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新概念英语第二册第
27
课
:A wet night
Lesson
27 A
wet
night
雨夜
First
listen
and
then
answer
the
question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What happened
to the boys in the night?
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up
their tent in the middle of
a field.
傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷
As
soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an
open fire.
这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭
They were all hungry and the food
smelled good.
他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味
After a
wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs
by the
campfire.
他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营
火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌
But
some
time
later
it
began
to
rain.
The
boys
felt
tired
so
they
put
out the
fire and crept into their tent.
但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷
Their sleeping bags were warm and
comfortable, so they all slept
soundly.
睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香
In
the middle of the night, two boys woke up and
began shouting. The
tent was full of
water!
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午夜前后，有两个孩子
醒了，大声叫了起来。原来帐篷里到处都是水！
They all leapt out of their sleeping
bags and hurried outside.
他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面
It
was
raining
heavily
and
they
found
that
a
stream
had
formed
in
the
field.
雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪
The
stream
wound
its
way
across
the
field
and
then
flowed
right
under
their tent!
那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。
New
words and Expressions
生词和短语
tent
n.
帐篷
field
n.
田地，田野
smell
v.
闻起来
wonderful
adj.
极好的
campfire
n.
营火，篝火
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creep
v.
爬行
sleeping bag
睡袋
comfortable
adj.
舒适的，安逸的
soundly
adv.
香甜地
leap
v.
跳跃，跳起
heavily
adv.
大量地
stream
n.
小溪
form
v.
形成
wind
v.
蜿蜒
right
adv.
正好
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Notes on the
text
课文注释
1 late in the
afternoon
，快到傍晚的时候。
2 put up(=set
up )
，搭起。
3 put out,
熄灭
(
灯、火
)
。
4 wake
up,
醒来。
Lesson 27
自学导读
First things first
课文详注
Further
notes on the
text
1
．…
the boys put
up their tent in the middle of a field.
……孩子
们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。
in the middle of
表示“在……当中”
、
“在……中间”
，既可以用于表示地
理位置，又可以用于表示时间或在某个过程当中：
< br>
He heard
someone shouting in the middle of the night.
午夜前后，他听到有人大声叫喊。
Mary was in the middle of
reading when her aunt arrived.
玛丽的姑妈到达时，玛丽正在读书。
in the centre
of
（在……中部／中央）则一般用于表示地理位置：
Alice Spring is
a small town in the centre of Australia.
艾利斯斯普林斯是澳大利亚中部的一个小镇。
2
．…
they cooked a
meal over an open fire.
……他们就在篝火上烧起了
饭。
open
fire
指无遮盖的、没有围起来的火，如篝火、盆火等。
3
．…
they told
stories and sang songs by the campfire.
……（他们）
就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。介词
by<
/p>
表示“在……旁边”
、
“靠近”
，通
常指距离非常近：
Come and
sit by me.
过来靠我坐。
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