UNIT FIVE What should I do?
Letters What happened What the writer did How the writer felt
“The flowerpot”
“Bad behaviour on
the underground”
“A rude checkout
assistant”
1．accidentally adv.
e.g. I accidentally met an old friend of mine on my way home.
accidental adj.
accidental death _____________________
accident n.
a car/road/traffic accident
by accident= accidentally
without accident 平安地
2．smash (vt) a window
The vase dropped on the floor and smashed (vi) into pieces.
smash n. 破碎声
The plate hit the floor with a smash.
3．Miss v. to fail to hit, catch, find or meet 错过
The falling rock narrowly missed my head. _______________________(中文)
more meanings of “miss”
e.g. The post office is just on the corner of the street. You can’t miss it. 没看见
e.g. He missed going to the party last weekend. 错过
e.g. I miss him badly. 想念
missing adj. 丢失的
e.g. The police started at once in search of the missing girl.
4. temporarily
e.g. The local library is temporarily closed for repairs.
e.g. I took over Sally’s work temporarily while she was sick.
ant. permanently adv.
temporary adj.
e.g. Do you want a temporary job or a permanent one?
5. guilty
I felt really guilty to have forgotten her birthday again.
她脸上露出羞愧／惭愧的表情．________________________________________
guilt n.
自责感 _________________________
6. conscience
Choose what to do according to your own conscience.
His conscience troubled him after he stole the money.
have a guilty conscience 感到内疚
问心无愧 ________________
对…无负罪感 _______________________
7. tough
The tough guy will be punished sooner or later.
tough adj.
e.g. The tyre is made of very tough (坚韧的) plastic.
e.g. They came to make a tough (费力的) decision after a whole day’s discussion.
8. tease v. to upset sb by making jokes about them
e.g. Don’t be so serious. He is just teasing( vi.).
禁止逗弄笼里的动物．_____________________________________
bully v. to frighten or hurt
e.g. To bully is to ill-treat weaker people.
8. behaviour
e.g. Her good behaviour deserves praise.
e.g. I can no longer tolerate his rude behaviour.
behave v. to act in a particularly way
e.g. Behave yourself.
She had been behaving rather oddly.
well-behaved adj.
e.g. A well-behaved man is welcomed everywhere.
9. violence
e.g. Nowadays there is too much violence shown on television, which does great harm to the
teenagers.
violent adj.
a violent storm/kick/attack
10. purchase
e.g. The children helped to carry their mother’s purchases form the supermarket.
n. 购置
e.g. 收银条是你购物的凭证,要保存好._____________________________________________
purchase v. buy
e.g. They have purchased 45 percent of the shares of the company.
purchaser n. 买主
11. grumble
e.g. The customer grumbled about the quality of his new fridge.
e.g. Don’t grumble at me about your own mistakes.
complain/grumble at sb about sth
grumble n.
e.g. He is a person full of grumbles.
12.queue
e.g. I saw many people waiting in a queue at the booking office.
插队 ______________________
queue v. to form or join in a line while waiting
queue up (for sth)
They were queuing up for a bus.
e.g. They’re queuing up to see a film.
Phrases
1. be doing…when…; be about to do…when…
They were having a heated discussion when the bell rang announcing the end of the class.
We were about to leave when the lecturer arrived with his secretary.
2. on the way +adv. /prep.
on the way here/there/home/out
on the way to school/work/office
on the way to the meeting/the cinema
3. We left for the cinema as planned.
They met at the entrance to the theatre as scheduled.
The football star failed to come for the closing ceremony as promised.
4. Frightened, s + v…过去分词作状语
• Wounded, the brave soldier continued to fight.
• Heated, water changes into steam.
5. on doing sth, s + v…
On hearing the news, she couldn't help crying.
警察一到现场就发现撞了过路人的车不见了.
_____________________________________________________________________________
On his return from abroad, the professor set out to do his research work.
6. mean to do…; mean doing…; had meant to do…
I had meant to come early this evening, but something urgent prevented me .
I didn’t mean to hurt you; I was just joking.
Missing the train means waiting for another hour.
7. wait one’s turn
You must wait your turn to see the doctor.
wait to do sth
wait for sb. to do sth
We’d better wait to hear what the others think about it.
We were waiting for the rain to stop.
Translations:
1. Visitors to the zoo ________________________（禁止戏弄动物）
2. _______________________________（我很后悔没有花足够的时间复习） before the exam.
3. He said he would try to ________________________________（说服父母采纳我们的建议）
4. ________________________（他回答我问题时支支吾吾）, which showed that he was not
telling the truth.
5. _________________________（一发现这个错误）, I corrected it immediately.
6. Is there any hope of _____________________________（我们队赢得这场比赛）?
7. We had great difficulty in _____________________________（解决这个问题）
8. _______________（说实话）, I don’t agree with you.
9. ____________________（从她困惑的脸上可以判断）, she didn’t know at all how to operate
this machine.
10. He ignored the traffic regulations and ______________________（差一点被一辆卡车撞倒）
Verb filling
1. What a wonderful time I _______ (have) this time yesterday!
2. In my opinion, what ________ (discuss) at the meeting now is of no use.
3. It happened ________ (snow) when the lady got to Beijing.
4. The man stood under a tall tree, _______ (plan) for a trip to London.
5. _______ (improve) his spoken English, the boy tried to practise speaking whenever possible.
6. Young people of the day feel like ________ (listening) to pop music.
7. After _______ (pay), the man took the money and left in a hurry.
8. Every student should take care of the books _______ (borrow) from the library.
9. With the dark clouds _______ (disappear), it began to clear up.
10. By the end of 2010, Shanghai ________ (become) the financial center of the world.
Letters What happened What the writer did How the writer felt
“The flowerpot” It fell outside the
flat.
She said nothing. She had a guilty
conscience.
“Bad behaviour on
the underground”
Three tough
guys bullied a
boy.
The writer got off at
his/her station.
The writer felt
regretful.
“A rude checkout
assistant”
The check-out
assistant gave an
extra ten-pound
note for change.
The writer left the
shop with the 10
pounds.
The writer did not
correct the error, but
still had a clear
conscience.
1. are forbidden to tease animals
2. I regret not spending enough time reviewing
3. persuade his parents to adopt our suggestion
4. He hesitated in answering my question
5. On discovering the error
6. our team winning the match
7. settling / solving / dealing with the problem
8. To tell you the truth
9. Judging from her confused face
10. narrowly escaped being knocked down by a truck
1. was having 2. is being discussed 3. to be snowing
4. planning 5. To improve 6. listening
7. being paid 8. borrowed 9. disappearing
10. will have become
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