【新课标 新教材】Unit 4 Helping out Reading for writing Language points课件 外研版（新教材）八年级下册

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Unit 4
The circle of goodwill
1. Day and night, they raced against time to save as many people as possible.
他们夜以继日地与时间赛跑，尽可能多地救人。
1) against prep. 和……对抗
race against time 与时间赛跑
against prep.
① 倚；碰；撞
e.g. Put the piano there, against the wall.
把钢琴放在那儿，紧靠着墙。
【拓展】
② 反对
注意：当意为“反对”时, 与介词for (支持)互为反义词。
e.g. They are against building a factory here.
他们反对在这里建工厂。
③ 与……相反
e.g. We were walking against the strong wind.
我们顶着大风行进。
④ 违反；违背
e.g. That’s against the law. 那是违法的。
【语境应用】 英译汉
1) Are you for or against my plan
2) Eric hit his head against the door.
3) She sold the house, though it was against her wishes.
你是赞成还是反对我的计划？
Eric把头撞到了门上。
她卖掉了房子，尽管这违背了她的意愿。
2) as ... as possible 尽可能…… (= as … as one can)
两个as之间需用形容词或副词的原级，形容词原级后有时也可加所修饰的名词。
e.g.
Please let me know your decision as soon as possible.
请尽快让我知道你的决定。
We should learn as many skills as possible.
我们应该学习尽可能多的技能。
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1) 我们必须尽快完成这项工作。
We must finish the work ________ ________ ______ _________.
= We must finish the work ______ _______ ______ ______ _____.
2) 我们的老师鼓励我们尽可能多读书。
Our teacher encourages us to read _______ _______ ________
_______ _________.
= Our teacher encourages us to read _______ _______ ________
_______ _______ ________.
as soon as possible
as soon as you can
as many books
as possible
as many books
as we can
2. I graduated from college and became a nurse.
大学毕业后我成为了一名护士。
graduate v. 大学毕业
【归纳】
graduate from 从……毕业
graduate in 毕业于……专业
e.g. She taught in China after she graduated.
她毕业后在中国教书。
Kate graduated from Nanjing University.
Kate毕业于南京大学。
He graduated in physics from Peking University.
他毕业于北京大学物理学专业。
【拓展】
graduate n. 大学毕业生 (用作可数名词)
e.g. a university/college graduate 大学毕业生
graduation n. 毕业
e.g. It was my first job after graduation.
那是我毕业后的第一个工作。
【语境应用】 根据汉语意思用graduate的适当形式填空。
The _________ __________ from Suzhou University. After ___________, he became a lawyer in a famous law firm.
这名大学毕业生毕业于苏州大学。毕业后，他成了一家知名律所的律师。
graduation
graduate
graduated
3. Right away, I signed up to help.
我立刻报名去帮忙。
sign up 报名(参加)
其后常接介词for，引出报名的对象。
【拓展】
sign up (使)签约受雇
e.g. You can sign up online for language classes.
你可以在网上报名参加语言课程。
e.g. The company signed her up as a secretary.
这家公司签约雇她担任秘书。
4. The work was by no means easy.
这项工作绝非易事。
means n. 手段; 方法; 工具
means of (doing) sth. / to do sth. (做)……的手段/方法
e.g. For most people, the car is still their main means of
transport.
对大多数人来说，汽车仍是他们主要的交通工具。
Is there any means of contacting him
有没有什么办法和他取得联系？
They are using peaceful means to achieve their aims.
他们正在使用和平手段来实现他们的目标。
【拓展】
by no means 绝不, 一点儿都不
by all means 可以；当然行；没问题
by means of sth. 借助……手段；依靠……方法
e.g. It is by no means certain that the game will take place.
比赛是否会举行完全不能确定。
---Do you mind if I have a look 我看一眼行吗？
---By all means. 当然可以。
We can keep in touch by means of mobile phones.
我们可以通过手机保持联系。
5. She had offered a helping hand to Wenchuan 12 years ago.
12年前，她曾向汶川伸出援助之手。
offer v. 提供; 主动提出
offer to do sth. 主动提出要做某事
offer sb. sth.= offer sth. to sb. 为某人提供某物
e.g. They offered to clean the house.
Jack offered us some useful advice.
The company offered the job to someone else.
【语境应用】根据所给词语提示将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。
1) 那个男孩主动把座位让给了老人。 (offer)
2) 她主动提出开车送我去车站。 (offer)
The boy offered his seat to the old man. /
The boy offered the old man his seat.
She offered to drive me to the station.