Unit 8 Is there a post office near here？

重点单词

pay v. n. 付费

turn v. 转向；翻

spend v. 花（时间，钱等）

climb v. 爬

enjoy v. 享受；喜爱

post n. 邮政

office n. 办公室

police n. 警察

hotel n. 旅馆；酒店

restaurant n. 餐馆

bank n. 银行

hospital n. 医院

street n. 大街

front n. 前面

town n. 镇；市镇

north n. 北方；北 adj. 北方的

crossing n. 十字路口

neighborhood n. 街区；街坊

air n. 空气

sunshine n. 阳光

free adj. 免费的

across adv. prep. 过；穿过

around adv. prep. 到处；大约

right adv. 向右边 n. 右边

left adv. 向左边 n. 左边

often adv 时常；常常

easily adv. 容易地

near prep. 在……附近

behind prep. 在……的后面

along prep. 沿着

重点短语

post office 邮局

police station 警察局

pay phone 付费电话

across from 在……对面

in front of 在……前面

go along （the street） 沿着（这条街）走

turn right / left 向右/左转

spend time 花时间

重点句型

1. Is there a/an ... near here？

这附近有一个……吗？

2. Are there any ... near here？

这附近有一些……吗？

3. Where’s the ... ？

……在哪里？

4. It’s on/in/over/behind ...

它在……上面/里面/上方/后面。

重点语法

1. There be句型；

2. 用Where问路的表达方式；

3. 表示地点的介词的用法。

同步讲解

Section A

1. Is there a hospital near here？

这附近有医院吗？

这是一个there be句型。结构：there be+sb/sth +地点，表示在某地有某人或某物（there是引导词没有词义；be 是谓语动词；某人/物是主语，地点作状语，多为介词短语）。

There is a bank in the neighborhood.

附近有一家银行。

注意：

（1） there be句型的谓语动词be在人称和数上应与后面的第一个名词保持一致。如果后面的名词是可数名词单数或不可数名词，谓语动词用is；如果后面的名词是可数名词复数，be 动词用are。

There is a boy and two girls in the room.

房间里有一个男孩两个女孩。

There is some salad on the table.

桌上有一些沙拉。

There are some students in the classroom.

教室里有几个学生。

（2） there be句型的一般疑问句：将be动词提到句首。肯定回答：Yes，there is /are；否定回答：No，there isn’t/aren’t。

— Is there a bank near here？

这附近有银行吗？

— Yes， there is. /No， there isn’t.

是的，有。/不，没有。

（3） There be句型的否定句：在be 后加not。

There isn’t a post office near hear.

这周围没有邮局。

2. The pay phone is across from the library.

付费电话在图书馆对面。

across from是方位介词短语，意为“在……对面”。常见的方位介词短语包括：next to 在……旁边，between... and... 在……和……之间，in front of...在……前面，in the front of... 在……的前部。

The bank is next to the library.

银行在图书馆旁边。

The garden is between a school and a store.

那座花园在一所学校和一家商店之间。

He is in front of the restaurant.

他在馆子前面。（餐馆外）

He is in the front of the classroom.

他在教室前面。（教室内）

3. Oh... where’s Center Street？

噢……中央街在哪里？

where是特殊疑问词，含有“哪里，某地”的意思，一般用来询问地点。where引导疑问句时，主谓要求倒装，且助动词必须与后面的主语保持一致。

— Where’s the park？

公园在哪里？

— It’s on Center Street.

它在中央街上。

— Where are the books？

书在哪里？

— They are on the desk.

它们在桌子上。

— Where do you live？

你住在哪里？

— I live in Changsha.

我住在长沙。

— Where does he live？

他住在哪里？

— He lives in Mexico City.

他住在墨西哥市。

活学活用

（ ） 1. The supermarket is ____ the left.

A. inB. at

C. onD. from

（ ） 2. Can you tell me how to get ____ there？

A. atB. in

C. /D. to

（ ） 3. He sits between Li Ping ____ Wang Hai.

A. andB. but

C. orD. from

（ ） 4. — ____ is your book？

— It is on the desk.

A. WhatB. How

C. WhereD. What

（ ） 5. ____ there a bank near here？

A. DoesB. Is

C. AreD. Do

Section B

1. Turn right at the first crossing and the restaurant

is on your left...

在第一个十字路口向右转，餐馆就在你左边……

（1） crossing n. 十字路口

turn left/right at the + 序数词 + crossing = take the + 序数词 + crossing on the left/right，意为“在第几个十字路口向左/右转”。

Turn left at the second crossing.

= Take the second crossing on the left.

在第二个十字路口向左转。

（2） on one’s left 在某人的左边；on one’s right 在某人的右边。

Zhang Feng is sitting on my left.

张峰坐在我的左边。

2. There is a zoo in my neighborhood.

在我家附近有一个动物园。

“在附近”可以用near here，around here和in one’s neighborhood来表示。

Is there a post office near here？

= Is there a post office around here？

= Is there a post office in your neighborhood？

这附近有邮局吗？

3. To get there， I usually walk out and turn right on

Bridge Road. Then I walk along Bridge Road.

The zoo is on the right.

要去动物园的话，我通常步行外出，在大桥路

向右拐。然后我沿着大桥路直走，动物园就在

右边了。

（1） 这是英语行文的一种方式，即在句子的开头用To do ... 短语，并用逗号将其与句子的主体部分隔开，相当于汉语“（若）要做……的话”。

To listen to world news， please key in “1”.

若要收听国际新闻，请键入“1”。

To get it right， you must think hard.

要想把它做对，你必须得认真思考。

（2） turn right表示“向右转”，“向左转”则是turn left；walk along表示“沿着……路走”，而表示“直走”的话可以用go/walk straight。

4. The best things in life are free！

生活中最美好的东西是免费的！

free adj. 免费的；有空的，空闲的（地）

You can take this book with you—it’s free！

你可以拿走这本书——它是免费的！

Are you free tomorrow？ I want you to come to my birthday party.

你明天有空吗？我想你来参加我的生日聚会。

5. It is very quiet and I enjoy reading there.

那里很安静，我喜欢在那里看书。

enjoy v. 喜欢，欣赏，享受……的乐趣

Thanks for the great evening. I really enjoy it.

感谢这美好的夜晚。我真的玩得很开心。

enjoy的相关用法及短语：

①enjoy doing sth 喜爱做某事

I enjoy watching TV.

我喜爱看电视。

②enjoy oneself = have a good time 过得快活，玩得痛快

They all enjoy themselves at the party.

=They all have a good time at the party.

他们在聚会上都玩得非常高兴。

③过愉快些；好好欣赏（祝愿时说）

Here’s a book for you. Enjoy！

给你一本书。好好欣赏吧！

活学活用

根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。

6. 我们学校后面有一条河。

____ ____ a ____ ____ our school.

7. 公园和邮局之间有路吗？

____ ____ a road ____ the park ____ the post office？

8. 那个公园是个散步的好去处。

The park is a good place ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ .

9. 不要乘出租车了，我们要经过三条单行道。

____ ____ a taxi. We will have ____ ____ three one-way streets.

10. 希望你们旅途愉快。

I hope you will ____ ____ ____ ____ .

基础过关

英汉互译

1. across from

2. 在……旁边

3. pay phone

4. 向左转

5. 在……前面

连词成句

1. there， a， near， cinema， is， house， your

？

2. right， the， at， second， turn， crossing

.

3. street， bridge， not， is， on， school， my

.

4. is， the， restaurant， where

？

5. along， street， the， go， just

.

单项选择

（ ） 1. Can you swim ___ the river？

A. nearB. between

C. fromD. across

（ ） 2. ___ ， where is the park？

A. HiB. Hello

C. Excuse meD. Excuse

（ ） 3. The hotel is ___ the bank.

A. acrossB. from

C. nextD. across form

（ ） 4. — Is there a library in your school？

— ___ .

A. No， there isn’t.B. No， it isn’t.

C. Yes， there isn’t.D. No， there is.

（ ） 5. There isn’t a restaurant ___ here.

A. inB. near

C. fromD. on

用所给词的适当形式填空

1. The children enjoy ____ （play） soccer after class.

2. She ____ （go） home at five every afternoon.

3. I spend much time ____ （speak） English every morning，

4. I can find the hotel ____ （easy）.

5. You should turn right at the second ____ （cross）.

句型转换

1. There is a bank near the library.（对画线部分提问）

____ ____ near the library？

2. There is a pay phone near the school.（改为一般疑问句）

____ ____ a pay phone near the school？

3. The hotel is across from the bank.（对画线部分提问）

____ ____ the hotel？

4. There is a pen in my pencil case.（改为同义句）

I ____ a pen in my pencil case.

5. Is there a baseball under the chair？（作肯定回答）

____ ， ____ ____ .

完形填空

Mike is an English worker. He lives in a 1 building. The building is in the 2 of London. There are eighteen floors in the building and he lives on the fifteenth floor. He 3 a lift （电梯） to go up and down. He works very hard. He 4 to work early. Every day he leaves his home and walks to the 5 . He gets into the lift. It 6 him down to the first floor. He gets out of the lift. Then he 7 to the bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a cinema. It is about two hundred meters from his 8 . Usually， he catches the No. 11 bus to work， but sometimes he goes 9 . He works in a factory about ten 10 away from his home. His work starts at eight thirty， and finishes at a quarter to five. He gets back home at half past five.

（ ） 1. A. tallB. red C. quietD. modern

（ ） 2. A. countryB. town C. cityD. village

（ ） 3. A. makesB. usesC. does D. mends

（ ） 4. A. beginsB. wants C. runs D. goes

（ ） 5. A. liftB. buildingC. office D. room

（ ） 6. A. costs B. spends C. takes D. brings

（ ） 7. A. jumps B. swims C. walks D. drives

（ ） 8. A. home B. schoolC. cinema D. park

（ ） 9. A. by plane B. by trainC. on foot D. by ship

（ ） 10. A. meters B. kilometersC. minutesD. hours

能力提升

阅读地带

A

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

There are four girls. They go to school by car every day. Their parents drive them all to school.

One day， after the girls arrive at school， Angie says， “Let’s go to class an hour late. I don’t want to take the math test today.” The other three girls think it is a good idea， because they all don’t want to take the test. Angie says， “But our teacher will be angry if we come late. So we need a good excuse.” “Oh， that’s easy，” says Susan. “We just tell the teacher that my mother’s car has a flat tire （轮胎坏了）. So we are late.” All the girls think it is a good excuse. When the girls arrive at the classroom an hour later， the math test is over. The teacher is very angry. “Why are you late？” asks the teacher. Susan says， “My mother’s car has a flat tire and we have to wait for her to repair it.” Then the teacher says， “Sit down， girls. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write down which tire is fault （出故障） on the paper.” The four girls look at each other and they don’t know what to write.

（ ） 1. The four girls go to school by bus.

（ ） 2. Only Angie doesn’t want to take the math test.

（ ） 3. One day， the four girls are late because their mother’s car has a flat tire.

（ ） 4. When the four girls arrive at the classroom， the math test is over.

（ ） 5. The math teacher is very clever.

B

Do you have a dictionary？ I think almost everyone has one. However， how often do you use a dictionary？ I don’t believe that everyone makes good use of it. You may come across lots of new words in your study and you will ask someone for the answers. But if you have a dictionary， please don’t let it sleep. You should make better use of it. It can tell you not only the meaning of the words but also the use of them. What’s more， it can tell you how to use them.

It is true that dictionaries are very useful and important to us. They are like silent teachers. When you have a question， you can turn to them. They will give you the right answer. They are also like a trusted friend and stay with you forever. You can learn a lot from them.

Don’t be lazy. Don’t let your dictionary sleep any more. You will find it is a new world if you walk to it.

（ ） 6. What can we learn about dictionaries from Paragraph 1？

A. Everyone has them.

B. Only a few people use them.

C. Most people don’t like them.

D. Not everyone makes good use of them.

（ ） 7. What does a student often do if he comes across lots of new words in the study？

A. To look them up in the dictionary.

B. To look them up on the Internet.

C. To ask someone for the answers.

D. To ask his parents.

（ ） 8. What can a dictionary tell you？

a. The use of the words.

b. How to use the words.

c. The meaning of the words.

d. The origin （起源） of the words.

A. a， b， cB. a， c， d

C. b， c， dD. a， b， d

（ ） 9. From the passage， when you have a question you can get help from .

A. dictionariesB. classmates

C. teachersD. parents

（ ） 10. Which is TRUE about dictionaries according to the passage？

A. We can see the film using the dictionary.

B. We should let the dictionary sleep.

C. Dictionaries are very useful to us.

D. Dictionaries are like our mothers.

补全对话

A： Sam， I want to go out to play basketball. Would you like to go with me？

B： 1 Just wait for one minute.

A： What’s the matter？

B： 2 How can we play basketball in the rain？

A： Right. 3

B： Going to the movies？But we still need to go out.

A： 4

B： I think the TV show is so boring. Let’s cook a nice meal at home. There is a lot of food in the fridge.

A： 5 Let’s begin.

A. It is raining.

B. Yes， I’d love to.

C. That sounds good.

D. What about going to the movies？

E. Then what about watching TV at home？

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

书面表达

假如你是许婷，请根据下面的内容提示，用英语写一篇短文，向你的笔友Alice介绍你的住房及所在的小区的环境。

内容提示：

1. 你家住在一楼，前面有个小花园，家里有一个客厅、三个卧室、一个厨房和两个卫生间；

2. 你所在的小区大约有20栋楼，环境很安静，离超市和公交车站很近。

注意：词数60左右，可适当发挥。

Dear Alice，

Yours，

Xu Ting