The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the parknear my home. I like sitting by the Wayle onfineafternoons. It was warm last Sunday,so I wentand sat on the river bank as usual. Some childrenwere playing games on the bank and there weresome people rowing on the river. Suddenly,one ofthe children kicked a ball very hard and it wenttowards a passing boat. Some people on the bankcalled out to the man in the boat， but he did nothear them. The ball struck him so hard that henearly fell intothe water. I turned to look at the children,but there weren‘t any in sight:they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He calledout to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.
精讲笔记：
7. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.
球重重地砸在他的身上，使他差点儿落入水中。
语言点1 fell v.跌落，倒下(过去式fell,过去分词fallen)
fell n.秋天(美式英语);autumn n.秋天(英式英语)
falls = waterfall n.瀑布 Niagara Falls尼亚加拉大瀑布
相关短语：fall ill 病倒 fall in love 陷入爱河
谚语学习：A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
语言点2 ...that he nearly fell into the water.这是一个结果状语从句。
8. I turned to look at the children, but there weren‘t any in sight: they had all run away!
我转过头去看那些孩子，但一个也不见，他们全都跑了!
语言点1 sb. be in sight.某人在视线里→可以看到某人sb. be not in sight.某人不在视线里→看不到某人
语言点2 turned to look at转过身去看，turned为谓语动词。
语言点3 冒号后的内容一般为解释说明前面的内容。
9. The man laughed when he realized what had happened.
当那个人明白了发生的事情时，笑了起来。
语言点 本句中when引导时间状语从句，其中又包含一个宾语从句：what had happened 为 realized 的宾语。