Unit 7 Water

Unit 7 WaterReadingWater TalkDaisy was in the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth and the tap was on. Water was pouring into the sink.…Turn that tap off,‟ a voice said loudly. Daisy froze. She looked around, but saw no one.…Turn the tap off. You‟re wasting water,‟ the voice sounded angry.This time Daisy obeyed. …Who…who are you?‟ she asked.…I‟m water. It‟s not easy for me to get here. Twenty-four days ago, I was in a cloud in Yunnan. Then the cloud dropped me into a stream and I flowed quickly down the mountain into the Dongjiang River. You know the river, I hope.‟…Yes,‟ Daisy nodded.…Well, the river carried me to a reservoir. I relaxed there for a few days. Then people cleaned me up.‟…Cleaned you up?‟ Daisy asked.…Yes. I was dirty after my jou rney, so people cleaned me up in a water treatment works. Then I travelled in the pipes under the streets. I waited there until you called me.‟Daisy said, …So this is the end of your journey.‟…No. then I‟ll go to a sewage plant. People there will pump me into the river and I‟ll go back into the sea again.‟…Again?‟…Yes. I came from the sea in the first place. Remember not to waster or pollute me. I‟m valuable, like liquid gold. See you.‟Daisy came out of the bathroom. Her brother Benny said, …I heard vo ices in there. Who were you talking to?‟…To the water,‟ Daisy said. …I was talking to the water.‟Benny shook his head. …Sometimes you‟re really strange, Daisy.‟ he said.KEY POINTS:1. carry (vt) 搬，抬，携带动词bring, take, carry, get, lift都有“携带、运送“之意，但它们用法各异。

人从别处带到说话者所在的地方来，动作由远及近。

①Don‟t forget to bring it here.② Bring him with you to see me.二、take为“带去”、“拿走”之意，指人或物远。

① Can you take these books to the classroom?提”，强调动作的移动性，不强调方向。

① He often carries water for the old man.② The box is too heavy for me to carry.四、 get意为“拿”、“取”指说话人所在地出① Can you get me some water?② Please get a doctor at once.Bill is having a cold.五、lift意为“抬、提、举”，表示把某物从某一低处般到某一高处，动作由低到高。

① Tom is lifting a basket of apples on toa tractor.② The students are lifting the desks onto the second floor.2. end n.末尾v.结束Eg: the end of a story The meeting ended. 会议结束了。

用at the end, by the end与in the end填空1. The girl sat ________________ of the bench, smiling to herself.2. They often have no money _____________ a month.3. Anyhow, you should be back _____________ of the meeting.4. They quarreled at first, but _____________they became good friends.5. They searched all over the mountain, but didn‟t find the spy __________. 总结：1. 指“在……的末端，在……的后期”用词组___________, 其后经常加介词of。

即可指时间，也可指位置的末端。

2. _____________=not later than, 意为“在……之前”只能表示时间概念。

其后多半有介词of。

3. _____________指“结果，最终”只能用来表时间的概念，相当于finally，其后不能加介词of。

3. stop doing sth.与stop to do stha. stop doing sth指停止正在做的事情eg: The students stopped talking.b. stop to do sth指停止原来的事情去做另外一件事eg: The students stopped to talk.4. begin / start to do sth与begin / start doing sth.1）谈及一项长期活动或开始一种习惯时，使用doing。

例如：How old were you when you first started playing the piano? 你几岁时开始弹钢琴？2）begin, start用进行时时，后面动词用不定式to do。

例如：I was beginning to get angry。

我开始生起气来。

3）在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize这类动词时，常用不定式to do。

例如：I begin to understand the truth。

我开始明白真相。

4）事物作主语时。

例如：The snow began to melt.雪开始融化了5. 服装cloth, clothing, clothes, dress, suit1．cloth指做衣服用的布料（包括棉、麻、丝、毛料），是不可数名词，不能加不定冠词，也不能加-s，但可以说a piece of cloth。

例如：He bought four yards of cloth．他买了4码布料。

This piece of cloth is long enough for you to make a shirt．这块布够你做一件衬衫。

注意：cloth指布料的种类或桌布、擦碗布等专供某种用途的一块布时则是具体可数名词，前面可加a，复数只加s（cloths）。

例如：a table cloth一块桌布，many cloths 很多种布料。

2．clothes是衣服的总称，指全身的穿戴，不仅包括内外衣裤，还包括鞋、袜、帽子在内，总是以复数形式出现，没有单数形式，后面谓语动词用复数形式。

例如：Most of her clothes were made by herself．她的大部分衣服是自己做的。

The clothes are hung up to dry．衣服被挂起来晾干。

注意：clothes 不能被数词修辞，不可说：two clothes，five cloths，但却可说many （these，a few，my）clothes，也可以说a good deal of clothes，a suit of clothes （一套衣服）。

3．clothing也是指服装的总称，是集合名词，不能加-s。

可以说winter clothing（冬装），used clothing（旧衣服），man's（women's）clothing男（女）服装。

例如：We need warm clothing for the winter．冬天我们需要温暖的服装。

This shop sells men's clothing．这家商店卖男装。

注意：clothes和clothing通常可互换，但若指不同的衣服时，要用clothing。

例如：People in Europe wear warm clothing（clothes）in winter．欧洲人冬季穿暖和的衣服。

I have a few articles of clothing（clothes误）to sell．我有几种衣服要卖。

4．dress可作可数和不可数名词。

作可数名词时，专指"妇女或女孩穿的连衣裙或礼服"；作不可数名词时，它通常指男女外装。

例如：Most girls like to have pretty dresses．大多数女孩子喜欢穿漂亮的裙子。

（可数）She was wearing an evening dress．她身穿晚礼服。

（可数）He doesn't care much about dress．他不太注重穿着。

（不可数）5．suit指一套衣服，尤指男式服装。