Unit7What's the highest mountain in the world?讲义 人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 7
Section A:
deep (adj.深的/adv.深地) 具体
deeply (adv.深深地,强烈地) 抽象
depth (n.深度)
⑴ The Caspian Sea is 1,025 meters deep. P49
= The Caspian Sea is 1,025 meters in depth.
⑵ How deep is the Caspian Sea
=What’s the depth of the Caspian Sea
⑶ He went on studying deep into the night.
cf. I am deeply interested in learning English.
wide (adj.宽的/adv.充分地,完全地) 具体
widely (adv.广泛地) 抽象
width (n.宽度)
⑴ As you can see, it’s quite tall and wide. P50
⑵ How wide is this river =What’s the width of the river
⑶ Open your mouth wide.
cf. Today, mobile phones are widely used in the world.
复习long ,high
population (n. 人口,全体居民)
⑴ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US. P50
⑵ The population in Japan is smaller than that in India.
=Japan has a smaller population than India.
=There are fewer people in Japan than those in India.
=Japan has fewer people than India.
⑶ What’s the population of Russia
=How many people are there in Russia
=How large is the population of Russia
⑷ More than fifty percent of the population in China are farmers.
!!注意：population 是个集合名词，指全体人口，谓语动词用单数形式.提问用what 而不用how many.修饰语用large/small 而不用many/few.当表示人口的百分之几或几分之几时,谓语动词用复数形式。
Asia (n.亚洲) Asian (n.亚洲人; adj.亚洲的)
a country in Asia = an Asian country
wall (n.墙)
⑴ the Great Wall
⑵ doors and windows in the wall cf. a picture on the wall
ancient (adj.古代的,古老的)
⑴ Why did the ancient emperors build the wall P50
⑵ an ancient legend(传说)
in ancient/modern times 在古代/现代
protect (v.保护,防护)
⑴ protect sb./sth. (against/from sth.)
The main reasons was to protect their part of the country. P50
protect skin from the sun protect people against illness
⑵ protection (n. 保护) environmental protection 环境保护
protective (adj. 做定语，保护的)
achieve (v. 实现, 达到 ,完成)
achievement (un. 实现，达到/cn.成就,成绩)
⑴ The spirit of the climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. P51
⑵ My dream came true.
=I made my dream come true.=I realized my dream.=I achieved my dream.
⑶ We achieved great success in the end.
thick (adj.厚的,粗的)——thin(薄的,瘦的)
include (v.包含,包括)
This exam includes two parts. One is listening, the other is writing.
My job doesn’t include making coffee for you.
!!注意以下三个句子的用法。
Class One includes 63 students.
Class One has 63 students, including me.
Class One has 63 students, me included.
condition (n.条件,状况)
⑴ Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. P51.
⑵ be in good /bad condition 处于好的或不好的状况
⑶ conditioner 护发素 air-conditioner 空调
(1) challenge (v. /n.挑战)
One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. P51
face /accept a challenge 面对/接受挑战
(2) adj. challenging 富有挑战的
(3) n. challenger 挑战者
force
⑴ un.力,力量; cn.风,雨或自然界的力量
It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. P51
forces 武装力量，部队 peace-keeping forces 维和部队
do… by force 用武力…
⑵ v.强迫 force sb. to do sth.
He forced himself to speak to her. 他硬着头皮和她搭话。
⑴ nature (n.自然界,大自然)
in nature 在自然界 the wonders of nature 大自然的奥妙
⑵ natural (adj. 自然的)
natural resources 自然资源 natural gas 天燃气
⑶ naturally (adv.自然地)
ocean (n.大海,海洋)
太平洋 the Pacific Ocean 大西洋 the Atlantic Ocean
印度洋 the Indian Ocean 北冰洋 the Arctic Ocean
oceans of food /papers 大量的食物/ 试卷
Section B:
weigh (v.重量是…,称….的重量)
weight (n.重量)
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. P53
She weighs 60 kilos.
How much does she weigh =How many kilos does she weigh
=What’s her weight =How heavy is she
birth (n. 出生)
at birth 出生时 date of birth 出生日期
give birth to sb. Happy birthday!
up to 多达(某数量/程度)
A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. P53
I can take up to 4 people in my car.
复习 be up to sb. to do sth.
research
⑴ v. 调查，研究 research on sb./sth.
⑵ n. 调查，研究(可第一个音节重读) do research on sb./sth.
⑶ researcher n. 研究人员
awake (adj. 醒着的)—asleep 睡着的
They find that most of the babies are already awake. P54
a man awake /asleep/alive 区分 wake up
excitement (un.激动,兴奋; cn.令人兴奋的事/物)
They run over with excitement. P54 (in excitement 也可)
=They run over excitedly.
to one’s excitement
复习 excite/ excited/ exciting /excitedly
⑴ illness (un.病,表种类可数)
The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. P54
字典上：die of illness ,hunger
die from a wound
He didn’t come to school because of his serious illness.
= He didn’t come to school because he was seriously ill.
⑵ ill (adj. 生病的) wa
He is ill. =He is sick. an ill boy =a bad boy 坏男孩
23 ⑴ remaining (adj. 剩余的,遗留的)
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. P54
Let’s leave the remaining points for our next meeting.
⑵ remain (v.)① If you take 3 from 8, 5 remains.(剩余)
② She left, but I remained.(留下,停留)
③ He remained standing/silence.(保持不变)
⑶remains (pl.)(n. 剩余物,遗体,遗迹)
24. wild (adj. 野生的) wild animals
25. government (un. 政府,内阁)
the Chinese government be in government 执政，统治governor (n.)州长，省长