Lesson 27  A wet night

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 crept into 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 the field and then flowed right under their tent!

傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香。午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。

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Grammar

1. 复习和补充一般过去时的用法。

2. 易考的瞬间动词在完成时态中的变化。

补充：瞬间动词在表示完成时态+一段时间时需要进行相应的变化，因为瞬间动词不能表示持续的一个状态初中阶段易考的瞬间动词变化有：

get married—have been married     

die—have been dead    

buy—have had/owned    

borrow—have kept            

leave sp.—have been away from sp.    

become—have been

join—have been a member of

Exercises.

根据括号内的提示填空。

1. My sister __________ the Youth League last year. She __________ a Youth League member for about a year now.

A. joined; has been

B. joint; has become

C. has joined; has been 

D. did join; had been

2. -- __________ she _________ the book yet?

 -- Yes, she __________ the book for 5 years.

A. Has, bought; has bought

B. Did, buy; has bought

C. Has, bought; has had 

D. Did, buy; has had

解析：

1. 本题考查的是一般过去时和现在完成时，join是瞬间动词，如表示完成时态+一段时间，则改成：have/has  been a member of…，所以答案选A。

2. 本题考查的是buy在现在完成时态中的变化，第一空意为：“她买了那本书了吗？”，只是现在完成时的考查，提示词为yet，故用：has bought; 第二空意为：“她买那本书已经5年了”，则要变成“拥有那本书已经5年了”，故用：has had.答案为：C