Unit 3 Growing Up 重点单词 Language Points+单元范文 2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语下册

Unit 3 Language Points

Upset

adj. 沮丧的；难过的

be upset about at.. 因……而难过     be upset with sb. 生某人的气; 对某人感到不快

She was really upset about the way her father treated her.

She is still upset with me.

v. 使烦恼；使生气  sth upsets sb. 某事使某人生气

This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.

 

advise

v. 建议；劝告

① advise sb (not) to do sth 劝告某人(不要)做某事

Our teacher advised us to make weekly plans.

② advise doing sth 劝告/建议做某事

My father advised travelling to England.

③ advise sb. about/on.. 就………给某人忠告/建议

Mr Brown advised us about the concert.

④ advise + that 从句 建议… (that从句用虚拟语气,即谓语用“should +动词原形”, should 可以省略)

Lily advised that we (should) organize a welcome party for Miss Liu.

 

control

v.控制  control sb./sth 控制某人/某事

A dead fish only moves along the river, while a living fish can control its journey.

n. 控制  lose control/be out of control 失控      be under control 得到控制

He got so angry that he lost control.

 

forgive

v.原谅;宽恕         forgive sb for ( doing) sth 原谅某人做了某事

She forgave him after he apologized.

He forgave her for lying to him.

 

present

adj. 在场的；现在的     be present at 在场的

n. 礼物;  现在，目前

v. 颁发；展现，呈现

present sb. with sth  present sth to sb. 颁发某人某物

 

standard

n. 标准;水平   high/low standards 高/低标准 set a standard 设定标准

meet a standard 达到标准   raise standards 提高标准

Students have to reach a certain standard or they won't pass.

adj.标准的    standard size/model 标准尺寸/型号

Standard English is widely used in formal writing.

award

n. 奖;奖品    win/receive an award 贏得/获得奖项  present an award 颁发奖项

The headmaster will present the awards.

v.授子;给予奖励;判给   award sb. sth 奖励某人某物

The judge awarded me first prize.

 

purpose

n. 意图；目的    main purpose 主要目的

for the purpose of为了……的目的    on purpose 故意地

 

apology 

n. 道歉；歉意

say sorry to sb. = make an apology to sb. 向某人道歉

accept/refuse an apology 接受/拒绝道歉

You should make an apology to your teacher.

He made an apology for being late.

apologize v. 道歉      apologize to sb. for sth.  因某事向某人道歉

He apologized to me for his mistake.

 

shut

v. 关闭；关上（门窗、眼睛、嘴巴等）;（使）停止营业；关门

shut off关掉（水、电、煤气）    shut up闭嘴

shut down关闭；停工；倒闭      shut sb/sth away 把...关起来；隔离

 

plenty of充足;大量 (其后接可数名词的复数形式或不可数名词，相当于 a lot of/lots of,常用于肯定句中)

Don't worry. We still have plenty of time.

a number of许多;大量的 (只能接可数名词复数形式,不能接不可数名词)。

There are a number of websites on the internet.

 

mean

v. 意思是；意味着；打算 mean doing sth. 意味着做某事  mean to do sth. 打算做某事

Missing the bus means waiting for another hour.

I didn’t mean to hurt you.

What does … mean? ……是什么意思？

What does this word mean?

adj. 刻薄的；不友好的；吝啬的   be mean to sb. 对某人刻薄

Don’t be mean to your classmates.

meaning n. 意思     meaningful adj. 有意义的     meaningless adj. 无意义的

 

fault

n. 缺点；过错；故障

It’s one’s fault.是某人的错                 be one’s fault to do sth.做某事是某人的错

find fault with sb./sth.  挑剔；找茬；对……吹毛求疵

Don’t find fault with everything I do.

There is a fault in the computer.

faulty adj. 有故障的；有缺陷的

faultless adj. 没有错误的；完美无缺的

 

Unit 3 Section B Language Points

ring

v. 打电话；响铃；回响

ring sb. = call sb. 给某人打电话

ring sb up 给某人打电话  ring back 回电话 ring off 挂断电话

I will ring you tomorrow.

The bell rings.

The house rang with children's laughter.

n. 戒指；铃声；环形物        a gold ring 金戒指     give sb. a ring 给某人打个电话

 

score

n.分数（marks/grades);得分 get a high/low score 得高/低分the final score 最终比分

v. 得分；进球     score a goal （足球、篮球等）进球/得分

He scored two goals.

My score is 95.

What's the score?

 

enter

v. 进入；加入；报名参加

enter + 地点 进入…        enter = go into / come into/get into

enter + 组织/活动    加入；参加

enter the classroom 进入教室

enter the club 加入俱乐部

entrance n. 入口；进入

the entrance to the park 公园的入口

 

dare

①作情态动词（多用于否定、疑问）后接动词原形，无人称变化，否定直接加 not

dare + 动词原形             dare not = daren’t 不敢

I dare not go out at night.

Dare you swim across the river?

②作实义动词     dare to do sth. 敢于做某事

He dares to speak in public.

She doesn’t dare to ask questions.

常用口语：How dare you…! 你竟敢……！          I dare say… 我想，我敢说

 

repeat

v. 重复；重说；重做

 repeat sth. 重复某事；把……再说一遍     repeat that / it重复那句话