新沪教版英语八上unit4-Inventions精讲与专练

新沪教版英语八上unit4-Inventions精讲与专练

Unit4 Inventions 一.要点短语:

1.instead of取代,替代

2.light bulb电灯泡

3.help sb (to) do sth帮助某人做某事

4.live a better life过更好的生活

5.in the early 19th century

6.in history在历史上

7.at the start of在……初期

8.since then从那以后

9.each other彼此

lons of数百万的

11.mobile phone手机

12.allow sb to do sth允许某人做某人

13.keep in touch with 与……保持联系

14.in the day time在白天

15.imagine doing sth想象做某事

16.make noise制造噪音

17.keep…off使……远离

18.in front of在……的前面

19.at the same time同时

20..throw away扔掉

21.turn into变成

22.right now现在

23.all the time一直

24.make a mess弄得一团糟

25.lead to导致，引起

26.with the help with 在……的帮助

二.要点解释:

1.Listen to advertisements for four funny inventions.

听四则有趣发明的广告.

(1).advertisement n.广告(可数) ad 缩写advertise v.做广告，登广告

They will put an advertisement in the newspaper.

(2).funny adj.可笑的；滑稽的You’re an extremely funny man. 你是一个非常滑稽的人。

fun与funny的区别: fun与funny都可以作形容词，但它们的意思不同,fun意为有趣的

funny意为滑稽的, fun还可以作名词,意为乐趣,有趣的事物.

2.Write a short article about a new invention that you will create.

写一篇有关你要创造的一项新发明的短文. (1)create v.创作,创造creation n.创造物,作品creator n.创造者creative adj.有创造力的

creativity n.创造力试翻译：这个创造者创作了这个作品，他很有创造力。

The creator created the creation ,he is creative.

【辨析】create 和make

create 创造,创作创造出原来并不存在的东西He created a new idea. 他创造了一个新想法.

make 创造,制作通过工作制造出某种东西The workers make the watch in the factory.

工人们在工厂制造手表.

3.telephone n.电话,电话机缩写形式是phone mobil phone移动电话,手机

I don’t have a telephone.我没有一部电话. telephone v.给……打电话I telephone my grandpa every week.我每周给爷爷打电话.

给某人打电话的表达：

①telephone /phone sb I often telephone /phone my mother about my study.

②call sb please call me.

③give sb a call I gave my father a call yesterday.

④make a telephone call to sb My friends often make a telephone call to me.

4.After its invention, traveling became faster and more comfortable.它发明后旅行变得更快更舒适了.

comfortable adj.舒适的,其比较级是more comfortable.

comfortably adv.舒适地uncomfortable adj.使人不舒服的

A home should be comfortable and friendly. 家应该让人感觉到舒适、亲切的.

5.In the early 19th century....在19世纪早期century n.世纪(可数) in the+序数词+century 在…世纪

in the early 19th century = at the start of the 19th century. 在19世纪初

in the late 19th century = at the end of the 19th century. 在19世纪末

He was the most famous writer in the 19th.他是19世纪最著名的作家.

6.Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephones in 1876.

Alexander Graham Bell在1876年发明了第一批可用的电话之一.

(1)invent v.发明invention n发明inventor v.发明