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Unit 12 What did you do last weekend?
Point 1 flew a kite放风筝
flew为ly的过去式,fly此处作及物动词,意为“放飞(风筝、飞机模型等)”。
My father helped me to fly the model plane.
我的父亲帮助我放飞飞机模型。
【拓展】
(1)fly还可作不及物动词:
①意为“飞;飞行”。
I wanted to fly like a bird.
我想像乌一样飞。
We flew to Beijing yesterday.
昨天我们是乘飞机去的北京。[来源:Zxxk.Com]
②还可意为“飞逝”。
How time flies!
时间过得真快呀!
(2)ly作可数名词,意为“苍蝇”。
There are two flies in the soup.
汤里有两只苍蝇。
Point 2 swam in a swimming pool在游泳池里游泳
swam为动词swim的过去式;swimming是动词swim的动名词形式,在此用作定语,表示用途或功能,即a swimming pool=a pool for swimming。类似的表达还有living room 起居室,reading room 阅览室,waiting room候车室。
We often swim in the river.
我们经常在河里游泳。
The water in the swimming pool is kind of dirty.
游泳池里的水有点脏。
Point 3 Did you do anything interesting last weekend?上周未你做有超的事情了吗?
anything interesting意为“有趣的事”,形容词interesting修饰不定代词anything应后置。在句中作后置定语。
Is there anything interesting in the story?
这个故事里有有趣的事情吗?
This isn’t anything important.
这并不是什么重要的东西。
【典例】
—Jack, is there _____________ in today’s newspaper?
—No, nothing.
A. anything important
B. something important
C. important anything
D. important something
【答案】A
Point 4 My sister finished high school two weeks ago. 我姐姐两周前中学毕业了。
(1)high school 意为“中学”。其中,high为形容词,意义广泛,意为“高级的”;还可意为“高的”,强调物体高出地面的空间高度。
He is studying in a high school.
他在一所中学学习。
The mountain is very high.
这座山很高。
【拓展】
high还可作副词,主要修饰动词,意为“高地”。ago的用法:
He jumps high.
他跳得高。
(2)ago副词,意为“……以前”,表示“从此刻起,若干时间以前”。常用于一般过去时态。
I visited my grandma three days ago.
我三天前看望了我的奶奶。
I met him a few minutes ago.
我几分钟以前见到他了。
【巧记】
ago的用法:
立足现在往前算,
ago出来挑重担。
Point 5 First,we took a long bus ride to a lake in the countryside.首先,我们搭乘大巴车花了好长时间来到乡下的一个湖泊。
ride 此处作可数名词,意为“(乘车的)旅行;旅程”。take a ride意为“兜风”。
I had a ride on a horse for an hour.
我骑了一个小时的马。
It’s a twenty-minute train ride from here.
从这里乘火车需要20分钟。
He often takes a ride when he is free.
当他有空时,他经常去兜风。
Point 6 There we put up our tents and made a fire to keep us warm and cook food on. 在那里我们搭起帐篷,生火取暖并做饭。
(1)put up此处意为“搭起”,还可意为“举起;张贴;建造”。put的过去式还是put。
Please put up your hand if yo