves．C．Nothing．D．TheGod．3．“It”atthebeginningofPartArefersto________．A．thatthebrotherswereontheedgeofthewhirlpoolB．thatthebrotherswereinaterriblestormontheirwayhomeC．thatthebrothersweregoinginthedirectionofthewhirlpoolD．thatthewriterfeltcalmeratthatmoment4．Howcanwedescribethestory?A．Sad．B．Interesting．C．Moving．D．Surprising．答案：1－4．CADAAItmayseemstrange,butatthatmoment,whenwewereontheedgeof①thewhirlpool,Ifeltcalmerthanwhenweweremovingtowardsit．Wewentroundandround,nearerandnearertothehorrible②edgeofthewhirlpool．Suddenly,wewentovertheedge．Ithoughtmylifewasover．Butmomentaftermoment③passed,andIwasstillsafe．Theboatwasontheinsideofthehugewhirlpoolandweweregoingroundincirclesatgreatspeed④．Isawclearlythattherewereotherobjectsinthewhirlpool—treesandbarrels⑤．Inoticedthattheheavierobjectswentdownmorequicklythanthesmaller,lighterones．SoItiedmyselftoabarreltohelpmefloat⑥．Itriedtomakemybrotherunderstand,buthewasterrified⑦andstayedintheheavyboat．Withoutwaiting,Idivedinto⑧theseatotryandescape⑨．①ontheedgeof在……边缘②horrible['hɒribl]adj．可怕的；令人厌恶的③momentaftermoment(时间)一点点地④atgreatspeed以高速；ataspeedof．．．以……速度⑤barrel['bærl]ən．圆桶⑥float[fləʊt]vi．漂；浮；floatoff浮起⑦terrify['terifai]adj．恐惧的vt．令人感到恐惧；terrifyingadj．可怕的⑧diveinto跳入；投入⑨escape[I'skeIp]vi．逃脱，逃跑A那看起来可能很奇怪，但我们在漩涡边上的瞬间，我感觉比我们朝它移动的时候镇定。我们旋转着，越来越靠近可怕的漩涡边缘。突然，我们越过边缘。我想我没命了。但时间一点点过去，而我仍安然无恙。船在巨大的漩涡里面，而我们在漩涡里高速旋转。我清楚地看到漩涡里有其他物体——大树和桶。我注意到较重的物体比较小、较轻的物体下...
