初三英语 早读资料

初三英语12月8日背诵资料
一背诵3a。

In 1938, a radio program by actor Orson Welles announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the Earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story, and panic set off across the whole country. By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had fled from their homes.
One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarket to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. She was thrilled, because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied ”April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.
二背诵下列笔记。

1 In 1938 , a radio program by actor Orson Welles announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the Earth. 解析：
1）announce, 动词，意为“宣布，通告，发表，暗示着”,
后接名词，代词或宾语从句。

他宣布这个名单时大家都很安静。

Everyone was silent as he announced the list.
我们经理宣告说他将负责此事。

Our manager announced that he would take charge of it.
堆积的乌云预示着暴风雨就要来了。

Gathering clouds announce the oncoming storm.
2) land此处用作动词,意为“登陆，着陆”。

孩子们安全地登上了这个岛。

The children landed on the island safely.
land还可用作名词，意为“陆地”，常用短语on land, 在
陆地上。

这里的土地不适合种西红柿。

The land here is not good for planting tomatoes.
2 He was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the
story, and panic set off across the whole country.
解析：
1）so + 形容词/ 副词+ that如此……以至于……
天气太冷了，我们只好待在家里。

It is so cold that we have to stay at home.
拓展：so….that 的其他常用句型：
（1）so many/ few + 复数可数名词+ that从句
他错的太多了，结果考试不及格。

He made so many mistakes that he failed the exam.
他有这么多书要读，以至于没有时间看电视了。

He has so many books to read that he had no time to watch
TV.
(2) so much/ little + 不可数名词+ that从句
他的钱太少了，买不起手机。

He has so little money that he cannot afford to buy a cell
phone.
2) convincing 形容词，意为“令人信服的”; convinced也
是形容词，意为“确信的，深信的”。

他是个令人信服的演说家。

He is a convincing speaker.
你认为谁最令人信服？
Who do you think is the most convincing?
他不久就相信自己是错了。

She was soon convinced of her error.
拓展：
convince 是动词，意为“使确信，使信服”。

convince sb. of sth. 让某人相信某事
我无法使我叔叔明白他的错。

I couldn’t convince my uncle of his mistake.
这使我相信他确实是诚实的。

This convinced me of his honest.
convince sb. that 意为“让某人相信……”
这使我相信他确实是诚实的。

This convinced me that he is honest.
3) set off 是及物动词短语，意为“激起，引起”；
他的演说激起愤怒的浪潮。

His speech set off a wave of anger.
拓展：set off还有“动身，出发，启程”之意，相当于set out。

你打算明天几点钟启程？
What time are you planning to set off?
他们已出发环球旅行。

They’ve set off on a journey round the world.
3 He asked her to marry him.
解析：
(1)marry是及物动词，意为“嫁，娶”，其后直接跟嫁或娶的对象.
令我们惊奇的是，她将和那个比她小10岁的人结婚。

To our surprise, she is going to marry a man who is ten years younger than she.
杰克过了40才结婚。

Jack didn’t marry until he was over 40.
(2) be married to表“与……结婚”，注意在英语中表示这一含义时，不可说marry with。

史密斯先生的儿子娶了一个中国的女孩。

Mr. Smith’s son is married to a Chinese girl.
我的朋友说我和我的工作结婚了。

（3）get married意为“结婚”。

其中get为系动词，married 为过去分词作表语。

我的父母是在1980年结的婚。

My parents got married in 1980.
汤姆和安下个月将要结婚。

Tom and Ann are going to get married next month.
（4）marry为非延续性动词，在表示“和某人结婚”这一状态时，且和一段时间连用时，常用be married to sb.
他们已经结婚50年了。

They have been married for 50 years.
(5) marry A to B表示“使A和B结婚”。

She is going to marry her daughter to a handsome young boy.
4 He described where they had landed.
总结：
(1) describe为动词，意为“（详尽）描述，描写”。

他详尽描述了那座山。

He described the mountain in great detail.
(2) 其名词形式为description. 不可数名词。

他向警察描述了失踪妇女的模样。

He gave the police a description of the missing woman.
5 The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.
Both Lily and Lucy are good at painting pictures.
They both live in Nanjing.= Both of them live in Nanjing. 总结：
both…and 意为“不仅……而且……；……和……都……”, 作主语时，谓语动词用复数.
they both= both of them.。