英语学习课件妙语短篇妙语短篇B3.12.docx

12.Safe Hands
A fire engine raced through the streets to a fire.
Its siren was screaming n Wee-wu, Wee-wu, Wee-
wu.H
It was not long before the engine reached the fire・
Smoke was pouring out of an apartment building
where many people lived・ There were flames coming
out of the top floor windows・
The firemen quickly connected their hoses and
began pouring water onto the building.
Then a woman appeared in one of the top floor windows.
“Help!” she cried. "Help!11
She had a small baby in her arms・
”Throw the baby down,” one of the firemen called・ He was a big, strong man with wide shoulders・
”1 don't dare,” the woman shouted・“You might drop him.”
The fireman laughed・
“Don't worry,'* he said・”1 won't drop him. I'm the goalkeeper for the fire departmenfs soccer 怕am."
The woman looked down at the fireman. She saw his wide shoulders and big hands.
n AII right；' she said.
She leaned out of the window and dropped the baby.
It fell safely into the fireman's hands.
The only problem was that for a moment he forgot where he was and what he was doing.
He bounced the baby three times and then kicked it halfway up the street ・
New Words and Expressions
fire engine 消防车
siren 警报器
scream 尖叫声，惊叫
pour 涌出
hose 水龙带
shoulder,肩，肩膀
goalkeeper （足球等）守门员
lean 屈身，靠，倚
lean out of the window 探身窗外
bounce弹起,拍(球)
EXERCISE I
1 ・Choose the best answer a, b, c, d or e, to these questions about the story.
在a, b, c, d, e中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。

A. Why was the fire engine's siren screaming?
(a) It was on fire.
(b) lt was racing to a fire.
(c) It was hurt-
(d) To put out the fire・
(e) lt always screamed・
B. Why did the firemen connect their hoses?
(a) So they could breathe・
(b) To keep in touch.
(c) To get some water.
(d) So they wouldnl lose the engine.
(e) To save the woman.
C. Why did the mother trust the fireman to catch her baby?
(a) Because he was a famous fireman.
(b) Because he was a goalkeeper and was big and strong.
(c) Because he was playing soccer.
(d) Because firemen can catch anything.
(e) Because he said he could・
D. What did the fireman do wrong?
(a) He tripped and fell.
(b) He didn't catch the baby.
(c) He leaned out of the window.
(d) He forgot to catch the baby.
(e) He treated the baby as if it were a ball.
2. Complete sentences (a) to (e) with phrases from (f) to (j).
用f至j完成a至e的不完整句子。

(a) An apartment building • •(f) at a top floor window, was on fire
and
(b) A mother stood with a • •(g) he was a goalkeeper, baby in her
arms
(c) The fireman told her •• (h) a fire engine went to to throw
him the baby put it out.
but
(d) The fireman told her •• (i) she was worried he'd that
drop it.
(e) He caught the baby •• (j)unfortunately he successfully
but bounced it on the
ground thin king it was a ball ・
3. Use a different form of one of these words from the story to complete the following sentences・
把故事中的这几个词变成适当的形式后填入下列句子中。

safely wide leaned appeared dropped
(a) Her ex-husband's _ at the wedding was
most embarrassing.
(b) What's the ____ of our windows? I need to
measure them for the new curtains.
(c) Don't look down. It's a thirty-foot
(d) They found him ___ f rom the storm in a
cave.
(e) The ______ Tower of Pisa in Italy is famous
because it does n't stand up straight.
4. Complete the following paragraph about the story by putting in the missing words in their correct form.
在卞面有关本故事的段落中填上所缺的词，并把该词变成止确的形式。

A (a) ____ was caught in a burning building with her
little (b) ___ in her arms. The fire (c)
raced to the apartment (d) but the only way
they could save the mother and baby was (e) catch them as they
jumped to safety. One fireman, (f)
_____ was a goalkeeper on the local soccer team, (g)
_____ the baby but then he bounced it (h)
・ ____ the ground because he (i) it
was a ball.
5. Complete the crossword below using the clues provided. All the words are found in the story.
根据提示完成下列填字游戏，所需的词全部可在故事中找到。

DOWN
1 The fireman asked the woman to throw the babyto him.
2 The woman held the baby in her
4 She thought the fireman drop the baby.
5 Finally, she threw the baby his arms.
6 The fireman's shoulders were
ACROSS
3 The firemen began to water over the fire.
4 A_ who puts out fires is a fireman.
7 The woman to the fireman.
6. Match these questions about the story to their correct answers and write
the number of the correct answer beside each question.
为下列有关本故事的问题配上正确的答案，并把正确答案的号数
填在相应
的问题
旁。

(a) Where was the (1) At the top of the
fire engine going?building.
(b) What was the (2) Into the fireman's
woman carrying? hands.
--(c) Where was the (3) To an apartment
woman? building.
(d) Where did the (4) A baby.
baby fall? (5) Treated it like
(e) What did the a b a|| fireman do?
Usage 川広说明
THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OUT
There + be (如 there is 、 there was ・ there will be» i 勺 存在句，布英诵中使用I •分n®.如：
(a) There are people standing on the street waiting ・
(b) There is a bus letting people on and off.
(c) There will be another bus
in a few minutes.
；
、 LW) •- i •
念.如： (a) People are standing on the street waiting.
(b) A bus is letting people on and off.
(c) Another bus will be coming in a few minutes.
EXERCISE II
Write lour sentences describing the following picture using "There is ..." or “There are …r, plus one of the verbs below in the present continuous tense ・
写4句话来描写这幅画,要用句型“There is…”或"There are …“加上 下面的一个动词，要用现在进行吋。

to cross
to park to sell to buy
a)a 6 6
z (\ /l \ /(\ z \。