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lesson44ThroughtheforestWarmingupTellmeaboutyourself•Haveyoueverbeentoforest?•Howdofeellikethesceneryintheforest?•Whatdoyouthinkofhavingapicnicintheforest?•Doyouthinkitisdangeroustogoacrosstheforest?Picnicpicniccanbedefinedsimplyasapleasureexcursion(游览)atwhichamealiseatenoutdoors,ideally（理想的）takingplaceinabeautifullandscape（景观）suchasapark,besidealakeorwithaninterestingviewandpossiblyatapubliceventsuchasbeforeanopenairtheatreperformance,andusuallyinsummer.Picnicsareoftenfamily-oriented（家庭组织）butcanalsobeanintimateoccasion（私人场合）betweentwopeople,oralargeget-togethersuchascompanypicnicsandchurchpicnics.forestTemperateneedleleafoccupythehigherlatitude(海拔)regions（地区）ofthenorthernhemisphere（半球）TemperatebroadleafTheyaregenerallycharacteristic（典型）ofthewarmertemperatelatitudesespeciallyonnutrient-poor（营养贫乏）orotherwiseunfavourable（不好的）soilsbutextendtocooltemperateones,particularlyinthesouthernhemisphereTurtlesAtAPicnicThreeturtles（乌龟）,Joe,Steve,andPoncho,decidetogoonapicnic.Joepacksthepicnicbasketwithcookies,bottledsodas,andsandwiches.Thetroubleis,thepicnicsiteis10milesaway,sotheturtlestake10wholedaystogetthere.Bythetimetheydoarrive,everyone'shungry.Joetakesthestuff（材料）outofthebasket,onebyone.Hetakesoutthesodasandrealizesthattheyforgottobringabottleopener.Joe&StevebegPonchototurnbackhomeandretrieve（找回）it,butPonchoflatly（直截了当）refuses,knowingthatthey'lleateverythingbythetimehegetsback.TurtlesAtAPicnicSomehow,afterabouttwohours,theturtlesmanagetoconvincePonchotogo,swearingon（向发誓）theirgreat-grand（祖辈的）turtles'graves（坟墓）thattheywon'ttouchthefood.So,Ponchosetsoff（出发）downtheroad,slowandsteady.Twentydayspass,butnoPoncho.JoeandStevearehungryandpuzzled,butapromiseisapromise.Anotherdaypasses,andstillnoPoncho,butapromiseisapromise.AfterthreemoredayspasswithoutPonchoinsight,Stevestartsgettingrestless（不安的）.INEEDFOOD!hesayswithahint（暗示）ofdementia（痴呆）inhisvoice.TurtlesAtAPicnicNO!Joeretorts.Wepromised.Fivemoredayspass.JoerealizesthatPonchoprobablyskippedout（溜走）totheBurgerKingdowntheroad,sothetwoturtlesweaklyliftthelid（打开盖子）,getasandwich,andopentheirmouthstoeat.Butthen,rightatthatinstant,Ponchopopsout（蹦出来）behindarock.Justforthat,I'mnotgoing.Today,wearegoingtolearnastoryaboutawomanwhowashavingapicnicwhensthhappened.HowdidMrs.Sterlinggetherbagback?Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion:LetusdiscussHaveyouenjoythestory?Mrs.Sterlingisabravewoman,isn'tshe?Insomesituations,ordinarycansuddenlybehaveinanextraordinaryway.•Readthetextandfindanswerstothesequestions:•HowmanymentriedtostealMrs.Sterling'shandbag?•Whatwasshedoingatthetime?•Didtheytakethebagafterastruggleornot?•Wheredidtheyrun?•Didsherunafterthemornot?•Didshecatchupwiththemornot?•Hadthemensatdownornot?•Whatweretheydoing?•WhatdidMrs,Sterlingdo?•Whatdidtheydo•Listenagain,andreadaloudafterthespeaker.Thinkabouthowthewriterorganizesthestoryandtrytoretellit.•Mrs.Anne-risk-ranthrough-twomen•thief-she-picnic-children-handbag•struggle-strap-both-throughtrees•soangry-ranafter•caughtup-see-goingthrough-contents-ranstraightat•suchafright-dropped-ranaway•strapneeded-but-hadn'tstolenGivethecorrectformofverbsWhileMrs.Sterlingwashavingapicnicwithherchildren_____theedgeofaforest,twothievesrushed_____herandtried_____herhandbag.Itwasunluckythatthestrapbrokeandbagwas_____.Whenbothmenstarted_____throughthetrees,Mrs.Sterlingranafterthemasshedidn'tthinkofthe_____shewastaking.However,shecontinuedtorun,regardlessofher_____out_____breath.Whenshecaughtup_____them,shewentstraight_____them.Themengot_____afright_____theydroppedthebagandranaway.WhileMrs.Sterlingwashavingapicnicwithherchildrenattheedgeofaforest,twothievesrusheduptoherandtriedtostealherhandbag.Itwasunluckythatthestrapbrokeandbagwasintheirpossession.Whenbothmenstartedrunningthroughthetrees,Mrs.Sterlingranafterthemasshedidn'tthinkoftheriskshewastaking.However,shecontinuedtorun,regardlessofherbeingoutofbreath.Whenshecaughtupwiththem,shewentstraightatthem.Themengotsuchafrightthattheydroppedthebagandranaway.keystucturesa.Forthegerundasasubject,orafter（adjective+）preposition(介词)b.Thegerundmayfollowaverb+preposition,e.g.lookforwardto/beusedtoc.Aftertheverbsstart,beginandcontinueeithertheinfinitiveorthegerundmaybeusedwithoutanydifferenceinmeaning:Theystartedtorun/running.Thegerund(动名词)andinfinitive(不定式)d.Theverbslove,like(=enjoy),hateandprefer:iWhenusedinthepastorpresenttheseverbsareusuallyfollowedbygerund,especiallywhenwewishtoimply'always':Ilikefishingwimming,etc.Theinfinitiveisalsopossible,butitismorelikelytobeusedwithreferencetoaparticularmoment:Ihatetodisturbyou(justnow)butmayIcomein?Notethatwhenlikemeans'thinkitrightorwise',theinfinitiveisalwaysused:Iliketoanswerlettersquickly(Itisrighttodothis)Compare:Ilikeansweringletters(Ienjoydoingit)iiWhentheseverbsareintheconditional,theyareusuallyfollowedbytheinfinitive:Iwouldlove/liketohelpyou.Icanstay,butI'dprefertogohomee.Wantandneedarefollowedbythegerundinthesentenceslike:Thatshirtneedsmending/wantswashing(i.e.someoneshouldmend/washit).Specialdifficultiesrun1.跑2.移动Someoftheseoldcarsarestillrunning.有些这样的老车仍在行驶。Le