Unit 2 School life
【Comic strip】
1:Why do not dogs go to school, Eddie
解析:Why do /dose/did/not+主语+谓语动词+其他,意为“为什么不;为何不”通常表示一种建议或责备。其中,Why do not you= why not .
Eg: Why do not you go to the party and see for yourself
你为什么不亲自去聚会上看看呢?
例题 (1) Why not _______________(clean) the window now
(2) ( ) Why ____________ come and play basketball with us
A. not you B. don’t C. not to D. not
(3) 你为何不出去散散步呢?
Why__________________________________ =Why ______________________________
(4)翻译:你为何不给他们一些建议呢?(两种方法)
拓展:表示建议的句型还有:
What/How about doing……. 做……怎么样?
Shall we do……. 我们做……..好吗?
Let us do ……… 让我们做。。。。。好吗?
Would you like to do…… 你愿意做。。。。吗?
You′d better (not) do …..你最好(不)做。。。。。。
2: It is like watching TV, but there are fewer advertisements.
解析:fewer 是few 的比较级,意为“更少的,较少的”
如:I have fewer books than you. 我拥有的书比你的少。
辨析:few, a few, little 与 a little
词条 含义 用法
few 很少的;几乎没有的 表否定。修饰可数名词复数形式。
a few 少数的;几个 表肯定,修饰可数名词复数形式。
little 几乎没有 表否定。修饰不可数名词。
a little 一点儿;少量 表肯定。修饰不可数名词。
如:I am new in Nanjing. I have few friends here.
我才到南京,在这儿几乎没有朋友。
There are a few apples in the basket. You may can eat them.
篮子里有几个苹果。你们可以吃。
There is little milk in the fridge. We have to buy some.
冰箱里几乎没有牛奶了,我们得去买一些。
His father knows a little English. 他的父亲懂一点儿英语。
【Welcome to the unit】
3:British
解析:British 形容词,意为“英国的”,可做定语和表语。
名词Britain 意为“英国,大不列颠”。如:
My uncle is a British man.=My uncle is British. 我的叔叔是个英国人。
注意:the British 英国人民,做主语时谓语动词用复数形式。
一个英国人表达为“an Englishman”复数形式为“Englishmen”。
4:fall
解析: fall 意为“秋天”时,为美式英语,英式英语中用autumn。如:
We go to the countryside every fall. 每年秋天都去乡下。
拓展:fall的其他用法:作为不及物动词,意为“落下,掉下、降落”;作为系动词时,后接形容词,表示“进入某种状态”如:He was too tired and fell asleep quickly. 他太累了,很快就睡着了。
5:I want to see a film.
解析:see a film 意为“看电影”,相当于watch a film/movie。
如:I would like to see a film with my mother. 我想要和我妈妈去看电影。
拓展:表示“去看电影”用固定短语 go to the movies=go to see a film=go to the cinema.如:What about going to see a film tonight 今晚去看电影怎么样?
【随堂练习】
一.根据句意及汉语提示完成句子
1.American people usually call autumn _____________ (秋天).
2.Shall we go to see the _________/_________ (电影) this afternoon
3.Mrs Black has a clothing ___________/___________ (商店).
4.Where would you like to go on _____________/____________ (假期) this winter
5.Many children love this kind of ______________/____________ (饼干).
二.用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
6.Amy practises ______________ (play) the piano for over two hours every day.
7.The famous ____________(America)writer Mark Twain had a good sense of humour.
8.Eddie's school life is like _______________ (watch) TV.
9.____________ (Britain) people often begin their conversation by talking about weather.
10.John made _____________(few) friends than I did.
三.单项选择
( )11.Tony is ________ student in the class because he works ________ than the others.
A.better; hard B.the best; harder C.better; hardest D.the best; hardest
( )12.________ a student, John studies hard at school ________ most of his classmates.
A.Like; as B.Like; like C.As; like D.As; as
( )13.—What ________ your best friend ________?
—He is helpful and generous.
A.does; look like B.is; look like C.does; like D.is; like
( )14.—________ do you like Wolf Warriors Ⅱ? —Because it's exciting.
A.Why B.What C.How D.When
( )15.My bike was broken yesterday, so I ________ walk home.
A.might B.had to C.must D.could
( )16.—Shall we go for a picnic this weekend —________.
A.Sounds great B.You're welcome C.You are right D.It's a pity
四.词汇运用。
1. There are some differences between _____________/ briti / English and American English.
2. ---What does “film” mean ---It means “_______________ ” / mu: vi/.
3. In England, we call it “garden”, but in America, they call it “______________”/ja: d/.
4. You can erase mistakes with a(n) _____________./ 're z /
5. Sometimes there are more _____________________ on the Internet than on TV. (广告)
6. We need less money and____________people to do this work. (少)
7.--- Do you think people are _______________than computers (聪明)
--- Of course.
8. If you want to improve your English, you should ______________it as much as you can. (练习)
9. We’re planning a ________________ in Europe. (假期)
10. Two of the students in their class are _______________. (美国人)
【Reading】
1:It is a mixed school.
解析:mixed 是形容词,意为“混合的”,a mixed school 一所混合学校。如:
eg:They have mixed feelings of sorrow and happiness. 他们悲喜交加。
拓展:mixed 的动词形式为mix,意为“混合;搅拌;掺和”;名词形式是mixture,意为“混合物”。如:Please mix the eggs with the flour. 请把鸡蛋和面粉混合起来。
译:那是油和水的混合物。
把…..混合到一起______________ 混合在一起,弄乱______________________
2:Learning foreign languages is fun.
解析:learning foreign languages, 是动词短语,
“动词+-ing”构成名词,起名词作用,但又带有动词特征。
动名词短语在句中作主语时,谓语动词用第三称单数形式。如:
Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes. 在阳光下看书对你的眼睛有害。
学习做某事________________ 学习怎样做某事______________________
辨析:learn与study
词条 相同点 不同点
learn 两者都可用作及物动词, 意为“学,学习”, 在表示学习某种语言或学科等时可相替换。 learn 常指初学阶段的学习,强调从头学起。
study study 指较高程度或者较深的学习或者研究,强调学习的过程,后接名词做宾语, 不可接动词不定式。
如:He is learning English.=He is studying English. 他在学英语。
The baby is learning to speak. 这个婴儿在学讲话。
译:努力学习,你会赶上别人的。
3:During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library.
(1)解析:during 意为“在。。。。期间”, 是介词,不要将其误用为连词。如:
他在巴黎期间,与他朋友住在一起。
误:During he was in Paris, he lived with his friends.
正:While he was in Paris, he lived with his friends.
正:During his stay in Paris, he lived with his friends.
during+ 一段时间 在暑假期间___________________________________
(2)解析:borrow 动词,意为借,借进,是以借者为主体,
从他人处借入、借进来某东西为自己所用。
虽然是及物动词,但其后所接的宾语一般为没有生命的物体,而不是人。
常用短语为:borrow sth. from sb. 从某人那里借某物;
borrow sb’s sth. (sb’s 为形容词性物主代词,表示所有关系)借某人的某物。如:I borrowed a pen from him. 我向他借了一只钢笔。
注意:lend 是将被借者作为动作发出的主体,把某物借给他人,
其后可接双宾语,既可以是人也可以是物。
常用短语为:lend sb. sth. = lend sth. to sb. 借某物给某人。
4:We can also bring in books and magazines from home.
解析: bring 是动词,意为带来。bring sb sth = bring sth to sb. 把某物带给某人。Bring in 有“ 提出某个问题/观点;带来/请来某人;赚取等意思。如:
Please bring the magazine here. 请把杂志带到这儿。
译:他将提出一个重要的问题。
辨析:Bring 由远及近 take 由近及远
如:Bring your homework here. 把你的家庭作业拿到这里来。
Take the book to the next room. 把书拿到隔壁房间去。
5:Near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class.
解析:(1)near the end of ……意为“在。。。。。快要结束时”。如:
Near the end of the meeting, he told us the good news.
在会议快要结束时,他告诉了我们这个好消息。
提醒:与end 相关的短语
at the end of … 在...的末尾 in the end 最后 by the end of ….到...的末尾为止
拓展:end 动词,意为结束。 end with…..以...结束。如:
When the meeting ended, we went home. 会议结束后,我们就回家了。
discuss 动词,意为讨论,议论,后可直接加宾语,其后无需加about。
discuss sth. with sb. 与某人谈论某事。如:
I want to discuss the exam with you. 我想要和你讨论考试的事情。
拓展:discuss sth. 相当于talk about sth. 讨论某事。如:
They are discussing/talking about the news. 他们正在讨论那条新闻。
6.Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.
解析:seem 可用连系动词或不及物动词,意为“似乎;好像”,用法如下:
①主语+seem(s)+(to be )+表语,表语多为形容词或者名词,有时是其他的单词或短语,用来说明主语的特征或状态。如:
Tom seems (to be ) a very clever boy. 汤姆看上去是一个非常聪明的男孩。
②主语+seem(s)+不定式,此句型中的seem 与不定式一起构成复合谓语。如:Mrs Green dose not seem to like the idea. 格林夫人似乎不太喜欢这个主意。
③It seems +that 从句,其中it 是形式主语,that 引导主语从句。如:
It seems that no one knows what is happening in the park.
似乎没有人知道公园正发生什么事。
7.He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help.
解析:offer 动词,意为“主动提出,自愿给予”,有“(主动)拿给,给予”的含义,相当于give ,后可接名词或代词做宾语,也可接双宾语,即
offer sb sth= offer sth to sb. 如:
The young man offered the old man his own seat on the bus.
那个年轻人在公共汽车上将自己的座位让给那个老人。
8.He is my hero.
解析:hero 名词,意为,被崇拜的对象;英雄,复数形式为heroes. 如:
Liu Lian is talented. She is most young people’s hero.
拓展:英语中部分以o结尾的单词变为复数时要在词尾加---es,如:tomato-----tomatoes potato-----potatoes mango----mangoes;
另外一部分则在词尾直接加—s,如:radio---radios photo----photos zoo----zoos 总结:有生命的以o结尾的加---es,无生命的以o结尾的加---s.
9.Our team won two games last month.
解析:win 为动词,意为;获胜,赢。它的过去式为won。如:
They won the basketball match last week. 他们上周赢得了篮球比赛。
辨析:win 和 beat
Win 和beat 都可用做及物动词,做“赢、战胜”其区别在于宾语的不同:
①win 的宾语是比赛、游戏、战争、奖品、金钱等名词,即:
race, game, match, competition, war, prize之类的单词。如:
-----What is the result ------Class1 won the match this time.
结果如何? 这次是一班赢得了比赛。
②beat 的宾语则是比赛,竞争的对手,即指人或球队的名词或代词。如:
We played very well, and we beat them. 我们发挥的很好,打败了他们。
翻译:在这次足球比赛中我们战胜了最强的那支队伍。
10. I read an article by a boy from the USA.
解析:an article by …..也可表达成 an article written by ……意为“由。。。。。写的文章”。
by 介词,意为“由。。。。。创作”。
如:I am listening to a song by Lillian. 我正在听一首Lillian的歌。
This is an article by Lun Xun. 这是一篇鲁迅写的文章。
一.用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1.We all study in a _____________ (mix) school.
2.Tony usually practises ______________(play) the violin at the weekend.
3.Sorry for being late. I'm supposed(应该) to be here 20 minutes ____________(early).
4.I like cats ________(well) of all the animals.
5.Does your school have a _____________ (read) Week every year
二.选用方框内的单词或词组填空, 其中有一个单词或词组是多余的
in class, among, during, offers, do sports, learn more about
6.After school, Tom and Jack often __________________.
7.It is polite for students to put up their hands ____________ if they have questions.
8.____________ the World War II, millions of people lost their lives.
9.From the film, you can ________________________________ nature.
10.He often listens carefully to my problems and ____________ me help.
三.单项选择
( )11.—How can I keep healthy
—You should eat ________ meat and do ________ exercise if you want to be healthy.
A.more; less B.less; fewer C.fewer; more D.less; more
( )12.—Why are you so happy, Mary
—Because our class ________ the volleyball match just now.
A.lost B.beat C.won D.joined
( )13.—Did you make any new friends ________ your stay in Beijing
—Yes. I met some good boys.
A.in B.with C.during D.on
( )14.—Could you tell me how many books I can ________ at a time
—Sorry, none at all. There is ________ with our computer.
A.borrow; nothing wrong B.lend; wrong nothing
C.borrow; something wrong D.lend; something wrong
( )15.—Do you play ________ piano in your free time
—No, I like sports. I often play ________ baseball with my friends.
A./; the B.the; / C.the; the D.a; a
四.任务型阅读
Hello, everyone! The winter vacation is coming. It's time for you to relax and prepare yourself for the next school year. What will you do to make it wonderful The following advice may help a lot.
Exercise. You work hard most of the time. So you need to take part in some outdoor activities during the holiday. They can make you feel relaxed. And you can benefit from different kinds of exercise, such as running, skating and mountain climbing.
Learn some living skills. One day, you'll have to live by yourself so you should learn to cook, wash and so on now. The winter holiday is just the best time to learn these skills.
Take a trip. The holiday is the time to travel to places of interest too. In this way, you'll learn a lot more about different cultures and open your eyes to the outside world. And beautiful sights can also make you happy and relaxed.
Enjoy family time. Don't always sit in front of the computer or the TV for a long time. It's great fun for you to spend time with your family.
If you follow the advice above, your winter vacation will be full of joy and surprise.
根据上面短文内容填空。
16.The students have time ___________________________________ for the next school year during __________________________________.
17.The students need to ________________ some outdoor activities, such as running, skating and _________________________________ during the holiday.
18.The students can use the winter vacation ________________ some daily life skills ________________ they will have to depend on themselves one day.
19.It makes students learn a lot more about ___________________________ and open their eyes to the outside world to travel to places of interest, and _______________________ with their families is also great fun.
20.If the students take the ________________ suggestions above, they'll have a ______________________________ winter vacation.
【Grammar】
Comparative and superlative adverbs
1…..more….than, fewer…..than….and less….than
解析:more 是 many 或much 的比较级形式,more….than…意为“比。。。。。多”。 more 的后面可接可数名词复数形式或不可数名词。
Fewer 和 less 分别是 few 和 little 的比较级形式,
“fewer。。。。。。than。。。。”和“less。。。than。。。。”都在用于两者之间数量的比较。
如:She has more hair clips than Millie. 她的发夹比米莉的多。
I joined fewer clubs than yours. 我加入的俱乐部比你少。
2…..the most….the fewest/the least……
解析:比较三者或三者以上数量时,
the most 表示“最多”, the fewest 和 the least 表示“最少”。
Most 是many 或 much 的最高级形式,后接可数名词的复数形式或不可数名词;fewest 是few的最高级形式,因此 the fewest 后接可数名词复数形式;
little的最高级形式为least,因此the least 后接不可数名词。
如:I think Millie will get the most votes.我认为米莉将得到最多的选票。
She did the least work yesterday. 昨天她做的工作最少。
3.Among the three of us…….
辨析:among 与between
①among 一般用于三者或三者以上的“在。。。。之中”
其宾语通常是一个表示笼统的数量或具有复数意义的名词或代词。如:
She sat among the children. 她坐在孩子们中间。
②between 一般指两者之间,其宾语往往是以具体数字的人或物,
或者是有“and”连接的两个具体的人(物)。如:
I am sitting between my parents. 我正坐在我父母中间。
4.Comparative and superlative adverbs
解析:副词和形容词一样,也有原级、比较级、最高级三个等级。
其构成方式有规则变化和不规则变化两者情况。
拓展:英语中可以用比较级表示最高级的形式,该结构可与最高级互相转换。即:形容词/副词+比较级+than + the other +复数名词+(比较范围),
形容词/副词+比较级+than + any other +单数名词+(比较范围),
意为“。。。。比同一范围的任何一个人或物都。。。。。。”如:
Tom works harder than any other student/the other students in the class.
=Tom works the hardest in the class. 汤姆在班上学习最用功。
语法习题
1.Tom has____________ (多) money than John, but he has____________ (少) friends.
2.Tom has ____________(少) magazines than you .
3.Of all the boys, John spent ______(少) time on history .
4. Andy draws _________________________ (careful) than Tom.
5.A bus goes ____________(slow) than a train.
6. He drove ______________(bad) than before.
7.Who does _____________ (good) in English, John or Mike
8.Millie has _____________(few) bananas than kitty .
9. Peter was ______________(bad) in the drawing competition .
10. Kitty is _______________(slim) than any other girls in her class .
二.单项选择
( )1. The air in Beijing is getting much now than a few years ago.
A. clean B. cleaner C. cleanest D. the cleanest
( )2. — is your grandpa, Emma —He’s watering the flowers in the garden.
A. When B. What C. Where D. How
( )3. Nowadays science fiction isn’t as as cartoons among teenagers.
A. popular B. more popular C. less popular D. the most popular
( )4. We are glad to see that Shanghai is developing these years than ever before.
A. quickly B. less quickly C. more quickly D. the most quickly
( )5. The cheese cake tasted so that the kids asked for more.
A. delicious B. well C. bad D. badly
( )6. She looks very . I think she needs to have a rest.
A. tired B. hard C. well D. hardly
( )7. — do you play computer games —Once a week.
A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. How many
( )8. The population of Tianjin is than that of Shanghai.
A. larger B. less C. smaller D. fewer
( )9. It’s raining . We have to stay at home instead of going fishing.
A. badly B. hardly C. heavily D. strongly
( )10. —Can you give a hand with this table I want to move it.
—Sure. are you going to put it
A. Why B. How C. Where D. When
( )11. Guo Yue did quite at the World Table Tennis Championship, but Zhang Yining did even ________.
A. better, well B. well, well C. well, better D. better, better
( )12. —Tom is six and he is his sister Jane. How old is Jane —Three.
A. twice as old as B. two years older than
C. three years younger than D. as old as
( )13. —Remember, boys and girls. you work, result you will get.
—We know, Miss Gao.
A. The better, the harder B. The harder, the better
C. The hard, the better D. The harder, the good
( )14. Jack has three friends. Mike is the of the four.
A. most cleverest B. more clever C. cleverest D. clever
( )15. —In our English study reading is more important than speaking. I think.
—I don’t agree, speaking is than reading.
A. as important as B. so important as
C. the most important D. the same as
三、词汇运用。
1. John studies___________ subjects than Nancy. (many)
2. Kitty has ___________ orange juice among all the students. (little)
3. Mary has___________ Chinese lessons than George on Thursday. (few)
4. I usually get up__________ than my father on Sundays. But my mother gets up__________ in my family. (early)
5. He does his homework___________ in his class. He is the top student. (careful)
6. Kate can jump _________ than Sue, but Ann can jump_________ among us. (far)
【Task】
the number of +限定词+名词复数 v.用三单 ……的数量是……
a number of +名词复数 v.原 许多、大量……
例句: There are more than 200 students in our school. (同义句)
_______ _______ ________ the students in our school _______ _______ 200.
What’s the number of… = How many…? ……的数量是……
例句:你们班的有多少学生?__________________________________________________
Chinese students have more weeks off for the summer holiday than British students.
(1)have…off 有多长时间的假期 have…off (for …) (某个假期)休了多长时间的假
有8天时间的假。have eight days off = have an eight-day holiday
例句: 我们今年将有11天假期。
We will have _______________________ off this year.
=We will have _______________________ holiday this year.
(2) off (adv.) 离开,在远方;分离,中断; 不工作
(prep.)从…离开,脱离
搭配:下…(车,马)_____________________ 关掉_____________________
从…掉下来_____________________ 休假一天_____________________
脱(衣,帽,鞋等); 起飞 _____________________
例句 :① It’s said he was ___________(离开) for three days last year.
②--Will you be ____ tomorrow --No, it’s my turn to be on duty.
A. away B. off C. busy D. free
3 . Among the three of us, American students spend the least time on homework, and……
(1)among the three of us 在我们三个当中==____________________________
(2)句型:spend some time on sth./(in) doing sth. 花费时间做某事 (主语是人)
spend----______________ (过去式)
例:我花了两小时做作业。 I __________ two hours __________ homework.
= I __________ two hours __________ homework.
花费时间,spend和take都可以使用。使用take的句型。_____________________________
4. 快速浏览问题 look through the questions
例句: 这儿有许多的文章标题,我们快速浏览下。_____________________________________
5. Usually I watch English videos at weekends.
(1)在周末_____________=_________________=_________________=__________________
(2)用see、look、watch和read填空。
I can ________ something beautiful over there.
You should ________ at the blackboard and listen to your teacher carefully in class.
Don't ________ books in the sun.
My father ________ footballs matches whenever there is a match on TV.
6. I also keep writing in English about my daily life.
一直做某事 keep (on) doing sth. keep---__________ (过去式)
一直用英语写 keep __________ (write) _________ English
相关词组:使某人一直做某事.,让某人保持做某事_________________________________
妨碍、阻止某人做某事_________________________________
例:The man in black kept _____________(stand) there for half an hour without moving.
It’s not difficult ________________(keep)_____________(read) English every morning.
Lucy ____________(keep) on ____________(ask) the teacher strange questions yesterday.
我们应该阻止孩子过分玩游戏。______________________________________________
7. 理想的 adj. ideal 主意,想法 n. idea
我理想的学校 my ______________ (idea) school
Do you have any ____________________ (idea)
8. When do you finish school 几点放学/ 何时放学?
放学 finish school finish 结束 结束(做)某事____________________
一.根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。
1. Can you tell me what your_______(理想中的)school is like
2.What does his school day ___________(开始)?
3.They will have a big party ____________(今晚).
4. Jack usually f_______ breakfast at 7:00 a.m.
5. There are about 500 hundred students listening to the talk in the school h______.
6.How long is your ___________(午餐时间)?
二.按要求改写句子。
1. 你想进行一次班级旅行吗?Would you like to_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
2. 我们有大量的时间进行课外活动。We have lots of time _____ _________ _____.
3.He likes _______ _______ _______ ______(穿校服).
4.We have a big library _______ _______ _______ ________(有许多书).
5. 我们经常在6:50吃完早餐。We always ___________ ___________ breakfast at 6:50 .