Chapter 3 The night of the horse
一、教學內容：
chapter 3 the night of the horse reading 2
二、教學目標：
1. 課文語言知識
2. 重點句型
【具體教學過程】
（一）課文語言知識
1. a newspaper ran a short story competition on famous tales from history.
1) run v. 舉辦，管理，經營
he is running the shop while the owner is away.
店主不在，他經營商店。
2) on 關于
the advice on how to learn english well
關于如何學好英語的建議
2. the soldiers came down the stairs—two at a time.
1) down prep. tears ran down her face.
up prep. he went up the stairs.
2) two at a time = he came down two stairs at a time.
3. but the captain of the guards was no longer listening.
no longer = not …any longer
but the captain of the guards was not listening any longer.
i could no longer stand it. 我再也忍受不了了。
i couldn’t stand it any longer.
4. look down at
look up at
he looked down at the valley on the top of the hill.
he looked up at the blue sky and saw a plane flying over the city.
look down upon 瞧不起, 歧視
we shouldn’t look down upon the poor.
5. the greeks have tried for ten years to capture our city.
1) the greeks 希臘人
姓氏的復數(shù)形式和民族名稱前，表示全家和整個民族
the turners, the wangs
the chinese, the british, the japanese
2) capture our city = make our city their prisoner 占領我們城
capture + 人/地點/動物/事物
they were captured and thrown in prison.
他們被俘并投進了監(jiān)獄。
it took 24 hours to capture the city.
花了24小時才攻下此城。
how are they going to capture all the animals?
他們打算如何捕捉所有的動物？
overseas firms captured almost 41 percent of the market.
海外公司掌握了將近41%的市場。
6. you don’t have to think.
don’t have to=needn’t 沒必要
例題：
① since you are ill, you _____ attend the meeting.
a. haven’t to b. don’t need c. needn’t to d. don’t have to
② mrs. li _______wash the dishes this evening. her daughter has washed them for her.
a. doesn’t need b. doesn’t need to c. needn’t to d. has not to
答案：( d b )
7. drag (用力而緩慢地)拖拉
drag sth.
and so the trojans dragged the wooden horse into the city with ropes.
she dragged a chair across the room to join them.
她拖了把椅子穿過房間跟他們坐一塊兒。
drag sb. 硬拉，硬拖
the greeks seized the captain and dragged him away.