新目标英语八下unit1-5notes全文版

Unit 1 What’s the matter?

1.……26路公交车正行驶在中华路上，这时司机看到一位老人躺在路边。

…bus No.26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road.

2.我正要冲澡，就在这个时候电话响了起来。

I was just getting into the shower when the telephone rang.

3.他们进去的时候，看到一些孩子正在花园里高兴地玩耍。

When they went in, they saw some children playing happily in the garden.

4.我们看见他独自站在那里，不知做什么是好。

We saw him standing there alone, not knowing what to do.

5.公交司机……没有多想便停下了车。

The bus driver… stopped the bus without thinking twice.

6.在我们做出这个决定之前，必须认真思考！

We must think twice before we make this decision!

7.好好想想，也许你会改变主意的。

Think twice about it. Maybe you’ll change your mind.

8.多亏了王先生和乘客们，医生及时挽救了老人的生命。

Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors waved the man in time.

9.如今多亏有了互联网，你在家里就能买到你所要买的东西了。

Today, thanks to the Internet, you can do all your shopping from home.

10.因为你们的节目，我们方能相互认识。

Thanks to your program, we got to know each other.

11.有好多次，阿伦差点因为意外丢掉性命。

There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents.

12.我想起了呆在北京的那些快乐的日子。

I thought of the happy days when I stayed in Beijing.

13.他依然记得你把这书当作礼物送给他的时候。

He still remembers the time when you gave him this book as a gift.

14.失去了手臂之后，他写了一本名为《生死两难》的书

After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

15.当你的母亲和妻子同时落水，你会救谁？对许多人来说，这是一个两难的选择。

Who will you save when your mother and wife both fall into the water? For many people, it’s between a rock and a hard place.

16.它的意思是“处于一个你似乎无法摆脱的困境之中”。

This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of.

17.你的意思是什么？

What do you mean?

18.在我们不得不做出可能意味着生死的决定之前……

…before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.

Unit2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks.

1. 他们给我讲过去的生活经历，讲过去是什么样子的。

They told me stories about the past and how things used to be.

2. 他曾是我十分贴心的一位朋友。

She used to be a very close friend of mine.

3. 我（一生）最初的20年曾生活在那座城市。

I used to live in that city for the first twenty years of my life.

4.他去年常常迟到，但现在不了。

He used to arrive late year, but now he doesn’t.

5.你以前经常在洗澡时唱歌吗？

Did you use to sing when you took a shower?

6. 当我看到动物们（病情）渐好，看到它们主人脸上的喜悦表情时，我产生出那么一种极强的满足感来。

I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners’ faces.

7. 你有这里不欢迎我们的感觉吗？

Do you get the feeling that we’re not welcome here?

8. 你怎么会产生这样一个想法？

How did you get such an idea?

9. 那之后他生起了我的气。

He got angry with me after that.

10. 现在天气变得热起来了。

It’s getting hotter now.

11. 她在四岁时就能够独自看书了。

She could read by herself at the age of four.

12. 孩子们应当学会独立做事。

Children should learn to do things by themselves.

13. 在这里当志愿者对我来说是梦想成真。

Volunteering here is a dream come true for me.

14. 昨天我收到了一份生日礼物，是那种最新的CD播放机，真是梦想成真了！

I got the latest CD player as a birthday present yesterday. It was just a dream come true!