Unit 1 Section 1 Reading 2知识点课件-2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）英语八年级上册

1. ① Da Vinci was extremely intelligent… 达·芬奇非常聪明…… The dolphin is an intelligent animal. She has great intelligence. ① intelligent adj. 海豚是聪明的动物。 她非常聪明。 有才智的；聪明的 ② … he showed great intelligence and artistic talent. ……他就展现出极高的智慧和艺术天赋。 ② intelligence n. 才智；智慧 adj. n. 1. Her intelligence makes her a great student. ____________________________________ 2. 他是一个聪明的学生。 ____________________________________ 她的聪明才智使她成为一名优秀的学生。 翻译句子。 He is an intelligent student. 2. …and he was unusually talented in many different fields. (1) He is talented in music. (2) He is talented in playing the piano. ……他在许多不同的领域都有不同寻常的才能。 be talented in… 他有音乐天赋。 他擅长弹钢琴。 在某方面有天赋 • be talented in sth. • be talented in doing sth. 根据汉语意思完成下列句子。 1. 莫扎特有音乐天赋。 Mozart was talented in ________. 2. 她擅长画画。 She is talented in ________. 3. 她擅长唱歌和跳舞。 __________________________________ music drawing She is talented in singing and dancing. 3. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the countryside in Italy. (1) She was born in a small town. (2) He was born on a rainy day. 列奥纳多·达·芬奇出生在意大利的乡下。 be born 她出生在一个小镇。 他出生在一个雨天。 出生，常用过去式表示“出生(于)”。 be born in后面常跟年份、地点； be born on后面常跟某一天。 用恰当的介词填空。 1. I was born ______ Shanghai, but I've lived in Beijing for some years now. 2. My friend was born ______ a snowy day ______ 2002. in on in 4. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. 随着年龄的增长，他学会了做许多不同的事情。 (1) The skies grew dark and it began to rain. (2) The flowers grew taller each day. grow v. 天渐渐黑了，又下起雨来。 这些花每天都逐渐长高。 [+形容词] 逐渐变得；逐渐成为 5. Dinosaurs are a type of prehistoric animal. 恐龙是一种史前动物。 (1) A pineapple is a type of tropical (热带的) fruit. (2) Do you think butterfly is a type of insect (昆虫)? a type of 菠萝是一种热带水果。 你认为蝴蝶是一种昆虫吗？ 一种 6. They are related to crocodiles, snakes and lizards. 它们与鳄鱼、蛇和蜥蜴属于同一种类。 (1) These two animals are related to each other. (2) Lions are related to other big cats like leopards (豹子). be related to 这两种动物属于同一类。 狮子与其他大型猫科动物如豹子属于同一类。 与……属于同一类 7. Some were as small as chickens, and others were as big as ten elephants. 有些恐龙像鸡一样小，有些有十头大象那么大。 (1) Some students like math, others like English. (2) Some people like to travel, others like to stay home. some … others … 有些学生喜欢数学，有些学生喜欢英语。 有些人喜欢旅行，有些人喜欢待在家里。 有的……有的……，有些……有些…… (1) Tom runs as fast as Sam. (2) It's not as hard as I thought. as … as Tom和Sam跑得一样快。 这没有我想象的那么困难。 和……一样……（中间加形容词或副词的原级） 1. 有些学生喜欢运动，有些学生喜欢音乐。 _______________________________________ 2. 这本书和电影一样有趣。 _______________________________________ Some students like sports, others like music. This book is as interesting as the movie. 翻译句子。 8. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for more than 180 million years. 恐龙统治地球超过1.8亿年。 (1) He runs more than five miles every day. (2) There are more than 50 students in the class. more than 他每天跑超过五英里。 这个班级有超过50名学生。 意为“超过；多于”。此时，后面常跟数词。 “for + 时间段” 表示持续时间，强调某个动作或状态持续多长时间。 (1) They played basketball for forty minutes yesterday. (2) They talked about their trip for a long time. 他们昨天打了四十分钟篮球。 他们聊了很长时间关于他们的旅行。 (3) He has studied English for three months. 他学英语已经三个月了。 9. About 66 million years ago, dinosaurs suddenly died out. 大约6600万年前，恐龙突然灭绝。 (1) How did the dinosaurs die out? (2) The fire died out after a few hours. die out 恐龙是如何灭绝的？ 火在几个小时后熄灭了。 灭绝，消失 P7 1 1 The words in italics (斜体的) explain the meanings of four words and one phrase from the encyclopaedia entries on page 5. Find them and complete the sentences. (1) Some animals are highly __________ (line 3). They are so smart that they can be trained to understand some human language. (2) My brother is a very __________ (line 4) piano player. He has a natural ability to play very well from a young age. (3) Kate's __________ (line 8) ability is amazing: she is very good at drawing. intelligent talented artistic (4) People say that __________ (line 12) without drivers will be quite normal in the future. It will be very common to see a bus or car without a driver! (5) The dodo, a large bird that couldn't fly, __________ (line 21) hundreds of years ago, so there aren't any living dodos on Earth. vehicles died out 2 Here is more information from the encyclopaedia. Complete the passage with the words and phrases below. Change the form if necessary. In the 1990s, researchers in China discovered something surprising about dinosaurs: some of these (1)__________ animals had feathers. This discovery helped explain the connection between birds and dinosaurs. According to scientists, all the non-bird dinosaurs (2)_________, but dinosaurs survived as birds. In fact, birds developed from (3)___________ two-legged, meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. (4)_________ you've seen exciting movies about dinosaurs like T-Rex. Well, those huge dinosaurs come from the same family as birds. Today's ducks and chickens aren't scary, but they are actually related to T-Rex! In one way, the dinosaurs never disappeared (5)__________ — they just became smaller. a type of completely die out perhaps prehistoric prehistoric died out a type of P7 2 Perhaps completely We can add -er, -ist or -ian to the end of some words to make nouns, referring to a person. research→researcher science→scientist music→musician Noun suffixes (名词词缀): -ist, -ian 在某些单词的末尾添加-er, -ist或-ian， 构成表示“人”的名词。 • art(艺术)→artist(艺术家) • tour(旅行)→tourist(游客) • piano(钢琴)→pianist(钢琴家) • violin(小提琴)→violinist(小提琴家) • magic(魔术)→magician(魔术师) • history(历史)→historian(历史学家) • technique(技术)→technician(技术员) • mathematics(数学)→mathematician(数学家) Can you give more examples? • teach(教)→teacher(教师) • write(写)→ writer(作家) • farm(农场)→ farmer(农民) • drive(驾驶)→ driver(司机) Pay attention to the key expressions. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. Da Vinci was extremely intelligent, and he was unusually talented in many different fields. He was a true genius, and his paintings and inventions changed the way we think about art and science. Leonardo da Vinci was born in the countryside in Italy. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic talent. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines and other vehicles. be talented in… 在某方面有天赋 不同的领域 be born 出生 在乡村；在农村 从很小的时候起 展现出极高的智慧和艺术天赋 as … grow(s) older 随着……年龄的增长 例如 一名真正的天才 Dinosaurs Dinosaurs are a type of prehistoric animal. They are related to crocodiles, snakes and lizards. They are also the ancestors of today's birds. Dinosaurs first appeared around 245 million years ago. The word “dinosaur” comes from two Greek words, and it means “terrible lizard”. Dinosaurs lived on land and walked on either two or four legs. Many dinosaurs ate plants, but some ate meat. Dinosaurs came in different sizes. Some were as small as chickens, and others were as big as ten elephants. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for more than 180 million years. About 66 million years ago, dinosaurs suddenly died out. Scientists are not completely sure why. However, they are learning more and more about dinosaurs by studying their fossils. 一种 史前动物 与……属于同一类 来自 存在某种形式或规格(常用于描述商品、生物等的多样性) 和……一样小 和……一样大 超过 灭绝 ……的祖先 Task 6 Translate the following expressions into English. 1. 在某方面有天赋 2. 不同的领域 3. 一名真正的天才 4. 出生 5. 在乡村；在农村 6. 从很小的时候起 7. 展现出极高的智慧和艺术天赋 8. 随着……年龄的增长 9. 例如 ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ __________________________________________________________________ ______________________ be talented in… different fields in the countryside from an early age show great intelligence and artistic talent a true genius as … grow(s) older for example be born 10. 一种 11. 史前动物 12. 与……属于同一类 13.……的祖先 14. 来自 15. 存在某种形式或规格 16. 和……一样小/和……一样大 17. 超过 18. 灭绝 ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ __________________________________________________________________ ______________________ ______________________ a type of prehistoric animal come from come in as small as / as big as more than die out be related to the ancestors of… 3 Write about a talented person. Use the expressions below. P7 3 • be born in … • be talented in … • change the way … • from an early age • learn to do • show … talent Ludwig van Beethoven (路德维希・范・贝多芬) (1770–1827) was a famous musician. People all over the world still love his music. Beethoven was born in Bonn (波恩), Germany. From an early age, he showed great talent for music. His father taught him to play the piano when he was a little boy. He worked very hard and soon learnt to play very well.​ Beethoven was talented in writing music and he made many beautiful pieces. He changed the way music felt. It was full of strong feelings. When he was older, he started to lose his hearing. But he didn't stop making music. He learnt to “hear” with his heart and wrote some of his best works even when he couldn't hear at all. His Fifth Symphony (《第五交响曲》) and Ninth Symphony (《第九交响曲》) are still very famous.​ $$