三阶-1. 漫长的入睡·阅读连续动作的短文（讲解版）

Norma went to bed. It was eleven o'clock. She turned out the light. She lay in bed. It was dark. It was quiet. She couldn't sleep. She closed her eyes. She tried to sleep, but she couldn't. She turned the light back on. She opened her book. She started to read her book. It was a good book. She read one page. Then she read another page. After a while, she felt sleepy. She closed the book. She turned out the light. She closed her eyes. She went straight to sleep.

1. Norma went to bed. It was eleven o'clock. She turned out the light.

  Norma上床睡觉了。 现在是十一点。

Go的过去式went

eleven clock 11点

It was是it is的过去式

light灯

turn out the light关灯

2. She lay in bed. 

她躺在床上。

lie in bed躺在床上，过去式：lay in bed

英语中的过去式分两种，第1种是规则的，比如说turned，在动词里面后面加上ed，

还有少数单词，它的过去式是不规则的，比如说go它的过去式是went，然后lie的过去式是lay。

3. She couldn't sleep.

她睡不着。

Couldn't是过去式，它的原型是can't，英国人叫做/kɑːnt/，就是can not的缩写

4. She tried to sleep，but she couldn't.She turned the light back on.

她尝试去睡觉，但是却睡不着。她重新开了灯。

tried是try的过去式。

She turned the light back on.她又打开了灯。

Turn on把灯打开

Back回来，这边是重新的意思

5. She read one page. Then she read another page.

她读了一页。 然后她读了另一页。

Read读书，它的过去式写法不变，但是念作/red/

Other另外的

Another另外一个

6. After a while, she felt sleepy. 

过了一会儿，她感到困倦。

a while  一小会儿

after a while过了一小会

sleepy困的

asleep睡着的

felt它的原型是feel，感觉

7. She went straight to sleep.

她直接就睡着了。

Straight直的,又有直接的意思。

go to bed睡觉

go to sleep睡着了

单词

bed /bed/ n. 床

turn /tɜːn/  美/tɜːrn/  v. n.转变，转动

light /laɪt/ n.adj.v.adv. 灯

lay /leɪ/ v.adj.n.放置，安放，搁

dark /dɑːk/ adj.n.  黑暗的；昏暗的；阴暗的

quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ adj.n.v. 轻声的；轻柔的；安静的

sleep /sliːp/ v.n. 睡；睡觉；入睡

close /kləʊz/ v. 关；关闭；闭上

eye /aɪ/ n.v. 眼睛

try /traɪ/ v.n. 试图；想要；设法；努力

open /ˈəʊpən/ adj.v.n. 开；打开；开启

book /bʊk/ n.v. 书；书籍

start /stɑːt/ v.n. 开始，着手，动手（做或使用）

read /riːd/ v.n.adj. 识字；阅读；读懂

page /peɪdʒ/ n.v. 页，面，张，版

another /əˈnʌðə(r)/ det.pron.又一；再一；另一（事物或人）

while /waɪl/ conj. n. v.一会儿

feel /fiːl/ v.n. 觉得；感到；体会到

sleepy /ˈsliːpi/ adj.困倦的；瞌睡的

straight /streɪt/ adv.adj.n. 直接地；不断地；立即；坦率地