Unit 3 To be a good teenager知识清单-2025-2026学年译林版（2024）八年级英语上册

八上 Unit 3 To be a good learner

1. The love of learning is as important in studying as breathing is in running.

对学习的热爱之于求学，就如呼吸之于奔跑一样重要。

2. Learning how to learn is important for every student.

学会如何学习对每个学生来说都很重要。

3. try to improve our own ways of learning

努力改进我们自己的学习方法

 

Welcome to the unit

4. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

授人以鱼，仅供一饭之需；授人以渔，则终身受用无穷。

5. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行，始于足下。

begin/start with…  以…开始

6. Studying is like rowing a boat against moving water; if you don’t move forward, you will fall behind.

学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。

against (prep.) 逆，反对；靠；对抗；违反

7. To reach a goal, big or small, it is important to take the first step.

要实现一个目标，无论大小，迈出第一步至关重要。

the goal of… is to do sth    …的目标是做…

8. It is better to learn how to do something than to depend on others.

学会如何自己做某事，总比依赖别人要好。

9. Keep learning and trying to improve. If you stop learning, you will stop getting better.

持续学习，不断精进。若停止学习，便止步不前。

10. What do you think is important for successful learning?

你认为成功学习的关键是什么？

successful(adj.)    be successful in doing sth

successfully(adv.)  do sth successfully

success (n.)       have success in doing sth

                   a big success

succeeded (v.)   succeed in doing sth成功做某事

11. For me, one thing is to have strong drive to learn.

对我来说，有强烈的学习动力是一方面。

drive (n.) 冲劲；本能需求

     (v.) 驾驶；驾车送人；迫使，驱赶

12. If you’re willing to learn, you’ll work harder.

如果你愿意学习，你就会更加努力。 

13. A good teacher will guide you on the right path.

一位好老师会引导你走上正确的道路。

guide (n.) 指南，导游

a guide to (doing) sth. (做)某事的指南

guide (v.) 引导，带领

guide sb. to ...引导某人去…

guide sb to do sth 带领某人做某事

14. And we should also make a study plan.

我们还应该制定一个学习计划。

15. It’ll help us manage our time well.

这能帮助我们更好地管理时间。

manage (vt.)明智地使用；管理→management (n.)

         (v.)完成(困难的事)

manage to do sth设法做某事

16. I couldn’t agree more. 我完全同意。

 

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17. A writer, scientist, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents and one of the most famous people in the 18th century.

本杰明·富兰克林是一位作家、科学家、发明家，也是美国的开国元勋之一。他才华横溢，是18世纪最著名的人物之一。

① invent (v.)发明

invention (n.)发明物

inventor(n.)发明家

② found(v.) 成立；founded（过去式）

③ have talent for…  在…方面有天赋

18. From a young age, Franklin’s great love of learning set him apart from many others.

从很小的时候起，富兰克林对学习的热爱就使他与众不同。

set…apart from… 使…突出，使…与众不同

take…apart把…拆开

19. As one of 17 children in a big family, Franklin had only two years of education before he had to start working.

作为一个大家庭的 17 个孩子之一，富兰克林在开始工作之前只受过两年的教育。

20. While working in his brother’s print shop, Franklin taught himself by reading a lot.

在他哥哥的印刷店工作的时候，富兰克林通过大量阅读自学。

teach oneself sth/to do sth 自学某事/做某事

learn sth/to do sth by oneself

21. He often borrowed books from booksellers and stayed up very late in order to return them early the next day.

他经常从书商那里借书，并熬夜到很晚，以便第二天一大早就能归还。

① stay up熬夜

stay out待在户外，晚上不回家

② in order to do sth =to do sth为了做某事

so that... 以便，为了

22. Curious about the world around him, Franklin once became interested in studying storms.

出于对周围世界的好奇，富兰克林曾对研究风暴产生兴趣。

be curious about…  对…好奇

23. He followed the storms and did many tests.

他追踪风暴并进行许多试验。

24. Then he found out that storms moved from one place to another.

随后发现风暴会从一个地方移动到另一个地方。

find out通过探索而发现事情的真相，发现无形，隐秘的事情，调查、弄清楚

discover发现客观事物的存在；表示新发现，特别是科学上的发现时，只能用discover

look for寻找；强调找的过程

find发现，找到；强调找的结果 

finding (n.) 调查发现

25. His findings helped predict the weather.

他的发现有助于预测天气。

26. What’s more, Franklin had a great love for science, so his countless inventions came as no surprise.

而且，富兰克林酷爱科学，因此，他有数不清的发明也就不足为奇了。

① surprise (n.)令人惊奇的事情(或消息等)

to one’s surprise令某人惊讶的是

come as no surprise 不足为奇

② surprise (v.)使惊奇；使诧异

surprise sb使某人大吃一惊/措手不及

③ surprised (adj.)惊奇的；感觉意外的

be surprised to do sth对做某事感到吃惊

④ surprising (adj.) 令人吃惊的;奇怪的

27. Even in his late 70s, he invented a type of special glasses to help him see better.

甚至在他70多岁时，他还发明了一种特殊的眼镜来帮助自己看得更清楚。

① in one’s /the几十es; 在某人几十多岁时

in one’s teens, twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties

28. Franklin did not make money from any of his inventions but let people use them for free.

富兰克林没有从他的任何一项发明中获利，而是让人们免费使用他们。

29. His greatness goes further than that.

他的伟大之处远不止于此。

30. As a lifelong learner, he saw learning as an exciting and endless journey, full of wonder and success.

作为一名终身学习者，他将学习视为一段充满惊喜与成就、令人兴奋且永无止境的旅程。

see…as…   把…看作…

31. This is his greatest gift to the world.

这是他留给世界最宝贵的礼物。

32. How did Franklin go on learning after he left school?

富兰克林离开学校后是如何继续学习的？

go on doing sth继续做之前正在做的同一件事

go on to do sth 做完一件事后，接着去做另一件不同的事

33. What did Franklin discover when she studied the storms?

富兰克林在研究风暴时发现了什么？

34. Steve, a middle school student, is well known for inventing an amazing language learning app.

史蒂夫是一名中学生，因发明了一款令人惊叹的语言学习应用程序而闻名。

be famous/well known for… 因为…而出名

be famous/well known as…作为…而著名

35. His idea for developing the app came from a trip to Italy with his parents.

他开发这款应用的灵感，源于和父母的一次意大利之旅。

36. Steve and his parents cannot speak a word of Italian, and they are not good at English, so it came as no surprise that they ran into countless problems during their trip.

史蒂夫和他的父母不会说一句意大利语，英语也不好，所以他们在旅途中遇到无数问题也就不足为奇了。

37. They could not express themselves clearly and almost missed their plane home.

他们无法清晰地表达自己，差点误了回家的飞机。

38. After he got home, Steve was curious about finding a way to make daily conversation in another language easier.

他到家后，史蒂夫对找到一种方法让另一种语言的日常对话变得更容易感到好奇。

39. Steve has a talent for working with computers.

史蒂夫有使用计算机的天赋。

40. It can translate your mother language into over 20 languages and help you teach yourself languages.

它可以将你的母语翻译成 20 多种语言，并帮助您自学语言。

41. What’s more, anyone can use the app for free.

更重要的是，任何人都可以免费使用该应用程序。

42. Steve’s story sets a good example for us all.

史蒂夫的故事为我们所有人树立了一个好榜样。

43. Find your interest and work hard, and you will have the chance to reach great success.

找到自己的兴趣并努力工作，您将有机会取得巨大的成功。