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Unit 2
Look at the pictures and read the sentences. And then make sentences with your partner by using the given words.
A: Baseball is difficult and table tennis is difficult, too.
B: Which is more difficult
A: Baseball is more difficult than table tennis.
B: Which is easier
A: Table tennis is easier than baseball.
difficult easy
A: Table tennis is popular and tennis is also popular.
B: Which is more popular
A: Table tennis is more popular than tennis.
B: Which is more unpopular
A: Tennis is more unpopular than table tennis.
popular unpopular
exciting boring
A: Basketball is _______ and swimming is _______, too. B: Which is _______ A: Basketball is _______ than swimming. B: Which is _______ A: Swimming is _______ than basketball.
dangerous safe
A: Skiing is _____ and volleyball is ______, too. B: Which is _______ A: Skiing is _______ than volleyball. B: Which is _______ A: Volleyball is _______ than skiing.
cheap expensive
A: Running is _______ and cycling is also _____. B: Which is _______ A: Running is _______ than cycling. B: Which is _______ A: Cycling is _______ than running.
1. table tennis popular tennis
2. football difficult baseball
3. skiing dangerous running
4. skiing expensive swimming
5. basketball exciting tennis
Which is more …
I think … more … than …
Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words and expressions in the box to help you.
beat careless cheer … on coach fan club play against train
Listen to the passage and discuss.
What is the passage about
The passage is about Li Daming football team and their training.
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Why is Li Daming going to school tomorrow
Because he is going to play football.
2. When does he start practice
He starts practice at 10 a.m.
4. Why do Daming and his teammates train harder than usual
Because the other school beat them last year. This year they want to do better.
3. Why does he arrive as early as he can
He arrives early so that he has time to warm up.
6. Why is his coach pleased
Because they are playing better as a team now. They are training more carefully.
5. Why is their practice more difficult in winter
Because the days are short and the weather is cold too.
Read the passage again and complete the table.
What Why
1. We arrive ________________.
2. We are training ______ than ________.
3. It is ______________ to practise in winter.
4. Our coach is _______.
as early as we can
So we have time to warm up.
The other team beat us last year. This year we want to do better.
harder
usual
more difficult
pleased
The days are short and the weather is cold.
We are playing better as a team now.
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
against chance coach practice short usual
We all know (1)________ makes perfect. But it is more difficult to practise in winter because the days are (2)_______ and it is cold. The team is training harder than (3)_______. Their (4) _______ is pleased with them. They are going to play (5)_______ a team from another school next week, and they have a good (6)_______ of winning.
practice
short
usual
coach
against
chance
Put the words from the box into pairs with opposite meanings.
badly carefully carelessly difficult early easy hard late loudly quickly quietly well
badly
well
carefully
carelessly
difficult
easy
early
late
/ hard
loudly
quietly
slowly
quickly
Complete the sentences so they’re true for your school basketball team.
It’s … and the basketball team …
It practice starts at … but they …
Last year …
This year …
The coach is pleased / isn’t pleased with them because …
So they now have a better / poor chance of …
Add some more details about your school basketball team.
It’s Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard.
…
Sample
It’s Saturday morning and the school basketball team is training hard. The practice starts at 9 o’clock but they arrived early to warm up. It’s quite cold but they don’t care. Last year the team lost all their matches because they didn’t train hard and they were sometimes careless when they passed the ball. This year they are playing
well and practising carefully. The coach is pleased with them because they are training hard and that means they now have a better chance of winning.
1. not … but … 不是……而是……
He is not a student, but a teacher.
他不是学生,而是教师。(并列表语)
They are not speaking English, but writing letters.
他们不是在讲英语,而是在写信。(并列谓语)
He wants to buy not a skirt, but a dress.
他想买的不是一条短裙,而是一条连衣裙。
(并列宾语)
Not the student but his parents want to ask for my advice on how to improve spoken English.
不是这个学生而是学生家长要求我给提些如何改善英语口语的建议。(并列主语)
[注意]
not … but …是一个连词词组,连接两个并列的成份,表示意思上的转折。 当“not … but …”连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词必须与靠近的那个主语保持人称和数的一致。
Not I but a friend of mine has been to Tianjin last summer.
不是我而是我的一个朋友去年夏天去过天津。
Not a friend of mine but I have been to Tianjin last summer.
不是我的一个朋友而是我去年夏天去过天津。
Not he but I speak English fluently.
不是他而是我英语讲得流利。
Not I but he speaks English fluently.
不是我而是他英语讲得流利。
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not only … but also …
not only…but also…意为“不但……而且……”,表示递进,用于连接两个性质相同的词或短语。如:
She can speak not only English but also Japanese.
她不仅会说英语,还会说日语。
She likes not only music but also sports.
她不但喜欢音乐而且喜欢运动。
Not only she but also I _______ (do) morning exercise every day.
不是他而是我要到那儿去。
______ he ______ I ______ going there.
do
Not
but
am
2. against
against prep. (在比赛或战斗中)对(某人或某事物)
against也意为“反对”,反义词是for。
There are 26 votes for him and 8 against him.
His team has to play against the strongest team in that school.
He fought against the disease for a long time.
act against 违反……
cry against 大声疾呼反对……
go against 违背,作对,不利于
talk against 说……坏话
相关短语词组:
[2011 浙江杭州] She had to sell the house even though it was ______ her own wishes.
A. above B. on C. against D. for
【解析】above 意思是“在……上方(和物体表面不接触) ” ,on的意思是“在……上方(和物体表面接触) ” , against 意为“反对,违背” ,for 意为 “赞成”。 由句意 “她不得不卖掉房子即使违背她自己的意愿” 可知,用against。
C
[2013 山东临沂] Mr. Wang is strongly ______ keeping animals in the zoo, because he thinks animals should also enjoy freedom.
A. up B. for C. against D. down
【解析】句意为:王先生强烈反对把动物放在动物园里,因为他认为动物也应该享受自由。be for意为“赞成” ;be against意为“反对” 。因此应选 C 项。
C
3. another
another adj. 另一的;再一个的
Would you like another cup of tea
你要再来一杯茶吗?
She has been transferred to another department.
她已被调往另一个部门。
another pron. 另一个;类似的一个;别的
I don’t like this one. Please show me another.
我不喜欢这个,请给我另一个。
Shakespeare is the greatest English writer. Will there ever be such another
莎士比亚是最伟大的英国文豪 — 还能有这样的人物吗?
[2014黄冈] — Everyone knows Canada is the second largest country in the world. — That is, it is larger than _______ country in Asia. A. any B. any other
C. other D. another
A
[辨 析]
other, others, another, the other和the others的区别:
(1) other用作形容词,意为“别的,其他的”,常用来修饰名词的复数形式。如:
Do you have any other questions
你还有其他问题吗?
(2) others用作代词,泛指“其他的(人或物)”, 相当于“other + 复数名词”。如:
Some students are singing, and others / other students are dancing.
一些学生在唱歌,其他的学生在跳舞。
— Give me some others, please.
请给我别的东西吧!
— There are no others.
没有别的了。
(3) another既可作形容词,也可作代词,只能用于三个或更多的人或物,泛指同类事物中的三者或三者以上的“另一个”,只能代替或修饰单数可数名词。如:
I don’t like this one. Please show me another pair of glass.
我不喜欢这个,请给我看看另一副眼镜。
I have three daughters. One is a nurse, another is a teacher and another is a worker.
我有三个女儿。一个是护士,另一个是教师,还有一个是工人。
(4) the other是代词,指“(两个人或物中的)另一个”,常与one连用。如:
He has two daughters. One is a nurse, and the other is a worker.
他有两个女儿,一个是护士,另一个是工人。
注意:the other也可后面加单数名词或复数名词。如:
On the other side of the street, there is a tall building.
在街道的另一边,有一栋高楼。
Mary is much taller than the other girls.
玛丽比其他的女孩高得多。
(5) the others用作代词,特指某一范围内的“其他的(人或物)”,相当于“the other +复数名词”。如:
Two boys will go to the park, and the others / the other boys will stay at home.
两个男孩将去公园,其余的将留在家里。
1. Will you show me ________ one I don’t like it’s colour.
2. She has two computers. One is IBM PC 386 and _________ is IBM PC 586.
3.Tom runs faster than any ________ student in his class.
4. The students have English, Chinese, maths, biology and many ________ subjects.
Practice
another
the other
other
other
5. Why are only three of you here in the
classroom Where are _________
6. My classmates come from different parts of the country. Some come from Shanghai, some from Tianjin and ________ from Beijing.
others
the others
1. 做这事还有其他的办法。
2. 其他学生都到哪里去了?
3. 别的人可能不这样想。
4. 他比班上其他学生聪明。
Complete the sentences.
There are ______ ways of doing it.
Where have ____ ________ students gone
______ ____________ may not think that way.
He is cleverer than _________ in his class.
other
the other
Others / Other people
the others
/ the other students
5. 他们已经有了三个孩子,很快又将有一个。
They’ve got three children already and they’re having __________.
6. 我不喜欢这个房间,咱们另要一间吧。
I don’t like this room — let’s ask for _________.
another
another
4. practice
practice n. 练习
Daily practice is the trick in learning a foreign language.
每天练习是学会一门外语的诀窍。
practice在英式英语中只作名词,动词为practise,而在美式英语中,practice可作名词或动词,practise很少见。
in practice 实际上,事实上
be/get/out of practice 生疏 / 疏于练习
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。(谚语)
practice作名词,前面有形容词时,冠词a可加可不加。
It is (a) good practice to get up early.
早起是一个好习惯。
[2005 大连] If you want to do better in playing the piano, you need more _______.
A. technology B. practice
C. pleasure D. challenge
【解析】考查名词词义辨析。practice意为“练习” 。
B
practise v. 练习
I need to practise my Italian before my business trip.
我出差之前需要练习一下意大利语。
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practise用作及物动词时后面可接名词、动名词,不能接不定式。如:
They’re practising singing the new song.
他们正在练习唱那首新歌。
He practised tennis / the piano for two hours every day.
他每天练两个小时网球/钢琴。
practise可用作不及物动词
Practise more and you’ll make progress.
勤练习,你一定会进步的。
Don’t forget to practise after class.
课后别忘了练习。
( ) Before she went abroad, she spent as much time as she could ________ English.
A. to practise to speak
B. practising speaking
C. to practise speaking
D. practising to speak
B
Practice
在她出国之前,她用了很多时间练习英语。
这里考查两个动词的搭配。第一个,spend time (in) doing sth , in可省略,花时间做某事;第二个,practise 后接动名词,不接不定式。
5. warm up
warm up 热身;做准备活动
The coach warmed up the players before the game.
比赛前教练让运动员热身。
Let's do some exercise to warm up a bit.
让咱们先做做操,热身一下。
6. pleased
pleased adj. 开心的;满足的
He was pleased with their warm welcome.
他们的热烈欢迎让他感到很高兴。
I am very pleased to eat this kind of delicious food.
吃到这种好吃的食物,我很是满足。
1) I’m so glad to see you.
A. sad B. angry C. pleased
2) — Mary seems _______ today. — I hear someone took away her new bike.
A. alone B. sad C. angrily D. pleased
3) — Mum, I’m really _______ about the result of the exam. (2010江苏省连云港市)
— Cheer up. I believe you can be successful.
A. patient B. satisfied
C. unhappy D. pleased
B
C
C
pleasant作形容词,意为“令人愉悦的, 舒适的”。常见搭配: be pleasant to do sth. 意为“做某事愉悦 / 舒适”。如:
We spent many hours in a pleasant conversation.
我们畅谈了好几个小时。
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pleasant还可意为“友好的;和善的”。常见搭配: be pleasant to sb. 意为“对某人友好/ 和善”。 如:
Flowers are pleasant to look at but hard to grow.
看花容易栽花难。
You should be pleasant to the customers.
你应该对顾客友好。
pleasant和pleased 这两个词都可表示“愉快的”。其区别是:
pleasant表示“令人愉快的”,常说明事物;pleased表示“愉快的”,常说明人。例如:
We spent a very pleasant evening.
我们度过了一个愉快的夜晚。
We are very pleased here.
我们在这里很高兴。
[辨析]
How ________ it is to see you again!
A. happily B. pleased
C. glad D. pleasant
How ______ I am to see you again!
A. good B. pleased
C. nice D. pleasant
D
B
7. … have a chance of doing …
have a chance of doing sth. 有做某事的机会
I will have a chance of achieving my dream.
我将会有一个实现我梦想的机会。
Do you think you have a chance of succeeding
你认为你有成功的机会吗?
have no chance (of)
没有(……的)可能
let the chance go 放过机会
try one’s chance 试一试运气
wait for a chance 等待机会
give sb. a chance 给某人机会
相关词组短语:
[2011 湖北十堰] 根据汉语提示,结合句子意思,在横线上写出恰当的单词或词组。
If you try your best now, you are sure to have a chance of __________________ (实现) your dream.
realizing / achieving
8. loudly
loudly adv. 大声地;高声地
As we walked in the dark street, we sang songs and talked loudly.
当我们在黑洞洞的街上走路时我们高声地唱歌说话。
She went straight up to the door and knocked loudly.
她径直走到门口重重地敲门。
[2013山东临沂] When an earthquake happens, and you are outdoors, you should go to an open area as ______ as possible.
A. quickly B. quietly
C. loudly D. slowly
(2013广西贺州) Don’t talk ______. Your grandmother is sleeping now.
A. loud B. hardly
C. loudly D. hard
A
C
[辨析] loud, loudly这些副词均含有“高声地、大声地”之意。
loud 作副词时,表示“大声地”,主要指说话声和笑声等。
After we heard the joke, we laughed loud and long.
Try to sing the song louder.
loudly表示“大声地,吵闹地”,可指人声、敲门声或其他各种声音,强调声音高、喧闹、不悦耳。
It's not polite to speak ______ in public.
The music is too ______; please turn it down.
He knocked at the door so ______ that his neighbour became a little angry.
John speaks ______ and clear.
loud
loudly
loud
loudly
Write a short passage about your school basketball team.