Unit 4 Hands- on fun 知识清单 2025-2026学年译林版（2024） 八年级英语上册

八上 Unit 4 Hands-on fun

1. There is no better tool than our hands.

没有比我们的手更好的工具了。

2. read about the story of a boy doing DIY

阅读一个做DIY的男孩的故事

动词作后置定语，修饰前面的名词；

主动用ing(现在分词); 被动用ed(过去分词)

a boy doing DIY 一个做DIY的男孩

a boy called Tom 一个名叫Tom的男孩

3. learn about different kinds of hands-on activities

了解不同类型的实践活动

4. our own experiences of making something

我们自己制作东西的经历

5. better understand and enjoy making things by ourselves

更好地理解和享受自己做东西

6. DIY is popular among young people.

DIY在年轻人中很受欢迎。

 

Welcome to the unit

7. put together a shelf组装一个架子

make some paper roses制作一些纸玫瑰

8. What do you need to make them?

你需要什么来制作他们？

9. I need some coloured paper, tape or glue and a pair of scissors.

我需要一些彩色纸、胶带或胶水和一把剪刀。

10. You can fold the paper like this, and I’ll cut the flower shapes.

你可以这样折纸，花形我来剪。

cut…into pieces把…切成碎片

cut out裁剪

cut down砍倒

11. Then we can tape or glue the pieces together.

然后我们可以用胶带或胶水将碎片粘在一起。

12. When our job is complete, we’ll see some lovely roses.

当我们的工作完成时，我们将会看到一些漂亮的玫瑰。

complete (v.)完成→ completed (adj.)完成的

complete doing sth 完成做某事

complete (adj.)完成，结束；全部的

completely (adv.)完全地

 

Reading

13. My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY.

我的表哥安德鲁热衷于 DIY。

be crazy about doing sth热衷于做某事

14. He loves to make or repair things around his house by himself.

他喜爱自己动手制作或修理家里的东西。

15. However, he is not a born handyman!

然而，他不是一个天生手巧的人!

① born (adj.)天生的；出生的

a born artist一个天生的艺术家

be born出生，出世

be born with… 生来具有

② birth (n.)出生

at birth在出生时=when sb was born

16. Once, he tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom, but he made a mistake, and his whole house had a power cut.

有一次，他试着在卧室安装一盏更亮的灯，但是他犯了个错误，于是整个屋子都断电了。

① put away整理; put on穿上; put out灭火

put in安装; put up举起, 张贴, 搭建put off 推迟

② make a mistake；make mistakes犯错误

by mistake 错误地

③ have a power cut 断电，停电

④ whole (adj.)全部的；整个的 (n.)全部；整个

whole强调一个完整、互不分割的整体，修饰单数可数名词，位于冠词、所有格或其他限定词之后。

all强调“全部”的概念。位于冠词、所有格或其他限定词之前。

17. Another time, he wanted to put up a picture on the wall, but he hit a water pipe and filled the room with water.

又有一次，他想在墙上挂幅画，但他敲中了水管，弄得满房间里到处都是水。

① hit (v.) 碰撞；击，打；打击；hitting→hits→hit (过)

② fill (v.) (使)充满，填满

fill... with... 用...装满...

be filled with… = be full of… 充满，装满

18. Andrew thought he was just unlucky. He didn’t stop trying to fix things on his own.

安德鲁觉得他只是运气不好。他没有停止尝试独自修东西。

19. Instead, he bought many books about DIY and took an online DIY course as well.

反而，他买了很多关于DIY的书并参加DIY3网课。

① instead (adv.) 反而，却，用于句末或句首。置于句首时，通常用逗号隔开。

instead of sth/doing sth而不是，代替

② take a course in…  参加...课程

③ as well也；用于肯定句，放句尾(不用标点隔开)

too也；用于肯定句，放句尾(用标点隔开)

   also也；用于肯定句，可放句首或句中

   either也不；用于否定句，放句尾

20. Now he knows his way around all kinds of DIY.

现在他对各种DIY都非常熟悉。

know one’s way around… 对…非常熟悉，通晓

21. One day, he found my room in a mess, with books all over my bed.

有一天，他看到我的房间乱糟糟的，床上堆满了书。

Soon the room was a complete mess.

很快，房间里就变得一团糟。

① find+...+介词短语/adj/名词短语, 发现...怎么样

find sb doing sth发现某人正在做某事

find/think/make it +adj + for sb +to do sth

发现/认为/使得做…对于…来说是…样的

② mess (n.) 杂乱，不整洁

   messy (adj.) 凌乱的，不整洁的

be in a mess杂乱不堪；make a mess弄得一团糟

③ all over... 到处，遍及…

22. “You’d better have a shelf for them,” he said.

“你最好弄个书架放书。”他说道。

had better (not) do sth最好(不)做某事

had better缩写’d better

23. Then he got some boards and soon made a shelf for me.

然后他拿了些木板，很快就给我做了一个书架。

24. Now my room looks great, and it is easy for me to find my books!

现在我的房间看起来好极了，我很容易就能找到我的书!

① It’s +adj.+of sb. to do sth. 某人做某事真... 

这个句型通常用于描述人的性格、品质等，形容词常为 kind、nice、clever、foolish、stupid、right、wrong、careful 等。

② It’s +adj.+for sb. to do sth.做事对某人来说...  

这个句型用于描述事物的性质，形容词常为 easy、difficult、important、necessary、possible 等。

25. A floor lamp there caught my eye.

那里的一盏落地灯吸引了我的注意。

catch one’s eye/attention 引起某人注意

26. I was surprised to know that he made it himself!

我很惊讶地得知他自己做的这盏灯！

27. My cousin enjoys DIY, and now no DIY job seems impossible to him.

我的表哥喜欢DIY，现在对他来说，没有什么DIY 似乎是不可能的了。

possible (adj.) 可能的

possibly (adv.) 可能地；也许，大概

impossible (adj.) 不可能的

possibility (n.) 可能性

the possibility of…  …的可能性

as…as possible=as…as sb can 尽可能…

If possible= If (it is) possible 如果可能 

28. He thinks DIY is a good way to have fun and save money.

他觉得DIY 是一种既能玩乐又能省钱的好方法。

… be a good way for sb to do sth

对某人来说…是做…的好方法

29. give others a hand给别人一臂之力

have a natural talent for DIY  对DIY有天赋

have his classmate teach him 让同学教他

join a DIY club     加入DIY社团

a big fan of DIY    DIY的超级粉丝

30. Last week, I decided to paint my bedroom blue because it is my favourite colour.

上周，我决定把卧室刷成蓝色，因为这是我最喜欢的颜色。

paint (v.) 弄颜料涂

(n.) 油漆；绘画颜料

paint…+颜色；把…涂成…颜色 

31. When I almost finished painting, my cat came in, and a toy on the chair caught its eye.

当我几乎画完的时候，我的猫进来了，椅子上的一个玩具引起了它的注意。

32. It jumped up to reach the toy, but it hit the paint can, and the can fell over.

它跳起来去够玩具，但撞到了油漆罐，油漆罐倒了。

fall (vi.)进入(某种状态)；落下，掉落；倒下

fall off...=fall down from...  从…摔下来

fall down 跌倒；掉下(后不接宾语)

fall over 摔倒(后不接宾语）

33. There was blue paint everywhere—even on my shelves.

到处都是蓝色油漆——甚至在我的架子上。

everywhere (adv. & pron.) 到处；nowhere 无处

somewhere在某处；anywhere 任何地方

34. I started to clean the shelves, but then I decided to paint them instead.

我开始清理架子，但后来，相反，我决定给它们上漆。

35. It took a lot of work, but now my bedroom looks great!

这花了很多功夫，但现在我的卧室看起来很棒！

36. I plan to take a course in DIY so I can do better in the future.

我计划参加DIY课程，这样我将来可以做得更好。

37. Are you looking forward to my better work?

你期待我更好的作品吗？

38. In your opinion, how can we improve our DIY skills?

在你看来，我们该如何提高自己的DIY技能？

 

Grammar

39. Let’s put the pieces of wood together.

让我们把木块放在一起。

40. Please hand the tools to me. 请把工具递给我。

   hand (v.) 交、递、给;

hand in上交; hand out分发

hand sb sth=hand sth to sb

hand (n.)手；指针；帮助；

by hand手工；give sb. a hand帮助某人

on one hand... on the other hand…一方面...另一方面

41. What else can I do? 我还能做什么？

   What other things can I do?

   something else=some other things别的事

42. Look for the chalk mark on the top of each piece.

在每个木块顶部寻找粉笔标记。

43. Make sure pieces of the same size are in the same group.

确保相同尺寸的木块在相同小组中。

44. Don’t mix them up. 不要把它们弄乱。

mix混合→mixes→mixed

mixed (adj.)混合的; mixed juice混合果汁

mix up 弄乱

mix…with …= mix…and…together 把…与…混合

45. cut cards out of pieces of paper with a pair of scissors.