·單詞

balloon n.????氣球

royal adj.????皇家

????·royal family????皇室家族：一個國家的國王、王后及其親屬組成的家族

????·a Royal Air Force Station????皇家空軍基地

spy v.????偵察；n.????間諜，密探

track n.????軌跡，蹤跡

????·keep track of the strange object????跟蹤那個奇怪的物體

????·lose track of ...????失去聯(lián)系

????·back on track????重回正軌：指回到正確的方向或恢復(fù)正常的進(jìn)程

binoculars n.????望遠(yuǎn)鏡

·本課句型

復(fù)習(xí)can/be able to/manage to do

can/be able to

相同點(diǎn)：都表示能力，“能夠”

不同點(diǎn)：1.be able to 能變換更多的時(shí)態(tài)????2.could?表示過去能做，但不知道有沒有做，was/were able to 表示過去已經(jīng)成功做到的????3.can 還可以表示猜測，請求，允許

區(qū)別：

·could do????過去能夠做，做沒做到?jīng)]有說

·was/were able to do????過去能夠做某事，而且做到了

·managed to do????想方設(shè)法的去做，而且做到了

·課文

????A?pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby. He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery. The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft. He said that someone might by spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object. The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time. He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding?a pair of binoculars. When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs. Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield. The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone, for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station! As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing !

seem to be doing????似乎正在進(jìn)行某事

make for????朝......走去，飛向，走向

control tower????控制塔

might be spying on????might + 不定式的進(jìn)行時(shí)表示對正在進(jìn)行的動作的推測

be ordered to????被命令去：表示某人被要求去做某事，通常是由上級或權(quán)威人士發(fā)出的命令

keep track of????跟蹤，記錄：指對某事物的發(fā)展、進(jìn)展或變化進(jìn)行持續(xù)的觀察、記錄或了解

manage to do????設(shè)法做到：成功地完成某事，盡管有困難或不可能的情況

make out????辨認(rèn)出，理解：努力看或聽以理解或辨認(rèn)某事物

Soon afterwards????不久之后：指在某個事件發(fā)生后的很短時(shí)間內(nèi)

call in????請來，召喚：請求某人的幫助或請某人來參加某事

members of parliament????議會成員：在議會中代表選民的政治家，負(fù)責(zé)制定和修改法律

Commanding Officer????指揮官：一名軍隊(duì)、警察或其他類似組織中負(fù)責(zé)指揮和管理的高級官員

·知識拓展

make 搭配的詞組:

A balloon seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station.

????·朝......走去，飛向，走向

He could make out three men in a basket.

????·辨認(rèn)出，理解：努力看或聽以理解或辨認(rèn)某事物

Please make out a fresh copy.

????·寫出，做出

I could not make out what he said.

????·理解

He made up a story about two men and a horse.?

????·編造

She spends hours making up in front of the mirror.

????·化妝

I must make up for the time I lost this morning.

????·補(bǔ)償

練習(xí)

I lost my lecture notes and had to make____a new set.

????·make out，寫出新的一組

When it got dark we made____home.

????·make for，朝著家走

How can you make____all those lessons you missed?

????·make up，彌補(bǔ)