Lesson 23 A wet night
雨夜

二、文章讲解
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But

some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and creptinto their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across thefield and then flowed right under their tent!

文章精讲：
1.Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field.
1）late/early in the afternoon
类比学习：late in one’s thirties
扩展搭配：running late 迟到
常见表达：I’m running late. 我要迟到了。You’re 2 minutes late. 你迟到了两分钟。
Come across 偶然遇见
I came across Peter in the afternoon.
Start one’s business
Peter started his business early in his twenties.
Catch up
2) put up their tent 搭起了帐篷
扩展表达1：put off 推迟
例句：I’m running late. I’m afraid I have to put off the meeting. 我迟到了，恐怕我要推迟一下会议了。
扩展表达2: put away 放起来收好
例句：You room is so messy. Why don’t you put away all your books? 你房间太乱了，为什么不把你的书都收起来呢？
扩展表达3: put 表达
例句： let me put it this way.让我这么跟你说吧。
扩展表达4: stay put 呆着别动
例句：Stay put. I’ll come to pick you up ASAP. 呆着别动。我尽快去接你。

2.As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good.
1) as soon as +引导时间状语从句
改：I not only spoke English very carefully, but also very clearly.
2) They were all hungry and the food smelled good.
扩展：I’m starving. 我饿死了。
扩展：grab a bite 随便弄口吃的
例句：Don’t worry about me. I’ll grab a bite on the way to the office. 别担心我。我去公司的路上会弄点东西吃。

3.After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire.
1）after 连词，后面可以＋句子，也可以名词。
2）by the campfire 在篝火旁边。

4.But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire andcrept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly.
1)time 用法精析
time不可数——表示时间；
time 可书——表示次数
once/twice/three times/four times…
2)it begin to rain 开始下雨。
扩展表达：it’s raining heavily./It’s pouring outside./It’s raining cats and dogs.
3)feel tired 感觉疲惫
扩展1: feel + 感受的词
（happy/sad/excited/bored/embarrassed/pumped/depressed/upset）
扩展2: feel like + doing sth/句子 想要做某事
例句：I feel like I am an idiot. Everyone knows what’s happening except me. 我觉得自己跟个傻子一样，每个人都知道怎么回事就我不知道。
例句：I feel like going to Japan next month. 我下个月想去日本。
扩展3: I’m not feeling well. 我感觉不太舒服。
例句：I’m not feeling well. So I’ll just go home and skip the KTV stuff. You guys have a good one. 我不太舒服，我就直接回家不去ktv之类的。你们玩的开心。
4)put out the fire 扑灭
扩展1: on fire 很火，大趋势，无法阻挡；
例句：Peter is on fire. His videos went viral on the internet. 皮特现在很火啊。他的视频在网上都传疯了。
扩展2: fire 开除
例句：I was fired for nothing. I don’t know what I’ve done to get me into this. 我今天啥事都没干就被开除了。我也不知道怎么回事就这样了。

5.In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.
1)in the middle of 在…中间
扩展: in the middle of nowhere
例句：Where are you? I don’t know. I’m in the middle of nowhere. 你在哪啊？我也不知道啊，我这啥都没有啊。
2)wake up 醒来；wake someone up 把某人叫醒
例句：I woke up at six tomorrow morning. 我今天早晨6点就起床了.
例句：Please wake me up at 5 tomorrow morning. I have an early flight to catch. My room number is 515. 请明天早晨5点钟叫我起床。我要赶早班飞机。我的房间号是515.
3)be full of 充满了

6.It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!
1)it was raining heavily. 雨下的好大。