八年级英语上册 Unit 5 Wild animals词汇与语法基础训练 (新版)牛津版

Unit 5 Wild animals 知识精讲

一．必备词汇

wild adj.野外的

free adj.自由的

pity n. 同情

mean v. 意味着

sadly adv.伤心地

result n. 结果

danger n. 危险

action n. 行动

save v.拯救

catch v. 抓住

lose v.丢失

kill v. 杀死

human adj. 人类的

sell v.卖

shame n.可惜；遗憾

accept v.接受

二、重点词汇

1. accept verb /əkˈsept/

to agree to take something

接受；收受；领受

1). Do you accept credit cards?

你们接受信用卡支付吗？

2). She was in Mumbai to accept an award for her latest novel.

她刚出版的那部小说获奖了，她当时正在伦敦领奖。

2. shame noun /ʃeɪm/

If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory. 可惜，遗憾

1). It's a (great/real) shame that the event had to be cancelled.

音乐会被迫取消，真是（很）遗憾。

2). Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them.

再吃点蔬菜吧——浪费就太可惜了。

3. catch verb /kætʃ/ caught, caught

to take hold of something, especially something that is moving through the air 抓住，接住

1). I managed to catch the glass before it hit the ground.

我在玻璃杯落地之前接住了它。

2). We saw the eagle swoop from the sky to catch its prey.

我们看到老鹰从空中猛扑下去抓捕猎物。

4. danger noun /ˈdeɪn.dʒər/

the possibility of harm or death to someone

危险，风险

1). Danger! Keep out!

危险！别进来！

2). He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger.

他的车开得太快了，当时我真的觉得自己会有生命危险。

5. mean verb /miːn/ meant, meant

to express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or fact

意思是；意味着

1). What does this word mean?

这个词是什么意思？

2). These figures mean that almost six percent of the working population is

unemployed.

这些数字意味着近6%的劳动人口处于失业状态。

三、必备短语

no way 决不

have/ take pity on同情、怜悯in fact 事实上

for the first time 首次in the beigining 一开始live on 继续活着

as a result 因此

take action 采取行动

have a place to live 由有地方住in danger 处于危险中right now 立刻、及时get lost 迷路

the same…as和…一样… at birth出生时

四、经典句型

1. Would you like to live in the wild, Eddie?

埃迪，你想在野外生活吗？

2. In the beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk.

一开始熊猫希望是吃母乳。

3. If you do nothing, soon there may be none left.

我们什么也不做，很快世界上就一只熊猫也不剩了。

4. Giant pandas are now in danger.

大熊猫现在处境危险。

5. As a result, pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat.

因此，大熊猫们可能没有地方住或者没有食物吃。

三点剖析

一、考点：

情态动词may的用法

情态动词may没有人称和数的变化，在句子中的不能单独作谓语，后面直接跟动词原形（即不带to的不定式）构成谓语，常用于下列几种情况：

1. may表示请求许可时，意为“可以”。其否定形式为may not，但常常用can’t或

mustn’t来表达否定意思。例：

---May I leave the book with you?

我可以把这本书交给你吗？