初中英语人教版初三下讲解20

[00:43.70]Read the flowing newspaper article.
[02:50.48]One Friday morning in San Francisco,Robert Parley¹,a baby,was sleeping in his bed.
[03:26.84]The family pet,a dog,was asleep on the floor beside the baby's bed.
[04:04.38]Mrs Parley was busy with her housework.
[04:26.32]Suddenly an earthquake rocked the city.
[06:14.99]She tried hard to reach the baby'r room,
[06:31.63]but the house broke in two,dropping her to the first floor
[07:04.70]and leaving the baby's bed on the edge² of the  two-story house.
[08:15.57]She should to the dog,Cody,to get the baby.
[08:47.12]The dog jumped into little Robert's bed
[08:52.69]and carefully grabbed³ the baby in his mouth.
[09:19.65]The dog then jumped out of the bed with the baby,
[09:25.11]just as the bed crashed to the first floor.
[09:58.67]Mrs Parley called the police on her mobile⁴ phone and half an hour later,
[10:06.22]they climbed to the second floor to get the dog and the baby.
[10:53.58]The police said baby Robert didn't cry at all.
[11:17.17]Baby Robert and his mother were taken to the hospital,
[11:22.03]with Cody the dog right beside them.
[11:48.78]All are now doing well.
[11:52.86]It is true to say a dog is man's best friend or at least Rober's best friend.
[13:28.02]be busy with   be asleep    make up one's   mind  write
[13:46.96]1.Peter said that he (had been busy with )his work on the project since last Friday.
[14:22.09]2.The boy said that he(had made up his mind) to be a doctor for children.
[14:35.86]3.The baby (had been asleep) for nearly two hours when you came in.
[14:55.43]4.He (had writen )two books on animals before he because an animal doctor.
[19:44.89]She said that she had been a tercher for ten years.
[20:01.63]She said that she had seen the film

1 parley   

n.谈判

参考例句：

• The governor was forced to parley with the rebels.州长被迫与反叛者谈判。
• The general held a parley with the enemy about exchanging prisoners.将军与敌人谈判交换战俘事宜。

2 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

3 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

4 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。