Unit 3 Make it happen!Developing ideas课件 外研版英语八年级上册

Unit3Makeithappen!Developingideas1

UNEXPECTED

INVENTIONS意想不到的发明（教材P42）

unexpected

/ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd/

adj.想不到的

既可作表语，又可作定语。

The

result

was

totally

unexpected.这个结果完全出乎意料。（作表语）

Life

is

full

of

unexpected

surprises.生活充满了意想不到的惊喜。（吉林中考）（作定语）2

Spencer

Silver

invented

a

type

of

...

glue.

Arthur

Fry

thought

it

was

perfect

for

sticking

notes

to

books

without...

the

pages.斯宾塞·

西尔弗发明了一种……胶水。亚瑟·弗莱认为它非常适合用来在书上贴便签，且不会……纸张。（教材P43）

glue

/lu:/

n.胶，胶水

We

need

a

tube

of

glue.我们需要一管胶水。

［动词］用胶水将物体黏合，粘贴glue

A

to/onto

B

把A粘到B上glue

A

and

B

together

把A和B粘在一起

Glue

this

piece

of

paper

onto

the

wall.

把这张纸粘到墙上。

He

glued

the

picture

and

his

book

together.他把这张图片与他的书粘在了一起。

perfect

/ˈpɜ:fɪkt/

adj.完美的

［形容词］无比较级和最高级形式。

Practice

makes

perfect.熟能生巧。

No

one

is

perfect.人无完人。

perfect的其他常见含义：典例

根据句意及英文解释，写出句中所缺单词。（宿迁中考）Hongze

Lake

wetland

is

a

_______

（the

best）

place

for

some

wild

birds.perfect[解析]

句意：洪泽湖湿地是一些野生鸟类的绝佳栖息地。the

best意为“最好的”，可用形容词perfect替换，作定语修饰名词place。故填perfect。3

The

next

day,

he

found

it

was

frozen.

第二天，他发现杯子冻住了。（教材P43）

freeze

/fri:z/

v.（使）结冰，（使）冻结

address

/əˈdres/

v.对……发表演说4

We

can

start

by

addressing

the

listeners

directly,

asking

an

interesting

question,

telling

a

story

or

sharing

a

famous

saying.我们可以以直接对听众发表演说、提出一个有趣的问题、讲述一个故事或分享一句名言作为开头。（教材P43）

address

a

meeting

召开会议

He

addressed

an

audience

of

10,000

supporters.他对一万名支持者发表了演说。

（1）［名词］演说，演讲

We

are

going

to

listen

to

a

famous

writer’s

address.我们将要听一位著名作家的演讲。（2）［名词］地址；电子邮件地址

What’s

your

new

address?你的新地址是什么？

I

can’t

find

his

email

address.我找不到他的电子邮件地址。5

I

have

no

special

talents.

I

am

only

passionately

curious.我没有什么特殊才能。

我只有强烈的好奇心。（教材P44）

talent

/ˈtælənt/

n.天资，天赋，才能

［可数名词］&［不可数名词］have/show

a

talent/gift

for...在……方面有天赋

Mike,

a

7-year-old

boy，has

a

great

talent/gift

for

art.

迈克，一个7岁的男孩，很有艺术天赋。

All

the

students

are

looking

forward

to

the

talent

show

on

Friday.所有的学生都期待着周五的才艺表演。相当于is

very

talented

in

（1）talent

［名词］有才能的人；天才

He

was

such

a

creative

talent

and

not

just

an

artist.他是个极具创造力的天才，而不仅仅是个艺术家。（2）talented

［形容词］有才能的;天才的

He

is

a

talented

player.他是一位天才运动员。6

He

was

drawn

to

electricity

and

had

a

deep

curiosity

about

its

nature.他对电很着迷，对它的性质有着深深的好奇心。（教材P44）

electricity

/ɪˌlekˈtrɪsəti/

n.电

We

aren’t

supposed

to

waste

electricity.

我们不应该浪费电。

When

did

the

village

first

get

electricity?

这个村何时通的电？

electric［形容词］电的；用电的；电动的

He

invented

the

first

electric

clock.

他发明了第一个电动时钟。

There

is

an

electric

guitar

in

his

bedroom.

他的卧室里有把电吉他。7

Just

look

at

Wan

Hu,

the

Ming

Dynasty

pioneer

of

space

exploration.看看万户，他是中国明朝时期的太空探索先驱。（教材P44）

pioneer

/ˌpaɪəˈnɪə/

n.先驱，先锋，创始人

［可数名词］其后常跟介词of或in,表示“……的先锋/先驱/创始人”。

John

Whitney

was

a

pioneer

of

computer

animation.约翰·惠特尼是电脑动画的先驱。

Confucius

was

a

pioneer

in

the

field

of

education.孔子是教育界的先驱。8

He

was

so

curious

about

space

that

he

invented

a

“flying

chair”!

He

lost

his

life

while

testing

this

invention.他对太空非常好奇，甚至发明了一个“飞椅”！他在试验这项发明时丧生。（教材P44）

be

curious

about对……感到好奇

后可接名词、代词、动词-ing或从句。其中curious为形容词，意为“好奇的”，其名词形式为curiosity“好奇心”。

As

a

child,

I’m

curious

about

the

UFO.作为一个小孩，我对不明飞行物感到好奇。

He

was

curious

about

how

she

would

react.他很好奇她会有什么反应。

Children

show

curiosity

about

everything.儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。

test

/test/

v.验证；检验

test

out检验

Test

your

brakes

regularly.要定期检验刹车。

His

work

is

to

test

out

new

designs

of

cars

before

they

are

put

on

the

market.他的工作是在新设计的汽车投入市场之前对它们进行检验。

（1）［可数名词］测验take/do/have

a

test参加测验pass

a

test通过测验（考试及格）fail

a

test

没有通过测验（考试不及格）（2）［名词］检查

尤指医疗上的检查。

I

need

to

have

an

eye

test.我需要检查眼睛。

despite

/dɪˈspaɪt/

prep.尽管，虽然，任凭9

Despite

the

failure,

his

curiosity

gave

future

explorers

ideas.尽管失败了，但他的好奇心为后来的探索者提供了灵感。（教材P44）

用于表示让步或对比关系，后面常跟名词、代词或动词-ing形式,不能接句子。与in

spite

of同义。

Despite

the

rain,

we

went

out

for

a

walk.尽管下雨，我们还是出去散步了。

Despite

applying

for

hundreds

of

jobs,

he

is

still

out

of

work.尽管申请了数百个工作，但他仍然在失业中。

She

was

good

at

physics

despite

the

fact

that

she

found

it

boring.尽管她认为物理枯燥无味，她却学得很好。后面可以接句子

failure

/ˈfeɪljə/

n.失败

其反义词为success“成功”。

Don’t

be

afraid

of

failure.不要害怕失败。（雅安中考）

His

efforts

ended

in

failure.他的努力以失败告终。

fail［动词］失败，未能做到其反义词为succeed。

Edison

failed

1,000

times

before

he

invented

the

light

bulb.爱迪生发明灯泡之前失败了1

000次。

You

will

have

to

work

hard

if

you

are

to

succeed.要想有所作为，你必须苦干。10

But

curiosity

is

more

than

just

taking

risks.但好奇心不仅仅是冒险。（教材P45）

risk

/rɪsk/

n.冒险举动

［可数名词］&［不可数名词］take

risks/take

a

risk冒险the

risk

of...……的风险at

risk处境危险,受到威胁take/run

the

risk

of

doing

sth.冒险做某事cut

down

the

risk

of...降低……的风险

We

do

not

expect

untrained

people

to

take