八年级上册学案
8A Unit 2 School life
Comic & welcome to the unit
【知识拓展】
1.Why don’t dogs go to school, Eddie? 狗为什么不上学,艾迪?
Why don’t …?和Why not…?用以提出建议,意思为:“为什么不…?”
Why don’t…?后接主格人称代词或相当于名词的词,然后再接动词原形;
Why not…?后跟动词原形。
如:你为什么不做作业?
______ _______ _______ = _______ _______ do your homework? (同义句)
*表示建议的句型还有:
What/How about --- ?
Let’s -----,shall we ? / Shall we ---?
Would you please---?
Would you like to do --- ?
You'd better do sth.
如:我们为什么不好好睡一觉呢?
①?_______ ______ _____ ______ a good sleep?
②_______ ________ _______ a good sleep?
③ _______ ______ _____ _ a good sleep?
④_______ ______ a good sleep,______ ______?
⑤_______ ________ _______ a good sleep?
⑥______ ________ _______ a good sleep?
2. What is school like? 学校是像什么样的?
①两种词性:like: prep. 介词,像… (unlike)
like: v. 动词,喜欢 (dislike)
eg: John looks smart, just like his father. 约翰看上去很聪明,就像他父亲一样。
His hat is like mine. 他的帽子像我的一样。
The noise sounds like crying. 这个声音听上去像哭声。
②询问意见: ……怎么样?
What’s … like?的用法可分为两类:
What’s sb like?询问人的性格、能力或给人的印象;
What’s sth like? 询问事物的性质、质量、特征等。
What does sb/sth look like? 仅用于询问人或事物的外部特征。
3. there are fewer advertisements. 广告更少。
* a few和few: 可数名词
a little和little:不可数名词
* few—fewer—fewest
little—less--least
*辨析:few, a few, little和a little
few, little同义,不带“a”时,表示“很少,几乎没有”,具有否定意义。
few修饰_________名词复数;
little修饰_________名词。
我几乎没时间读书。
I have ______ ____ _ ___ _____.
②房间里几乎没人了。
There ____ ____ _ people in the room.
a few和a little同义,表示“一些,一点点”,具有肯定意义。
a few修饰_______名词复数,相当于some
# a little修饰________名词。 only/just a little/a few 只有一点点,只有一些。
他懂一点英语。
He English.
②桌上有几只苹果。
There ___ ____ _____ ______ on the desk.
* a little 的其他用法
# a little 还有 “小的,可爱”之意
如:一只小绵羊 ___ ______ ______ 许多小绵羊
一个小男孩 ____ _______ ______
# a little 还可以修饰形容词或形容词比较级
如:I feel hungry.
*very few : 极少数,非常稀少,没有几个;表示很少,比few语气强烈
quite a few:相当多的(肯定含义)
Reading
【知识拓展】
British: adj. 对比Britain(n.),___________表示英国的/英国人,后面可以接名词,而__________表示英国。
American: adj. 对比America(n.),________表示美国的/美国人的,后面可以接名词,而________表示美国。
French: adj. 对比France(n.),________表示法国的/法国人,后面可以接名词,而________表示法国。
Australian: adj. 对比Australia,________表示澳大利亚的/澳大利亚人,后面可接名词,而________表示澳大利亚
mixed: adj. a mixed school
mix: v. mix A with B 把A和B混合
例: Julie likes _____ ___ _ _ __ (喝混合饮料)。
Oil(水)and water _____ _ ___ __ (不相融)。
3. Among all my subjects,I like French best.
Among: 在----中,用于三者或三者以上。
例: 看,她在花丛中。
Look, she is ______ _ _____ __ ___ ____ .
探究点一:among和between有何区别?
among一般用于三者或三者以上的“在……中间”,其宾语通常是一个表示笼统数量或具有复数意义的名词或代词。
如:她坐在孩子们中间。 She sat among the children.
(2) between 一般指两者之间,其宾语往往是一个具体数目的人或物,或者是由and连接的两个具体的人或物。
如:我正坐在我父母中间。 I am sitting between my parents.
4. Learning foreign languages is fun. 此句是一句陈述句,doing/to do 作主语;而在祈使句中,需要用动词原形(do)
如:骑马是有趣的。 ______ _ horses is fun.
请课上认真听讲。 _____ __ to the teacher ,please.
*foreign: adj. 外国的/国外的
foreigner: n. 外国人 可数名词
borrow…from…意为“从…借…”; (主语是借进来)
lend…to …表示“借东西给某人”(主语是借出去)
① May I ________your book _______our school library?我能从图书馆借书吗?
② Please _________your book ________me. 请把你的书借给我。
拓展:borrow是瞬间动词,只表示借书的瞬间行为,如果想表达借书借了一段时间,要使用keep,如:这本书我能借两周么?Can I _______ this book for two weeks?
6. Near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates. 在----快要结束的时候
end:v. 结束,终止 The meeting ended and we all left the room.
n. 结尾,结束 直到最后__________________
最后、终于_______________ == ==
在...的最后__________________
临近...的最后__________________
ending: n. 结尾,结局: 一个令人惊讶的结局__________________
例:①在马路的尽头是一家超市。
__ __ __ ___ _ ___ __ _ the road is a supermarket .
②最后,我赢了。__ __ ____ _, I _______.
7. discuss: v. discuss sth with sb与某人讨论某事
discuss与talk的区别:discuss本意为“讨论”,talk本意为“说”。talk为不及物动词,后面接名词时必须同时接介词,如talk about, talk of, talk with等。
discussion: n. 讨论 __________________ 进行一场简短的讨论
8. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.
seem的用法:1. seem+形容词;2. seem to do sth. 似乎要做某事 3. It seems+that 从句
例:他现在似乎饿了。
He _______ ________.
=He ___ __ ____ _ ____ __ __ ___.
= It seems that .
9. In the club, older students help new students learn more about the school.
了解----- ______ ______---;
很了解某人或某物_____ _____/_____ ____ ;更多的了解---_____ _ ___ _____ ---;
几乎不了解---_____ _____ _____ ---
10. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help.
offer:主动提供;主动提供某人某物: offer sb. sth.= offer sth. to sb.
例:给我一些帮助
_____ ______ some ______
= _____ some __ ___ __ ___ _______
11. He is my hero. hero 的复数为 ______
12. On Friday afternoon, our school ends earlier than usual.
A.1) “在早晨/下午/晚上”我们用in the morning/afternoon/evening 和at night,
2) 在具体某一天的早中晚前用on
3) on+形容词+morning/afternoon/evening”
例: 在一个雨天的晚上 : ______ a ______ ______;
在九月14日的下午 __ __ the _________ of September 14
B. 比平常 _______ _______; 像往常 _______ ________
13. What else do you know about John? 你还了解约翰什么?
else修饰哪些词?放在被修饰词的前面还是后面?
[指点迷津] else修饰不定代词、疑问代词及疑问副词,放在被修饰词的后面。如:
something else, what else也相当于what other things.
I have something to tell you.
我还有其他事情要告诉你。
What did you buy just now? = What did you buy just now?
刚才你还买了其他什么?
Where did you go? 你还去了其他什么地方?
Grammar
1. fewer ---than--- 译为:比----少,后面接可数名词复数,反义短语 ______ _
如:Millie的香蕉比Kitty少。
Millie has Kitty.
桑迪的钢笔比安迪的少。
Sandy has Andy.
这个箱子的苹果比那个箱子的少。
There are ___ ____ _ in this box ____ ___ _____ ____ .
2. less---than译为:比---少,后面跟 名词,反义短语为____ 。
如:Millie的果汁比Kitty的少。
Millie ______ ______ _____ ______ Kitty.
今年这儿的雨水没有去年多。
There is here this year than last year.
3. more---than---译为: 比---多,用来比较数量,是 和 的比较级,
后面可跟 名词 ,也可以跟 名词
如:Millie的西红柿比Daniel多。
Millie ______ ______ _______ ______ Daniel.
我家里人比你家里人多。
There are than in your family. .
这个杯子里的果汁比那个杯子里的多.
There is than .
4.most译为最多,是 和 的最高级。
如: Jim has (many) toys of them.
most的反义词是 fewest (最少) / least (最少)。 后跟 名词;
后跟 名词。
如:There are (最少) students in our class.
There is (最少) juice in this glass of the three.
练一练:Kitty的鸡蛋最多。 Daniel的西红柿最少。 Millie的果汁最少。
Kitty has .
Daniel has .
Millie has .
5. Sandy在我们所有人中画画画得最好。
Sandy ______ _______ ______ of ______ ________.
此句中的_______ 可以省略(即副词最高级前的the可以省略)。
副词的比较级与最高级的构成与形容词的比较级与最高级的构成规则一样。
6.他学习比我认真,但是他并不是我们班上学习最认真的。
He studies , but he isn’t the one who studies ______________________ in our class.
7. Amy跳得最远,她跳得比其他所有人都远 。
Amy jumped ,
she jumped than all the others
“the number of ”与“a number of”的区别:
1)“the number of +…….表示“……的数量/数目” 后面接可数名词复数,作主语时,谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
____________________the ___________ in the class____________ fifty.(学生数是50)
2)“a number of”表示“大量的” “许多”的意思。可用small, large, great修饰number, 后加复数名词,做主语时,谓语动词用复数。
_________________________ are eating grass on the hill.(许多山羊在山上吃草)
have fewer weeks off “少休息几个星期”------“
have /take….off”是 “休假、休息,放假”的意思。
He had ___________________(请了一星期假) because of his illness.
Self-assessment
一、频考易错的词汇
advertisement n.=ad (pl.+s) v. advertise advertise for 登广告招聘
eg: The company is advertising for a new manager.
2.fall n.秋天 v.落下 fall-fell-fallen fall asleep易混淆的单词:感觉feel-felt-felt feel sleepy
3. vacation n. on vacation / holiday go on/take a vacation
4. British adj.—n. Britain
French n.法语 France n.法国
language n.—pl.+s foreign languages
during prep. during/in/over the past few years (与现在完成时连用)
uniform n. pl.+s wear school uniforms
chess n. play chess
quick adj.=fast adv. quickly=fast
through prep.穿过(中空的)across prep.穿过(平面的)
易混淆的单词:though(尽管) thought(想法)
finish v. finishes finish doing sth. 同义词end / complete
lunchtime n. at lunchtime
badminton n. play badminton play baseball play the piano
mixed adj. a mixed school. mix v. Don’t mix them together. mixture n. It is a mixture.
foreign adj. foreigner n.
discuss v. discussion n. discuss sth. with sb.=have a discussion with sb. about/on sth.
offer v. offer to do sth. 表示愿意做某事
offer sb. sth.=offer sth. to sb.
give sb. sth.=give sth. to sb.
end v.=finish doing sth.
n. in the end=finally=at last
at the end of near the end of by the end of in the end
win v. won过去式; winner n.
far –farther-farthest walk farther
further-furthest go abroad for a further study/research
22.daily adj. day n.
n.+ly→adj.(friendly, lovely, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
adj.+ly→adv.(1.一般情况下直接加ly。2. 以辅音字母加y结尾的adj.,变y为i再加ly。heavy→heavily, healthy→healthily 3. 某些以辅音字母加不发音e的结尾, 去e加y/ly。terrible→terribly, possible→possibly, probable→probably, true→truly 4. 绝大多数以e结尾的直接加ly。polite→politely 5. 还有一类adj./adv.同义同形。 early, late, fast)
real adj. really adv. a real watch really beautiful
true adj. truly adv. a true friend feel truly sad
23. ideal adj. 理想的an ideal school
易混淆的单词idea n.主意 a good idea
24. 相关的一些科目:Physics, Maths, English, Chinese, PE, Chemistry, Geography, Biology, Science, Music, Art
二、频考易错的短语和句型
1. 表示提出建议或邀请.Why don’t sb.+V原…?=why not +V原…?
How/What about +doing…? = Shall we+v原…?
肯定回答:Good idea. / OK. /Yes, please. / All right.
否定回答:No, thanks. /No, please don’t. /No, I don’t think…
2 look at看 look through浏览 look after照顾 look up查阅 look over迅速地检查,浏览 look like看起来像 look forward to 盼望 look for寻找 look out 当心,注意
look down on/upon轻视,瞧不起
have to do sth .= must do sth. 不得不/必须去做 (区别:must没有时态和词形的变化, have to 有时态,人称和数的变化)
—Must I go to the shop tonight? —No, you don’t have to./needn’t.
What’s sth. like? /What does sth. look like? /How is sth.? /How does sth. look?
buy a toy lorry for my cousin buy/cook sth. for sb.=buy/cook sb sth.
like doing sth. / to do sth. would like to do sth.=want to do sth.=feel like doing sth.
动词like的反义词dislike, 介词like的反义词unlike
Eg: I dislike selfish people.
Unlike my uncle, I like that bike.
7.spend v. spent-spent
sb. spend time/money on/doing sth.
sth. cost sb. money
sb. pay money for sth.
It takes sb. time to do sth.
8.bring sb. sth.=bring sth.to sb. bring in 带入
bring (由远及近)带来,take(由近及远)拿去,carry(无方向性, 一般携带比较笨重的东西)
9.a few(肯)/few(否)+可数名词复数
a little (肯) 一些 little (否) 几乎没有一些 后接不可数名词
a few (肯) 一些 few (否) 几乎没有一些 后接可数名词复数
eg. He has so few friends that he often feels lonely. (少)
There’s so little milk left in the fridge. (少)
It’s such a little bird that it still needs looking after. (小)
10. keep doing sth. / keep on doing sth. 坚持/继续做…
keep sb. doing sth. 使某人一直做……
keep sb. from doing sth .= stop / prevent sb. (from) doing sth. 阻止某人做……
11. need v. 情态/实义 (在否定和疑问句中,且句中又有其它实义动词时,情态和实义都可以)
He needn’t do it himself. (v.情态) = He doesn’t need to do it himself. (v.实义)
Need he do it himself? (v.情态) = Does he need to do it himself?(v.实义)
He didn’t need your help. Does he need any money? (无其它动词的句中只能用作实义动词)
He needs (me) to do it. (在肯定句中只能用作实义动词)
n. in need of money A friend in need is a friend indeed.
12. have two weeks off take/have…off 休假一段时间 give sb.…off 准某人休假一段时间
13. seem (link v.) 的用法:1. seem + adj. / n. = seem (to be)... 2. seem like+ n. 3. seem to do… 14. It seems that…
eg: Time seems to go faster.
He seems happy/to be happy. = It seems that he is happy.
15. a (large / great) number of许多 = many ; the number of ……的数目
eg. There are a number of students playing on the playground.
The number of the students is 50.
16. do morning exercises 做早操
exercise n. ①“作业练习”/“操” (可数名词) ②“锻炼”,不可数名词
例如:There are many exercises in the book. We should do eye exercises. exercise v. 锻炼
例如:He exercises every day.= He takes exercise every day.
17.have fun (in) doing sth做某事玩得很开心
have difficulty / trouble / problems (in) doing sth.
18. start/begin to do/doing sth. start/begin with sth at the beginning of …
19. have lots of time for after-school activities have time for sth.有时间做某事
eg: How much time do you have for sports each week?
20. go on a school trip=take/have a school trip
21. choose (chose) subjects to study
22. wear school uniforms wear ties
wear / have on…穿着(指状态) put on 穿上(强调动作)
dress v. 为某人穿上衣服dress sb./oneself (in red) (强调动作) n. 衣服
be dressed in…穿着(指状态) dress up (as…)乔装,打扮(成……)
(be) in…穿着(指状态) She is in a red skirt today. She looks pretty in red.
23. help new students learn about the school
help sb. do/to do sth. help sb with sth.
24. 对twice a week 划线提问用:how often
只对twice 的划线提问用:how many times
三、频考易错的语法知识
1、数量的比较
(1)more+[c]/[u]+than 比……多, fewer+[c]+than 比……少, less+[u]+than 比……少
eg: Millie has more tomatoes than Daniel.
Millie has fewer bananas than Kitty.
Millie has less rice than Daniel.
(2) the most +[c]/[u] 最多, the fewest +[c] 最少, the least +[u] 最少
eg: Kitty has the most eggs.
Daniel has the fewest tomatoes.
Millie has the least juice.
2、副词的比较级的几种表达形式:
原级表达法:eg: He runs as fast as Mike.
He runs 3 times as fast as Mike. 他跑得比Mike快2倍
原级否定表达法:He doesn’t run as/so fast as Mike.
带有than的表达法:He runs 3 times faster than Mike. 他跑得比Mike快3倍
带有than和范围的表达法:He runs faster than any other student /the other students in his class.
=He runs faster than any girl student in his class.
=He runs (the) fastest in his class.
特殊疑问词表达法:Who runs faster, Jack or Mike?
比较级+and+比较级:表越来越… 如:faster and faster; more and more beautiful
the+比较级,the+比较级,表示“越…越”如:The harder he studies, the better he does.
The more carefully you do your homework, the fewer mistakes you will make.
副词最高级的几种用法:
介词短语表示范围:He draws (the) best in the class /of his friends/among the six students.
特殊疑问词表达法:Which season do you like (the) best, spring, summer or autumn?
Unit2【课后巩固】
1. My sister has a pen friend. She is a _______girl.
A. America B. American C. British D. Britain
2. — What do British people say “_______”?
— They say “film”.
A. eraser B. Movie C. fall D. store
3. —I’m tired. I want to have a day_______ next week.
—Good idea, honey. You do need a break.
A. away B. on C. off D. about
4. — Why _______ you _______ to school on time this morning?
— My clock is broken.
A. didn’t; came B. did; came C. did; come D. didn’t; come
5. Every summer, he spends lots of time _______ around our country.
A. travel B. travels C. travelling D. to travel
6. Peter wants to be a basketball star, so he often practices ________ basketball in his free time.
A. playing B. plays C. to play D. play
7. It’s better to ________ your notes before you do your homework every evening. This can help you understand what you have learned better.
A. look after B. look for C. look through D. look on
8. — _______ does Mary go to the Bubby Club?
— Once a week.
A. How often B. How long C. How far D. How much
9. Who has _______ bread, Jim, Kate or Lucy?
A. fewer B. less C. the fewest D. the least
10. Quite a few students in the dining hall. The number of them about 300.
A. are; is B. is; are C. are; are D. is; is
11. His excellent grade in the exam put him _______ the top students in his class.
A. between B. over C. among D. above
12. What time did you finish _______ apples on the farm yesterday afternoon?
A. pick B. picking C. picked D. to pick
13. — Jane did her homework _______ of all of us.
— Really? But why only Jane got an “A” ?
A. the most slowly B. the slowest C. more slower D. slower
14. — What’s your best friend like?
— _______.
A. He feels better now B. He is a doctor
C. He likes watching TV D. He is helpful and generous
15. — We will have a day off this Friday!
— . There will be too much homework, I am afraid.
A. That’s great. B. Good idea C. Forget it. D. I’m sorry.
16. —What______ your school ______ ? —It’s small but very beautiful.
A. does; like B. do; like C. is; like D. is; likes
17. Can you finish the work well with______ money and______ people?
A. less; less B. less; more C. more; fewer D. less; fewer
18. Helen always likes reading articles _______ Mo Yan from China.
A. with B. on C. by D. to
19. People always call______ “cookie” in American English.
A. bread B. lorry C. biscuit D. cake
20. There are only two magazines for sale in the bookshelf and she bought______.
A. all B. both C. the other D. any
21. I didn’t ask for his help this morning, but he______ his help to me.
A. gives B. let C. offered D. made
22. The Maths problem is too difficult and______ students can work it out.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
23. We all think the question is______ that one.
A. not as easy as B. more easy than C. not easy than D. not as easier as
24. Jim is a careful driver, but he drives______ of my friends.
A. more carefully B. the most carefully C. less carefully D. the least carefully
25. —We’re doing a lot to protect our environment(环境), but it is not good enough.
—So we should try______ to look after it.
A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. carefully
词汇运用
Both Zhang Ziyi and Liu Yifei are famous Chinese m__________ stars.
In our school library, we can borrow four books at m each time.
Chinese is one of the most useful l______ in the world.
D______ the meeting, all of you should listen carefully.
As soon as I sat down, the waiter o__________ me a cup of tea.
We’d better talk l and do more.
We usually have English parties __________ (two) a term.
We can choose different ways __________(use) to work out the problem.
If you keep on __________ (work) hard, your dream will come true some day.
The class meeting is the __________ (week) activity of our class.
I can throw the ball __________ (far) than you can.
We visited the National Museum of (America) History.
I was (discuss) the problems with Mary at that time.
Last year he was busy with two (movie).
D the Reading Week, we all have a great time reading books.
Our school basketball team (win) again yesterday.
Which is the______ (quick) way to remember all the new words?
Our school has a______ (week) class meeting.
You can talk with your best friend about your______ (day) life.
We all know Jerry Maguire isn’t_______ (really) life.
My ideal school has a______ (month) trip for three days .
Each of you can choose your favourite subject___________ (study).
We always have fun___________ (chat) with each other on the Internet.
How much time did you spend ___________ (swim) every week?
Does your sister practice ___________ (draw) pictures every evening?
You need____________ (go) home now. It’s so late.