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Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater?

2017-04-29

时代英语·初中 2017年5期

重点词汇

1.comfortable adj. 使人舒服的;舒适的

I have a comfortable house.

我有座舒适的房子。

comfortably adv. 舒服地,反义词是uncomfortably,意思是“不舒服地”。

I like this seat, because I can sit most comfortably.

我喜欢这个座位,是因为我能坐得最舒服。

2.close adj. (在空间、时间上)接近

The animals were quite close to each other.

动物们互相离得很近。

close adj. 亲密的

Tom and I are close friends.

我和汤姆是密友。

close to 靠近;接近

His house is close to the school.

他家离学校近。

close v. 关闭

Could you please close the window?

请关上窗户好吗?

3.choose v. (chose) 选择;挑选

Which book should I choose?

我该选哪本书呢?

搭配:

choose sb to do sth 挑选某人去做某事

choice n. 选择

What’s your choice, staying at home or going to the party?

你的选择是什么,待在家里还是去参加宴会?

4.service n. 接待;服务

The service in this restaurant was terrible.

这家餐馆的服务很糟糕。

serve v. (为……)服务;招待;(端上)饭菜

serve sb sth或serve sth to sb 拿某物招待某人

His mother served tea and cakes to us.

=His mother served us tea and cakes.

他妈妈为我们端上茶和蛋糕。

5.act v. 扮演(角色)

Last night his son acted very well.

昨天晚上他儿子表演得很好。

action n. 动作

active adj. 积极的;活跃的

activity n. 活动

actor n. 男演员

actress n. 女演员

6.talent n. 天资;天赋

He has a talent for drawing.

他有绘画的天赋。

talented adj. 有才干的

She is a talented performer.

她是个有才能的表演者。

7.give v.(gave)提供;给

其后常跟双宾语。

give sb sth=give sth to sb

She gives Jim her ruler.

=She gives her ruler to Jim.

她把她的尺子给了吉姆。

注意:

当“某物”是代词时,只能用“give+代词+to+某人”的结构。

This is Tom’s pen. Please give it to him.

这是汤姆的钢笔,请把它给汤姆。

重点短语

1.so far 到目前为止;迄今为止

相当于up to now,until now。可放在句首、句末或句中。

Don’t worry; everything goes well so far.

别担心,目前为止一切顺利。

2.have ... in common 有相同特征;(想法、兴趣等方面)相同

Bob and I have nothing in common.

我和鲍勃没有一点相同之处。

3.play a role 发挥作用;有影响

If you go there, you will play a role.

如果你去那儿,你会起作用的。

play a role in ... 在……中起作用、扮演角色;在……方面发挥作用

We can invite Li Ming to play a role in the play.

我们可以邀请李明在剧中扮演角色。

Tom played a role in the basketball match.

汤姆在这场篮球比赛中发挥了作用。

4.make up 编造(故事、谎言等)

I often make up stories to make my little brother laugh.

我经常编一些故事来逗我的小兄弟发笑。

make up 组成;形成;构成;弥补;化妆

5.for example 例如

作插入语,可放在句首、句中和句末。

A lot of people, for example, Tom, want to watch football games.

许多人,比如汤姆,想看足球比赛。

辨析:for example和such as

二者都有“例如”的意思,但用法有所不同:

for example用作“例如”讲时,一般只举同类人或事物中的“一个”为例,作插入语,用逗号隔开,可位于句首、句中或句末。

He, for example, is a good student.

例如,他就是个好学生。

such as用来列举事物时,一般列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。位于被列举的事物与前面的名词之间,as后面不可有逗号。

I like drinks, such as tea and coffee.

我喜欢茶和咖啡这样的饮料。

6.take ... seriously 认真对待……

They took me seriously at the party yesterday.

他们昨天在宴会上热情接待了我。

即时练习:

1. 用comfortable的适当形式填空

— Which cinema has ____ seats, Town Cinema, Screen

City or Movie World?

— Movie World. You can sit ____ .

2. 用choose 的适当形式填空

As long as you ____ the dog, you should keep your ____ .

3. 用for example/such as填空

(1) Many people here, ____ , Tom, would like to have a rest.

(2) English is spoken in many countries, ____ Australia,Canada and Holland.

4. Please ____ the window when you leave the room.

A. closedB. close

C. closesD. closely

参考答案:

基本语法

形容词和副词的最高级

1. 含义

形容词的最高级用于三者或三者以上的人或事物之间的比较,表示其中一个是“最……之一”。

I think Hangzhou is the most beautiful city in China.

我认为杭州是中国最美的城市。

2. 构成

3. 用法

(1) 形容词最高级前一般要用定冠词the,当最高级前有物主代词、指示代词或名词所有格等修饰时,则不用定冠词the。副词最高级前的the可以省略。

Miss Li is our best English teacher.

李老师是我们最好的英语老师。

(2) 在含有最高级的句子中,一般都会有一个表示比较范围的短语。常用介词among,of和in表范围。

She is the cleverest among us.

她是我们当中最聪明的。

(3) 形容词的最高级前可加定语或状语;far,by far,almost,nearly等可修饰形容词最高级。

Asia is by far the largest continent in the world.

亚洲目前是世界上最大的洲。

(4) 序数词可修饰形容词的最高级。

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.

黄河是中国第二长河流。

(5)“the + 最高级 + of/in/among...”与“比较级 + than any other + 单数名词”可以互相转换。

He is the tallest boy in our class.

= He is taller than any other boy in our class.

他是我们班最高的男孩。