妙語短篇a1第二課

1、2.The Hole In The GroundThere was once a farmer who lived near a road.It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They t

2、hought it was probably shallow.Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a l

3、ot of money for doing this.One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.""Oh, no," the farmer said. "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."New Words and

4、 Expressionshole 洞，坑deep 深的probably 很可能shallow, 淺的spend 用（錢），花（時間）等tractor 拖拉機charge 收費fill 錢 EXERCISE 1，1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.在a，b，c，d中選出一個最適合本故事的答案。A. Where did the farmer live?(a) near a road(b) in a hole in the road(c) in a large car(d) under

5、a tractorB. Many cars went into the hole because the drivers(a) were going too fast to stop.(b) did not see the hole.(c) did not know the hole was very deep.(d) liked driving through water.C. What did the farmer do all day?(a) pulled cars out of the hole in the road(b) filled the hole with water(c)

6、laughed at the drivers of the cars(d) worked on his farmD. How did the farmer make money?(a) from growing things(b) from selling water(c) from pulling cars out of the hole(d) from filling the hole with water2. Complete the sentences (a) to (d) with phrases from (e) to (h).用（e）至（h）完成（a）至（d）的不完整句子。(a)

7、 The road was not (e) that was always busy but full of water.(b) There was a hole (f) pulling them out in the road of the hole.(c) Many drivers drove (g) cars passed from into the hole because time to time.(d) The farmer charged (h) they did not know people for it was deep.3. Find words in the story

8、 that are opposite in meaning to the following.在故事中找出下列詞的反義詞。(a) far_ (c) shallow_(b) never_ (d) a little_4. Complete the following sentences about the story by putting in the missing words.在下列有關(guān)本故事的句子的空白處填上所缺的詞。(a) There was a hole_a road near a farm.(b) This hole was always_of water.(c) Many cars

9、drove into_hole.(d) A farmer charged the_ to pull them out of thehole with his tractor.(e) At night he_the hole with water.5. Answer these questions about the story in one or two words.用一、兩個詞回答下列有關(guān)本故事的問題。(a) Who lived near a road?_(b) What was in the road? _(c) What was it always full of?_(d) What d

10、rove into it?_(e) What did the farmer pull them out with?_(f) What did he charge the drivers?_(g) What did he fill the hole with at night? _6. Which of the following drawings best illustrates the story?哪一幅圖最能說明故事的意思？ Usage用法說明OPPOSITES（反義詞）在故事中，出現(xiàn)了下列幾組反義詞。deep（深的） shallow(淺的)night（夜晚）- day（白天）以下幾組也是反義詞：cold hottall - short fat thinclean - dirtyEXERCISE IIWrite the opposite word of these words.找出下列詞的反義詞(a) happy (b) stupid (c) interesting (d) s