Gone was the puppy-wool coat In its place was a handsome black mantle IlL. Action expressions The writer is successful in his description of natural scenes, the snowstorm, for xample, and the wolf -his appearance, action and mood. The text is rich in verbs, phrases and idioms denoting action. Here are some describing Maheegun's actions upset, scatter, poke his head around the corner, lay his head between his front paws, turning his head this way and that, lick at the dried blood T. grouping words of hunting and weather Language understanding L Sentence Paraphrase 1.... Meheegun would poke his head around the corner, waiting for things to quiet down. 5) At such times) he would moved to and stay somewhere out of Grandma's sight and wait until her anger died down The film crew waited for three hours for the sun to come up 2. Gone was the puppy-wool coat In its place was a handsome black mantle. (6) His skin changed. It used to be covered with soft thick hair. and now it had turned into a beautiful black and was no longer woolly 3. It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpa's repeated warnings, and one night left Maheegun unchained. ( 8) Although my Grandpa had told me to chain Maheegun at night, I forgot to do so one night-I was so happy with him that my alertness slackened serve to do sth. to have a particular effect or result fog to confuse or hide 4. Then after a while, from the distance came a softer call in reply. Maheegun stirred with the deep rumble of pleasure in his throat. He slipped down the rock and headed out across the ice (14 After a while, a less passionate cry came from the distance answering Maheegun's call. Maheegun moved, he seemed pleased, for I heard a deep rolling sound of pleasure in his throat. Then he got down from the rock and moved away across the 5. A mile down the road I slipped into my snowshoes and turned into the bush(22 After walking a mile along the road, I decided to cut through/take a shortcut through the bush. So I quickly put on my snowshoes, left eh road and moved into the bush 6. A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold. (27) The storm had blown itself out. Now nothing in this white world moved. It was quiet and terribly cold 7. Suddenly the world exploded in snarls. I was thrown against the branches of the shelter (33) Suddenly with terrible snarls, the wolf began to attack. I was sent flying and landed against the shelter II. Word study 1.howl狼、狗、狐狸的嚎叫,常指夜间嗥叫 rumble隆隆的响声5 Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black mantle. III. Action expressions The writer is successful in his description of natural scenes, the snowstorm, for example, and the wolf – his appearance, action and mood. The text is rich in verbs, phrases and idioms denoting action. Here are some describing Maheegun’s actions: upset, scatter, poke his head around the corner, lay his head between his front paws, turning his head this way and that, lick at the dried blood. IV. grouping words of hunting and weather Language Understanding I. Sentence Paraphrase 1. …Meheegun would poke his head around the corner, waiting for things to quiet down.(5) –(At such times) he would moved to and stay somewhere out of Grandma’s sight, and wait until her anger died down. The film crew waited for three hours for the sun to come up. 2．Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black mantle. (6) His skin changed. It used to be covered with soft thick hair, and now it had turned into a beautiful black and was no longer woolly. 3．It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpa’s repeated warnings, and one night left Maheegun unchained. (8) Although my Grandpa had told me to chain Maheegun at night, I forgot to do so one night – I was so happy with him that my alertness slackened. serve to do sth.: to have a particular effect or result. fog: to confuse or hide 4．Then after a while, from the distance came a softer call in reply. Maheegun stirred, with the deep rumble of pleasure in his throat. He slipped down the rock and headed out across the ice.(14) After a while, a less passionate cry came from the distance answering Maheegun’s call. Maheegun moved, he seemed pleased, for I heard a deep rolling sound of pleasure in his throat. Then he got down from the rock and moved away across the ice. 5．A mile down the road I slipped into my snowshoes and turned into the bush. (22) After walking a mile along the road, I decided to cut through/take a shortcut through the bush. So I quickly put on my snowshoes, left eh road and moved into the bush. 6．A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold. (27) The storm had blown itself out. Now nothing in this white world moved. It was quiet and terribly cold. 7．Suddenly the world exploded in snarls. I was thrown against the branches of the shelter.(33) Suddenly with terrible snarls, the wolf began to attack. I was sent flying and landed against the shelter. II. Word study 1. howl 狼、狗、狐狸的嚎叫，常指夜间嗥叫 rumble 隆隆的响声