By the time I got outside， the bus had already left教案

16. stay up late   熬夜到很晚

stay up all night studying   熬夜學習

17. costume party      化妝舞會

18. happen to sb    某人發(fā)生了什么事

    happen to do  碰巧做某事

19. set off     激起

    set off=set out  出發(fā)/起程

【即學即用】

his action        a heated argument.

a. set out   b. set up   c. set off   d. set free

20. across the whole country   遍及整個城市

21. thousands of   成千上萬

22. flee-fled-fled    逃離  

    flee from + 地點  從某地逃離

    flee away    逃離/逃跑

23. sell out 賣光

24. marry sb=get/be married to sb  和某人結婚

四、重點、難點、考點及疑點注釋

1. i started walking, but i knew i couldn’t get to school on time. 我開始步行，但我知道我已經不能按時到達學校了。（section a, 3a）

(1)start to do sth.和start doing sth都表示“開始做某事”，常可相互替換。

at the age of 12, he started writing his own newspaper.

= at the age of 12, he started to write his own newspaper.

他十二歲時，開始編寫自己的報紙。

(2)on time在本句中意為“準時，按規(guī)定的時間不早也不遲”。

li ming’s father seldom goes work on time. 李明的父親很少準時上班。

the party began on time that evening. 晚會在那天晚上準時舉行。

知識拓展：

time表示“……次/倍”時，是可數名詞，其復數形式為times。

how many times did you see the movie? 那部電影你看了幾遍？

i have four times as many books as you.我的書是你的4倍。

特別提示：

in time意為“及時”。

i will try my best to finish it in time. 我會盡力及時完成。

will you be home in time to see the children before they go to bed?

你來得及在孩子們上床睡覺之前趕回家看看他們嗎？

短語鏈接：

all the time始終、總是, at any time在任何時候, at the same time同時, from time to time偶爾, have a good/bad time過得快樂/不快樂, in no time立刻, many a time屢次, at times有時, take one’s time慢慢來/別著急, the times《泰晤士報》（英國一大報）, two times three 2乘以3

2. when i got to school, the final bell was ringing. i only just made it to my class. 我到學校的時候，上課鈴正在響。我剛好正點趕到教室上課。（section a, 3a）

(1) final bell在此處作“上課鈴”解，有時也寫為second bell，而“預備鈴”則表示為first bell。

(2) made it在這里表示“到達、趕上”的意思。

you can make it if you hurry. 如果你快一點的話，就會按時趕到的。

3. welles was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story, and panic set off across the whole country. welles的話是如此具有說服力，以至于成百上千人相信了他的話，全國處于一片恐慌之中。（section b, 3a）