Unit 1 This is me Starting out Understanding ideas 课件 外研版英语八年级上册

Unit1ThisismeStartingout&Understandingideas1What

does

Sam

think

of

himself?萨姆如何看待自己?（教材P3）

What

do/does

sb.

think

of...？某人认为……怎么样？

为常用句式，相当于“How

do/does

sb.

like/find...?”,用于询问某人对某人或某事物的看法。其中of是介词，其后可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式作宾语。

—What

does

Jim

think

of

the

movie?吉姆认为这部电影怎么样？—He

thinks

it’s

exciting.他认为它很刺激。

—What

do

you

think

of

learningChinese,

David?

戴维，你认为学汉语怎么样？—Actually,

I

find

it

hard

to

learn

Chinese

wellin

a

short

time.事实上，我认为短期内学好汉语非常困难。of+n.of+动词-ing

—How

do

you

like/find

my

songs?你觉得我的歌怎么样？—Pretty

good.

I

like

them.非常好，我喜欢它们。2

I

suppose

everyone

has

something

they

don’t

like

about

themselves.我想每个人都有不喜欢自己的地方。（教材P5）

suppose

/səˈpəʊz/

v.假设，认为

此处作及物动词，用来表示说话人的看法、猜测或假设。“suppose+（that）从句”表示“猜测/认为……”。

I

suppose（that）we

will

have

a

wonderful

trip.我认为我们将会拥有一次美好的旅行。

（1）在“主语+suppose/believe/think+（that）从句”结构中，当主句为一般现在时，宾语从句的否定一般要转移到主句上来，这种现象叫“否定前移”。

I

don’t

suppose

that

he

can

finish

the

work

on

time.我料想他不能按时完成这项工作。（2）be（not）supposed

to意为“（不）应该”，相当于should（not）,后跟动词原形。

You

are

supposed

to

have

each

meal

on

time.你应该按时吃每顿饭。（宜宾中考）3

Sometimes,

I

felt

people

secretly

looking

at

my

face.有时，我觉得人们在偷偷地看我的脸。（教材P5）

secretly

/ˈsi:krɪtli/

adv.暗自

由“secret（adj.秘密的）+-ly（副词后缀）”构成。

These

cookies

are

made

according

to

a

secret

recipe.这些曲奇饼是根据一个秘方做的。

Susan

went

into

her

bedroom

and

ate

chocolate

secretly,

not

letting

her

parents

know

that.苏珊走进卧室，偷偷地吃了巧克力，不让她的父母知道。

secret［名词］秘密；秘诀the

secret

to/of

（doing）

sth.（做）某事的秘诀keep

a/the

secret保守秘密

What

is

the

secret

to

language

learning?语言学习的秘诀是什么？

I

promised

Li

Ming

I

would

keep

the

secret

to

myself.我答应李明我会保守这个秘密。4

On

crowded

buses

and

trains,

it

felt

just

like

a

disaster.在拥挤的公交车和火车上，那感觉就像一场灾难。（教材P5）

crowded

/ˈkraʊdɪd/

adj.挤满人（物）的；拥挤的

常用短语：be

crowded

with挤满……

The

old

town

square

was

crowded

with

people.古老的小镇广场上挤满了人。

feel

like感觉像，有……感觉

后常接名词（短语）或从句等。

The

interview

only

took

ten

minutes,

but

it

felt

like

hours.

面试只用了十分钟，但感觉像几个小时似的。（接名词）

I

felt

like

I

was

a

fish

in

the

pool.我感觉自己就像池塘里的一条鱼。（接从句）

feel

like还可意为“想要”，常见用法有：feel

like

sth.想要某物feel

like

doing

sth.（=want/would

like

to

do

sth.）想要做某事

I

feel

like

a

drink.我想要一杯饮料。

I

don’t

feel

like

saying

anything

now.我现在什么都不想说。5

Therefore,

I

always

kept

my

hair

long

to

cover

it

until

that

day.因此，我总是留着长发遮住它，直到那一天。（教材P5）

therefore

/ˈðeəfɔ:/

adv.因此，由此，所以

常用于句中。

I

think,

therefore

I

am.——René

Descartes我思故我在。——勒内·笛卡尔6

Instead

of

looking

away,

Maddie

studied

my

face.

玛迪没有挪开视线，反而仔细地看着我的脸。（教材P5）

instead

of代替……；而不是……

instead与instead

of两者都有“代替”的含义，区别如下：instead副词常位于句首或句末，位于句首时常用逗号与后面的内容隔开。instead

of短语介词位于句首或句中，后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。

He

didn’t

reply.

Instead,

he

left

the

room.他没有回答，反而离开了房间。

Kids

should

spend

more

time

exercising

instead

of

playing

with

mobile

phones.儿童应该花更多的时间做锻炼而不是玩手机。（宜宾中考）典例

完成句子，每空一词。我们购物时最好自带布袋，不要用塑料袋。We’d

better

bring

our

own

cloth

bags

when

shopping

_______

___

______

plastic

bags.insteadofusing7

Although

I

only

replied

“thank

you”,

it

turned

sunny

in

my

heart.

虽然我只回答了一句“谢谢”，但我的内心变得阳光明媚起来。（教材P5）

although

/ɔ:lˈðəʊ/

conj.虽然，尽管

相当于though，引导让步状语从句。

Although

sleep

is

so

important,

many

people

these

days

are

not

getting

enough.

尽管睡眠如此重要，现在仍有很多人睡眠不足。（重庆中考A卷）【特别提醒】在英语中,表示“虽然……但是……”时,although/though不能和but在同一个句子中使用。

尽管这台机器老旧了,但是它依然运行良好。Although

the

machine

is

old,

it

still

runs

well.=The

machine

is

old,

but

it

still

runs

well.典例

（乐山中考）—Do

you

know

Zhang

Guimei,

one

of

the

“People

Who

Moved

China”（感动中国人物）?—Yes.

___she

met

lots

of

difficulties,

she

successfully（成功地）helped

so

many

students

to

go

to

college.AA.Although

B.Since

C.If[解析]

句意：“你知道‘感动中国人物’之一的张桂梅吗？”“是的，尽管她遇到了许多困难，她还是成功地帮助了许多学生上了大学。”although尽管；since由于；if如果。根据语境可知，此处应用although来引导让步状语从句。故选A。8

The

shape

of

it

was

truly

like

a

flower.

它的形状确实像一朵花。（教材P5）

truly

/ˈtru:li/

adv.真实地，确实地

常修饰形容词或动词（短语）。

—Sally,

I

have

finished

the

picture

already.萨莉，我已经完成了这幅画。—Wow,

truly

beautiful!哇，真漂亮！（福建中考）

Every

single

person

on

the

planet

has

a

story.

Don’t

judge

people

before

you

truly

know

them.世界上的每个人都有自己的故事。在你真正了解别人之前，不要评判他们。语境串记To

tell

you

the

truth,

the

truth

is

cruel,

but

it

is

true.说实话，真相是残酷的,但它是真实的。9

Accept

your

differences.

接受你的差异。（教材P6）

difference

/ˈdɪfərəns/

n.差别，差异

［可数名词］&［不可数名词］make

a

difference/make

some

difference（to...）（对……）有/有些影响；（对……）有/有些作用

There

is

very

little

difference

between

the

two

books.这两本书差别很小。（不可数名词）

The

two

sweaters

look

the

same

but

there

is

a

big

difference

in

price.这两件毛衣看起来一样,但是价格大不相同。（可数名词）

Small

actions

make

a

difference.

Each

of

us

can

play

a

part.小行动也会产生影响。我们每个人都可以发挥作用。（安徽中考）语境串记Please

look

at

the

two

different

pictures,

and

circle

the

differences

between

them.请看这两幅不同的图片,并圈出它们之间的不同之处。典例

用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。（白银中考改编）Could

you

express

your

thoughts

on

the

_______________（different）

between

these

cultures?difference（s）10

The

results

of

scientific

studies

can

also

help

you

make

wise

decisions.

科学研究的结果也可以帮助你做出明智的决定。（教材P6）

wise/waɪz/

adj.明智的，明断的

其近义词是clever/bright/smart。既可作表语又可作定语。

I

think

you

were

wise

to

be

a

doctor

after

graduation.我认为你毕业后当医生是明智的。

You

have

made

a

wise

decision.你做了一个明智的决定。

Early

to

bed

and

early

to

rise

makes

a

man

healthy,

wealthy

and

wise.——Benjamin

Franklin早睡早起使人健康、富有又聪明。——本杰明·富兰克林【语境串记】My

aunt

is

a

wise

lady.

She

always

makes

decisions

wisely.

Her

great

wisdom

comes

from

her

rich

experiences.我姨妈是一位有智慧的女士。她总是明智地做出决定。她的大智慧来自她丰富的经历。11

I

sat

on

the

last

row

in

primary

school.

小学时，我坐在最后一排。（教材P7）

row

/rəʊ/

n.一排，一行，一列

常用短语：in

rows/a

row意为“成（一）排/行/列”。in

a

row还可意为“连续几次地”。

Students

stand

hand

in

hand

in

a

row.

学生们手牵手站成一排。

I

remember

scoring

two

goals

in

a

ro