Unit 4单元讲义 2023-2024学年人教版九年级英语全册

第4讲 Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. · 知识精讲 知识点1. 重点单词讲解 1. humorous adj. 有幽默感的，滑稽有趣的 (p26-2a) 【直击考点】 1) humor+ous (形容词后缀) He has plenty of humorous stories to tell. He is quite humorous, and I like that about him. 2)n. humor 幽默，滑稽 The writer used black humor in this novel. He is famous for sense of humor. 2. silent adj. 不说话的，沉默的 教材原句：She was always silent in class. (p26-2b) 【直击考点】 The room was silent except for his crying. 1) keep silent 保持沉默 Why do you keep silent? 2) n. silence 沉默 in silence They stood in silence. 3) adv. silently 沉默地 Time passes silently. 3. helpful adj. 有帮助的，有用的 【直击考点】 1) help+ful (形容词后缀) 常用搭配：be helpful for James is a helpful boy and we all like him. Sports are helpful for character-training. A little maths can be helpful here. 2) 此类词还有：care+ful=careful；beauty+ful=beautiful；use+ful=useful；thank+ful=thankful 【拓展】反义词是____________ We felt helpless to do anything about it. I was helpless against them. 4. interview v. 采访，面试 n. 面试，访谈 教材原句：For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. (p27-3a) 【直击考点】 作动词：We will interview the Minister of Education tomorrow. 作名词：He was very uneasy about the interview. interviewer 面试者，采访者；interviewee 被采访者，被访问者。联想：employer与employee 5. require v. 需要；要求 教材原句：You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. (p27-3a) 【直击考点】 其后跟不定式的复合结构、名词、代词或从句等。 They required us to carry out the plan. We required her to attend the opening. 6. seldom adv. 不常；很少 教材原句：When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together. (p30-2b) 【直击考点】 seldom为否定副词，一般放在实义动词之前，be动词、助动词或情态动词之后。若seldom放句首，后面的句子要部分倒装。 He seldom asked his parents for money when he was at school. = Seldom did he ask his parents for money when he was at school. I’ve seldom seen such a big apple. = Seldom have I seen such a big apple. 7. influence v. & n. 影响 教材原句：Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork. (p30-2b) 【直击考点】 既可作名词又可作动词。have an inf