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Lesson91Three menin abasket三人同篮First listenand thenanswer thequestion.听录音,然后回答以下问题Where wasthe stationsCommanding OfficerA pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal AirForce Station nearby.一个飞行员发现了一只气球,它像是正飞往附近的一个皇家空军基地He informedthe stationat once,but noone therewas ableto explain themystery.他马上把情况报告了该基地,但那里的人没有一个能解释这到底是怎么回事The officerin thecontrol towerwas veryangry whenhe heardthenews,because balloonscan bea greatdanger toaircraft.控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后,非常气愤,因为气球有可能给飞机造成极大的危险He saidthat someonemight bespying onthe stationand the pilot wasorderedto keep track of the strangeobject.他说可能有人正对基地进行侦察,因此命令那个飞行员跟踪那个奇怪的飞行物The pilotmanaged tocircle the balloon forsome time.飞行员设法绕着气球飞了一阵He couldmake out three menin abasket underit andone of them washoldinga pairof binoculars.他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里,其中一个举着望远镜When theballoon wasover the station,thepilotsaw one ofthemen takingphotographs.当气球飞临基地上空时,飞行员看见有一个人在拍照Soon afterwards,theballoonbegan todescend andit landednear anairfield.不久,气球开始降落,在一个停机坪附近着了陆The policewere calledin,but theycould notarrest anyone,警察被召来了,但他们却不能逮捕任何人,for thebasket containedtwo Members of Parliament and the CommandingOfficer ofthe station!因为筐里是两名国会议员和一名基地的指挥官!As theCommanding Officerexplained later,one halfofthe station didnotknow what the otherhalf wasdoing!正如指挥官后来解释的那样,基地的这半边不知道那半边正在干什么!词汇学习Word study
1.spy1vi.暗中监视;侦察通常与on,upon连用Someone isspying onthestation.有人正在对基地进行侦察I noticedsome policemenspying onthe foreigntourists.我注意到一些警察在暗中监视那些外国游客2vt.发现,看见He spieda strangerin hisgarden.他在花园里发现了一位陌生人She spieda cloudof smokeinthedistance.她发现远处有一团烟3n.间谍,密探He wasonce aspy for the police/British government.他曾是警方/英国政府的密探They havearrested threespies.他们逮捕了3名间谍
2、He saidthat someonemight bespying onthestationand thepilot wasorderedto keeptrack ofthe strangeobject.keeptrack of跟踪,追踪,保持联系,记录(反义词为lose trackof)Keep trackofthe manwearing agrey hat.He lookssuspicious tome.She managedto keeptrackof her friends.
3、He couldmake outthree menin abasket underit andoneofthem washoldinga pairof binoculars.make out(勉强)看出,辨认出,听出Icant make out thebossJ shandwriting.In thedarkness ofnight,he couldjust make outthreemen comingtowardthem.
4、The policewere calledin,but theycould notarrest anyone,forthebasketcontained twoMembersofParliamentandtheCommandingOfficer ofthestation!call in召来When hediscovered thatsome importantthins weremissing inhis room,hecalled thepolice in.Sam hasa temperature.We,d bettercall ina doctor.语法要点[Special Difficulties]与make连用的短语makeout
①写出,填写(相当于write out)He madeoutacheque of1,000dollars andgave itto thesecretary.
②(勉强)看出,辨认出,听出,理解Can youmakeoutwhat theyare talkingaboutI can,t makeout theboss shandwriting.Jane isangry again.Sometimes Ican,tmakeher outat all.Her moodschangequickly.I couldnot makeoutwhathe said.make up
①编造,捏造,虚构Every timehe playedtruant,Tom wouldmake upan excuse.