Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
2016-04-29
重点单词
1. begin v. (began) 开始
Ill begin whenever youre ready.
你什么时候准备好我就开始。
常用的句型: begin to do与begin doing
一般来说,begin to do和begin doing可以互换.
2. heavily 在很大程度上;大量地
My father smoke heavily.
我父亲抽烟很凶。
注意:形容雨雪下得大用heavily/hard
It rained heavily, so he didnt go to work yesterday.
雨下得很大,因此他今天没去上班。
拓展:
heavy adj. 重的
Peter is heavier than his sister.
彼得比他妹妹重。
3. strange adj. 奇特的;奇怪的
A strange thing happened this morning.
今天上午发生了一件怪事。
拓展:stranger n. 陌生人
4. light光;光线;光亮,
注意:light意为“光;光线;光亮”时候是不可数名词,
拓展:
(1)可数名词,意为“电灯”
(2) 形容词,意为“轻的;浅色的”
Is the box heavy or light?
盒子重不重?
I like the light green dress.
我喜欢那条浅绿色的裙子。
(3) 动词,意为“点燃,照亮”
He sat down and lit a cigarette.
他坐下来点了一根烟。
5. report v .n. 报道;公布
Call me if you have something to report.
如果你有什么事要向我报道就给我打电话。
拓展:
make a report 做报告 weather report 天气预报 give a report 作报告
Its reported that… 据报道。。。。。。
Its reported that it will rain heavily tonight.
据报道,今夜有大雨。
6. beat (beat, beaten) 敲打;打败
Someone was beating on the door.
有人在敲门
We beat them by 3:2.
我们以3比2打败了他们。
beat和win区别:
beat 后常接打败竞争对手。
We beat them by the score of 2 to 1.
我们以2:1赢了他们。
win指赢得比赛、游戏奖杯、奖牌
Which team won the football match?
哪个对赢了那场足球赛?
7. against prep. 倚;碰;撞
⑴ 表示“反对”,其反义词为 for
Are you for or against the plan?
你对这个计划是赞成还是反对呢?
⑵ 表示位置,意为“靠着”、“顶着”、等.
The teachers desk is against the wall.
老师的办公桌靠墙放着。
He stood leaning against the tree.
他站着斜靠在墙上。
8. rise vn 增加;升起 ;提高
Im going to ask for a rise.
我将申请加薪。
辨析:rise与raise
rise 升起;上升 指主语自身移向较高位置
Price rose gradually 。
价格慢慢上涨了。
raise 举起;提高 指主语发出的动作作用于其他事物
Lets raise our glasses to Tom.
让我们为Tom 举起酒杯。
9. realize v. 意识到
⑴ realize+n
She didnt realize her mistake.
她没有意识到她的错误。
⑵ realize+从句
I didnt realize that you were so unhappy.
我没有意识到你这么不开心。
10. silence n. 沉默;缄默; 无声
Theres nothing but silence in the room .
屋内寂静无声 .
keep in silence . 保持沉默.
拓展
silent adj 沉默的, 寂静的
The old house was quite silent .
这所老房子寂静无声.
The cat moved on silent feet .
那只猫无声地走动着.
重点短语
1. go off, (闹钟) 发出响声The alarm went off just now.
刚才警钟响了
拓展
go over 复习 go away 离开 go by (时间)过去
2. fall asleep 进入梦乡;睡着
⑴ fall asleep “入睡;睡着”,指进入梦乡,往往含有“不知不觉就睡着了“的意思。
He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door.
他刚要入睡时,这时传来了响亮的敲门声。
(2) go to sleep意为“入睡,睡着”,强调从开始睡到睡着的过程。
I just want to close my eyes and go to sleep as quickly as possible.
我只是想闭上眼睛,尽快地睡上一觉。
(3) go to bed“就寝”,“上床睡觉”,指上床去睡这个动作,与get up相对应。
The students in our school usually get up at six in the morning and go to bed at half past nine in the evening. 我们学校的学生通常早晨六点起床,晚上九点半睡觉
3. die down 逐渐变弱;逐渐消失
拓展
die down与die out的用法区别:
指火的熄灭时,用die down或die out皆可。
die down往往指火势由强到弱慢慢熄灭,植物慢慢死亡这一过程;
die out则指熄灭这一事实,而且不及die down用的普遍。
die down: 反映风、声音、愤怒、掌声、战斗等平息下来。
die out: 指家庭、种族、物种、组织、信仰等的消失或消亡。
4. make ones way to … 前往;费力的前进 (当后接地点副词时,应省略介词to)
Ill make my way home now.
现在我要回家。
及时练习
1. Ben didnt fall asleep until the wind (die down)at around 3:00 a.m.
2. .I was too tired and still sleeping when my alarm ( go off).
3. The river two inches this morning.
A. rose B. raised C. are getting up D. grow
4.写出下面单词过去式和过去分词
beat rise fall begin
5. 词性转换
Heav y (adv) sudden (adv)
recent (adv) complete (adv)
sleep (adj.) ice (adj.)
silent (n.) true
report (n.) strange (n.)
参考答案:1. died down 2. went off 3.A
4.
(1). beat; beaten ( 2).rose; risen (3) fell; fallen (4) began begun
5.
heavily; suddenly; recently; completely; asleep; icy; silence; truth; reporter; stranger
基本语法
过去进行时态
⑴ 用法:
① 过去某个时间正在发生的动作
He was cooking at six last night.
昨天晚上六点,他正在做饭。
② 过去某段时间正在发生的动作
I was staying here from March to May last year.
去年从3月到5月,我一直呆在这里。
⑵ 与过去进行时连用的时间状语,常见的有 at nine last night/at that time=then/at this time yesterday/或有when the teacher came in/ while he was reading的提示
⑶ 过去进行时的构成:was\\were+现在分词
⑷ 过去进行时的四个基本句型
肯定句
He was cooking at six last night.
否定句
He was not cooking at six last night.
一般疑问句
Was he cooking at six last night?
两回答
Yes, he was. /No, he wasnt.
特殊疑问句
What was he doing at six last night?