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Grade 8, Unit 6
① They’ve left a huge wooden horse. (Para.2)
② The Greeks didn’t want to take it with them. (Para.3)
③ …, they locked all the gates of the city and then all went
to sleep. (Para.4)
④ They quietly climbed out of the horse one by one. (Para.5)
⑤ …, they succeeded in capturing it through a clever trick.
(Para.7)
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They = The Greeks
it = the huge wooden horse
They = the Trojans
They = The Greek soldiers inside the wooden horse
it = the city of Troy
The Greeks tried for ten years to capture the city of Troy. However, they didn’t s______. So they thought of a clever t___. They left a h___ wooden horse f__ of s______ outside the m___ gates of the city. The Trojan c_____ ordered his men to p__ it into the city. They thought they won the war and c_________ happily that night. However, when the square
was e____ at m______, the Greek soldiers climbed q_____ out of the horse from a s____ door and opened the main gates to let their a___ enter the city. This time, the Greeks finally captured the city.
ucceed
rick
uge
ull
oldiers
ain
aptain
ull
elebrated
mpty
idnight
uietly
ecret
rmy
Complete the story with key words.
After-reading
Language points
1. They've tried to capture our city for ten years.(P83)
★ try to do sth. 意为“_____________________”,
try doing sth.意为“______________”
例如:He is trying to finish his work before 12:00.
他正努力在 12 点之前完成工作。
She tried cooking for the first time.
她第一次尝试做饭。
努力做某事;尽力做某事
尝试做某事
Language points 周报P9
2. They sang and danced around the horse, and made jokes about the stupid Greeks.(P83)
★ make jokes about 意为“__________________________”,与 _______________和 _______________同义,
例如:Don't make jokes about her weight. It's not very nice.
不要拿她的体重开玩笑,这样不太好。
拿…开玩笑;以……为笑柄
play jokes on
make fun of
The box is full of my brother’s toys.
You shouldn’t make jokes about the old man.
I am trying to lose weight.
Why don’t you try swimming?
3.The horse was full of Greek soldiers!(P83)
★ be full of 意为“(有)大量的;(有)许多的”,与 be filled with 同义:
例如:The garden is full of the beauty of colorful flowers in spring.
春天,花园被五颜六色的花装点得美不胜收。
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4. I haven’t laughed like this since my childhood.
since 表示“自从……以来”
since +过去一个时间点 (如具体的年、月、日期、钟点、1980, last month, half past six)。
since +一段时间+ ago (如 since two days ago)
since +从句 (从句用过去时)
It has been +一段时间+ since 从句 (从句用过去时)
It has been ages since we last met.
语法课讲
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except 除……之外
例1. All the students except Tom passed the exam. 周报P9
除了 Tom,所有的学生都通过了考试。
例2. The dress was perfect except for a small stain on the front
这条裙子很完美,除了前面有一点小污渍。
例3.Besides English, she can speak French and Spanish.
除了英语之外,她还会说法语和西班牙语
总结 except 作介词,意为“除……之外”,表示同类事物之间的关系,如例1;短语____________表示“除……之外”用于表示对整体的
肯定和对局部的否定,如例 2。
拓展 besides 表示“除……之外(还)”,用在肯定句中指更进一步地
拥有,即包括 besides 后所列的内容在内,如例3.
except for
5. By midnight, the square was empty, except for the giant horse.
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except
except for
Besides
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by + doing sth. 借助于,通过(做某事)
他们通过一起合作,准备好了大餐。
They prepared a big dinner by working together.
6. For ten years, the Greeks could not capture the city by fighting.(L20)
7. In one night, however, they succeeded in capturing it through a clever trick. (L20)
through 意为“经由;为……”
我是通过广播得知此事的。
I learnt of the event through the radio.
I learnt the news a friend in the USA.
A. with B. by C. through D. across
succeed 达到目的;实现目标 周报P9
【展示】
例1.After years of hard work, he finally succeeded in starting his own
company.
经过多年的努力,他终于成功地创办了自己的公司,
例2.He is a successful writer with several best-selling books.
他是一名成功的作家,有几本畅销书
例3. Her efforts finally made her get much success in the competition.
她的努力最终使她在比赛中取得了巨大的成功。
successfully (adv.) /sək'sesfəlɪ/ 成功地
【总结】 周报P9
succecd 是动词,常作不及物动词,意为“达到目的;实现目标”。另外,succeed 常和 in 搭配,构成_________________________意为“成功地做成某事”,如例1;succeed 的形容词形式为______________
,如例2:succeed的名词形式为success, success作不可数名词,意为“成功”,如例3;success 还可以作可数名词,意
为“成功的人(或事物)”,如例 4。
运用 根据句意,用 succeed 的适当形式完成下列句子。
7. His hard work made him a___________basketball player.
8. The meeting we held yesterday was a great__________.
9. The key to__________is to be in the right place at the right time
10. He tried many times and finally ____________in working out the problem.
succeed in doing sth.
successful
successful
success
success
succeeded
Choose a proper word for each sentence, pay attention to the forms.
1. His uncle is a _____________ inventor.
2. Jenny has _____________ in getting the job.
3. We are very happy with your great ____________.
4. We worked out the problem _______________ in the end.
successful
succeeded
success
successfully
succeed success successful successfully
1. 将……表演出来__________________ (P81)
2. 放弃 __________________ (P83)
3. 开船走了 __________________ (P83)
4. 一匹巨大的木马__________________ (P83)
5. 把……拖进……__________________ (P83)
6. 拿……开玩笑 __________________ (P83)
7. 直到午夜 __________________ (P83)
8. 除……之外 __________________ (P83)
Find the phrases
act out
give up
sail away
a huge wooden horse
pull ... into ...
make jokes about
by midnight
except for
= play jokes on sb.
9. (有)大量的; __________________ (P83)
10. 成功做成…… __________________ (P83)
11. on the side of ... __________________ (P83)
12. climb out of ... __________________ (P83)
13. one by one __________________ (P83)
14. by doing... __________________ (P83)
15. order sb. to do sth. __________________ (P85)
16. play a trick on sb. __________________ (P85)
(be) full of
succeed in doing...
在……的一边
从……爬出去
逐个地;逐一地
通过做……
命令某人做某事
捉弄某人
= be filled with
1. A blue whale is a very big animal. It is ________. (line 4)
2. The soldiers thought the Greeks were not clever. They thought the Greeks were ________. (line 9)
3. The cinema does not have any people in it. It is ________.
(line 12)
4. I like almost all meat, but this does not include chicken. I like all meat ________ chicken. (line 12)
5. Only a few people know about this information. Please keep it ________.(line 13)
C1 The words in italics explain the meanings of some words on page 83. Find these words to complete the sentences.
except
secret
huge
stupid
empty
1 Alice: Oh,no! Your dress is__________ holes!
Betty: Don’t__________________ that. I need to wear this dress to the party tonight.
Alice: Sorry, I'm only joking.
2 Barry: Follow me. I know a__________path through the forest. We can get to the town faster.
James: Really? That sounds great.
3 Simon: I want to join the__________in the future.
William: Me too. My dream is to be a soldier.
4 Jill: Look! The old man is__________a big box into the house.
Ella: Let's go and help him.
5 Grace: Hey! Great news. Our class has____________in winning first prize.
June: Wow! We should __________ !
C2
army
pulling
full of
make jokes about
secret
succeeded
celebrate
Homework
1. 学评113-114+报纸P10,红笔订正。
2. 背单词课文,明天听写。
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