Unit 2 Inspiring People（知识讲解）2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

该初中英语单元知识清单系统整合了“令人敬佩的人物”主题内容，涵盖必备词汇（分Section A/B）、高频短语、常考句型、语音知识、重点语法及主题写作等核心范畴，搭建了从基础词汇积累到句型灵活运用再到主题语篇输出的递进式学习支架。 清单通过“词汇详解+语法辨析+语用练习”三维架构呈现知识体系，如重点词汇“inspire”“admire”标注搭配、例句及词性变化，核心语法It句型设对比表区分of/for用法，培养学生语言能力和思维品质。特别设计“随堂练习即时反馈”和“写作步骤指导”，如选择题结合语法点解析，写作范文示范结构与句型运用，助力学生自主学习，教师可据此精准设计教学活动提升课堂效率。

Unit 2 Inspiring People BIG Question: Who inspires us? 学习目标 1. talk about inspiring people（谈论令人敬佩的人物）。 2. discuss who you admire and why（讨论你敬佩谁及原因）。 3. describe admirable people and their achievements（描述令人敬佩的人物及其成就）。 4. explore the spirit of inspiring people（探索鼓舞人心的人物精神）。 单元概览 单元主题 令人敬佩的人物及其事迹（Inspiring People） 必备单词 Section A inspire, admire, admirable, achievement, career, courage, wisdom, creative, brave, curious, pioneer, effort, determination, selfless, devote, profession, physicist, chemist, biologist, historian, researcher, scientist, professor, writer, engineer 必备单词 Section B well-respected, biologist, seed, protect, include, discover, brave(v.), continue, programme, collect, provide, valuable, curiosity, radio, spread, wise, elder, calendar, encourage, pilot, come true, look up to 高频短语 look up to, be full of, devote...to..., come true, give up, take part in, dream big, never give up, stand up for, care about 常考句型 It is/was + adj. + of/for sb. + to do sth. It is/was + adj. + that 从句 Who do you admire? / What makes...admirable? 语音知识 句子重音与语调：在表达敬佩时，重读形容词（如 creative, brave, amazing）；句末降调表肯定；升调表疑问 重点语法 It is/was... (of/for sb.) to do sth. / It is/was... that... 句型 主题写作 写一篇关于你敬佩的人的帖子（Write a post about an inspiring person） Section A Who do we admire? 【课文摘要】Section A 通过对话和听力练习，讨论人们敬佩的人物。对话涉及贝聿铭（I.M. Pei）、王亚平（Wang Yaping）等人物，学习用 It is/was... 句型表达对他人品质的赞美。 inspire v. 鼓舞；激励；启发 【详解】inspire sb. to do sth. 鼓舞某人做某事；inspire sb. with sth. 用……激发某人；be inspired by... 被……所鼓舞 【拓展】作及物动词，后接人作宾语；也可接双宾语 inspire sb. with confidence = inspire confidence in sb. 激发某人的信心 ◆ His teacher inspired him to pursue a career in science.（他的老师激励他从事科学事业。） ◆ She was inspired by her mother's courage and determination.（她被母亲的勇气和决心所鼓舞。） ◆ The speech inspired us with hope for the future.（那番演讲使我们对未来充满希望。） 【词性变化】inspiration n. 鼓舞；灵感 | inspiring adj. 鼓舞人心的 | inspired adj. 受启发的；凭灵感的 admire v. 钦佩；赞赏；赞美 【详解】admire sb. for sth. 因某事钦佩某人；admire sb. as... 把某人视为……来钦佩 【辨析】admire 强调由衷的敬佩与赞赏；respect 侧重对地位、能力的尊重；worship 带有崇拜色彩 ◆ I admire Yuan Longping for his great contribution to agriculture.（我钦佩袁隆平对农业的巨大贡献。） ◆ She is admired as one of the greatest scientists of our time.（她被誉为我们这个时代最伟大的科学家之一。） ◆ We all admire her courage in the face of difficulty.（我们都敬佩她面对困难时的勇气。） 【词性变化】admiration n. 钦佩；赞赏 | admirable adj. 令人钦佩的 | admirably adv. 令人钦佩地 | admirer n. 仰慕者 achievement n. 成就；成绩；功绩 【详解】可数名词，指经过努力取得的成就；make achievements in... 在……方面取得成就；a sense of achievement 成就感 【拓展】常见搭配：achieve one's goal 实现目标；achieve success 取得成功 ◆ The scientist has made great achievements in the field of genetics.（这位科学家在遗传学领域取得了巨大成就。） ◆ Winning the Nobel Prize was his greatest achievement.（获得诺贝尔奖是他最大的成就。） ◆ She felt a strong sense of achievement after completing the project.（完成项目后，她感到强烈的成就感。） 【词性变化】achieve v. 实现；达到 | achievable adj. 可实现的 | underachievement n. 未发挥潜力 creative adj. 有创造力的；创造性的 【详解】be creative in... 在……方面有创意；creative thinking 创造性思维；creative arts 创意艺术 【拓展】强调具有创造新事物的能力和想象力，是本单元核心描述词之一 ◆ It was very creative of him to design the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum.（他设计卢浮宫玻璃金字塔非常有创意。） ◆ We need creative solutions to solve these problems.（我们需要创造性的解决方案来解决这些问题。） ◆ Her creative approach to teaching makes the class interesting.（她富有创意的教学方式使课堂生动有趣。） 【词性变化】create v. 创造；创作 | creation n. 创造；作品 | creativity n. 创造力 | creator n. 创造者 | recreationally adv. (误)→ creatively adv. 创造地 courage n. 勇气；胆量 【详解】have the courage to do sth. 有勇气做某事；take courage 鼓起勇气；lose courage 丧失勇气 【拓展】full of courage 充满勇气（课文原句：She is full of courage and wisdom.） ◆ Wang Yaping showed great courage when she walked in space.（王亚平在太空行走时展现了极大的勇气。） ◆ It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in.（坚持自己的信念需要勇气。） ◆ He didn't lose courage even after many failures.（即使经历多次失败，他也没有丧失勇气。） 【词性变化】encourage v. 鼓励 | discourage v. 使气馁 | courageous adj. 勇敢的 | courageously adv. 勇敢地 pioneer n./v. n. 先驱；拓荒者 v. 开创；做先驱 【详解】作名词：a pioneer of/in... ……的先驱；作动词：pioneer sth. 开创某事物 【拓展】课文原句：Zhang Qian, the pioneer of the famous Silk Road（张骞，著名丝绸之路的先驱） ◆ Alan Turing was a pioneer of computer science.（艾伦·图灵是计算机科学的先驱。） ◆ She pioneered a new method of teaching mathematics.（她开创了一种新的数学教学方法。） ◆ The pioneers faced many difficulties when they settled in the new land.（先驱者们在定居新土地时面临许多困难。） 【词性变化】pioneering adj. 开创性的 | pioneer work 先驱性工作 devote v. 献身于；致力于；把……专用于 【详解】devote oneself to... 献身于……；devote sth. to... 把……用于……；devoted adj. 忠诚的； devoted father 慈父 【辨析】devote to 中的 to 是介词，后接名词或动名词，不接动词原形 ◆ He devoted his whole life to researching plants and seeds.（他一生致力于研究植物和种子。） ◆ She devoted herself to helping poor children in the mountains.（她致力于帮助山区的贫困儿童。） ◆ The professor devoted his time and energy to his students.（教授把时间和精力都倾注在学生身上。） 【词性变化】devotion n. 奉献；忠诚 | devoted adj. 忠诚的；投入的 | devotedly adv. 忠诚地 effort n. 努力；尝试；成就 【详解】make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事；spare no effort to do sth. 不遗余力做某事；through one's efforts 通过某人的努力 【拓展】可数/不可数均可；efforts 指多次努力 ◆ His dream came true through his efforts and hard work.（他的梦想通过努力和辛勤工作得以实现。） ◆ She made every effort to finish the project on time.（她竭尽全力按时完成项目。） ◆ We should spare no effort to protect our environment.（我们应不遗余力地保护环境。） 【词性变化】effortless adj. 不费力的 | effortlessly adv. 轻松地 | effortless adj. (同上) Section B What makes people admirable? 【课文摘要】Section B 阅读讲述了复旦大学教授钟扬（Zhong Yang）的故事。他一生致力于植物和种子研究，在西藏采集了千万粒种子，为中国种子库做出了巨大贡献。文章探讨什么使人令人敬佩。 【阅读篇目】The Inspiring Seed Scientist（令人敬佩的种子科学家——钟扬） well-respected adj. 受人尊敬的 【详解】由副词 well + 过去分词 respected 构成的复合形容词，修饰人 【拓展】类似结构：well-known 著名的；well-paid 高薪的；well-informed 消息灵通的 ◆ The well-respected biologist had spent his whole life researching plants.（这位受人尊敬的生物学家一生都在研究植物。） ◆ He is a well-respected professor in the field of genetics.（他是遗传学领域一位受人尊敬的教授。） 【词性变化】respect v./n. 尊敬 | respectable adj. 体面的；值得尊敬的 | respectful adj. 恭敬的 | respectively adv. 分别地 protect v. 保护；保卫 【详解】protect sb./sth. from/against... 保护……免受……；protect the environment 保护环境 【拓展】课文原句：These special banks protect all kinds of plant seeds ◆ Seed banks protect important plants from disappearing forever.（种子库保护重要植物不会永远消失。） ◆ We should protect endangered animals from extinction.（我们应保护濒危动物免于灭绝。） ◆ The government has taken measures to protect the environment.（政府已采取措施保护环境。） 【词性变化】protection n. 保护 | protective adj. 保护的 | protector n. 保护者 | protectively adv. 保护性地 brave adj./v. adj. 勇敢的 v. 勇敢面对 【详解】作形容词：be brave enough to do sth. 勇于做某事；作动词（课文用法）：brave the cold weather 勇敢面对寒冷天气 【拓展】课文原句：It was very difficult for him to brave the cold weather and great heights. ◆ It was brave of him to brave the cold weather and great heights in Xizang.（他勇敢面对西藏的寒冷天气和高海拔，十分勇敢。） ◆ She was brave enough to speak out against the injustice.（她勇敢地站出来反对不公正。） ◆ The firefighters braved the dangerous conditions to save people.（消防员冒着危险条件去救人。） 【词性变化】bravery n. 勇敢 | bravely adv. 勇敢地 | braveness n. 勇敢 curiosity n. 好奇心；求知欲 【详解】curiosity about... 对……的好奇心；out of curiosity 出于好奇；satisfy one's curiosity 满足好奇心 【拓展】课文原句：he showed a deep love and curiosity for the things he studied ◆ He showed a deep curiosity for the things he studied.（他对所研究的事物表现出深深的好奇心。） ◆ Children are full of curiosity about the world around them.（孩子们对周围的世界充满好奇心。） ◆ She opened the box out of curiosity.（她出于好奇打开了那个盒子。） 【词性变化】curious adj. 好奇的 | curiously adv. 好奇地 | curiosities n. 珍奇事物 continue v. 继续；持续 【详解】continue to do sth. / continue doing sth. 继续做某事（两者可互换）；continue with sth. 继续某事 【辨析】continue 强调不间断地继续；go on doing 继续做同一件事；go on to do 接着做另一件事 ◆ He sometimes fell sick, but he always continued with his work.（他有时生病，但总是继续工作。） ◆ The students will continue to study hard for the exam.（学生们将继续为考试努力学习。） ◆ She continued working despite the noise outside.（尽管外面吵闹，她仍继续工作。） 【词性变化】continuity n. 连续性 | continuous adj. 连续不断的 | continually adv. 不断地 | continuation n. 继续 valuable adj. 有价值的；宝贵的 【详解】valuable information 宝贵的信息；valuable experience 宝贵的经验；be valuable to... 对……有价值 【拓展】课文原句：brought back valuable information about the Western Regions ◆ Their hard work provided the world with valuable information about plants.（他们的辛勤工作为世界提供了关于植物的宝贵信息。） ◆ This book is valuable to anyone studying Chinese history.（这本书对研究中国历史的人很有价值。） ◆ Time is the most valuable thing we have.（时间是我们拥有的最宝贵的东西。） 【词性变化】value n. 价值 v. 重视 | valuably adv. 有价值地 | valuation n. 估价 | invaluable adj. 无价的（注意：不是 valuable 的反义词） provide v. 提供；供给 【详解】provide sb. with sth. = provide sth. for sb. 为某人提供某物；provide for 供养；提供生计 【辨析】provide 强调免费供给；supply 侧重持续供应；offer 强调主动提出 ◆ Their hard work provided the world with lots of new information.（他们的辛勤工作为世界提供了大量新信息。） ◆ The school provides students with free meals.（学校为学生提供免费餐食。） ◆ He has to provide for his large family.（他必须供养他的一大家子。） 【词性变化】provider n. 供应者 | provision n. 供给；条款 | provisions n. 粮食；给养 look up to phr. 钦佩；仰慕；尊敬 【详解】look up to sb. 仰慕某人；其反义短语为 look down on/upon sb. 轻视某人 【拓展】课文原句：Who do you look up to?（你仰慕谁？） ◆ Adam looks up to his father as his biggest inspiration.（亚当把父亲视为最大的精神支柱而仰慕他。） ◆ Many young people look up to successful athletes.（许多年轻人仰慕成功的运动员。） ◆ She has always looked up to her older sister.（她一直仰慕她的姐姐。） 【词性变化】look up v. 查阅；仰望 | lookout n. 守望者 | overlook v. 忽视；俯瞰 重点辨析（高频考点） 辨析一：It is + adj. + of sb. to do sth. vs. It is + adj. + for sb. to do sth. 句型 用法 示例 It is + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 形容词描述人的品质（brave, kind, nice, wise, clever, careless 等），of 后的人是动作发出者 It was brave of him to stand up for the common people. It is + adj. + for sb. to do sth. 形容词描述事物的特征（important, necessary, difficult, easy, possible 等），for 后的人是动作对象 It is important for us to read about great people. It is/was + adj. + that 从句 that 引导主语从句，描述一件事情的性质 It was amazing that she did research in physics and chemistry. 辨析二：inspire, encourage, motivate 区别 词 含义 搭配 例句 inspire 鼓舞；激发灵感 inspire sb. to do / inspire sb. with sth. Her story inspired me to work harder. encourage 鼓励；支持 encourage sb. to do sth. My parents encouraged me to pursue my dream. motivate 激励；使产生动力 motivate sb. to do sth. / be motivated by... The teacher motivated students with rewards. 辨析三：后缀 -ist / -er / -or / -ian 构词规律 后缀 含义 例词 -ist 从事……的人；主义者 scientist, biologist, physicist, chemist, artist, pianist -er 从事……的人 researcher, writer, teacher, engineer, explorer, farmer -or 从事……的人（多接拉丁词根） professor, inventor, actor, director, doctor -ian 从事……的人；……的人 historian, musician, magician, politician, librarian 随堂练习 一、选择题 1. It was very creative ____ him ____ the glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum. A. for; design B. of; to design C. of; designing D. for; to design 【答案】B 【解析】creative 描述人的品质，用 of sb.；不定式用 to design。句意：他设计卢浮宫玻璃金字塔非常有创意。 2. Zhong Yang devoted his whole life ____ plants and seeds. A. research B. to research C. to researching D. researching 【答案】C 【解析】devote...to... 中 to 是介词，后接动名词。devote one's life to researching = 致力于研究。 3. —Who do you ____ most? —My father. It's really very nice ____ him to support my study. A. look up; of B. look up to; of C. look up to; for D. admire to; for 【答案】B 【解析】look up to sb. 仰慕某人；nice 描述人的品质，用 of sb.。 4. The well-respected biologist ____ in a car accident in 2017. A. died B. was dying C. has died D. dies 【答案】A 【解析】in 2017 为过去时间，用一般过去时 died；die 不用于进行时表死亡。 二、填空题 1. It was difficult for him ____ (brave) the cold weather in Xizang. 【答案】to brave 【解析】It is/was + adj. + for sb. + to do sth. 结构，brave 作动词用原形（在不定式中）。 2. Many people ____ (look) up to Earhart and find her an inspiring person. 【答案】look 【解析】and 连接两个并列谓语，前用 look（一般现在时），后用 find。 3. He began a programme ____ (train) local students in field research. 【答案】to train 【解析】programme 后接不定式作目的状语/后置定语。 主题写作指导 【写作主题】写一篇帖子，介绍一位你觉得令人敬佩的人（Write a post about an inspiring person） 【写作指导】1. 选择一位你敬佩的人物（可以是课文中的人物或其他人）；2. 简要介绍其身份和成就；3. 说明你敬佩他/她的原因；4. 用 It is/was... of/for sb. to do sth. 句型表达评价；5. 80-100 词。 参考范文 To me, one of the most inspiring people is Yuan Longping. He was a great scientist who developed a new kind of rice and helped reduce hunger in the world. It was selfless of him to devote his whole life to agricultural research. It is also amazing that he trained many young scientists to continue his work. I look up to him because he used his knowledge to serve the people. His story inspires me to work hard and make a difference in the world. Inspiring people show us the way forward.（令人敬佩的人为我们指引前行的方向。） 第 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $