Unit 4 Amazing things
Part 2: Teaching materials
第二部分教学资源
I. 重点难点详解
1. amazing adj.令人吃惊;amazed adj.吃惊的(强调人的感受)
He made amazing progress.
I’m amazed at the news.
Frightenin g→surprising→exciting→moving→interesting
frightened→surprised→excited→moved→interested
2. light n. / adj.
a. 可数名词, “灯” : Turn right at the traffic lights.
b. 不可数名词, “光线,光”: He reads by candle light.
c. adj. 淡色的,轻的,明亮的: 她穿着一件淡蓝色外衣. She wears a light coat. 那老人能干一些轻活. The old man can do some light work.
3. It takes (sb.) some time to do sth.
①乘火车从上海到北京需要十个小时左右. It takes about ten hours from Shanghai to Beijing by train.
②请对上句中的“ten hours”提问.
How long does it take from Shanghai to Beijing by train?
4.a man in the USA 用介词短语作定语，修饰名词，放于其后。
a boy with a football; a girl on a red bike
形容词短语作定语放于名词之后:
a bag full of books; a farm far away from the school
5. with + 宾语+ 宾补(adj.), 在句中作状语
他开着门走了. He left with the door open.
作定语:那个窗户开着的房间是我的. The room with the windows open is mine.
6. a. “keep +宾语+ 形容词/ 分词/ 介词短语”使…保持某种状态.
这是保持我们城市清洁的好办法. It’s a good way to keep our city clean.
对不起,让你久等了. I’m sorry to keep you waiting so long.
把盒子放在阴凉处. (shade) Please keep the box in the shade.
b. keep + adj.
保持健康keep healthy/ fit;保持安静keep quiet
c. keep + doing sth. 持续,不间断地做某事
那位年老的女士整天站在那儿. The old lady kept standing there the whole day.
7. at the same time 同时
许多人可以同时在那里钓鱼. Lots of people can go fishing there at the same time.
8. without + n. / doing
I can’t finish the work without your help.
He went to school without (having) breakfast.
9. as usual 像往常一样= as always
像往常一样辛勤工作. He works hard as usual.
than usual 比经常他到得比往常晚. He got there later than usual.
10. turn around 转过身去
turn in 上交; turn over 翻过来; turn on/ off打开/关闭; turn up / down调大/ 调小
Turn in your homework, please.
I want to study. Would you mind turning off / turning down the TV, set? She turned around and looked at me.
Turn over the cake.
Don’t forget to turn off the lights when you leave.
11. anything unusual adj. 置于不定代词之后
重要的东西something unusual; 没什么严重的nothing serious
12. search v.
a. search for – look for :
他在许多地方找工作. He searched work at many places.
b. search sb./ sp. The police searched very part of the building.
The police searched for him. The police searched him.
13. take card of – look after take good card of =look after…well Take care of your health. Who will take care of /look after the pet? 14. following adj. 其次的, 接着的= next
The following month; 次月;下星期the following week
15. not…any more = no more不再
她不再哭了. She no more cried. She didn’t cry any more.
no more, not…any more 通常与表示具体动作的动词连用.
no longer, not…any longer 通常与状态动词连用.
你不再是小孩了. You are no longer a child.
我不准备在帮他了. I’m not going to help him any more
16. crazy adj. 狂热的,疯狂的, crazily adv.
a. be crazy about / on 醉心于,痴迷于: 他痴迷于滑雪. He is crazy about skiing.
b. be crazy for 渴望某物,迷恋某人:
你们渴望有一套大房子吗? Are you crazy for a large house?
c. be crazy to do sth. 做某事是糊涂的.
把钱借给那个人, 你真糊涂. You are crazy to lend that man your money.
17. be fond of + n. / doing sth. 非常喜欢
我弟弟喜欢流行音乐. My brother is fond of pop music.
谁喜欢画画? Who is fond of drawing?
18. weigh (v.)
Please weigh that bag? How heavy is it?
weight (n.) What’s you weight?
The weight of some large dinosaurs is about 100,000kilograms.
19. live up to 活到…
活到150多岁live up to 150 years.
20. as…as 与……一样……
not as / so… as 与…不一样
as… as之间为adj. 或adv. 原级
他和Tom 跑得一样快. He runs as fast as Tom.
我开车没有他开得好. I don’t drive as well as he does.
as…as sb. can / as…as possible 尽可能…
尽量早点回来. Come back as early as possible / you can.
21. find it interesting 发现这很有趣
我发现这个故事激动人心. I find this story is exciting.
我觉得这个报告乏味. I found the repot (was) boring.
22. It is + adj. + (for sb.) to do sth. 对于某人来说做……是……
对我们来说,学好英语很重要. It is important for us to learn English well.
23. happen 发生, vi. ~ to sb.
昨天约翰出了事故. An accident happened to John yesterday.
24. invent (v.) 发明
Who invented the lamp, do you know?
invention (n.) 发明物: Which invention is the most useful?
inventor (n.) 发明家: I know Edison was a great inventor.
25. over多于= more than
There are over 1000 students in my school.
在…上面:There’s a bridge over the river.
Ⅱ.练习
一、根据中文、英文解释或句意填入恰当的单词
1. Girls are ____________ (afraid) when they see a mouse.
2. You look so ____________ (not strong). You need more exercise.
3. Did you hear a ____________ (soft noise) from the bushes?
4. Jack has ___________ (more than) dishes.
5. He is showing me a book about some ____________ (不寻常的) things.
6. ____________ (没有) water or air, we can’t live.
7. Isn’t Tom a ____________ (奇怪的) boy?
8. Some frogs are ____________(有毒的).
9. Can you tell me who i____________ the telephone?
10. My mother often w____________ up at six in the morning.
二、用括号内单词的适当形式填空
1. Are these cards ____________ (they)?
2. The students are going to learn something about ____________ (amaze) things.
3. Very ____________ (quiet), he opened the door for the dog.
4. ____________ (be) you tired after the visit yesterday?
5. What are you fond of ____________ (play)?
6. He was surprised ____________ (see) what happened.
7. Do you know the last dodo ____________ (die) in 1681.
8. Look! How fast the train ____________ (run)!
9. I’m sure the doctor ____________ (come) and see the sick child this afternoon.
10. Tell her ____________ (not close) the window.
三、单项选择
( ) 1. ____________ lovely weather today is!
A. What a
B. How
C. What
D. How a
( ) 2. Lucy, what ____________ you yesterday?
A. happening to
B. happened
C. was happened
D. happened to
( ) 3. ____________ is knocking at the door.
A. One
B. Anyone
C. Someone
D. Everyone
( ) 4. Please ____________ who broke the window?
A. find
B. search
C. find out
D. look for
( ) 5. The room is dirty. You must keep it ____________.
A. to clean
B. clean
C. cleaning
D. cleaned
( ) 6. I found ____________ interesting to watch ants.
A. that
B. this
C. it’s
D. it
( )7. –Would you like to have something to eat? –____________.
A. I’d like
B. Yes, I’d like
C. Yes, I’d love to
D. Yes, please
( ) 8. –How do you like the DVD? –____________.
A. It’s like a book
B. It’s soft
C. It’s about animals
D. It’s wonderful ( ) 9. __________ you __________ yesterday? I read a book.
A. What do, do
B. How do, do
C. What did, do
D. How did, do ( ) 10. These are ____________ bags. Give them to them, please.
A. Tom and Sam’s
B. Tom’s and Sam’s
C. Tom and Sams’
D. Tom’s and Sam
四、句型转换
1. He studied English when he was four years old. (改为一般问句) _____________________________ when he was four years old?
2. Simon liked music very much in the past. (同义句)
Simon ________________________ music in the past.
3. Our parents look after us carefully. (同义句)
Our parents ________________________ us.
4. It takes 10-20 days to travel from the Earth to the Moon by rocket. (提问)
________________________ from the Earth to the Moon by rocket?
5. Elephants walk on tiptoe. (提问)
________________________ elephants ____________?
五、改错（每句只有一处错，请划出并在横线上改正）
1. What happened with Millie? ____________
2. Are you fond of swim in the sea? ____________
3. Can you find interesting something in this book? ____________
4. Fish often sleep with their eyes opened. ____________
5. He didn’t him homework yesterday. ____________
六、根据汉语提示完成句子
1. 她转过身来，没有发现什么不寻常的东西
She___________________and didn’t find ________________________.
2. 我不再怕动物了。
I’m___________________afraid of animals ____________________.
3. 这老人每天练习跑步，我相信他能活到100岁。
The old man practices running every day. I believe he can ____________ 100 years.
4. 我想更多地了解他们。
I want ________________________ them.
5. 昨晚他几点吃晚饭的？六点左右。
When ______________________ last night? At about 6.
参考答案
一、1. frightened 2. weak 3. whisper 4. over 5. unusual 6. without 7. strange 8. poisonous 9. invented 10. wakes
二、1. theirs 2. amazing 3. quietly 4. were 5. playing 6. to see 7. died 8. is running 9. will come
10. not to close
三、C D C C B D C D C B
四、1. Did he study English 2. was fond of 3. take good care of 4. How long does it take 5. How do, walk
五、1. with →to 2. swim →swimming 3. interesting something →something interesting 4. opened →open 5. didn’t →didn’t do
六、1. turned around, anything unusual 2. not, any more 3. live up to 4. to learn more about 5. did he have supper