Unit 8 Adventure 第3.4课知识点

第八单元第3课知识点
1 (do) trade with( to buy or sell goods)
Early explorers traded directly with the Indians.
早期的探险者与印第安人直接进行交易。
China is now trading ____ countries all over the world. (with)
Our company trades ___ grain ___ their country. (in with )
I traded my old house ___ a new one. (for)
He always trades ____ my sympathy. 他总是利用我的同情心。(on)
2.break out/take place/happen
A big earthquake _________ in Wenchuan in 2008, which cause great damage.
This morning a car accident ________ on the bridge.
Great changes have _________ in our city, which encourages us a lot.
3 break out (战争、争吵、疾病等) 爆发
During the election period, a big strike broke out. 竞选期间，爆发了一场大罢工。
A quarrel broke out suddenly at midnight with the noise of breaking something.
半夜，他们突然大吵起来，还伴随着摔东西地声音。
4.seat
Book seats 订座位 Take /have a seat. 坐下 Please be seated. 请坐 Seat yourself. 请坐
This is a dining-room that will seat 2400 persons. The presenter seated us in the front row.
The mother seated her child on the chair. We are seated /sitting in our classroom.
She is playing the piano with her mother seated beside her.
5. stand by 忠于; 坚守; 坚持
I still stand by what I said yesterday. 我坚持我昨天说的话。
I stand by my principles. 我坚持我的原则。
6. be impressed by sb. /sth. 给……留下深刻的印象
The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends.
他给皇帝留下深刻的印象，并成为好朋友。
7 in turn(s) 顺次; 一个接一个地（做某事）
The two sisters cared for their sick mother in turn. 两姐妹轮流照看生病的母亲。
The boys were asked in turns to see the examiner. 男孩子们一个接一个地被叫去见考官。
练习题： 1. Sheila couldn’t come to the party, ___ was a pity.
A. what B. which C. that D. it B
2. All the passengers and suitcases ___ were still waiting on the broken-down old bus had to be transferred to another long-distance bus. A. they B. who C. that D. which C
3. This is an unpleasant subject ___ we might argue for a long while.
A. in which B. with the C. about which D. with it C
4. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____, of course, made the others unhappy.
A. who B. which C. this D. what B
1. After five hours’ drive, they reached ___ (they thought) was the place they’d been dreaming of. A. that B. where C. which D. what D
2. The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, __ the sailing time was 226 days.
A. of which B. during which C. from which D. for which A.
3. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% ___ are sold abroad. A. of which B. which of C. of then D. of that A.
4. I have many friends, ___ some are businessmen.
A. of them B. from which C. who of D. of whom D.
5. Villagers here depend on the fishing industry，_________ there won’t be much work.
A. where B. that C. by which D. without which D.
第八单元第4课知识点
1. expedition : 探险;远征;探险队
go on an expedition 去探险 make an expedition 远征，探险
a polar expedition 极地探险队
2. prepare V. 准备 prepare for… 为…做准备
e.g. Please prepare a table for dinner.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
preparation n. in preparation for 为…作准备
They put chairs in the school hall in preparation for the concerts.
Joe is training in preparation for the next football match.
in preparation 在准备中
Plans for selling the new product are now in preparation.
3. wait for sb. / sth. He waited impatiently for an answer.
wait to do sth I can tell you something you’ve been waiting to know.
4. pull the sledge 拉雪橇 push the sledge 推雪橇
5. make progress in/with sth. progress 不可数名词
e.g. Are you making any progress with your study
They are making slow progress in the construction of the new road.
6. break down
a. 机器,车辆等坏了 We are sorry to arrive late, but the car broke down.
b. 身体跨了 His health broke down.
c. 失败,坚持不去了 The plan was well conceived, but it broke down because people are unwilling to cooperate.
break in 非法进入,强行进入 break out 爆发,突然讲出
break one’s heart 使人心碎 break in on/upon 打搅,使停顿
7. despite prep. 尽管(有某种情况)
e.g. He came to the meeting despite his serious illness.
Despite the mistakes and weakness, it did a great deal of good work inside the trade unions.
besides prep. & adv.
prep. 除了…之外 e.g. Besides you, no one is qualified. What has he done, besides reading the paper
adv. 此外,除此之外 e.g. Besides, I want you to promise me one thing.
Her intention were good. Besides, it was pleasant to be with her.
except prep. 除去,除掉
e.g. They all went to sleep except the young Frenchman. We go there every day except Sunday.
except for 除了有…之外
e.g. Your composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes.
Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
9. have difficulty/problem with sth. difficulty 可做可数名词也可做不可数名词
have difficulty/problem (in) doing sth.
e.g. I don’t have much difficulty with English grammar.
He has some difficulties understanding that man’s accent.
10. spend
sb. spend …on sth. sb. spend … (in) doing sth.
e.g. He doesn’t spend much time on his homework. He spent much time correcting my grammar.
11. fail vi. 失败 e.g. All our plans failed.
fail in sth. 在…不足,在…失败.
e.g. He has failed in his mathematics. She failed in her last English exam.
fail to do sth. 没有能够,没有
e.g. He fails to understand its real significance. When I failed to find you ,I sent you a note by messenger.