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八年级英语(下)
Unit4 Why don’t you talk to your parents? Section B
一、知识点回顾
1. My parents give me a lot of pressure about school. 我父母给我许多学习上的压力。
pressure 不可数名词,意为“压力”,此处指精神上、外界施加的压力,相当于stress。
☞You need to be able to handle pressure in this job. 你要能应付这一工作的压力。
☞He works well under pressure. 他在有压力的情况下工作很出色。
【归纳拓展】
put pressure on sb (to do sth) 向某人施压
under pressure 压力之下
( )_________ pressure is bad for a child’s development.
A. Too much B. Too many C. Much too D. Many too
2. I have to compete with my classmates at school. 在学校我不得不和我的同班同学竞争。
compete 不及物动词,意为“竞争;对抗”。
compete with…意为“和……竞争”,后面跟竞争对手
compete in…意为“在……(方面)竞争”,后面常跟比赛
☞We can compete with the best teams. 我们能与最好的队竞争。
☞He's hoping to compete in the London marathon. 他期盼着参加伦敦马拉松比赛。
( )The children from Beijing will ____ with the children from Shanghai in tomorrow’s soccer match.
A. disagree B. compete C. discuss D. hit
3. The Taylors are a typical American family. 泰勒一家是一个典型的美国家庭。
(1)"the+姓氏的复数形式"指该姓氏夫妇二人或全家人,是复数含义,作主语时谓语动词用复数形式。
☞ The Whites enjoy living in China. 怀特一家人很喜欢在中国生活。
☞ The Zhangs are both doctors. 张家夫妇都是医生。
(2)typical为形容词,意为"典型的"。
☞ He is a typical Englishman. 他是个典型的英国人。
4. Maybe I could cut out a few of their activities…或许我可以减掉他们几个活动……
cut out意为“删除;删去”,为“动词+副词”型短语,代词作其宾语时须放在两个词之间;名词作宾语时,既可放在两个词中间,也可放在out之后。
☞ You'd better cut out the last two paragraphs of your article. 你最好把你这篇文章中的最后两段删去。
【归纳拓展】
cut out还可意为“剪下;切下;裁剪”
☞ He cut out the picture from the newspaper. 他从报上剪下这图片。
☞ She cut out a new dress. 她裁剪了一件新连衣裙。
( )一Do you know how to the nose, the mouth and sharp teeth to make a pumpkin lantern?
一Of course. Let me show you how to do it.
A. cut out B. look out C. find out D. work out
5. I really want them to be successful. 我真的希望他们将来能成功。
successful为形容词,意为"成功的;有成就的",可作表语或定语。作表语时,常用结构be successful in,意为"在……方面获得成功"。
☞ She wants to be a successful writer. 她想成为一名成功的作家。
☞ She was successful in findin