新目标七年级下Units5-6词语辨析
2008-04-10张庆
张 庆
Unit 5
1. see/look/watch/read
我们平常说看报纸,而在英语中表示看的单词有很多,那么我们究竟用哪个?是look, see,watch,还是read呢?
[一语击破]
see是指自然而然地看,强调看的结果,不可用进行时态。
look是指想看而向目标看去,强调看的过程,可用进行时。如:
Jane looked at the blackboard but could not see the words clearly.
简看着黑板但看不清上面的字。
watch是指注意看,尤其指看动的东西,如:看电视、看比赛。
read是阅读,如看文章等。
[巩固精练]
用see, look, watch或read填空:
1. Can you ____ the words on the blackboard?They are so small.
2. ____!There is a little sheep on the hill.
3. They are going to ____ a football match this Sunday.
4. ——What are you doing? ——Im ____ a novel.
Key:1.see2.Look3.watch4.reading
2. talk to/talk about
Why are the men talking to the policeman?
这些人为什么同警察谈话?
Talk about this picture, and ask a friend questions about it.
看图说话,请就这张图画向一位朋友问几个问题。
[词义辨析]
(1) talk to表示“与……交谈”的意思,后面跟谈话的对象,用作宾语,介词to可换成with(用with是美国英语)。例如:
He is talking to/with a comrade. 他在和一位同志谈话。
(2) talk about表示“谈”,“谈论”的意思,后面跟谈话的内容,可用人或物作宾语。例如:
The children are talking about a film. 孩子们在谈论一部电影。
[巩固精练]
用talk to或talk about填空:
1. What are you ____?
2. I want to ____ you about a very important matter.
3. People are beginning to ____ him.
4. He is ____ writing a play for children.
5. Work in pairs and ____ these pictures.
Key:1.talking about 2.talk to 3.talk about/to 4.talking about 5.talk about
Unit 6
1. study/learn
[一语击破]
A.这两个动词都作“学习”解,有时可以互换使用。例如:
He is learning/studying English now. 现在他在学习英语。
B.learn 往往指通过学习、练习或由教授以获得某种知识或技能,侧重学习的成果,有“学会”,“学到”的意思。study 通常指比较深入地学习,含有努力去学的意味,它侧重学习的过程,有“研究”,“钻研”的意思。例如:
He studies hard and he will surely learn the language.
他努力学习,一定会学会这门语言。
注意:“向某人学习”应该说learn from sb., 不能用study。例如:
Learn from Lei Feng. 向雷锋学习。
由learn 构成的词组有:learn by oneself 自学, learn…by heart把……背下来,牢记。
[巩固精练]
用study 或learn填空:
1. The boy ____ to swim now.
2. ____ hard, work hard, do better every day.
3. The general(将军) ____ a map in the room now.
4. We are going to ____ a new lesson this week.
5. We should ____ from each other.
Key:1.is learning 2.Study 3.is studying 4.learn/study 5.learn
2. surprised/surprising
[一语击破]
这两个词都可以用作形容词,表示“惊奇的”之意,但各自的含义不同。
A.surprised 表示人因为突然或意想不到的情况而感到惊奇,作“惊奇的”、“意外的”解,其后常接at sth./sb. 或接不定式、that从句,表示原因。如:
We were surprised at him/his behaviour.
我们对他(对他的行为)感到诧异。
I was surprised to hear that he failed in the exam.
我听说他考试不及格,感到意外。
B.surprising表示某事物引起或使得他人惊奇的意思,作“使人惊奇的”、“出人意料的”解。如:
It is not surprising that Robert got fired.
罗伯特被解雇了,这没有什么可大惊小怪的。
[巩固精练]
用surprised 或surprising填空
1. He looked ____ to see Cassie standing by the front door.
2. Dont be ____ if the interviewer is rather direct.
3. She told me a ____ thing.
4. Its ____ how quickly you get used to things.
Key:1.surprised 2.surprised 3.surprising 4.surprising
3.everyone/every one
[一语击破]
everyone=everybody 意为“每个人”,“大家”,其后不跟of 引起的介词短语。every one意为“每个(人或物)”,具体指什么要看后面of 短语的内容。如果后面没有of 短语,要用everyone 表示人, every one 表示物。
[巩固精练]
用everyone或 every one 填空:
1. ____ of the children enjoys reading picture books.
2. I would like ____ to be happy.
3. ____ of the books is very useful.
4. Tell me their address. Ill put ____ down in my notebook.
Key:1.Every one 2.everyone 3.Every one4.everyone