8．leave sb.in charge让某人负责

9．instead of而不是

10．be hard on对......苛刻，对......严厉

11．be rude to sb.对某人粗鲁无礼

12．feel like doing想要做......

Ⅲ.重点句式

1．过去分词短语作伴随状语

Eric runs in after it，followed by a big dog，walking very slowly.

埃里克随后跑进起居室，身后跟着一条大狗，走路慢吞吞的。

2．with＋宾语＋宾语补足语

The room is in a mess，with pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink.

房间里一片狼藉，地板上扔着许多比萨饼盒子，洗碗池里堆着未洗的碗碟。

3．have＋宾语＋宾语补足语

Daniel has his arms crossed and looks upset.

丹尼尔双臂抱在胸前，看起来很不高兴。

4．now that既然；由于

Maybe，but now that he has been so rude to us，I feel like we have to punish him or he won't respect us.

也许吧，可是既然他对我们那么粗鲁无礼，那我觉得我们有必要教训教训他，要不然他不会尊敬我们的。

Ⅰ.根据课文内容判断正(T)误(F)

1．The boys do not expect their parents to come back so early.(T)

2．Spot，the dog，looks full of life.(F)

3．Daniel's parents still think of him as an adult.(F)

4．Eric does not want to explain to their parents.(F)

5．The boys did not clean the house because they went to the clinic.(T)

6．The mother thinks the father should be stricter with Daniel.(F)

Ⅱ.课文阅读理解

1．In Act One，we know that Mom and Dad got when they saw the disorders in the house.

A．disappointed B．sad　C．excited D．angry

答案　D