(完整)八年级上册英语(苏教版八年级)8AU4Reading语言点

8AU3 Reading 语言点

1. My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY.

be crazy about 对……着迷我对绘画着了迷。I'm crazy about painting.

她为他而神魂颠倒。She's crazy about him, ie loves him a lot.

2. The house always looks terrible.

terrible: very bad；adv. : terribly；possible, comfortable, gentle

happy, easy, ；day----；true----；good, late, early, straight, fast, far,；

usual, careful, useful, real,

3. He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a mistake.

try 之后既可接不定式，又可接动名词，但含义上有区别。

try to do 意思是“努力去做某事”“尽力干”，表示想尽一切办法要把事情办成；(=try one’s best to do) I'm trying to learn English well. 我决心（尽力）学好英语。

try doing 意思是“尝试着干某事”，“试着（用什么方法）去做某事”，表示一种试着、做做看的做法。

I tried knocking at the back door, but nobody answered. 我试着敲了敲后门，但没人回答。

make a mistake 犯错误It seems that you made a mistake. 似乎你犯错了。

by mistake 由于错误，弄错了I took your umbrella by mistake yesterday.

4. have a power cut There was a power cut in his house last night.

cut n. v. (过去式；现在分词）；cut out；cut down

5. fill A with B 用B填充A （be full of）

杰克将口袋装满了饼干。Jack filled his pockets with biscuits.

他将玻璃杯盛满水。He filled the glass with water.

把游泳池里装满水; 把杯子里装满牛奶；把钢笔里装满墨水; 这些商店里到处是人。

6. paint the living room blue paint sth + 颜色( colour v.)

把墙刷成白色；把门油漆成深红色；把脸涂成黑白色

7. But he kept on painting.

keep on doing 继续做某事，反复做某事，强调时间的间隔性和动作的反复性，及某人做某事的决心。约翰总是问个不停。John always kept on asking questions.

虽然他已经累了，他还是一直工作到午夜。He kept on working until midnight though he was tired.

8. Now the living room has not only blue walls but also a blue ceiling and floor.

not only … but (also) 不仅……而且……；……和…….都，应连接两个相对称的并列成分。

他不仅弹钢琴，也拉提琴。He plays not only the piano but also the violin.

林先生和他的儿子在两年前都入了俱乐部

Not only Mr Lin but also his son joined the club two years ago.

He is not only a good writer but also a doctor. He not only sings well but also writes music.

Miss Yin not only makes a pillow, but also makes yogurt (酸奶).

客厅不仅有蓝色的墙，还有蓝色的天花板和地板。

Rule 1: “not only… but also” can be used to link verbs.When the verbs are the same, we usually omit the second verb.

Rule 2: We put verb be before “not only… but also”.

Not only Miss Yin but also Miss Zhou ______ DIY.

Not only Miss Yin but also some students in our class ______ DIY.

= Not only some students in our class but also Miss Yin _____ DIY.

Rule 3: “not only… but also” can be used to link subjects.动词使用就近原则.

9. I bought some books about DIY for him and I also advised him to take a course in DIY.

advise sb. (not) to do sth. 建议某人(不)做某事= give sb advice on how to do sth/ on sth

我建议他等待。I advise him to wait.

我建议他工作要细致。I advised him to be accurate in his work.

我们建议他们早些出发。We advise them to start early.

advice : 不可数名词

一个建议 a piece of advice；许多好建议much good advice

给某人提一些关于如何做某事的建议give sb some advice on how to do sth

10. So instead, I am reading all the books myself and attending lessons every Saturday.

Alan was ill, so I went instead.

instead of：We’ll have fish instead of meat for supper today.

So instead, I am reading all the books myself and attending lessons every Saturday.

Andrew is stubborn. He didn’t take Suzy’s advice.

Instead, Suzy is learning about DIY herself.= Suzy is learning about DIY herself instead.

Andrew does his DIY jobs __________ taking Suzy’s advice.

i nstead, instead of

•Instead, he will go to London. = He will go to London instead.

•He wants some tea instead of Coke. He will listen to the radio instead of watching TV. Work out the rule!

instead常用于句首或句末；instead of + n./ doing sth.

1)It’s raining outside. I have to stay at home to watch TV .

2). He walks driving to work to lose weight.

3). Peter’s parents hopes that he can be a doctor an actor.

11. take a course in sth 上…课

take a piano course= have a piano lesson；take a teaching course；take a drawing lesson/ course

上游泳课/ 上阅读课/ 上舞蹈课

12. attend lessons= go to lessons

attend 出席; attend class/ school/ church attend a funeral; attend a wedding/ party/ a meeting…13. put相关短语：put out 扑灭Later some firemen came and put out the fire.

put up 搭，竖立，张贴We put up our tent near a lake.

Another time, he wanted to put up a picture on his bedroom wall, but he hit a pipe and filled the room with water.

He then spent five hours putting up the shelf on the wall.

put in 安装He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a mistake.

put away: 把（某物）放在合适的地方; put on: 穿上；戴上

put down; put back; put off

14.(P46) fail to do sth 没能做某事He failed to pass the exam.= He failed (in) the exam.

He failed to get the first/ come first at the sports meeting.

15. get better at sth 在某事方面变得更好I want to get better at teaching English.