【观察思考】

　　1)The war was at an end. 战争结束了。

　　The war came to an end. 战争结束了。

　　2)They put the war to an end.他们结束了战争。

be at an end意为"　　　　　　　"

come to an end意为"　　　　　　　"

put/bring sth.to an end意为"　　　　　　　"

　　【尝试运用】

　　翻译以下句子。

　　1)到年终了。

　　2)会议结束了。

　　3.The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.死亡和重伤人数达到40多万。

　　【观察思考】

　　1)The number of people who were killed in the accident remains unknown.事故中丧生的人数还不清楚。

　　2)I have a number of letters to write.我有好些信要写。

　　3)A great/large number of people have applied.许多人都已申请。

a number of =many意为"　　　";修饰可数名词复数,谓语动词用　　　。

the number of ... 意为"　　　",后也常跟可数名词复数,作主语时,谓语动词用　　　。

　　【尝试运用】

　　用a (great)number of /the number of填空。

　　1)　　　boxes were lost on the way.

　　2)　　　students absent is large.

　　3)　　　 people who lost their homes reached as many as 250,000.

　　Step 2　Sentence structures we are going to learn

　　1. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.人们无论朝哪里看,那里的一切都几乎被毁了。

　　【观察思考】

　　Everywhere I go,I find the same thing.无论我去哪儿,我都看到同样的东西。

句子中的everywhere they looked 是　　　,everywhere用作　　　,相当于wherever或no matter where,引导让步状语从句。

　　【尝试运用】

　　翻译以下句子。

　　无论你往哪儿看,你都会看到它。

　　2.All hope was not lost.不是所有的希望都破灭了。

　　【观察思考】

1)Everything is not right.不是所有的事情都是对的。