unit 5 the light of halloween. paragraph 1 on halloween, houses and yards in the u.s.a. are often...
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Unit 5The Light of Halloween
Paragraph 1On Halloween, houses and yards
in the U.S.A. are often lit up by jack-o’-lanterns.
…are often lit up by jack-o’- lanterns. be lit up 為「現在被動式」用法
Paragraph2
Long ago, a man named Jack…
long ago 很久以前「 一段時間 + ago 」,意為「…以
前」 ► fifteen minutes/six days/four weeks ago
► a moment/a minute/a short while ago
…a man named Jack… …a man called Jack…
… a man who was named/called Jack … a man whose name was Jack
wonder ( 猜想 )
wander ( 徘徊 )
He loves drinking with his friends and playing tricks on them
Soon, no one wanted to be Jack’s friend.
No one wanted to make friends with Jack.
make friends with 與…做朋友 ► Candy is such a nice girl that everyone wants to make friends with her.
Paragraph 3One evening, while Jack was
drinking, he thought about playing a trick on someone. However, no one fell for his tricks again.
fall for + N ( 上…當 )
Paragraph 4 turn up ( 出其不意的出現 )Jack looked at the purse that he had stolen earlier that
day.
…that he had stolen… had stolen the purse ( 先發生 )
looked at the purse ( 後發生 )earlier that day 那天稍早
(↔ later that day)
It had a silver cross inside… have vt. 擁有,包含
► There was a silver cross inside the purse.
► The purse had a silver cross inside it.
It had a silver cross inside that would make the Devil lose all his power.
此處的 make 為使役動詞
S + make/let/have + O + V ► The touching speech made all the
audience cry.
The Devil fell for Jack’s trick and turned himself into a silver coin, so that he could ask for Jack’s soul later.
turn A into B ( 把 A 變成 B )The Devil turned himself into a silver coin.
so that 後接子句表「目的」。
ask for N
Paragraph 5promise never to take my soul
make + a promise
keep break
in a flash
Paragraph 6
…the Devil wouldn’t let him in either.
You are a student. I am, too.
You are not a student. I am not, either.
Paragraph 7trick sb into V-ing
have + nothing + to do with N something
a lot
Paragraph 7 “You will wander in the
darkness between Heaven and Hell forever,”
said the Devil.
between A and B
Then, before he shut the gate, he threw a burning piece of coal at Jack.
現在分詞與過去分詞當形容詞 現在分詞作形容詞表示「主動或進行」。例如:► a sleeping baby
(= a baby who is/was sleeping) ► the boiling water
(= the water which is/was boiling)
過去分詞作形容詞通常是表「被動或已完成」。例如:► a broken window
(= a window which is broken) ► a used car
(= a car which has been used)
Feeling sad and miserable, Jack picked up the coal with a turnip.
As Jack felt sad and miserable, he picked up the coal with a turnip.
with a turnip
make A out of B ( 用 B 製成A)► Mother made a bag out of the jeans I
was going to throw away. 此用法若使用被動語態,通常會省
略 out 。例: ► The beautiful chair was made of
wood.
► Cheese is made from milk. ( 化學變化 ; 本質由牛奶變化為乳酪 )
► Amy made a vase out of an old bottle. ( 物理變化 ; 只有外形的變化 )
With the lantern, Jack wandered…As Jack carried the lantern, Jack wandered…
Carrying the lantern, Jack wandered with 在這裡作「拿著,持有」的意思。
Paragraph 8 the Irish 愛爾蘭人
the Irish 為集合名詞,作句中的主詞 時需搭配複數動詞。 ► The Irish are famous for their jokes,
coffee, and tap dance.
They symbolized Jack’s miserable soul and were used to scare wandering ghosts away.
人 be used to + N (V-ing) ( 習慣 )I am used to hot weather.
事物 be used to + V ( 被用來 )The lanterns were used to scare ghosts away.
when Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S.A., …
► After eleven hours of flight, we finally arrive in New York.
► We arrived at the hotel in the evening.
► It’s 12:00 a.m., and Anna hasn’t
arrived home. I worry about her so much.
They found pumpkins and used them to replace the turnips.
They replaced the turnips with pumpkins.
They had used the turnips for
their jack-o’-lanterns.