课文
Dan Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen !
课文讲解
Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.
receive a letter from …=hear from
local：adj. 本地的，当地的
a local school：一所当地的学校
local：n. 当地居民，本地人
We asked one of the locals to recommend a restaurant.
LAN：局域网 = local area network
In the letter he was asked to call at the station.
call at sp.：拜访某地，到访某地
call on sb.：拜访某人，去看某人
call out：大声说出
call up：给某人打电话
call off：消，撤销（cancel）
Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.
the policeman told him - 插入语
The policeman told him that five days ago, the bicycle …
was picked up：意外发现；偶然找到
pick up sb.：开车接某人
pick up sth.：捡起来
Dan was most surprised when he heard the news.
most：very (formal)
That was a most interesting lecture.
He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found.
be amused at / by：被 … 逗乐，觉得好笑
amusing：adj. 有趣的
That is amusing!
句型演练
被动语态
语态：主语 & 谓语
主动语态：主语是施动者
被动语态：主语是被施动者 / 受动者
英语多被动，先提最重要的人或东西
用于一般过去时 be done
In the letter he was asked to call at the station.
用于现在进行时 be + being done
It is now being sent to his home by train.
用于完成时 have / has / had been done
… his bicycle had been found.
作文
The man was not only tired but hungry as well. However all the hotels in the town were full, so he went to the police station. The police gave him a meal and a bed for the night.
书信写作
信头
位置：信纸的右上角
内容：写信人的地址+日期
信息顺序：小 → 大
门牌号码 → 街道名 → 城市名 → 地区 → 国家 → 日期
门牌号码 → 街道名 → 21 Brook St.,
城市名 → Woodside,
地区 → California,
国家 → U.S.A.
日期 21st Feb., 2011
标点：地址的每一行都以逗号结尾，最后一行用句号。 日期后面不用标点
缩写：
Street - St.
Avenue - Ave. 林荫大道，大街
Road - Rd.
Square - Sq. 广场
Place - Pl. 广场
New York - N.Y.
California - Calif.
North West 3 - N.W.3
日期：地址下面需写清楚完整日期
日 - 月 - 年 / 月 - 日 - 年
月份：一般情况3, 4, 5, 6, 7写全称， (March, April, May, June, July)，其他几个月写缩写形式
Expect nothing at all and accept as a joyful surprise whatever good you find in matrimony.
matrimony：婚姻，婚姻生活