人教版九年级英语Unit 6 When was it invented ?
一、Knowledge Summary
1. C an you / C ould you ……？你能……吗？
肯定回答：Sure，I’d love / like to. / With pleasure.
否定回答：Sorry，I can’t. / I am sorry, but…
2. such + a/an + adj. + n. so + adj. + a/an + n.
some / any / no + such + n. so many / much / few / little + n.
It is really such a great invention.
I am sorry that I have no such books.
My father bought so lovely a dog.
He has so many books in his room.
3. Well, you do seem to have a point. 有道理，表示赞同别人的看法或观点
You have a point there. = I agree with you.
4. how tea was invented by accident. 茶是怎么被偶然发明的
by accident 偶然地，意外地I met her by accident in a crowded car.
5. it is said that…据说，有人说
It is said that they have won the game.
类似的句型还有，it is be lieved that……人们认为it is reported that 据报道
It is known that……众所周知……it is supposed that 据猜测
6. 辨析some time，sometimes，some times与sometime
sometimes频率副词，有时，提问用how often
some times 几次，几倍提问用how many times
sometime 某时，表示不确切或不具体的时间，提问用
eg. I need some time to do my homework.
She comes to visit us sometime
Lucy has been to Beijing some times.
Jack will leave for America sometime next week.
7.one of the world‘s favorite drinks was invented
one of 后接复数名词，意为“……之一”，做主语时后面的动词用单数。
One of them is good at English.
8. a few thousand years later / two thousand / two thousand students
①thousand 前表示不确切数目的词，如a few, some, several 等，thousand
②表示确切的词时，用基数词加thousand
③thousand与具体的数字连用时，其后不加s，也不能与of连用
④thousand与of连用时，表示不确切的数目，其后要加s
9. The tea trade fromChina to Western countries took place in the 19th century.
take place 发生，出现，举行有被动语态，一般指非偶然性的事件发生
happen 发生，碰巧没有被动语态和进行时态一般用于偶然或突发性事件
in the 19th century 在19世纪
in the 1980s 在20世纪80年代
10. the popularity of ……的普及
This helped to spread the popularity of tea。
11. without doubt 毫无疑问，的确
12. at a low price 以低价
13. translate……into 把……翻译成
Different writers translated the book into different languages.
14. Potato chips were invented by mistake.（错误地，无意中）
15. in the end 最后，最终at the end of 在……尽头，在……结束时
by the end of 在……以前，到……为止
16. divide into… →被动为：be divided into
divede the man into two teams
17. At the same time, they need to stop the competing team from getting the ball into their own basket.
need to do 需要做某事at the same time 同时stop from doing sth. 阻止做某事
18. dream of / about doing sth. 梦想做某事
Many young people dream of becoming famous players.
19. Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like them.
look up to 钦佩，仰慕hero复数为es ( 黑人Negro英雄hero爱吃西红柿tomato土豆potato)
20. These stars encourage young people to work hard to achieve their dreams.
encourage to do sth, 鼓励某人做某事achieve one’s dream 实现某人的梦想
21. a professional basketball player
二、Grammar Focus
一般过去时的被动语态
1.构成：主语+was/ were + 动词过去分词+其他
The desk was made by my father yesterday.
They were invented by Julie Thompson.
否定句：主语+was/ were not + 动词过去分词+其他
一般疑问句：Was/ Were +主语+ 动词过去分词+其他?
肯定回答：否定回答：
三、当堂测验
1.The car is ______ a great invention. We can’t imagine the life without it.
A. so
B. such
C. enough
D. too
2.You’re a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of young people ______ you.
A. look after
B. look up to
C. look up
D. look for
3. The teacher seemed _______ angry. Let’s stop talking to listen to him carefully.
A. get
B. getting
C. to get
D. got
4. The shoes with special heels are in the newest ______. Many girls wear them.
A. brand
B. trade
C. style
D. product
5. —So kind of you to give me a ride to the station.
—_________
A. Never mind.
B. My pleasure.
C. It doesn’t matter.
D. Glad you like it.
