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沪教版 英语 八年级 第二学期
Unit4 Newspapers
一、新课单词讲解
1.publish v. 出版
e.g. This company publishes children's books.
这个公司出版儿童书籍。
The book was published in 1988.
这本书是1988年出版的。
【知识拓展】publishing adj. 出版的;出版业的
e.g. a publishing house出版社
2. hold v. 举行
e.g. A debate will be held in the school hall tomorrow afternoon. 明天下午学校礼堂将举行辩论会。
The Motor Show is usually held in October.
汽车展览会通常在十月份举行。
3. headmaster n. 男校长
e.g. He is the headmaster of St James' College.
他是圣詹姆斯学院的院长。
4. elect v. 选举;推选
e.g. The government is made up of men and women elected by the people of the country.
政府是由这个国家的人民选出的人员组成的。
【知识拓展】 election n. 选举
e.g. Tom is standing for election. We elect him chairman of the club. 汤姆是候选人,我们选他为俱乐部主席。
5. chief adj.主要的
e.g. Rice is the chief crop in most southern provinces.
稻子是大多数南方省份的主要作物。
The President of the US is the chief executive of the country. 美国总统是美国的最高行政长官。
6. editor n. 编辑;编者
e.g. She is a fashion editor. 她是一名时装栏编辑。
【知识拓展】 edit v. 编辑;校订
e.g. He is editing a Shakespeare play for use in schools.
他正在编辑一部莎土比亚剧本供学校使用。
7. experience n.
(1) 经历
e.g. Please tell us your experiences in America.
请你告诉我们你在美国的经历。
(2) 经验
e.g. My father is a man of rich experience.
我爸爸是一个经验丰富的人。
【知识拓展】
experienced adj. 有经验的;经验丰富的;老练的;熟练的
e.g. She is experienced in looking after children.
她有照料孩子的经验。
8. vote v. 投票选举
e.g. Vote for Johnson--the people's friend!
请投约翰逊一票——他是人民的朋友!
【知识拓展】 vote v. 投票选择
e. g. secret vote不记名投票
I gave my vote to Mr Wang. 我投王先生的票。
He won the election because he got most votes.
他选举获胜了,因为他得到了大多数的选票。
9. suggestion n. 建议
e.g. We ordered the shrimp, a suggestion of the waiter.
听取服务员的建议,我们点了虾。
He made the suggestion that we go by train.
他建议我们坐火车去。
【常用搭配】
at/on one's suggestion根据某人的建议
make/offer a suggestion提议;建议
on the suggestion of…在…的建议下
10. free adj.免费的
e.g. Anyone who buys this breakfast food gets a free gift of a fine greeting card.
购买这份早餐的人都可得到一张免费的精美贺卡。
【知识拓展】
freedom n. 自由
e.g. The prisoner has no freedom in the jail. He can't walk freely there.
囚犯在狱中没有自由。他不可以随便走动。
11. consider v. 考虑,认为
e.g. I am considering going abroad. 我正在考虑出国。
We consider that the driver is not to blame. 我们认为这不是司机的过错。
指点迷津:consider…(as)…, regard…as…与treat…as…
这三个词组都含“认为…是…”的意思。
(1) consider侧重“经过考虑而认为”,表示一种比较客观的看法。
e.g. I consider what he said (as) reasonable. 我认为他说的有道理。
(2) regard指“把……认为,把……看作”,表示以外部形象得出认识或个人的主观认识。
e. g. He was regarded as the foremost authority on chemistry. 他被认为是化学最高权威。
(3) treat表示在某种认识的基础上看待或对待,重在行动,而不在认识。
e. g. They will not be treated as enemies. 他们不会被当作敌人对待。
12. briefly adv.简要地
e.g. I'd like to comment very briefly on that last statement.
我想就最后一句简要地谈谈我的看法。
Briefly, you are fired. 一句话,你被解雇了。
【知识拓展】
brief adj. 简短的;短暂的
e. g. a cold and brief welcome冷淡而简短的欢迎
make a brief visit作短暂的访问
13. decision n. 决心;决定
e.g. Have they reached a decision yet 他们是否已有所决定?
She could not make a decision about the dress. 她对(买不买)这件裙子下不了决心。
【常用搭配】
come to/arrive at/ reach a decision作出决定
give a decision for/against判决对……有利/不利
make a decision作出决定;下决心
14. conclude v. 结束;决定
e. g. To conclude, I wish you all good health and a long life.
最后,祝大家健康长寿。
The doctor concluded that the patient's disease was cancer.
医生断定病人患的是癌症。
【知识拓展】 conclusion n. 结束,结论
e.g. I found the conclusion of her story very exciting.
我觉得她那故事的结尾很激动人心。
Daily expressions. 日常表达
1. take charge of负责
e.g. Mr Smith will take charge of our class next term.
下学期史密斯先生将负责我们班。
You take charge of making the salad.=You're in charge of making the salad.
你负责做沙拉。
charge n. 主管 v. 使承担(任务、责任)
【常用搭配】 take charge of负责,看管 under the charge of在……看管(负责)之下 in charge of负责
e.g. The chief engineer was in charge of directing the building of the subway. 主要工程师负责指导地铁的建造工程。
This ward is in/ under the charge of Dr Green. 这间病房是由格林大夫负责的。
Don't forget to charge the money of the shoes to my account. 别忘了把鞋钱记在我账上。
2. talk…over详细讨论;详谈
e.g. We should talk it over among ourselves.
我们应该详细讨论一下。
3. make a decision作出决定
e.g. We talked and talked but couldn’t make a decision.
我们谈来谈去可是没办法决定。
My parents made a decision about my future study at the family meeting.
父母在家庭会议上对于我今后的学业作出了决定。
【知识拓展】 arrive at/come to / reach a decision作出决定
e.g. Have they come to a decision yet 他们是否已有所决定?
4. in one week's time在一周内
e. g. We will be back to school in one week's time.
在一周内我们将回到学校。
【友情提示】相当于in a week。由于这个时间状语用在一般将来时态中,所以这里的in表示“在……后”,而不是“在……里”。
I. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.
1.Xinmin Evening Newspaper has a large number of (read).
2.Could you answer my question (brief)
3.Finally, Tony made a (decide) that he would do it himself.
4.Autumn is coming. All of us are (delight) to go for an outing.
5.My grandfather traveled around the world in his (young).
【keys】
I. 1. readers 2. briefly 3. decision 4. delighted 5. youth
【随堂小练】
II . Choose the right word to complete the sentence.
1. The students were (in / at) a meeting before they went home yesterday.
2. Please vote (to/ for) the man you can trust.
3. Nowadays lunch is free (to / for) us in our company.
4. How much should I pay (to / for) the new computer in all
5. This afternoon, Arthur asked (to / for) leave because he had a fever.
Ⅱ.1.at 2. for 3. to 4. for 5. for
愿君皆有所获,皆有所得