3. The roads were icy…icy作形容词，意为“结冰的;冰冷的;冷淡的”。例如： It’s not easy to walk on the icy roads. 在结冰的路面上行走不容易。 Because of the icy street, they can’t drive the car. 因为街上结满了冰，他们不能开车。 Most people don’t want to swim in the icy water. 大多数人都不想在冰冷的水里游泳。【拓展】ice作不可数名词，意为“冰”。例如： The ice is thick enough to skate on. 这冰够厚的，可以在上面滑冰。 The boy isn’t afraid of cold. He is holding a piece of ice. 这个男孩不怕冷，手里握着一块冰。

　　4. But when I pointed it out to my friend…point out意为“指出”，是“动词+副词”结构，人称代词作宾语时应放在动词之后、副词之前。例如： There is a mistake in this sentence. Can you point it out? 这个句子有一处错误，你能把它指出来吗? He pointed out the woman from these photos. 他从这些照片中指出了那个女子。【拓展】(1)point作不及物动词，意为“指;指向”，常与介词at，to，towards等连用，表示“指向某位置或方向”。例如： She pointed at me, laughing. 她指着我笑。(2)point作可数名词，意为“点;要点”。例如： Let’s discuss the difficult points in the passage. 让我们讨论一下文中的难点。

　　5. Why did you call so many times?so many 意为“那么多”，修饰复数名词，例如： He has so many friends. 他有那么多的朋友。 There are so many people in the exhibition. 展览会上有那么多人。

　　练一练：

      I. 句型转换，按要求完成下列句子。

      1.The old man couldn’t find anywhere to live. (改为同义句) The old man could ________ _______ to live.

      2.Mother was cooking while I was doing my homework.(对画线部分提问) ________ ________ your mother ________ while you were doing your homework?

      3.Lily was reading in the room at that time(改为一般疑问句) ________ Lily ________ in the room at that time?

      4.I was sleeping at nine last night.Linda was doing her homework at nine last night.(用while将句子合并为一句) I ________ ________ ________ Linda ________ ________ her homework at nine last night.

      5.Don’t forget to lock the door before you leave.(改为同义句) ______ _______ _______ the door before you leave.

     II. 根据汉语提示，完成句子。

      1.这时，我要做的只是默默地服从他。 All I had to do now was to obey him _______ _______.

      2.天在下雨，记着随身携带你的雨衣。 It’s raining.______ ______ ______ your raincoat with you.

      3.起初我们并没有意识到她的伤口的严重性。 ______ ______ we didn’t realize the severity of her wounds.

      4.我今天不太想散步。 I don’t ______ ______ _______ very much today.

      5.昨天我和我的朋友打篮球打得很开心。 I ______ ______ playing basketball with my friends yesterday.

      6.据报道约200人在芦山地震中丧生。 It ______ ______ that about 200 people had lost their lives in Lushan earthquake.