八年级上册Unit 9精讲精练
Unit9 when was he born?
一. 本单元重点短语
1. was(were) born 出生于 2.the world record世界记录
3.a great Chinese ping-pong player杰出的中国乒乓球运动员
4.start/begin doing sth.开始做某事 3.stop doing sth. 停止做某事
5. a loving grandfather一个慈爱的祖父 6.spend time with sb.与某人一起度过时光
7. a comedy called…一部叫……的喜剧 8. tour the U.S. 在美国观光旅行
9. become a skating champion成为一个滑冰冠军 10. become famous 成名
11.hum songs 哼歌 12 a piece of music 一首曲子
13.start learning English开始学英语 14. at the age of 14 在14岁的时候
15. take part in 参加 16. win (the ) first prize赢得一等奖
17.in the speech competition 在演讲比赛中 18. because of 因为、由于
二. 本单元重点知识
1. was/were born in/on…出生于
年份或月份或地点前用介词in ,而具体时间前介词用on. 例如:
---Where were you born?
2、start/begin to do 与start/begin doing的区别 when he was seven.
begin to learn =begin / start learning 开始学习。
一般情况下,两者可互换。但下列情况只能用to do
1)start 的进行时态之后,用to do sth.形式。
I was starting to get angry. 我开始发火了。
I am starting to cook the dinner. 我正要开始煮饭。
2) 在 start 之后出现的涉及感情或思想的动词( understand, realize等) ,用不定式。 She started to understand what he really wanted. 她开始明白他真正想要什么。
3) 当主语是物不是人时,要用不定式。 It began to melt.
3. Stop to do sth 停下来去做别的事。 Stop doing sth.停下正在做的事。 4. You are never too young to start doing things.
too adj. /adv. to do 意为“太……而不能……” 表示否定意义。
常转换成not…adj/adv. enough 或so…that…互换。
例如:The bag is too heavy for me to carry . 这个包太重,我提不动。
= The bag is not light enough for me to carry.
= The bag is so heavy that I can’t carry .
I’m so tired that I can’t walk on. (同义句) =I’m _____ tired ____ _______ on. This shirt is too small. I can’t wear it. (同义句)
This shirt is ____ small for me_______ ________.
=This shirt is not _______ ______ ______ wear.
=This shirt is ______ small ______ I can’t wear it.
When “当……时候”,它引导的句子称为时间状语从句,说明动作发生的时间。 Tiger Woods started golfing _________________________(当他10个月的时候)
当他四岁的时候)
a school named Guangming Middle School.一所叫光明中学的学校
7. spend 花费;度过,消磨 Spend his free time with friends
spend, take, cost, pay的区别。都有“ 花费”的意思。
a) take:句型:It takes sb. some time to do
Sth takes sb some time to do(主语多为工程,项目)
如:The bridge will take us three years to build.
It takes me half an hour to finish my homework.
b) cost:句型:物+cost +钱… 如:The book cost me five yuan.
c) pay: 句型:人+ pay+money+for+sth. 如:I will pay five yuan for this book. d) spend:句型:人+spend+time/money+(in)doing
人+spend+time/money+on st
如:I spent five yuan _______ this book(buy). / I spent five yuan _____ this book. I spend two hours _______ my home work every day. (do)
Mary spends a lot of money ______ the clothes every year.
It takes me two hours _______ my homework every day. (do)
8. see sb do强调“看见动作的全过程”; see sb doing强调“看见动作正在进行”。
e.g. I saw him cross the road. 我看见他穿过了马路.
e.g. I saw him crossing the road.我看见他正在穿过马路.
9. take part in“参加” = join in 常指参加短期的活动
join 指参加某个组织或党派, 成为某组织的(固定、长期的)一员。
例如:--Would you like to take part in our activity? --I ’d love to.
My brother joined the army last year.
10. He was ______ the first Chinese pianist __________ this prize.(win)
The first (man/player…) to do…. 第一个做…的人
Shanghai is the first city to build the maglev train.
Jack is the first to come and the last to go.
In the 70-year history of the competition 在70年的比赛历史中
He is 13 years old. = He is thirteen = He is a 13-year-old boy.
11. 有些以a 开头的形容词,如alive, awake, alone, asleep, afraid等属于表语形容词。 如It is a living fish.= The fish is still alive.
12. 表原因: because of + n. because + 句子
He stopped playing soccer __________ his sore back.
= He stopped playing football because _____ ______ _____ ______ _______. He didn’t go to school yesterday _________ he was ill.
= He didn’t go to school yesterday _____________ his illness.
We didn’t go out _________the weather was bad.
= We didn’t go out _____________the bad weather.
I go to school by bus _____ it is fast.
专修…
二、语法
1. 一般过去时
1)一般过去时常和表示过去的时间状语连用
如:in 1987,at the age of seven, when he was seven, when he was a small boy等 2 ) 一般过去时的特殊疑问句 2. 构词法:职业名词
1).动词+er ,构成的职业名称最多,意为“……家/人”等。如:
teach (教)—teacher (老师) work (工作)—worker (工人)
farm (耕种)—farmer (农民) clean (打扫)—cleaner (清洁工)
write (写)—writer (作家) sing (唱;唱歌)—singer (歌唱家;歌手) drive (开车等)—driver (司机) dance (跳舞;舞蹈)—dancer (舞蹈家)
2).名词(多为自然学科)+ist ,可构成“……家”等。如:
art (艺术;美术)—artist (艺术家;画家) chemistry (化学)—chemist (化学家) physics (物理)—physicist (物理学家) science (科学)—scientist (科学家),
3).名词+ian ,构成“……家/员”等。如:
music (音乐;乐曲)—musician (音乐家)library (图书馆—librarian (图书管理员)
4)名词+man 或woman ,构成“……人/员”等。如:
police (警务)—policeman /policewoman (警察)
business (生意)—businessman (商人) sports (运动)—sportsman (运动员) post (邮递;寄送)—postman (邮递员)
三、巩固练习
1. 用所给词的形式填空。
1) He _______ (be) not with me at that time.
2) She _______(be) born in 1997.
3) They ______ (go) to the park last Sunday.
4) Bob was so tired that he _____(sleep) earlier than usual.
6) Mrs. Li _______(live) here many years ago.
7) She was in a hurry, so she ___________(not have) time to cook for you.
8) He didn’t go to school _____________(因为) his headache.
9). China is _________________(因……而出名) its silk trade.
10). How old were you when you _______________(开始学) English? 2. 按要求句型转换。
______ _______ ______ they live in Beijing?
2)She joined the English club last year.(改为否定句)
She the English club last year.
3). I spend two hours on my homework every day.
It__________ _______ 2 hours to do my homework every day.
4). He became a teacher when he was 26.
He became a teacher __________ the __________ of 26.
5) . He was so young that he couldn’t go to school. He was______ young ______ go to school.
3. 选择填空:
( ) 1) You are never ____ old ______ learn.
A. too, to B. to, to C. to, too D. too, too
( ) 2)They arrived in New York ______ the morning of February 24th .
A. on B. in C. at D. of
( ) 3)Laura _____ ice skating when she was four.
A. starts B. is starting
C. started D. starting
( ) 4)The baby ______ when he saw his mother.
A. stopped crying B. stop cry C. stopped to cry D.stop crying
( ) 5) the evening May 5, 1996.
A. in; of B. on; of C. in; in D. on; in
( )6)say a word.
A. too; too B. so; to C. very; to D. too; to
( ) 7). When my father was fourteen, he started ______ a football team.
A. to play with B. to play for C. playing with D. playing as
( )8. Deng Yaping went to Tsinghua University and ____ English and management.
A. majored in B. major in C. majored for D. major for
( )9. -__________ didn’t she come to school last night? -Because she was ill.
A. When B. Why C. Where D. How
( )10. He could hum songs and difficult______
A. piece of musics B. pieces of musics
C. piece of music D. pieces of .music
( )11. We have worked for three hours. Now let’s stop ________ a rest.
A. had B. have C. to have D. having
( )12.- ______ you start learning English? -At the age of five.
A. When do B. When did C. How long do D. How long did