17. by the side of the road 在路边

     18. the Animal Helpline 动物保护热线

     19. walk by 走路经过

     20. make one’s way to.... 在某人去……的路上

     21. hear the news 听到这个消息

     22.important events in history 历史上的重大事件

     23.for example 例如

     24.be killed 被杀害

     25. over 50 50多(岁)

     26. a school pupil 一个小学生

     27. on the radio 通过广播

     28.in silence 沉默;无声

     29.more recently 最近地;新近

     30.the World Trade Center 世贸中心

     31.take down 拆除;摧毁

     32.have meaning to 对……有意义

     33.remember doing sth. 记得做过某事

     34.at first 首先;最初

　　【重点句型】

     1. — What were you doing at eight last night? 昨晚8点你在干什么?— I was taking a shower. 我在洗淋浴。

　　2. When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner. 当开始下雨的时候，本正在帮他妈妈做晚饭。

　　3. — What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping? 琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在干什么?— While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework. 琳达在睡觉的时候，珍妮正在帮玛丽做作业。

　　【话题写作】Susanna所在的城市昨天晚上发生了一场地震。很幸运，地震并不强烈，他们全家安然无恙。假如你是Susanna请描述一下地震发生时家里人的活动情景，80词左右。

　　【优秀满分范文】My name is Susanna. In our city, there was an earthquake at 8:32 yesterday evening. At that time, I was taking a shower in the bathroom. My motherwas cleaning up the kitchen and my father was watching TV in the livingroom. My elder sister Alice was working on her computer in her room. We were very scared. Luckily, the earthquake was not heavy and it didn’t last long. And we were all safe.