OLD TOM THE
KILLER WHALE
Ⅱ.Learn by yourself
Find the English expressions of the following from the text.
1.在捕鲸站___________2.听说_______ 3.我亲眼目睹 _______
4.整理，分类_______ 5.一阵喧闹声_________ 6.耗尽能源 ；失去作
用；找到__________ 7.跃出水面______ 8.坠落________
9.样子像鱼___________ 10.高声对某人说_______
11.他边说边在我前面跑_______________ 12.一刻不停地__________
13.朝水里面望去_________ 14.几分钟后____________
15.有情况发生了______________
16.就像一群发狂的猎狗一样___________17.准备好；就绪________
18.击中要害____________ 19.过了片刻________
20.调转船头往回走________________ 21.浮出水面____________
22.在这段时间内______________23.饱餐一顿________________
24.海上波涛汹涌_______________25.离我们越来越远____________
26.害怕_____________27.离开回到某地_________________
Check your answers:
1.在捕鲸站at the whaling station 2.听说hear of
3.我亲眼目睹witness my own eyes 4.整理，分类sort out
5.一阵喧闹声a loud noise6.耗尽能源 ；失去作用run down
7.跃出水面throw out of the water 8.坠落crash down
9.样子像鱼fish-shaped 10.高声对某人说call out to sb.
11.他边说边在我前面跑He said as he ran ahead of me
12.一刻不停地with pausing
13.朝水里面望去look down into the water
14.几分钟后a few minutes later
15.有情况发生something was happening
16.就像一群发狂的猎狗一样like a pack of excited dogs
17.准备好；就绪be ready 18.击中要害hit the spot
19.过了片刻within a moment or two
20.调转船头往回走turn the boat around to go home
21.浮出水面float up to the surface of the water
22.在这段时间内in the meantime
23.饱餐一顿have a good feed on
24.海上波涛汹涌the sea was rough
25.离我们越来越远further and further away from us
26.害怕be terrified of
27.离开回到某地be off and back to …
1. …I witnessed it with my own eyes
many times.
witness用作动词，意思是“亲眼看
到”，例如：
Did you witness the accident?
你亲眼看到那次事故了吗？
Ⅲ. Explanation
witness还可以表示“作证”、“证明”，
例如：
He witnessed to having seen the man
enter the building.
他作证说他看到那个人进入大楼的。
witness还可以用作名词，表示“目击者，
证人”，例如：
The police found the witness to the
murder case.
警察找到了那件谋杀案的目击者。
He was called as a defense witness.
他被传唤做被告证人。
2. This was the call that announced
there was about to be a whale hunt.
① 此处由 that 引导的定语从句，其
中定语从句后又接一个宾语从句；
② be about to do sth. 意为“即将，
将要做某事”。
When we were about to close down
the business, the bank came to out
rescue.
我们就要停业时，银行（借贷）为我
们救了急。
3. … its body was dragged swiftly by the
killers down into the depths of the sea.
drag的意思是“拖”，例如：
He dragged the table into the corner.
他把那张桌子拖到角落。
drag的短语联想：
drag down 把人拖垮
drag one’s feet 故意拖延
drag in 拉进去
drag on 拖延、拉长
4. “Man overboard! Turn the boat
around!” urged George, shouting
loudly.
阅读下列句子，注意urge的意思及用
法。
1. I felt a sudden urge to tell him all my
problems.
2. Police are urging anyone who saw the
accident to contact them immediately.
3. Our teacher urged on / upon us the
need for cooperation.
4. They urged that the library be kept
open during the vacation.
● 作动词
① _______________敦促某人做某事 (句2)
Police are urging anyone who saw the
accident to contact them immediately.
② urge sth. ________ sb. 向某人极力陈
述某事(句3) Our teacher urged on /
upon us the need for cooperation.
urge sb. to do sth.
on / upon
③ urge that ... 强烈要求……(句4) They
urged that the library be kept open
during the vacation. ，从句中谓语部
分用should + 动词原形或只用动词原
形。
从以上句子中可以看出，urge可作名词，
含义为“迫切的欲望；强烈的要求”；
也可作动词，意思是“催促；力劝；强
烈要求”。其常见用法分别如下：
● 作名词
the urge to do sth. 想做某事的强烈欲望
(句1) I felt a sudden urge to tell him all
my problems.
5. From James’s face, I could see he was
terrified of being abandoned by us.
abandon的意思是“放弃，抛弃”，例
如：
Many people were killed by the
chemical weapons abandoned by the
Japanese during the World War Ⅱ.
很多人被二战期间日本人留下来的化
学武器害死了。abandon oneself to 沉溺于
【词语辨析】abandon / desert / give up
① abandon强调永远或完全放弃某人或某
事物；可能是被迫的，也可能是自愿的；
② desert 着重指违背法律责任和义务或自
己的信仰与誓言的行为；
③ give up 普通用语，侧重指没有希望，
或因为外界压力而放弃。
Ⅳ. Exercises
Complete the following sentences.
1.I was a _______ ____their quarrel.
（我是他们吵架时的目击者。）
2. When we ____ ______ _____ close
down the business, the bank came to out
rescue.
我们就要停业时，银行（借贷）为我们
救了急。
witness to
were about to
3. If he fails, he’ll ____ us all _____ with
him.要是他失败了，他会使我们大家连同
他一起毁掉的。
4. They ____ ___ __ __ at once.他们催促
我们马上去。
5.The young man does nothing but
_______ ______ ____ （沉溺于）pleasure.
drag down
urged us to go
abandon himself to
• Remember the key points of this
period.
• Finish the exercises 1-2 on page 21.
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