Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation? (谈论假期生活,一般过去时)
一.惯用法:
1. buy sth for ab./ buy sb. sth 为某人买某物 2. taste + adj. 尝起来……
3. nothing ….but + V.(原形) 除了……之外什么都没有4. seem + (to be) + adj 看起来
5. arrive in + 大地方 / arrive at + 小地方 到达某地 6. decide to do sth. 决定做某事
7. try doing sth. 尝试做某事 / try to do sth. 尽力做某事8. enjoy doing sth. 喜欢做某事
9. want to do sth. 想去做某事 10. start doing sth. 开始做某事
11. stop doing sth. 停止做某事 区:stop to do sth 12. look + adj 看起来
13. dislike doing sth. 不喜欢做某事 14. Why not do sth?=Why don’t you do sth?
15. so + adj + that + 从句 如此……以至于……(两种同义句)
16. tell sb. (not) to do sth. 告诉某人(不要) 做某事
17. keep doing sth. 继续做某事
18. forget to do sth. 忘记去做某事 / forget doing sth 忘记做过某事(remember用法也一样)
二.短语:
go on vacation stay at home
go to the mountains go to the beach
visit museums go to summer camp
quite a few study for
go out most of the time
taste good have a good time
of course feel like
go shopping in the past
walk around too many
because of one bowl of
find out go on
take photos something important
up and down come up
三.语法:
Where did you go on vacation? I went to New York City.
Did you go out with anyone? No, No one was here. Everyone was on vacation.
Did you buy anything special? Yes, I bought something for my father.
How was the food? Everything tasted really good.
Did everyone have a good time? Oh,yes. Everything was excellent.
四.词语辨析:
1.anywhere 与 somewhere 两者都是不定副词。
anywhere 在任何地方 , 常用于否定句和疑问句中。I can’t find it anywhere.
somewhere 在某处,到某处,常用于肯定句。 I lost my key somewhere near here.
2. seem + 形容词 看起来….. You seem happy today.
seem + to do sth. 似乎、好像做某事 I seem to have a cold
I seems / seemed + 从句 看起来好像…;似乎…. It seems that no one believe you.
seem like ….好像,似乎….. It seems like a god idea.
3. decide to do sth.决定做某事 They decide to visit the museum.
4. start doing sth = start to do sth. 开始,可与begin 互换
5. over 介词,多于,超过,在…以上(表示数目、程度)= more than
My father is over 40 years old.
6. too many 太多, 后接可数名词复数: Mother bought too many eggs yesterday.
too much 太多,修饰不可数名词, 修饰动词作状语。
We have too much work to do. Don’t talk too much.
much too 太,修饰形容词或副词。
The hat is much too big for me. You’re walking much too fast.
分辨三者的口诀: too much, much too, 用法区别看后头: much 后接不可数, too 后修饰形或副。
too many 要记住,后面名词必复数。
7. because of 介词短语,因为,由于,后接名词、代词或动名词,不能接句子。
He can’t take a walk because of the rain.
because 连词,因为,引导状语从句,表示直接明确的原因或理由。
I don’t buy the shirt because it was too expensive.
不定代词anyone ,something, anything, everything, nothing, everyone ,no one
Unit 2 How often do you exercise? (谈论生活习惯,一般现在时)
一.惯用法:
1. help sb. with sth =help sb (to)do sth 帮助某人做某事
2. How/What about(doing sth)…? ….怎么样?/ ….好不好?
3. want/would like sb. to do sth. 想让某人做某事
4. How many + 可数名词复数+ 一般疑问句 ….有多少…..
5. 主语+ find+ that 从句 …发现…
6. It’s + adj.+ to do sth. 做某事是….的
7. spend time with sb. 和某人一起度过时光
8. ask sb. about sth. 向某人询问某事
9. by doing sth. 通过做某事
10. What’s your favorite…..? 你最喜欢的……是什么?
11 start doing sth. =start to do sth 开始做某事
12. the best way to do sth. 做某事的最好方式
二.短语
help with housework go shopping
on weekends how often
hardly ever once a week
twice a month go to the movies
every day use the Internet
be free have dance and piano lessons
swing dance play tennis
stay up late at least
go to bed early play sports
be good for go camping
in one’s free time not….at all
the most popular such as
go to the dentist more than
old habits the hard less than
三.语法要点:
What do you usually do on weekends? I always exercise.
What do they do on weekends? They often help with housework.
What does she do on weekends? She sometimes goes shopping.
How often do you go to the movies? I go to the movies maybe once a month.
How often does he watch TV? He hardly ever watches TV.
Do you go shopping? No, I never go shopping.
四.词语辨析:
1. how often 多久一次,用来提问动作发生的频率。回答用:once,twice, three times 等词语。How often do you play sports? Three times a week.
how long 多长,用来询问多长时间,也可询问某物有多长。
How long does it take to get to Shanghai from here? How long is the ruler?
how for 多远, 用来询问距离,指路程的远近。
How far is it from here to the park? It’s about 2 kilometers.
2.free 空闲的,有空的, 反义词为 busy. be free 有空,闲着,相当于 have time.
I’ll be free next week. = I’ll have time next week.
还可作“免费的、自由的”解。be free to do sth. 自由地做某事。
The tickets are free. You’re free to go or to stay.
3.How come? 怎么会? 怎么回事?表示某件事情很奇怪,有点想不通;可单独使用,也可引导一个问句, 相当于疑问句 why, 但 how come 开头的特殊疑问句使用的仍然是陈述语序。
How come Tom didn’t come to the party? = Why didn’t Tom come to the party?
4.stay up late 指“熬夜到很晚,迟睡”。 Don’t stay up late next time.
stay up 指“熬夜,不睡觉”。 He stayed up all night to write his story.
5.go to bed 强调“上床睡觉”的动作及过程,但人不一定睡着。
I went to bed at eleven last night.
go to sleep 强调“入睡,睡着,进入梦乡”。
She was so tired that she went to sleep soon.
6.find + 宾语 +名词, 发现 : We have found him (to be) a good boy.
find + 宾语 + 形容词, 发现: He found the room dirty.
find + 宾语 + 现在分词, 发现 : I found her standing at the door.
7.percent 百分数, 基数词 + percent: percent 没有复数形式,作主语时,根据所修饰的名词来判断谓语的单复数。 Forty percent of the students in our class are girls. Thirty percent of time passed.
8.more than 超过,多于,不仅仅, 相当于 over. 在句型转换中考查两者的同义替换。反义词组为:less than. I lived in Shanghai for more than / over ten years.
9.be afraid of sb / sth 害怕某人 / 某事; be afraid of doing sth.=be afraid to do sth 害怕做某事。
Some children are afraid of the dark. Don’t be afraid of asking question.
I’m afraid + 从句, 恐怕, 担心: I’m afraid I have to go now.
10. sometimes , sometime, some times , some time 的区别:
sometimes 频度副词, 有时。表示动作发生的不经常性,多与一般现在时连用,可位于句首、句中或句末。
Sometimes I get up very early. ------How often do you get up?
sometime 副词,某个时候。 表示不确切或不具体的时间,常用于过去时或将来时,对它用疑问词when.
I will go to Shanghai sometime next week. ------When will you go to Shanghai next week?
some times 名词词组, 几次,几倍。其中time 是可数名词,对它提问用how many times.
I have read the story some times. -------How many times have you read the story?
some time 名词短语, 一段时间. 表示“一段时间”时,句中谓语动词常为延续性动词,提问时how long