Unit 3 Make it happen-Starting out课文要点讲义 2026-2027学年外研版英语八年级上册

本讲义聚焦“发明与生活”主题，系统梳理mean、difference、cause等核心词汇及派生词（如invention/invent/inventor），解析现在完成时、介词+动名词等语法点，通过invent与discover的词义辨析搭建知识支架，衔接单元任务“制作发明展示板”，形成从基础到应用的学习脉络。 资料以多样化练习（单选、填空、语境填空）强化语言能力，通过“古代与现代生活差异”等问题引导思维品质发展，任务型活动（展示板制作）提升学习能力。课中助力教师分层教学，课后练习帮助学生巩固词汇语法，查漏补缺，实现语言知识与实践能力的融合。

Unit 3 Make it happen Starting out 【课文要点】 1. What does the picture mean to you? 这幅画对你来说意味着什么？ - mean to 对......意味着 - mean v. 意思是；意味着 - e.g. What does this word ____________ to you?（mean） 2. What do you know about the differences between the lives of ancient people and ours? 关于古代人和我们生活的差异，你了解什么？ - difference n. 差异，不同 - between...and... 在......和......之间 - ancient adj. 古代的 - ours pron. 我们的（名词性物主代词） - e.g. There are many ____________ between the two cities.（difference） 3. What caused these differences? 是什么导致了这些差异？ - cause v. 导致，引起；n. 原因 - e.g. What ____________ the accident?（cause） 4. Great inventions could change our lives. 伟大的发明可以改变我们的生活。 - invention n. 发明（由invent + -tion构成） - invent v. 发明 - inventor n. 发明家 - 【辨析】invent 与 discover - invent 发明（原本不存在的事物） - discover 发现（本来就存在的事物） - change v. 改变；变化 - e.g. Edison ____________ the light bulb.（invent） - e.g. Columbus ____________ America.（discover） 5. Where do great inventions come from? 伟大的发明来自哪里？ - come from 来自 - e.g. Where ____________ you come from?（do） 6. How have they changed our lives? 它们如何改变了我们的生活？ - How 如何（询问方式） - have changed 现在完成时（表示已经改变） - e.g. Computers ____________ our lives greatly.（change） 7. By the end of this unit, you will make a display board about an invention. 到本单元结束时，你将制作一个关于一项发明的展示板。 - by the end of 到......结束时（与将来时连用） - display board 展示板 - display n. 展示，展览；v. 展示 - e.g. We will finish the project ____________ the end of this week.（by） 8. After completing the unit, you will be able to: 完成本单元后，你将能够： - After completing 介词+动名词 - be able to 能够（有能力做某事） - e.g. She ____________ speak three languages.（be able to） 【高频短语汇总】中英互译 1. mean to ____________ 2. _________________________________ 古代人和我们生活的差异 3. cause these differences ____________ 4. _________________________________ 伟大的发明 5. change our lives ____________ 6. _________________________________ 来自 7. by the end of ____________ 8. _________________________________ 制作一个展示板 9. be able to ____________ 10. _________________________________ 完成本单元后 综合练习 一、单项选择 ( ) 1. What does this word ______ to you? A. mean B. means C. meant D. meaning ( ) 2. There are many ______ between the two cities. A. different B. difference C. differences D. differently ( ) 3. The school is ______ the bank and the post office. A. in B. among C. between D. on ( ) 4. What ______ the accident? A. cause B. caused C. causes D. causing ( ) 5. Edison ______ the light bulb. A. discovered B. found C. invented D. found out ( ) 6. Columbus ______ America. A. invented B. discovered C. found D. created ( ) 7. Where ______ you come from? A. are B. is C. do D. does ( ) 8. Computers ______ our lives greatly. A. have changed B. changed C. change D. were changing ( ) 9. We will finish the project ______ the end of this week. A. in B. at C. by D. on ( ) 10. She ______ speak three languages. A. can B. is able to C. could D. was able to 二、根据汉语意思完成句子 1. 这幅画对你来说意味着什么？ What does the picture ____________ to you? 2. 古代人和我们生活的差异是什么？ What are the ____________ between the lives of ancient people and ____________? 3. 是什么导致了这些差异？ What ____________ these differences? 4. 伟大的发明可以改变我们的生活。 Great ____________ could change our lives. 5. 爱迪生发明了电灯泡。 Edison ____________ the light bulb. 6. 哥伦布发现了美洲。 Columbus ____________ America. 7. 伟大的发明来自哪里？ Where do great inventions ____________ from? 8. 它们如何改变了我们的生活？ How have they ____________ our lives? 9. 到本单元结束时，你将制作一个展示板。 ____________ the end of this unit, you will make a ____________ board. 10. 完成本单元后，你将能够使用这些词汇。 ____________ completing this unit, you will be able to use these words. 三、选词填空（从方框中选择合适的单词填空，注意形式变化） A | mean | difference | between | cause | invent | discover | change | display | able | ancient | 1. What does this word ____________? 2. There are many ____________ between them. 3. The park is ____________ the school and the hospital. 4. What ____________ the problem? 5. Bell ____________ the telephone. 6. I ____________ a new way to solve the problem. 7. The Internet has ____________ our lives. 8. Please ____________ your work on the wall. 9. He is ____________ to finish the work. 10. We can learn a lot from ____________ people. B | mean | difference | between | cause | invent | discover | change | display | able | ancient | Inventions are very important in our lives. They have 1.____________ the way we live. There are many 2.____________ between the lives of 3.____________ people and ours. What 4.____________ these differences? Great inventions! Edison 5.____________ the light bulb. Bell 6.____________ the telephone. They were 7.____________ to change the world. Inventions come from great ideas. We should 8.____________ our creativity. What does this 9.____________ to you? We should always remember: there is no 10.____________ between “impossible” and “I'm possible”！ 四、用所给词的适当形式填空 1. What does this word ____________ (mean) to you? 2. There are many ____________ (difference) between them. 3. What ____________ (cause) the accident? 4. Great inventions could ____________ (change) our lives. 5. Edison ____________ (invent) the light bulb. 6. Columbus ____________ (discover) America. 7. Computers ____________ (change) our lives greatly since they were invented. 8. We will finish the project by the end of this ____________ (week). 9. She is able ____________ (speak) three languages. 10. After ____________ (complete) this unit, you will understand more. 11. Where ____________ (do) great inventions come from? 12. The ____________ (invent) of the telephone changed the world. 13. He is a famous ____________ (invent). 14. We should learn about the ____________ (different) between the two inventions. 15. This picture ____________ (mean) a lot to me. 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $