河北省邢台市第七中学高中英语 Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the police阅读教材.doc

lesson 65 jumbo versus the police 小象对警察 read the text and then answer the question.读课文，然后回答以下问题。why did the police have to push jumbo off the main street? last christmas, the circus owner, jimmy gates, decided to take some presents to a childrens hospital. dressed up as father christmas and accompanied by aguard of honourof six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called jumbo. he should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. a policeman approached jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as jumbo was holding up the traffic. though jimmy agreed to go at once, jumbo refused to move. fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. the police had a difficult time, but they were most amused .jumbo must weigh a few tons, said a policemen afterwards, so it was fortunate that we didnt have to carry him. of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.new words and expressions生词和短语circus n.马戏团fortunate adj.幸运的accompany v.陪伴，随行notes on the text课文注释1 dressed up as father christmas and accompanied by aguard of honour of six pretty girls, 打扮成圣诞老人，在由6位漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下。过去分词短语 dressed up和 accompanied by作状语，说明伴随状态。2 he should have known, 他本应知道。这里“should +have +过去分词”表示本应发生但实际上并未发生的事情。3 he ought to have gone along a side street, 他本应该走一条小路。 ought是助动词，“ought + have +过去分词”表示过去该做而没有做的事情。4 hold up the traffic, 阻碍交通。5 get him off the main street, 把它推离主要街道。6 he has a good record, 它表现一贯很好，这里的record是指履历，特别是警察局的档案。7 let him off,饶恕。参考译文去年圣诞节，马戏团老板吉米盖茨决定送些礼物给儿童医院。他打扮成圣诞老人，在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下，骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。他本该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情发生。一个警察走过来告诉吉米，他应该走一条小路，因为江伯阻碍了交通。虽然吉米同意马上就走，但江伯却拒绝移动。15个警察不得不用很大的力气把它推离主要街道。警察虽然吃了苦头，但他们还是感到很有趣。“江伯一定有好几吨重，”一个警察事后这样说，“值得庆幸的是它没让我们抬它走。当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们饶了它。”comprehension理解1 jimmy wouldnt have been stopped if _.(a) he had gone down a side street (b) he hadnt ridden an elephant (c) he had gone down the main street (d) he hadnt dressed up as father christmas 2 one of these statements is true. which one? (a) jumbo was arrested. (b) jimmy was arrested. (c) the police were not amused by what had happened. (d) the police had a difficult time getting jumbo off the main street. structure句型3 jimmy _father christmas. 3(a)seemed as(b)looked like(c)looked as(d)seemed 4 he should have known the police wouldnt allow it _.(a) and he did(b) but he didnt(c) but he couldnt(d) but he had 5 he ought to have gone along as side street. thats what he _. (a) should do(b) should be doing(c)should have done(d)should 6 jumbo must weigh a few tons. jumbo _a few tons.(a) probably weighs(b) has to weigh(c) ought to weigh(d)should weigh 7 _to carry him? (a) did they have(b) had they(c) must they(d) have they vocabulary词汇8 he set off down the main street. he _.(a)ran (b)walked(c)rode (d) started his journey 9 jumbo was holding up the traffic. he had _cars. (a) picked up some (b) sat on some(c) stopped the (d) held on to the 10 jimmy agreed to go at once, but jumbo_ to move.(a)denied (b)resisted(c)refused (d)negated 11 it was fortunate we didnt have to c