牛津上海版英语八下Uint 7《Poems》word单元词汇讲解

8B Unit 7
site n. 建筑工地construction site
e.g. Protective helmets must be worn on site. 在工地必须戴防护帽。

narrow adj. 狭窄的；狭隘的
e.g. The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass. 这桥太窄，并排通不过两辆车。

【知识拓展】narrow的反义词是wide widen (v.)
e.g. The stream is too wide for me to jump across. 这条溪流太宽了，我跳不过去。

pleased adj. 快乐的；满意的例如：
The teacher was very pleased to see his students again after being away from them for forty years.
老师在四十年以后和他的学生们重逢，非常快乐。

【词组】：be pleased with 〔对……〕感到快乐，满意= be satisfied with…
Everybody in his family seems to be pleased with the new house. 他家每一个人看起来对新房子都很满意。

【知识拓展】pleasure n. 愉快；快乐pleasant a.令人愉快的pleasant weather
e.g. His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age.
他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐。

attention n. 注意；专心；留心；注意力
e.g. Small children have a very short attention span. 幼儿的注意力持续时间很短。

【同根词】：attend v. 出席；照顾attend school/ a meeting
~ to sb. 照顾某人
alone adv.单独；adj. 单独的
e.g. I don’t like going out at night alone.
e.g. Finally the two of us were alone together.
【词义辨析】：alone, lonely
alone作形容词只表示客观上一个人,且在句中只做表语,作副词时,表示“单独,单独〞
lonely表示“寂寞的〞,可说明人,也可说明life, days, years.可用作表语或定语.
e.g. He has been very lonely since his wife left him.
a lonely(孤单的) traveler a lonely(荒凉的) island
pretend v.假装pretend to do sth 假装做某事
e.g. He pretended to his family that everything was fine.
accept v.收受；接受；同意例如：
I’ve received a gift from him, but I’m not going to accept it.我收到了他送的礼物，但是我不准备接受。

【词义辨析】：accept, receive
1. accept 意思是“接受〞,指经过考，由主管意志决定接受，动作者本身是主动的。

He couldn’t accept our suggestions but our gifts.他不能接受我们的建议，但接受了我们的礼品。

2. receive 意思是：“接到〞，指收到某物这动作，本身有一定的被动性，不包含本身是否愿意接受的意
思。

He did not receive a good education at university. 他没有受过良好的大学教育。

【同根词】：acceptance n. 接受，承诺，赞同acceptable adj.可接受的
【反义词】：reject v. 拒绝接受refuse v.拒绝
The army doctors rejected him, would not accept him as medically fit.
军医们拒绝接收他，认为他身体不合格。

fair adj. 平等待人的；公正的例如：
It was not fair for him to get so little money. 他得到这么少的钱是不公平的。

【反义词】：unfair adj. 不公平的例如：
The government has passed laws to prevent unfair competition.政府已通过法律来防止不公平竞争。

patient adj. 有耐心的例如：
She is so kind and always patient with those naughty children.
【同根词】：patient; impatient; patience
As a nursery teacher, you mustn’t be impatient with the children.作为幼儿园教师，你不该对孩子急躁。

I have no patience with him again. 我对他不再有耐心了。

词组：
at work 在工作
They kept hard at work last week and went to the forest park for a barbecue to relax.
上星期忙碌了一周后，他们到森林公园烧烤，放松一下。

on one’s own 独立地〔近义词：alone adv. 单独〕
Li Ming has made many decisions on his own. 李明单独作出了许多决定。

thank goodness 谢天谢地
Thank goodness! I didn’t lose my ticket. It’s in my pocket. 谢天谢地！我的票没丢，在我口袋里。

feel like 想做某事
I am going make some coffee. Do you feel like a cup我要煮些咖啡，你要来一杯吗？
【课堂小练】
I. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.
1.My aunt bought a new dress for me. I'm very ___________________ (please) with it.
2.Was it (real) cheerful to ask him to do all the work
3.Look at the two buildings beside the square. The ___________________ (high) one is Building B.
4.The young man works as a helper on many building __________________ (site).
5.Mary Shelley was a famous Romantic __________________ ( poem).
6.Of all the countries in Europe, many people think ________ is the most romantic one. (French)
7.Have you been to the Tower Bridge It’s a famous ________ in the city of London. (attract)
8.The newly-built Changjiang tunnel-bridge ________ people in the city centre to get to Chongming
Island in about one and a half hours. (able)
9.The ________ area in the middle of the country develops quickly and the farmers are living a better
life now. (agriculture)
10.You must visit the mountain regions in that country, for the ________ views are really wonderful.
(scene)
11.Which river is ________, the Yellow River or the Yangtze River (narrow)
12.The customer was not ________ with the service, so she had an argument with the waiter. (please)
13.It will be ________ if someone gets to know the topic before the oral test begins. (fair)
14.Chanel (香奈儿) is one of the ________ among the perfume brand. (lead)
Ms White never seems ________. She always answers every question carefully. (patient)
第二套
abroad adv. 往国外；海外
e.g. Mary goes abroad for her holidays every year. 玛丽每年都出国旅行。

[近义]：overseas adv. 海外
e.g. He usually goes overseas to work for a long time every year. 他每年常常去海外工作很长
时间。

defeat v. 击败；战胜
e.g. Spain defeated Netherlands and won first-ever World Cup on July 12, 2021.
在2010年7月12日，西班牙队战胜荷兰队首次获得世界杯。

【defeat VS. beat VS. win】
beat/defeat +sb. 战败〔对手〕，后接竞争对手
e.g. beat the competitor/the country/the team打败对手／国家／那个队
w in+ sth. 赢，获胜后接事、物〔作“赢得〞解时，宾语不能接人〕。

e.g. Li Hong won the first prize in the drawing contest. 在画画比赛中，李红赢得第一名。

region n. 区域；地方
e.g. Few people live in the cold regions of the world. 世界上很少有人居住在寒冷地带。

regional adj. 地区的；区域性的
e.g. the regional wines of France法国各地出产的葡萄酒
agricultoral adj. 农业的，农艺的
e.g. The centre of France is a big agricultural region. 法国的中心地带是一大片农业区。

agriculture n. 农业
e.g. The agriculture of China has made a great progress. 中国的农业已经取得很大的进步。

attraction n. 名胜，吸引人的事物
e.g. Shanghai is known as the shopping paradise. It has got the same attractions as Hong Kong.
上海被誉为购物天堂。

它和香港具有同样的诱人之处。

attract v. 吸引
e.g. The light attracted a lot of insects. 亮光招引了很多昆虫。

attractive a. 吸引人的
e.g. Your suggestion sounds very attractive. 你的建议很动听。

attracted a. be attracted by…
enable v. 使能够，授予权力或方法enable sb. to do sth. 使某人能够做某事
e.g. The computer enables us to calculate much faster than before. 计算机使得我们能够比以前算得快得多
able adj. 有能力的be able to do 能够做…
e.g. The child is not yet able to write. 这个孩子还不会写字。

ability a. 能力
e.g. He has the ability to do the work. 他有做这项工作的能力。

influence n./ v. 影响，感化，势力have an influence on… 对……产生影响
e.g. Charlie Chaplin had a big influence on films. 查理·卓别林对电影产生过巨大的影响。

culture n. 文化〔艺术、音乐、文学等的统称〕
e.g. The culture in France is very different from China. 法国的文化跟中国的有很大的不同。

cultural a. 文化的; 与文化有关的
now that既然，由于〔众所周知的原因〕≈ Since
e.g. Now that the children have left home, we can move to a smaller house.
既然孩子们都已经离开家了，我们也可以搬到一套小一点的房子去了。

in some ways在某些方面
e.g. Shanghai looks like Hong Kong in some ways. 上海在某些方面看起来像香港。

【知识拓展】in some (many) ways在一些〔许多〕方面
by the way顺便问一下
e.g. By the way, could you please tell me if you are free tonight
顺便问一下，你能告诉我今天晚上你有空吗？
on the way(to) 在……路上
e.g. On the way to hospital, I saw your father waiting at the bus stop.
我在去医院的路上，看见你的父亲正在公交站等车。

in the way 挡道，阻碍人的
e.g. Seeing a dog in the way, the little girl was frightened.
看见一只狗挡着道，这个小女孩害怕了。

go on to do sth. 继续去做〔另一件事〕
e.g. After he finished his homework, he went on to read China Daily. 他完成作业后，接着读英文版中国日报。

go on doing something继续做某事〔与原来相同的事〕
e.g. He relaxed for a while and went on writing the report.〔注意：继续做同一件事〕他休息了一下后继续写报告。

【随堂小练】
I. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.
1. ___________________ (France) and German are widely used in Europe.
2.My parents and I plan to go abroad for the winter(holiday).
3.These ways will __________________ (able) you to study Chinese well in the future.
4.Children like to go the Disney Park in Hong Kong because it offers many of the same(attract) as the one
in Japan.
5.Thousands of ___________________ (tour) come to Shanghai to visit the Expo this month.
6.In the past, Jiangsu was an important _________________ (agriculture) region in China.
15.。