内容正文:
Unit 2 How often do you exercise?
Grammar Focus (3a--3c)
单元语法:
1. 频度副词
(1) 频度副词表示事情发生的频率,可用来回答how often引导的问句。
· How often do you go to the movies?
· How often does Alex go to New York City?
· How often does your brother use the Internet?
(2) 常用的频度副词有:
1 always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never等。其表示的频率由高到低排列如下:
always>usually>often>sometimes>hardly ever>never
2 表示具体的频率、次数时,可用once, twice或“基数词+times”表示,如:
· They take their daughter to the park once a week.
· Potter goes to the library about three or four times a month.
· Dan plays soccer twice a week.
(3) 频度副词在句中的位置:
1 实义动词之前
· I usually go to the movies once a month.
· He hardly ever goes fishing.
2 助动词、情态动词之后
· My father doesn’t often sing.
· I will never forget you.
· No one can always help you.
3 be动词之后
· She is always looking nice.
· Ada is always complaining about her life.
4 有时也可置于句首或句尾。
· Sometimes he dances at home.
· My family eat out sometimes.
重点词汇及常用短语:
1. sometimes adv. 有时 (相当于at times)
· Tim sometimes drink milk for breakfast.
· They sometimes go skating in winter.
〖拓展〗sometimes, some times, sometime, some time
sometimes
频度副词,“有时”,表示动作不经常发生,可位于句首、句中和句末,常用于一般现在时
some times
名词短语,“几次,几倍”
sometime
副词,“在某时”,表示某个不确切或不具体的时间常用于过去式或将来时
some time
名词短语,“一段时间”
· My dad sometimes sings in his room.
· It takes me some time to finish reading a book.
· Lily called me some times in the evening.
· My notebook is missing. But I think I can find it sometime.
2. healthy breakfast 健康的早餐
其中healthy是形容词,意为“健康的”
· We should eat healthy food.
· It’s healthy for us to go to bed early.
〖拓展〗healthy的名词形式是:health,意为“健康,人的身体(或精神)状态”
· She says it’s bad for my health.
· The old man has some health problems.
2. at least 至少,不少于,起码
· Leo plays the violin at least twice a week.
· Fiat goes out with his friend at least five times a month.
〖注意〗least意为“最少的,最小的,最少,最小”,是little的最高级。表示“最少的,最小的”时,修饰不可数名词。如:
· Henry has the least experience among all the workers.
· Sally has the least money in his family.