My First Day at Senior High

5) the city covers ten square miles.
6) i want our best reporters sent to coverthe trial (審訊).
7) the dictionary does not cover the whole english vocabulary.
2. the school year is divided into two  semesters, the first of which is september through december…
divide（使某物）分割開；分開；分隔, 常與介詞into搭配使用。如：
divide a large house into flats
把一所大房子分隔成若干套間
divide a novel into chapters
把一部小說分成若干章節
divide the class into small groups
把那個班分成幾個小組
the first of which is… 引導的是非限制性定語從句。
這是由“名詞/代詞+of+關系代詞”引導的定語從句。這種形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人時關系代詞用whom，指物時用which。又如：
her sons, both of whom work abroad, ring her up every week.
她的兩個兒子，都在國外工作， 他們每周都給她打電話來。
he went with a group of people, few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb.
他和一隊人一起去了，其中沒有幾個人配有進行這樣一次登山的適當裝備。
the buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd.
公共汽車大多數都已經擠滿了人，它們被憤怒的人群包圍著。
3. join;join in;take part in參加
注: take an active part in ;take part with  站在...一邊 play an important part in; play the part/role of
(1) join — become a member of…加入某些組織join the party/army/the united nation
(2) join sb in sth/doing 與…一起參加(正在進行的活動)join us in our talk  
      join us in buying sth for her
(3) take part in   參加(有組織的某項活動)
 i joined the school basket team, but  didn’t take part in its important competition held last week.
(4) attend  參加（會議）；照顧attend the meeting ,attend school, attend (to) the wounded
there will be more athletes taking part inthe olympic to be held in beijing.
三、反思總結summmary the knowledge learned in this period and can use them in the
四.當堂檢測
1.as a young man,comrade zhou enlai____the students’movements and later_____the communist party of china.
a joined;took part in  b.took part in;joined   c joined in;took part in   d took part of;joined
2.______with a table cloth the table looks very nice.
a.covering   b.covered   c.having covered   d.having been covered
3.the tourists were _______three groups to visit the museum.
a.divided into    b.divided from    c.separated into   d.separated from
4.the housing area ____ ____ ____ _____three square kilometres.(這片居住區占地三平方公里.)
5.did you ________the meeting held yesterday?(join  take part in   attend)