unit9whenwasheborn讲解及练习

Unit 9 When was he born?

【单元话题】

1 表述自己在过去的生活经历。

2 询问他人过去的一些生活经历和所取得的成绩。

3 写一篇短文把自己和周围同学的生活经历写出来。

4 写一篇简短的人物传记。并附上人物的小档案。

【重要句型概览】

Who’s that? That’s Deng Yaping.

What’s her job? She is a great ping-pong player.

When was she born? She was born in 1973.

When did she become a ping-pong player?

She became a ping-pong player when she was 3 years old. / When she was 3 years old.

When did she …? When she was … years old.

How long did she …? When did she stop …?

When did you …? I … when I was … years old.

I first ….when I was … years old. I was/felt happy/tired/excited.

【重要词组概览】

learn to do sth. 学会做某事

start doing(to do) sth. 开始做某事

have a party 举行一次聚会

was(were) born 出生于

stop doing sth. 停止做某事

free time 业余时间

see sb. do sth. 看见某人做某事

begin doing(to do) sth. 开始做某事

at the age of 在几岁（多大年龄）的时候take part in 参加

【重点词汇注释】

1．record n. 记录, 履历, 档案, 报告, 唱片

v. 标明, 将...录音

如：

classroom record 课堂记录

world record 世界记录

speed record 速度记录

time record 时间记录

set (up) a new record 创新纪录

hold record 保持记录

enter on the records 载入记录

beat [break, cut] the [a] record 打破记录

a record run 打破记录的赛跑write a record of one's journey 写下旅行记录

have an honourable [a criminal] record 有光荣的[犯罪的]履历

a matter of record 有案可查的事件

2. achievement n. 成就, 功绩, 完成；达成, 成功, 成绩

Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great achievement. 首次飞越大西洋是一个伟大的功绩。

Such a goal was impossible of achievement.

这样的目标是不可能实现的。

3. become v. (became, become)

Helen became an electronic engineer.

海伦成了一名电子工程师。

This design of resident buildings is becoming / getting fashionable. 这种住宅楼的设计正在逐渐流行起来。

The travelers became / got thirsty.

旅客们渴了。

4. receive v. 收到, 接到, 接收, 遭到, 受到, 接待, 接见

Did you receive any letters today?

你今天收到信了吗？

The novel received great acclaim.

这本小说备受赞扬。

The report received accolades from the press.

这篇报道受到新闻界的赞扬。

I received an invitation.

我收到了请帖。

5. admire v. 赞美, 钦佩, 羡慕

I admire her for her bravery.

我钦佩她的勇气。

We all admired her for the way she saved the children from the fire.

她把孩子们从大火中救出来, 我们都钦佩不已。

Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.

人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。

6. enter v. 进入, 加入, 参加, 登录

to enter without knocking 不敲门就进

We will not enter the discussion of the plan for the moment.

我们暂不考虑讨论这一计划。

Her dream to enter the famous university came true.

她要进入名牌大学学习的梦想实现了。

A lot of cars entered for this race last year.

去年,很多小汽车参加了这种比赛。

enter into开始；着手

enter into a contract 订立合同

Our shop has entered into a contract with a clothing firm to buy 100 T-shirts a week.

我们商店与一家服装公司达成了每星期批发一百件T恤衫的合同。

The agreement shall enter into force upon signature.

协议于签字后立即生效。

We'll enter into details at the next meeting.

关于细节问题我们下次会议上再讨论。