Chapter 3 The night of the horse
一、教学内容：
chapter 3 the night of the horse reading 2
二、教学目标：
1. 课文语言知识
2. 重点句型
【具体教学过程】
（一）课文语言知识
1. a newspaper ran a short story competition on famous tales from history.
1) run v. 举办，管理，经营
he is running the shop while the owner is away.
店主不在，他经营商店。
2) on 关于
the advice on how to learn english well
关于如何学好英语的建议
2. the soldiers came down the stairs—two at a time.
1) down prep. tears ran down her face.
up prep. he went up the stairs.
2) two at a time = he came down two stairs at a time.
3. but the captain of the guards was no longer listening.
no longer = not …any longer
but the captain of the guards was not listening any longer.
i could no longer stand it. 我再也忍受不了了。
i couldn’t stand it any longer.
4. look down at
look up at
he looked down at the valley on the top of the hill.
he looked up at the blue sky and saw a plane flying over the city.
look down upon 瞧不起, 歧视
we shouldn’t look down upon the poor.
5. the greeks have tried for ten years to capture our city.
1) the greeks 希腊人
姓氏的复数形式和民族名称前，表示全家和整个民族
the turners, the wangs
the chinese, the british, the japanese
2) capture our city = make our city their prisoner 占领我们城
capture + 人/地点/动物/事物
they were captured and thrown in prison.
他们被俘并投进了监狱。
it took 24 hours to capture the city.
花了24小时才攻下此城。
how are they going to capture all the animals?
他们打算如何捕捉所有的动物？
overseas firms captured almost 41 percent of the market.
海外公司掌握了将近41%的市场。
6. you don’t have to think.
don’t have to=needn’t 没必要
例题：
① since you are ill, you _____ attend the meeting.
a. haven’t to b. don’t need c. needn’t to d. don’t have to
② mrs. li _______wash the dishes this evening. her daughter has washed them for her.
a. doesn’t need b. doesn’t need to c. needn’t to d. has not to
答案：( d b )
7. drag (用力而缓慢地)拖拉
drag sth.
and so the trojans dragged the wooden horse into the city with ropes.
she dragged a chair across the room to join them.
她拖了把椅子穿过房间跟他们坐一块儿。
drag sb. 硬拉，硬拖
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he grabbed her and dragged her away.
they overturned a car and dragged out the driver.
8. make jokes about 以……为笑柄，取笑
they made jokes about my old hat.
play a joke on 开(某人)玩笑
let’s play a joke on james and close the door so that he can't get in.
have a joke 开玩笑
she was having a joke with you.
9. everybody in troy went to sleep, _____ the guards.
a. include b. includes c. including d. included
there were six people in the car, including a baby.
there were six people in the car, a baby ______________________.
10. by midnight, the square was empty, except for the giant horse.
except for 除了……之外
the room is empty, except for a broken chair.
your composition was very good, except for several mistakes.
11. the greeks seized the captain.
eize seizing seized seized
john seized her arm and dragged her into the kitchen.
the police seized him by the collar.
说出下列短语的意思：
seize the airport
seize control of
seize power
seize an opportunity
12. it had returned in the darkness.
return= come back
hong kong ____ to china in 1997.
a. returns b. returned c. is returned d. had returned
13. in one night, they succeeded in capturing it by a trick.
1) succeed in doing sth.=be successful in doing sth.
we succeeded in passing all the examinations.
2) by (doing) sth.
edison made a living by selling newspapers when he was young.
（二）重点句型
1. this is a story one of the students sent in.
这是其中一个学生寄来的参赛故事。
1) one of the students sent in 是定语从句
2) send in 将某物寄去某处参加比赛或进行处理，提交，派遣到某地
don’t forget to send in your entries for the competition.
别忘了把你们的参赛名单交上来。
we decided it was time to send in british troops.
我们认定是该派遣英国军队去那里的时候了。
2. outside the main gate of the city stood a huge horse made of wood.
1) 这是一个全倒装句。相当与：
a huge horse made of stone stood outside the main gate of the city.
再如：
outside stood the greek army. = the greek army stood outside.
方位词（词组）位于句首时构成全倒装句。
under the tree lay a boy.
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比较：
here we are .
here it is.
2) a huge horse made of stone 其中过去分词短语作定语，相当于定语从句：
a huge horse which was made of wood.
desks made of wood
3) be made of…
be made from…
be made into…
be made in…
the desk is _______________ ________ wood.
paper is _______________ _____________ wood.
wood can be ________________ ____________ paper.
this kind of car is _______________ ___________ shanghai.
3. it is so big that they couldn’t take it with them.
so…that…
such…that… 如此……以致于……
it was so fine that we all went swimming.
it was __________ ___________ fine day _____________ we all went swimming.
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