Module 5 Newspapers and Magazines
重点句型
1. When Yang took off from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 am yesterday, China became the third nation to send a man into space.
昨天上午9点杨利伟在中国西北部的酒泉起飞，中国成为世界上第三个把人送入太空的国家。
2. While he was travelling in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which is orbiting the earth, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
在太空飞行时，杨利伟同环绕地球运行的国际空间站的两名宇航员进行了对话，他们是美国宇航员爱德华·卢和俄罗斯宇航员尤里·马林年科。
3. Amateur astronomer David Bates was looking at the moon through his telescope last night when he got a big surprise.
昨晚天文爱好者戴维·贝茨正在用望远镜观看月球时，他大吃一惊。
4. The Sun, founded in 1964, is the most successful of the popular newspapers.
创刊于1964年的《太阳报》是通俗报刊中最成功的。

句型探究
1.While he was travelling in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which is orbiting the earth, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
在太空飞行时,杨利伟同环绕地球运行的国际空间站的两名宇航员进行了对话，他们是美国宇航员爱德华·卢和俄罗斯宇航员尤里·马林年科。
句中的American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko为two astronauts的同位语。需要特别注意的是同位语这一句子成分。一个名词或起名词作用的词组紧跟在另一个名词或代词后，说明这个名词或代词的身份或情况,这就是同位语。名词、代词、数词、of短语以及从句(即同位语从句)等都可用作同位语。
例如：
Mr. Wang, my English teacher, is an excellent teacher.
我的英语老师王先生是一名优秀的老师。
We two will go to see you.
我们两个人都会去看你。
The news that having a holiday tomorrow is not true.
我们明天放假的消息是不真实的。
2. Amateur astronomer David Bates was looking at the moon through his telescope
last night when he got a big surprise.
昨晚天文爱好者戴维·贝茨正在用望远镜观看月球时,他大吃一惊。
该句是一个并列句，其结构...was doing... when...，译为“正在做……这时……”句中的when用作并列连词，意思是“就在那时”、“……突然……”,相当于and then。
I was wandering in the street when I caught sight of a tailor's shop.
我正在街上徘徊，突然看见一家裁缝店。
I was jumping into the river when the guide stopped me.
我正要跳到河里时向导拦住了我。