牛津译林八下Unit1知识梳理

牛津译林八下Unitl知识梳理

Comic strip & Welcome to the unit

1: past and present

(1) past

① n. 过去,以前； in the past在过去

In the past, there was no underground in Nanjing.

People lived a hard life in the past.

② adj.过去的,以前的；in/over/during the past/last few years 在过去的几年里 常用于现在完成时

Let ' s not make tlpast mistakes.

He has visited many foreign countries in the past few years .

③ prep.过 half past ten 十点半

Our car was past the Tian ' anmen Square when it broke down.

④ adv. 经过 go/walk/run/ride/drive/swim past sp. = pass sp.

A woman saw it happen when she walked past.

When I walk past the post office, I see a bird flying over the tree.

(2) present

① adj.现在的；目前的；出席的 be present at the meeting出席会议

② n.现在；礼物；at present 现在 ；a present for you=a gift for you 给你的礼物

He is busy at present .

③ vt.介绍；出现；提出；赠送；present sb. with sth.

Everyone can be present ed a present at present.

2: You' ve^hanaed, Eddie. You used to share food with me.

你变了.你以前跟我分享食物的.

(1) change此处用作不及物动词,意为"变化〞. change int.意为"变成".

In England, the weather changes very often.在英格兰,天气时常变化.

The place changed into a beautiful park last year.这个地方去年变成了一个漂亮的公园.

拓展：

① change还可用作及物动词,意为"交换 ；改变;换乘".

Can I change seats with you?我可以和你换一下座位吗 ？

At last, he changed his mind.最后,他改变了主意.

I stopped in Moscow just to change planes.我为了转机才在莫斯科停留的.

② change还可用作可数或不可数名词,意为"改

变,变化,转变〞；用作不可数名词时,还可意为“零钱 ；找头〞

Can you tell me something about the change to the city?你能告诉我有关这个城市的变化吗

Let's go out to a restaurant for a change!咱们到饭店去换换口味吧 ！

I have no change with me.我没带零钱.

(2) use n.用途；使用水平；运用头脑(或身体)的水平；

vt.用,使用；行使 use sth to do useful adj.有用的；useless adj.无用的

① used to (do sth.) 过去常常(做某事)"否认形式：used not to+v.或 didn ' t use to+v.

疑问形式：Used sb. to v.? Yes, sb used./No, sb usedn ' t.

或 Did sb. use to+v.? Yes, sb did./No, sb didn ' t.

② get/be used to(doing sth.)习惯于(做某事)

It's not easy to get used to the changes of life quickily. (P17)

He used to go fishing every Saturday. But since he changed his job, he barely〔几乎不〕had a

chance. He thinks he ' lbeeverd to this busy lifestyle.

③ be used to do sth.被用来做某事

〔 A 〕 He used to in a small village, but now he has been used to in a big

city.

A. live; living B. live; live C. living; living

〔 B 〕 Do you know what the box?

A. is used to doing B. is used to do C. use to do D. used to do

Reading

1: ...so Millie is interviewing him to get some information.

interview n .采访,会见 vt.采访；面试

interview sb . = have an interview with sb.采访某人

拓展：interviewer作名词,意为"采访者,面试官".

Sally became a member of the company after the job interview.

萨莉在求职面试后成为了这家公司的一员.

I interviewed Mr Zhang yesterday afternoon

=I had an interview with Mr Zhang yesterday afternoon.

昨天下午我采访了张先生.

2： I first lived in the northern part of the town with my parents.

in the northern part of China = in northern China = in the north of China

北 南

西

东 东南 东北 西南 西北

n . north south west east southeast northeast southwest

northwest

adj. northern southern western

eastern southeastern northeastern southwestern northwestern

Beijing is in the northern part of China.

批注：注意in the north与in the northern part of的同义句转换.例如： Beijing is in the north of China.= Beijing is in the

northern part of China .

3: When I got married in 1965, my wife and I moved _________________________ two blocks away and we ' ve lived in

this area since then.当我1965结婚的时候,我的妻子和我搬到了两个街区之外,从那之后 我一直住在那个地方.

〔1〕 marry :

① vt.& vi.〔使〕结婚；娶；嫁；结合;

marry sb = get married to sb 与某人结婚 marry A to B 把 A 嫁给 B

② adj. married 已婚的; 短语： A and B get married /A get〔s〕 married to B

③ n. marriage 婚姻

〔2〕 move: vt.& vi.移动,搬动；使感动

move away 搬走 move into 搬进 move out of 搬出...

Every year millions of people moved into the city while millions of people moved away .

3: Now the government has turned part of the town centre into a new park.

turn into 进入,拐进；〔使〕成为,〔使〕进入 turn... into... = change...into...把...变成

Bad beginnings may turn into good endings.

I saw him turn into the library.

How can you turn a bottle of water into a bottle of orange juice?

turn on 止 turn off 玉 turn up 调高； 开大〔音量、煤气等〕

turn down 调彳氐；关/卜〔音量、煤气、欠T火等 〕 turn around 转身

turn over把 ..... 翻过来 turn back往回走 turn left向左转 turn right向右转

by turns 轮流,交替 in turn 依次； 轮流 turn in

交出；上交

take one ' s tiW^;轮流 It ' s one ' s turn to dO^Sthl某人做某事 .

5: Was pollution a problem then?

pollution n .

拓展：v. pollute污染 pollute the air污染空气

常见短语：air pollution空气污染；noise pollution噪音污染；light pollution光污染

I could hardly believe she had made a video about water pollution by herself.

我几乎不能相信她靠自己制作了一份有关水污染的录像.

6: They often put the waste into the river. 他们经常把垃圾放到河里.

(1) put sth into 把 ....... 放进,使进入

Please put the food into the fridge. put away 拿走,储存 …备用 put down 写下；记下 put off延期；推迟 put up 举起：抬起：张贴：搭建