初中基础 (2268 期 20150626) 8 版Russell and Darla become

friends

Pre-reading

1. Guess what happened between

the cat and the deer.

Pre-reading

2. Do you believe there is a

friendship between different

animals? Why or why not?

While reading

Answer the following

questions. 1. How was the cat Russell when arriving

at the animal hospital at first?

2. Why did the cat Russell get more

popular?

He was in terrible pain and was all alone.

Because he recently helped a fawn named Darla.

While reading

3. When did the baby deer Darla arrive at

the animal hospital?

4. Russell and Darla still feel unhappy

and frightened now, don’t they?

After she lost her way.

No, they don’t.

Language study

Replace each underlined part with

one word from the article. 1. I don’t like going out without any other

people at midnight.

2. It’s very surprising to see so many

stunts in the new movie.

alone

amazing

Language study3. As a teacher, she gets the respect from

her students because she deserves it.

4. There is only one table. Would you mind

having it with others?

5. Many birds didn’t continue to live in the

severe winter.

earns

sharing

survive

Word usage

arrive用于表示“到达”的含义，后面是表示小地点的名词时用 arrive at，后面是表示大地点的名词时用 arrive in，可与 get to 或 reach作同义转换。

如果后面跟的是 here, there, home等地点副词，则省略介词 at 或 to。

Word usage Complete the following sentences

with arrive (at/in), get (to) or reach.

1. We _________ the station five minutes late.

The train had left.

2. When did he _________ home yesterday

evening?

3. My parents and I will _________ Paris next

Monday.

arrived at/got to/reached

arrive in/get to/reach

arrive/get

After reading As we can see, some animals can

develop a friendship with others.

Collect more information and

explain it to your classmates with

one more example.