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UNIT 2
How often do you exercise?
Words and Expressions
1. housework n. 家务劳动;家务事
housework 为不可数名词,do housework------做家务
我在家帮忙做一些家务。
I help do some housework at home.
【扩展】housework是由“house+work”构成的合成词。类似的合成词还有:
homework 家庭作业 workday 工作日
schoolwork 课堂作业 workplace 工作场所
workhorse 吃苦耐劳的人 workbook 练习册
2. hardly adv. 几乎不;几乎没有
hardly 作副词,本身表示否定含义,不能再与否定词连用。
eg: 桑迪不敢相信自己的眼睛。
Sandy can hardly believe her eyes.
(3)【易混辨析】hardly 和 hard
我几乎不能相信他正在院子里努力训练。当风刮得很猛烈的时候,在户外训练是很困难的。
I can believe he is practicing in the yard.
It’s to exercise outside when it blows .
hardly 副词 几乎不,表示否定含义
hard 副词 努力地;猛烈地
形容词 困难的;坚硬的
语境感知
hardly
hard
hard
hard
(4)hardly ever
几乎从不,表示频率。
她几乎从未给我打过电话。
She called me.
中考链接
I could control my feelings at the moment. The movie reminds me of my childhood.
A. really B. nearly C. slowly D. hardly
hardly ever
D
3. once adv. 一次,曾经
twice adv. 两次,两倍
(1)每周一次
once a week------回答how often的提问
(2)每月/年两次
twice a month/year
每周我下两次国际象棋。
I play chess twice a week.
事关重大,你得三思。
It’s very important and you have to think twice.
(3)twice 作副词,还可意为“两倍”
猫睡觉的时间是人的两倍。
Cats sleep twice as much as people.
【扩展】英语中表示“三次或三次以上”用“基数词+ times”表示,如:three times 三次,ten times 十次。
4. full adj. 忙的,满的,充满的
(1)full 作形容词,有“忙的”意思。相当于busy,其反义词是free“空闲的”。
他的生活很忙碌。
His life is very full.
(2)full 作形容词,还可意为“满的;充满的”,其反义词是empty“空的”。
be full of 意思为“充满”
生活充满爱。
Life is full of love.
5. swing n. 摆动;秋千
v. 摆动;摇摆
(1)swing 作名词,意为“摆动”。
(2)swing 作名词,还有“秋千”的意思。
孩子们在公园里荡秋千。
The children are playing on the swings in the park.
(3)swing 作动词,意为“(使)摆动;摇摆”。
过去式和过去分词均为swung.
他甩了甩他的书包。
He swung his schoolbag.
6. health n.健康;人的身体(或精神)状态
health 作不可数名词
常用短语: be in good/poor health 身体好/差
keep/stay healthy 保持健康
我的奶奶身体很好。
My grandma is in good health.
吸烟有害健康。
Smoking is bad for health.
Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示,补全所缺单词。
1. —Would you like some c________, sir?
—No, thanks. For