The night of the horse

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A newspaper ran a short story competition on famous tales form history. This is a story one of the students sent in. Our school will run an English Speech Competition. My father ran a camera store last year. 我父亲去年管理照相器材商店。 递送、寄去（稿件等），后面直接接表示 事物的名词或代词。 He sent in three drawings for the competition.

1 How did the soldier come down the stairs? 2 How did the captain of the guards go up the stairs? 3 What did the Trojan captain think when he saw the empty plain and the empty sea? 4 In the captain’s opinion, why did the Greek leave the horse on the square? 5 How did the soldier think of the horse on wheels? 6 How did the Trojan deal with the horse?

7 How did the Trojans celebrate their success? 8 How many Greeks hid inside the wooden horse? 9 Why did they wait for one more hour inside the horse? 10 When had they return? 11 Who won the war at last? 12 Who do you think is really stupid, the Greeks or the Trojans?

阅读文章回答下列问题 1 How did the soldier come down the stairs? 2 How did the captain of the guards go up the stairs? 3 What did the Trojan captain think when he saw the empty plain and the empty sea? He thought the Trojans had won the war. three at a time two at a time

4 In the captain’s opinion, why did the Greek leave the horse on the square? 5 How did the soldier think of the horse on wheels? 6 How did the Trojan deal with the horse? He thought it was so big that the Greek couldn’t take it with them. He thought it maybe a trick. They dragged it into the city with ropes.

7 How did the Trojans celebrate their success? 8 How many Greeks hid inside the wooden horse? 9 Why did they wait for one more hour inside the horse? They sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about their enemies, the stupid Greeks. Six. Because they wanted to be sure that the Trojans all had fallen asleep.

10 When had they return? 11 Who won the war at last? 12 Who do you think is really stupid, the Greeks or the Trojans? It had returned in the darkness when the Trojans celebrate inside. The Greeks. The Trojans.

The solider came down the stairs-two at a time. ‘ Captain, they’ve gone,’ he cried. ‘ They’ve disappeared( 消失 )-all of them. The plain( 平原 ) is…’ But the captain of the guards was no longer listening. He was going up the stairs-three at a time. Seconds later, the captain stood on the high wall of the city of Troy( 特洛伊 ). He looked down at the empty plain and, beyond( 超越 ) it, at the empty sea. ’They’ve gone and we’ve won.’ he said. ’The Greeks have tried for ten years to capture( 占领 ) our city. Now they’ve sailed away. And they’ve taken everything with them.’

‘Not everything, sir,’ the solider said.”They’ve left their horse.’ Outside the main gates of the city stood a huge Horse made of wood. ‘Ah, yes,’ the captain said,’ that wooden horse. It’s so big that they couldn’t take it with them. Well, it’s ours now. Get some help and pull it into the city. That won’t be difficult. It’s on wheels.

“But why is it on wheels?” the solider asked.’ I think that maybe the Greeks want us to...’ The captain interrupted( 打断 ) him.’ You’re a solider,” he said. ‘ You don’t have to think. You have to obey orders, and I’m giving you one now. Move that horse.’ And so the Trojans( 特洛 伊人 ) dragged( 拖，拽 ) it into the city with ropes.

By midnight( 午夜 ), the square( 广场 ) was empty, except for the giant horse. The six Greek soldiers waited for another hour, to be sure. Then very quietly, they opened the secret door in the side of the horse, and climbed out. That night, in the main square of the city, all the citizens( 市民 ) of Troy celebrated( 庆祝 ). They sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about their enemies( 敌人 ), the stupid Greeks. Then the Trojans made sure all the gates of the city were securely( 安全地 ) locked, and all went to sleep, including the gate guards( 守卫 ).

No guards stopped them as they opened the main gates. Outside stood the Greek army. It had returned in the darkness when the citizens celebrated inside. Now the army entered the city. The Greeks seized( 抓 ) the captain and dragged him away. For ten years, they could not capture the city by fighting. In one night, they succeed in capturing it by a trick( 骗局 ).

The solider came down the stairs-two at a time. ‘ Captain, they’ve gone,’ he cried. ‘ They’ve disappeared-all of them. The plain is…’ But the captain of the guards was no longer listening. He was going up the stairs-three at a time. could no longer be_____ the big, flat piece of land the captain of the guards was ____ listening ____ _____. 每次，一次： 我们不能一次做两件事。 We can not do two things at a time. seen not anylonger

Seconds later, the captain stood on the high wall of the city of Troy. He looked down at the empty plain and, beyond it, at the empty sea. ’They’ve gone and we’ve won.’ he said. ’The Greeks have tried for ten years to capture our city. Now they’ve sailed away. And they’ve taken everything with them.’ 在 … 那边；远于；超过 用于说明时间，地点， 范围，能力等的界限。 Don’t stay there beyond midnight. The fruit is beyond my reach.

‘Not everything, sir,’ the solider said. ‵ They’ve left their horse.’ Outside the main gates of the city stood a huge horse made of wood. ‘Ah, yes,’ the captain said,’ that wooden horse. It’s so big that they couldn’t take it with them. Well, it’s ours now. Get some help and pull it into the city. That won’t be difficult. It’s on wheels. They haven’t taken everything with them. 倒装句 在左边是一幅中国地图。 On the left is a map of China. In the center of the city ____ some supermarket. (be) Beyond this hill ____ the lake. (lie) are lies It’s too big for them to take.

“But why is it on wheels?” the solider asked.’ I think that maybe the Greeks want us to...’ The captain interrupted him.’ You’re a solider,” he said. ‘ You don’t have to think. You have to obey orders, and I’m giving you one now. Move that horse.’ And so the Trojans dragged it into the city with ropes. You ____ ____ ____ think. You _______ think. don’tneedto needn’t

That night, in the main square of the city, all the citizens of Troy celebrated.They sang and danced around the horse,and made jokes about their enemies,the stupid Greeks. Then the Trojans made sure all the gates of the city were securely locked, and all went to sleep, including the gate guards. 取笑，嘲笑： The children laughed and made jokes about her funny dress. 玛丽是班里最胖的学生，但没有人拿她开玩笑。 Mary is the fattest student in our class, but nobody makes jokes about her. play a joke on sb 开某人的玩笑 The boys played a joke on James. safely and also

make sure: 确保，确信，查明 后面常跟宾语从句或 of 介词短语 当你离开房间的时候，请确保灯都关了。 Please make sure the lights are off when you leave the lab. Will you please make sure that he returned? Will you please make sure ____ ____ ______? of his return You should make sure of the time. 你应该把时间弄清楚。

sure 用作形容词，意为 “ 肯定的；当然的；有把握的 1. be sure （不接其它词），意为 “ 肯定的 ” 。 Are you sure? I think he is coming, but I'm not quite sure. 2. be sure to do sth. 表示要求，意为 “ 务必做某 事；请一定做某事 ” ，多用于祈使句。 Be sure to telephone me and give me all the news. be sure to do sth. 还可表示一种推断，意为 “ 一定做某事；肯定做某事 ” 。 The child is sure to be a teacher. You are sure to win.

3. be sure of / about (doing) sth. 表 示人对某事（物）的看法，意为 “ 对 …… 有 把握 ” 。其后常接名词、代词或动词 -ing 形 式。 Are you sure of passing the exam? 你有把握通过考试吗？ I'm not sure about English grammar. 我对英语语法没有把握。 4. be sure+ 从句，意为 “ 确信 ” 。例如： I'm not sure that he will come. 我不确信他会来。

二、 sure 用作副词，意为 “ 当然； 的确；一定 ” 例如： 1. 常用来回答一般疑问句，意为 “ 当然；的确 ” ，相当于 yes 或 certainly 。例如： — Are you going with us? 你和我 们一起去吗？ — Sure. 当然啦。

By midnight, the square was empty, except for the giant horse. The six Greek soldiers waited for another hour, to be sure. Then very quietly, they opened the secret door in the side of the horse, and climbed out. open area in a city 介词 prep. 不迟于, 到 … 为止 not later than I shall be back by 5 o'clock. 最迟五点我一定回来。 到上学期末，你们举行了几次英语晚会？ How many English parties had you had by the end of last term? one more hour

except 表示 “ 除去，不包括 ” ，强调所排除的 “ 不包括在内 ” ，一般表示同类之间的关系，常 同 nothing, all, none, nobody, any 等不定代词 以及 every 连用。 except 经常接名词或代词， 但也可接副词，介词短语. The office is open every day except Sundays. 除了星期日这家公司每天都营业。 She saw nothing except snow. （ nothing except = nothing but = only ）

except for 也表示 “ 除 … 以外 ” ，指对某种基本情 况进行具体的细节方面的修正。它同 except 的 区别是： except for 后接的词同句子中的整体 词（主语）不是同类的，指从整体中除去一个 细节，一个方面；而 except 后接的词同整体词 （主语）一般是同类，指在同类的整体中除去 一个部分 I can answer all the questions except for the last one. 除了最后一题外，所有题目我都 可以解答。 Your writing is good except for a few grammar mistakes. 除了几处语法错误外，你 的作文写得很好。

No guards stopped them as they opened the main gates. Outside stood the Greek army. It had returned in the darkness when the citizens celebrated inside. Now the army entered the city. The Greeks seized the captain and dragged him away. For ten years, they could not capture the city by fighting. In one night, they succeed in capturing it by a trick. 倒装句 A large group of soldiers came into took hold of… roughly success successful