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Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 1 第1课时
★学以致用★
1.But people don't take as much exercise as they used to.但是人们的运动量不像过去一样多了。
(1)as…as…意为“像……一样……”,第一个as是副词,第二个as可以是连词或介词,常用于同级比较,其否定形式为not as/so…as…。常用结构:
①“as+形容词/副词的原级+as”可用来表示两者在某方面相同或相近。
②“倍数+as+形容词/副词的原级+as”可表示两者间的倍数关系。
(2)used to意为“过去常常”,其后常接动词原形,用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为,特别强调现在不那样了。used to的否定形式为usedn't to或didn't use to;其疑问形式为Used+主语+to do…?或Did+主语+ use to do…?
【注意】①be used to doing sth.意为“习惯于做某事”,指动作过去不常做而现在已习惯做了,强调目前的情况;to为介词,后接名词或动词-ing。
②be used to do sth.意为“被用来做某事”,为被动结构。
①这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。
This film is as interesting as that one.
②彼得跑得有我两倍快。
Peter runs twice as fast / quickly as I do.
③Bob used to play (play)basketball with his friends after school.
2.【辨析】the number of与a number of
(1)the number of意为“……的数量”,后面接可数名词复数,谓语动词用单数形式。
(2)a number of意为“若干;许多”,后面接可数名词复数,谓语动词用复数形式。
There are a number of books in the school library and the number of them is increasing.(be)
Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1.The old woman is deaf (聋的),so she can't hear anything.
2.When we saw the boy in the street,he was shaking with fear (害怕).
3.Junk food is bad for our health,so we seldom (不常)eat it.
4.Young people often dream of becoming wealthy/rich (富有的)in the future.
5.My father spends all his spare/free (空余的)time reading books.
Ⅱ.从括号中选择合适的词语填空
1.It's believed that the number of (a number of/the number of)polar bears is becoming smaller and smaller.
2.Our city has changed a lot and the street is cleaner than it used to (used to/is used to)be.
3.Every one of us is working as hard (hardly/hard)as we can to finish the job in time.
4.If you can exercise once a week,that's better (better/worse)than nothing.
5.According to the report, nearly (nearly/mostly)half of the students sleep late at weekends.
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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Read these product reviews on a website from the year 2066.
I bought the Sunny Star robot two weeks ago.It does everything for me in the morning.I don't have to do anything.It wakes me up with a nice song.I don't have to get out of bed myself.It helps me to