八年级牛津上册课文

Unit 1 Encyclopaedias

一、词汇课文复现

二、词汇句型语法知识拓展

三、高频词汇

inventorincludemusicianwinfind out

四、语法专题

复合不定代词

some any somebody anybody nobody（some和any）

被动语态初步认识

五、课文重点句型及短语归纳

1.encyclopaedian.百科全书

2.humanadj.人的

3.dinosaurn.恐龙

4.﹡Italiann.意大利人，Italyn意大利

All roads lead to Rome.(谚)条条大路通罗马；殊途.

Rome was not built in a day.(谚)罗马城不是一天建成的；伟业非一日可成

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

5.inventorn. 发明家

6.musiciann. 音乐家

7.scientistn.科学家

8.bornv. (be born)出生

9.countrysiden.乡村; 农村

The Italian musician was born in France, and when he was at the age of five, he together with his parents moved to Italy.

He liked drawing , playing music and inventing things at school. Hehad many inventions, so he was a famous inventor in the world.

10.intelligencen.才智;智慧

11.﹡artisticadj. 有艺术天赋的

12.abilityn. 才能；能力

13.perhapsadv.可能;大概

14.inventionn. 发明

15.notebookn. 笔记本

16.includev. 包括；包含

17.evenadv. (强调出乎意料) 甚至

18.howeveradv. 然而

19.suddenlyadv.突然；忽然

20.nobodypron. 没有人

21.﹡fossiln. 化石

22.winv. (won, won) (在比赛中)获胜,赢

23.dollarn.元（美国、加拿大等国货币单位）

24.in the countryside在乡村;在农村

25.human being人

26.die out灭绝;消失

27.find out了解(到);弄清

28.go for a walk去散步

一、词汇课文复现

一、课文再现Look it up!Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia.Da Vinci, LeonardoLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.

Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability.As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous,and one, the Mona Lisa,is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooksincludesome interesting drawings of flying machines. (See Art)DinosaursDinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human begins. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs wereas small aschickens.Others were as big as ten elephants.Some could even fly.Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out. Nobody knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils. (See Earth history)

查找它

这里有来自百科全书的两篇文章。

列奥纳多达芬奇

列奥纳多达芬奇(1452 - 1519)是意大利画家,发明家,音乐家,工程师和科学家。

达芬奇出生在农村。从很小的时候,他表现出极大的智慧和艺术才能。当他长大时,他学会

了做很多不同的事情。他的画是非常出名的,其中一个,蒙娜丽莎,也许是世界上最着名的画。他也有很多发明。例如,他的笔记本包括一些有趣的飞行机器的图画。(见艺术) 恐龙

恐龙生活在地球上人类6000万多年前。他们生活在地球各个地方。一些恐龙和鸡一样小。其他的有十头大象一样大。一些甚至可以飞。

许多恐龙吃植物。然而,一些恐龙喜欢吃肉。

恐龙在地球上生活了亿多年。然后,突然,他们都灭绝了。没有人知道为什么。不过,我们可以从化石中了解他们。(见地球历史)

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More practice

Australia's big attractions

Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions.

The Big Banana

The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. It was made in 1964 by John Landy. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures

of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things.

The Big Merino

The Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a type of sheep. They

can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very important to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a

small museum about the history of wool in can also climb up to the Big

Merion’s head and look at the view through its eyes.

二、词汇句型语法知识拓展

paint

动词改为名词加上后缀-er

teach- teachersing-singer

read-reader?visit- visitor?

invent-inventor

有些动词加上-er或者加上-or变为名词多指男性，若指女性加后缀-ress

actor- actress?