Module3LifenowandthenUnit2Ithinklifeisbettertoday.教材語境

My

family

lived

in

a

tiny

house.我家住在一所很小的房子里。

（教材P20）&1&

tiny

/?ta?ni/

adj.微小的；極小的&2&

tiny作形容詞，其比較級形式為tinier,

最高級形式為tiniest。教材語境

There

were

no

electric

lights,

only

candles.沒有電燈，只有蠟燭。

（教材P20）&3&

light/la?t/

n.

電燈The

teacher

told

Jack

to

turn

off

the

light

when

he

left

the

classroom.老師叮囑杰克離開教室時要關燈。（選自懷化中考）（此時為可數名詞）&4&

light的其他用法：作不可數名詞光，光線，光亮Light

travels

faster

than

sound.光比聲音傳得快。作形容詞輕的The

feather

is

very

light.羽毛很輕。淺色的You

look

nice

in

light

colours.你穿淺色衣服很好看。天亮的；明亮的It

gets

light

at

about

5

o'clock.大約五點鐘天就亮了。作動詞意為"點燃",其過去式常用litHe

lit

a

candle.他點燃了一支蠟燭。語境串記When

I

walked

into

the

room,

someone

turned

off

the

light

and

lit

the

candles

on

a

light

blue

cake.

"Happy

Birthday!"

my

friends

cheered.當我走進房間時，有人把燈關了，點燃了淺藍色蛋糕上的蠟燭。"生日快樂！"我的朋友們歡呼道。教材語境

My

father

was

a

postman,

and

he

often

worked

twelve

hours

a

day

outside

in

the

winter

cold

or

in

the

summer

heat.

我父親是一名郵遞員，（不管）嚴寒或酷暑，他經常一天在外面工作12個小時。（教材P20）&5&

postman/?p??stm?n/

n.

郵遞員&6&

postman作可數名詞，是由"post+man"構成的合成名詞，其復數形式為postmen。He

has

worked

as

a

postman

for

ten

years.他已經從事郵遞員工作10年了。&7&

由man構成的合成名詞還有：policeman警察

fisherman漁民fireman消防員

chairman主席Englishman英格蘭（男）人

Frenchman法國人&8&

cold/k??ld/n.

寒冷；冷空氣&9&

cold在此作不可數名詞，意為"寒冷"，winter在此作定語修飾cold。Don't

stand

outside

in

the

cold.

別站在外面凍著。&10&

（1）cold作名詞，還可意為"感冒"，have/catch

a

cold"患感冒"。Tom

had

a

cold

last

week.

湯姆上周感冒了。（2）cold還可作形容詞，意為"寒冷的"。其對應詞為hot。It

is

neither

hot

nor

cold

all

year

round

in

Kunming.昆明一年到頭既不熱也不冷。語境串記How

cold

the

weather

is！I

can't

stand

the

cold,

so

I've

got

a

cold.天氣好冷！我受不了寒冷，所以我感冒了。&11&

heat/hi?t/

n.

高溫；熱度&12&

heat在此作名詞，意為"高溫"，summer在此作定語修飾heat。We

get

light

and

heat

from

the

sun.我們從太陽那里獲取光和熱。&13&

heat還可作動詞，意為"加熱，（使）變暖"。Heat

the

milk，please.

請把牛奶加熱一下。

The

stove

takes

a

while

to

heat

up.爐子要過一會兒才能熱起來。教材語境

...looking

after

us

was

more

than

a

full-time

job.

……照顧我們比做一份全職工作還要辛苦。（教材P20）&14&

動詞-ing短語作主語&15&

&16&

looking

after

us在句中作主語。單個動詞-ing短語作主語時，謂語動詞用單數形式。Listening

to

music

helps

you

to

relax.

聽音樂有助于你放松。&17&

兩個或多個動詞-ing短語并列作主語時，如果敘述的是一件事,謂語動詞用單數形式，如果敘述的是兩件事（或多件事）,謂語動詞用復數形式。Going

to

bed

early

and

getting

up

early

is

a

good

habit.早睡早起是個好習慣。（"早睡早起"是一件事情）Doing

sports

and

reading

books

are

really

非常有趣。（"做運動"和"讀書"是兩件事情）典例1

(龍東中考)Spending

time

with

families

___

the

happiest

thing.B

【解析】分析題干可知，Spending

time

with

families在句中作主語，單個動詞-ing短語作主語時，謂語動詞用單數形式。故選B。&18&

more

than

不只是&19&

more

than在此意為"不只是"，后接名詞，相當于not

just或not

only。He

is

more

than

a

coach.

And

he

is

a

friend.

他不只是教練，更是朋友。&20&

more

than的其他用法：more

than+基數詞表示"多于……;超過……"，相當于over，反義短語為less

thanmore

than+形容詞表示"非常……",相當于veryChina

is

a

great

country

with

a

history

of

more

than

5,000

years.中國是一個擁有五千多年歷史的偉大國家。I'm

more

than

happy

to

be

back

here.

我非常高興能回到這里。考向點撥中考常在完成句子、翻譯句子中考查more

than的含義及用法。&21&

full-time/?f?l?ta?m/

adj.

專職的；全日制的&22&

full-time的對應詞為part-time（兼職的；非全日制的）。語境串記His

full-time

job

is

a

postman

and

his

part-time

job

is

a

singer.

他的專職工作是郵遞員，兼職工作是歌手。教材語境

I

wasn't

sent

to

school

because

my

family

couldn't

afford

it,

and

what's

more,

because

I

was

a

girl.

我沒有被送去上學，因為我的家庭負擔不起，而且，因為我是個女孩。（教材P20）&23&

afford

v.

買得起，負擔得起&24&

&25&

afford作動詞，通常與can、could、be

able

to連用，多用于否定句或疑問句中，其后常接名詞、代詞或to

do結構。Can

we

afford

a

new

car?

我們能買得起一輛新車嗎？We

can't

afford

to

go

abroad

this

summer.

今年夏天我們沒有足夠的錢去國外。典例2

根據句意及所給英文解釋，寫出句中所缺單詞，限填一詞。(宿遷中考)The

charity

is

trying

to

help

those

who

can't

_______

（have

enough

money

to

pay

for

something）

medical

treatment.afford&26&

what's

more而且&27&

what's

more常用作插入語，可以放在句首或句中，用于補充更重要的內容，其后通常要加逗號。Reading

can

bring

us

a

lot

of

joy

and

happiness.

What's

more,

it

can

make

us

learn

more.

閱讀能帶給我們很多快樂和幸福，而且它能讓我們學到更多的東西。&28&

what's

worse意為"更糟糕的是"。He

lost

his

job.

What's

worse,

he

didn't

have

any

savings.他丟了工作，更糟糕的是，他沒有存款。教材語境

The

role

of

women

has

changed

too.

女性的角色也改變了。

（教材P20）&29&

role/r??l/

n.

作用；職責；角色&30&

role作可數名詞，play

a（n）...role

（in...）表示"（在……方面）扮演……角色/起……作用"，與play

a（n）...

part

（in...）同義。Music

plays

an

important

role

in

our

lives.

音樂在我們的生活中扮演著重要的角色。China

plays

an

important

role

in

keeping

the

world

peace.

中國在維護世界和平方面發揮著重要作用。&31&

role還可指電影、戲劇中的"角色"。Hepburn

played

a

role

of

a

princess

in

Roman

Holiday

and

it

is

a

classic.赫本在《羅馬假日》中扮演一位公主，堪稱經典。教材語境

She

has

a

good

education,

and

she

goes

to

work

even

after

getting

married.

她受過良好的教育，即使結婚后還去工作。（教材P20）&32&

education/?edj??ke??n/

n.（個人的）教育;學業&33&

education常用作不可數名詞，有時前面可加不定冠詞。have

a

good

education

"受良好的教育"，a

college/university

education

"大學教育"。&34&

（1）educational作形容詞，意為"教育的；有教育意義的"。I

think

The

Readers

is

an

educational

TV

programme.

我認為《朗讀者》是一個很有教育意義的電視節目。（2）educate作動詞，意為"教育；教導"。It's

not

easy

work

to

educate

teenagers.教育青少年并非易事。（3）educated作形容詞，意為"受過教育的；有教養的"。The

doctor

is

an

educated

man.

這位醫生是一個有教養的人。語境串記Cuore

is

very

educational.

It

shows

that

a

good

education

can

educate

kids

about

how

to

be

an

educated

man.

《愛的教育》很有教育意義，它表明良好的教育可以教孩子如何做一個有教養的人。典例3

用括號中所給單詞的適當形式填空。(永州中考)China

plans

to

pay

more

attention

to

scientific

_________

（educate）in

its

primary

and

middle

schools.education&35&

get

married

結婚&36&

get

married與be

marriedget

married表示結婚的動作，不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用I

got

married

when

I

was

28.

我28歲時結婚了。be

married表示已婚的狀態，可與表示一段時間的狀語連用I

have

been

married

for

ten

years.我已經結婚10年了。&37&

（1）表示"與……結婚"時，要用介詞to，即get/be

married

to

sb.。She

got

married

to

Tom

in

2012.

2012年她與湯姆結婚了。（2）marry作動詞，意為"（和某人）結婚；嫁，娶"，既可作及物動詞又可作不及物動詞。marry

sb."和某人結婚"。She

married

a

German.她嫁給了一個德國人。My

aunt

married

at

a

young

age.我姑姑年紀輕輕就結婚了。&38&

be

busy

doing

sth.

忙著做某事&39&

有時可與be

busy

with

sth.進行轉換。James

is

busy

doing

his

homework.=James

is

busy

with

his

homework.

詹姆斯正忙著做家庭作業。典例4

(上海中考)The

workers

are

busy

___

windows

to

the

new

building

these

days.C

fix【解析】be

busy

doing

sth.意為"忙于做某事"，為固定搭配。故選C。&40&

lonely

adj.

孤獨的；寂寞的

&41&

lonely與alonelonely形容詞可作定語和表語強調情感上"孤獨的；寂寞的"只作定語意為"偏僻的；人跡罕至的"alone形容詞作表語強調客觀上"獨自一人"，不具有感情色彩副詞作狀語語境串記Robinson

used

to

live

alone

on

a

lonely

island

and

often

felt

lonely

during

those

long,

lonely

nights.

魯濱孫過去獨自生活在一座偏僻的島上，他常常在那些漫長而寂寞的夜晚感到孤獨。典例5

(南充中考)—I

know

old

Joe

lives________.—We

are

supposed

to

visit

him

from

time

to

time.

Then,

he

won't

feel________.(

)

DA.alone;

alone

B.lonely;

lonely

C.lonely;

alone

D.alone;

lonely【解析】live

alone表示"獨自生活"，強調客觀情況；feel

lonely表示"感覺孤獨"，強調感情色彩。故選D。教材語境

The

only

thing

I

don't

like,

though,

is

that

there's

so

much

more

traffic.

不過，只有一件事我不喜歡，那就是交通太擁擠了。（教材P20）&42&

though

adv.可是，不過，然而&43&

though在此用作副詞，在句中作插入語，一般放在句末以減弱語氣。此時，不能用although替換。The

travel

was

an

adventure.

He

still

took

part

in

it

though.

這次旅行是一次冒險，可是他還是加入了。&44&

though還可用作連詞，意為"雖然；盡管"，相當于although，引導讓步狀語從句，不能和but連用。Though

he

failed

many

times,

he

never

gave

up

his

dream.盡管他失敗了很多次，但他從未放棄過自己的夢想。（改編自天津中考）典例6

(重慶中考B卷改編)___

Zhang

Guimei

isn't

in

good

health,

she

works

hard

to

help

her

stud