BOOK ONE · LESSON 141

Sally's first train ride

萨莉第一次乘火车旅行

A story lesson about Sally's first train ride. Last week, the narrator's four-year-old daughter Sally was invited to a children's party, and the narrator decided to take her by train. Sally was very excited because she had never travelled on a train before. She sat near the window and asked questions about everything she saw. A pretty lady got on the train and sat near Sally, wearing a blue dress and a large, fashionable hat. After the train had reached the next station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her hand mirror. The lesson introduces the past perfect tense ('had never travelled', 'had reached') and the use of 'decided', 'invited', and 'excited'. The workbook drills the story fill-in and vocabulary; the grammar workbook rewrites active sentences into the passive voice (present, past, and future passive), answers questions in the passive, and writes dialogues with 'will be + past participle'.

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READ & UNDERSTAND

Lesson 课文

Listen to the tape and then answer the question that follows. 听录音，然后回答所接下来的问题。

听录音，然后回答所接下来的问题。

Sally's first train ride. 萨莉第一次乘火车旅行。Last week, my four-year-old daughter, Sally, was invited to a children's party. I decided to take her by train. Sally was very excited because she had never travelled on a train before. She sat near the window and asked questions about everything she saw. A pretty lady got on the train and sat near Sally. 'Hello, little girl,' she said. Sally did not answer, but stared at her. The lady was wearing a blue dress and a large, fashionable hat. After the train had reached the next station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her hand mirror.

萨莉第一次乘火车旅行。上星期，我四岁的女儿萨莉被邀请去参加一个儿童聚会。我决定带她乘火车去。萨莉非常兴奋，因为她以前从未乘过火车。她坐在窗户旁边，对她看到的一切问这问那。一位漂亮的女士上了火车，坐在萨莉旁边。「你好，小姑娘，」她说。萨莉没有回答，只是盯着她看。那位女士穿着一件蓝连衣裙，戴着一顶时髦的大帽子。火车到达下一站后，那位女士打开她的手提包，取出她的化妆镜。

Question: 问题。Why was Sally excited? 萨莉为什么兴奋？

问题：萨莉为什么兴奋？

New words & expressions 生词和短语

invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/: v. 邀请
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/: v. 决定
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/: adj. 兴奋的
fashionable /ˈfæʃənable/: adj. 时髦的

Notes on the text 课文注释

past perfect 的用法

过去完成时表示「过去的过去」：She had never travelled on a train before. (她以前从未乘过火车。)

was invited 的用法

「被邀请」用被动语态：Sally was invited to a children's party. 本单元的语法练习正是围绕被动语态展开。

decided to do 的用法

「决定做某事」用 decide + to do：I decided to take her by train.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

Practice A: Sally's first train ride (fill in the missing words)

Read this and fill in the missing words. 读以下短文，填空。

读以下短文，填空。

16 fill-in items in the Sally's first train ride story.

1my four-year-old ______, Sally

2was ______ to a children's party

3I ______ to take her

4take her ______ train

5Sally was very ______

6she had never ______ on a train

7She ______ near the window

8asked questions about ______ she saw

9a ______ lady got on the train

10Sally did not answer, but ______ at her

11The lady was ______ in a blue dress

12a large, ______ hat

13After the train had ______ the next station

14the lady opened her ______

15took out her ______

16a pretty lady ______ on the train

Practice B: Vocabulary (fill in the blanks)

Fill in the blanks in these sentences with words from the text. 选用课文中的词填空。

选用课文中的词填空。

10 vocabulary fill-in items using words from the text.

1The man's story wasn't at all serious; in fact it was quite ______.

2My aunt isn't young and she isn't old; she's ______.

3When his trousers fell down, the boy was very ______.

4The girl's sister is beautiful, but the girl herself is ______.

5I didn't think she had seen me. I was very surprised when she ______ at me.

6We were in a hurry so we ______ the first bus that we could find.

7We children were always ______ when our uncle told us funny stories.

8The lady took out a ______ and began to make up her face.

9I had never flown in a plane before so I was very ______.

10Our house is ______ the school, so I only have to cross the road every morning for my lessons.

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

Grammar I: Rewrite the sentences in the passive (present passive)

仿照例句将下列句子改写为被动语态。

12 rewrite items; item 1 (Someone sweeps the classroom every day. → The classroom is swept every day.) is the printed example.

1Someone sweeps the classroom every day.

The classroom is swept every day.

2Someone cleans the blackboard after every lesson.

3Someone turns on the lights in the evening.

4Someone washes the dishes every day.

5Some people paint the school regularly.

6Someone cuts the grass very often.

7Someone cooks supper at six o'clock.

8People sell meat at the market every day.

9People in Canada grow a lot of wheat.

10People in Brazil grow a lot of coffee.

11People in some parts of Canada speak French.

12People clean our office every day.

Grammar II: Rewrite the sentences in the passive (past passive)

仿照例句将下列句子改写为被动语态（过去时）。

10 rewrite items in the past passive; item 1 (Someone washed the car last week. → The car was washed last week.) is the printed example.

1Someone washed the car last week.

The car was washed last week.

2Someone cleaned the desks and chairs before the lesson.

3Someone invited him to a party.

4Someone met the children after school.

5Someone took the children to school by car.

6Someone repaired his car yesterday.

7Someone turned off the lights last night.

8Someone washed the dishes yesterday.

9Someone made the beds this morning.

10Tom was badly hurt in the crash. Someone took him to hospital.

Grammar III: Rewrite the sentences in the passive

仿照例句将下列句子改写为被动语态。

10 rewrite items (present and past passive); item 1 (People speak English all over the world. → English is spoken all over the world.) is the printed example.

1People speak English all over the world.

English is spoken all over the world.

2They build houses very quickly here.

3Someone broke that window last month.

4They painted the door red.

5Someone saw him in the park.

6Someone caught the thief in the shop.

7Someone dusts the furniture every day.

8Someone found the money and gave it to the policeman.

9Someone delivers letters to every house every morning.

10Someone put the vase on the top shelf.

BACK TO THE BOOK

Original sources 原始资料

Open the original pages to compare your work. 点击链接查看原文。

A little practice, every day. 每天一点，慢慢积累。