1. Language points: 1.be about to do ① We are about to start. ② The new school year is about to start. 但这句： Hurry up!They are about to start in five minutes. 再看下面的句子： ① It’s going to rain soon. ② The football match will be put off if it rains tomorrow. ③ The students are to meet at the school gate tomorrow. ④ People are not to smoke in the office.. 2. On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the next week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent. struggle through the stormy weather : 与暴风雪搏斗

2. 词组： struggle with sb. struggle against difficulties\ death\illness\nature\ strong winds 与困难 / 死亡 / 疾病 / 自然界作斗争 / 与大 风作斗争 struggle for a living\freedom 为生活而挣 扎 / 为自由而斗争 struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来 ① We had to _____________________________ all the way. （与大风搏斗） ② The old woman _________________________and ____________________to her home. （挣扎着站起来 / 向家 里走去） struggle against strong winds struggled to her feet struggled along the road take up the struggle \after a struggle\ through struggle\without a struggle

3. find sb. doing sth. 3.I had travelled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong. increase: Our difficulties are increasing. /The population of the area increased by 5% last year.\The number of the students in our school has increased to 5000 this year. 4.Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me and my tent away, but none of that happened. threaten 见《点拨》 P78 5.at the top of my voice （高声大叫） 6. A few days later, I was moving forward over a slope that seemed safe when suddenly without warning my world dropped out from under my skis.

4. 几天以后， 我正在一个似乎安全的斜坡上往前进， 突然， 毫无 征兆， 滑雪板下的大地陷下去了。 7.A piece of ice fell down and I never heard it land. 8.be thankful to sb.\ be thankful for sth. 9.be in good health ×My body is very good. ----- ？ 10. I couldn’t stand on my left leg and my head was woozy from hitting the ground. 11.I struggled to my knees knowing that somehow I had to put my tent up for shelter. somehow: ① Somehow I came to like him. ② I must get it finished somehow. ③ He somehow dropped behind. 不知什么 缘故, 我开始喜欢他了.\ 我总得想办法做完它才行 \ 他 不晓得怎么落后了.

5. 12. On hands and knees I got the tent up and dragged my sleeping bag into the tent and lay down out of the cold wind. ( 避开风寒躺下来 ) 13.I had met the challenges of solo travel in an extreme climate. 我已经挺身面对了极限气候下单独旅行的挑战。 solo: ① That reminds me of my first solo flight. ② The next performance is a piano solo. 14.It is an experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest of my life. ① I value your friendship very highly. ② How do you value him as writer? ③ They valued the land at three million dollars ﹛ Vt.

6. ① We must realize the value of humour. ② The jacket was good value for money. ③ You’ll find the map of some value to you. ④ This dictionary is of great value to students. 钱花得植 有（无）价值