典范英语 典范英语 Noisy Neighbours by Geraldine McCoughrean Comprehension questions Who lived next to Mr. Flinch? What did the neighbors do every day? What kind of person is Mr. Flinch? Unhappy, mean, miserable. Carl Clutch, a repairman; Poppy Plink, a music teacher. Carl mended cars and Poppy made music. They both made sound. Comprehension questions 4. What did Mr. Flinch think of the noise? 5. What did Mr. Flinch do to Carl? 6. What did Mr. Flinch do to Poppy? 7. What did Carl and Poppy react? Unhappy with the sound. He put a dead rat in Carl’s fridge. He put his head down Poppy’s chimney and gave a long loud sound. Carl offered take-away breakfast for drivers and Poppy wrote songs for angels. Comprehension questions 8. Why did Carl and Poppy decide to move house? 9. Where did they move? Mr. Flinch gave them much money and they didn’t care where to live as long as they could mend cars or make music. Carl moved into Poppy’s house and Poppy moved into Carl’s house. Carl and Poppy swapped their houses. Noisy neighbours Beginning (开端): Mr Flinch, miserable life, noise from two neighbours Development(发展): Mr. Flinch, play nasty tricks; Carl and Poppy thought...; they decided to do... Climax(高潮): Mr. Flinch, gave lots of money, happy Ending(结局): Carl and Poppy, swap houses Words & expressions(蓝色的词汇猜测) grim miser give away a penny give away a smile mean miserable belong to mend cars 难看的 捐出一个便士 露出一个笑容 修车 hammer banging spanners clanging engines revving grand tunes shiver rap on the wall far too do no good wound towels round his head (原形wind) tore up (原形tear) 锤子砰砰(象声词) 扳手当啷 发动机轰鸣 美妙的曲子 颤抖 太 撕碎 nasty tricks sneak into smile a nasty smile crawl across the tiles take-away I give up with a smug smirk beam with joy frown cymbals and trumpets 恶劣的诡计 悄悄溜进 爬过瓦片 外卖 我猜不着 自鸣得意地笑着 眉开眼笑 皱眉 铙拔和喇叭(小号) as long as gulp peace and quiet nothing but… pest mutter pity such luck swap struggle with… all set 深吸了一口气说到 宁静 除了…什么都没有了 害人虫 嘀咕着 可怜 运气太好了 准备好了