广州版八年级上册英语课内重点及语法

第十五讲

Unit8

◆知识探究

Reading

词汇

petition n. 比赛；竞赛

He is in competition with three other people for promotion.他与其他三位对手角逐晋升的机会。

2.treasure n. 珍宝；宝物

She owns many treasures.她收藏了许多珍宝。

【提示】treasure表示“珍宝，宝物”时，是可数名词，且通常用复数形式；但表示“财富；珠宝”时，是不可数名词。

【链接】v. 珍视；珍爱；珍藏

I will treasure those memories forever.我会永远珍藏那些记忆。

3.text n.文本

The text is accurate and informative.文本内容准确，信息量大。

【提示】text un.表示“文本”时是不可数名词，但表示“文稿；讲稿；课本；课文”时是可数名词。

【链接】v. 用移动电话发送短信。

Text me when you are ready.准备好就给我发短信。

4.chance n.机会；机遇

Paul has waited for that chance for a long time.保罗等待那个机会已经很长时间

了。

【提示】chance还有表示“可能性”的用法：

A by any chance（用于询问）可能；也许

Are you, by any chance, going into town this afternoon?今天下午你会到镇上去吗？

B no chance（非正式）不可能

- Perhaps your mother will give you the money.

- No chance.

也许你母亲会给你那笔钱。

不可能。

5.confidently adv. 自信地

She walked confidently onto the platform and started her speech.她自信地走上讲台，然后开始发表演说。

【链接】confident adj.自信的；confidence n. 自信；自信心

6.topic n.话题

The topic of the lecture is whales.讲座的话题是鲸。

7.winner n. 优胜者

The winner’s prize is a new car.获胜者的奖品是一辆新轿车。

【链接】win v.赢得；获胜

8.advise v. 建议

【提示】是常用动词。现将它的几种常见用法归纳如下：

A advise+名词\代词。如：

What would you advise?你有什么建议？

Mr. Li advised Lisa after she failed the Maths test.莉萨数学测验不及格，李老师给她提了一些建议。

B advise+sb.+不定式短语。在这个句式中，不定式短语作advise的宾语补足语。如：

He often advises people to do more exercise.他常常劝人多锻炼身体。

C advise+动词-ing形式。如：

He advised going to London for the holidays.他建议去伦敦度假。

D advise+sb.+against+(doing)sth.表示“建议某人不做某事”。如：

The lawyers have advised us against signing the contract.律师建议我们不要签订这份合同。

【链接】advice un. Take my advice and stop doing that!

9.several det. 几个；一些

【提示】several 作定语，“几个”，此外，several可作代词。

Several boys were injured.

Several of us decided to walk home.

10.opinion n. 意见；想法

I wasn’t asking for your opinion, Dick.

11.whole adj. 整个的；全部的

Do you want to know the whole story?

【链接】whole n. 整体；全体

【比较】all与whole

1.都可与单数名词连用，含义大致相同，位置不同；all放在冠词、指示代词、形容词性物主代词等之前，而whole则放在这些词后。如：all the family the whole family

2.和复数名词连用，两者意思有所区别；all指“全部；每一个”；whole指“整个”。如：All the buildings were burning.

Whole buildings were burning.

3.在大多数不可数名词这前用all，不用whole。如：

所有的钱the whole money×all the money 所有的酒the whole wine ×all the wine

4.在表示地点的专有名词之前，一般用all而不用whole。如：

all China全中国，也可以说成the whole of China

12.suggestion n. 建议；提议

He followed her suggestion of a walk along the river.

【链接】suggest v. 建议；提议

municate v. （与某人）交流信息；沟通

My mother communicates with me well.

【链接】communication n. 交流；沟通We were in close communication with each other.

14.whenever conj. 在任何---的时候；在任何---的情况下

She always went to that church whenever she was in that area.

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