8A Unit1-2 教学重难点
Unit 1 Friends
Main task:
Write an article for your school newsletter about your best friend for a writing competition.
Task:
1. Use an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb to describe someone or something.
2. Use comparatives to compare two people or things.
3. Use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.
重点、难点：
Welcome to the unit
1. There’s nothing else in the fridge. 冰箱里没有别的东西了。
句中else的意思是“此外、别的”，常用于不定代词或副词、疑问代词或副词之后。如：
What else did he say? 他还说了些什么？
nothing是不定代词，做主语时谓语动词为单数形式。
2. What makes your friends so special? 什么使得你的朋友如此特别？
在本句中，make的意思是“使得”，形容词special作宾语补足语。
eg：We must keep the room clean. 我们必须把房间保持干净。
The children found the story very interesting. 孩子们发现这个故事很有趣。
I hope to see you very well soon. 我希望你的病早些好。
Do you like your tea weak or strong? 你喝茶喜欢淡一点还是浓一点？
1. She is as slim as I am.
他和我一样苗条。
as + 形容词 + as 像……一样，使用形容词的原级。如：
My father is as strong as a young man. 我的父亲象年轻人一样强壮。
Our teacher is as busy as before. 我们的老师象以前一样忙。
2. We have been best friends for a long time.
我们是最好的朋友已经很长时间了。
have been 是动词现在完成时态的一种形式，还没有正式学过，只须记住这里的意思是“（到现在）已是”，表示“我们从过去某个时刻起到现在一直是最好的朋友”。
3. She is willing to share things with her friends.
她愿意与朋友分享所有的东西。
willing是个形容词，意思是“愿意的”，后面常跟动词不定式。如：
eg: He is quite willing to live in the countryside. 他很愿意生活在农村。
4. She helps me with my homework and she always gives seats to people in need on the bus.
她帮助我做家庭作业，并且在公共汽车上总是给需要的人们让座。
people in need有需要的人们，in need是“介词＋名词”的词组，常跟在名词或代词之后，作定语用。如：
the man in a brown jacket 穿棕色茄克的人
the man in trouble 处于困境的人
5. Because of too much computer work.
因为在计算机上做了太多的工作。
because of 和because的意思都是“因为”，区别在前者跟短语，后者跟从句。
如：他们因为下雨没去博物馆。可用because和because of两种方法表示。
They didn’t go to the museum because of the rain.
They didn’t go to the museum because it rained.
6. …they make him look smart… 它们使得他看上去很精神。
在这里，make的意思是“使得”，look是宾语补足语，因为动词make的关系，不定式to look省掉to，只用look。如：
eg: Don’t make students do too much homework. 不要使学生做太多的家庭作业。
He always makes me laugh. 他总是使我笑。
7. shoulder-length hair 披肩长发。
length的意思是“长度”，它的形容词是long(长的)。shoulder-length是合成词，意思是“齐肩长的”。
8. say a bad word about sb.
说某人的坏话
9. Max is very good at telling jokes
麦克斯很擅长说笑话。
Vocabulary
good-looking 漂亮的。表示“漂亮”、“美丽”，有许多方式。
如：pretty漂亮的，handsome英俊的（多指男子），beautiful美丽的
Grammar
形容词的比较级和最高级：
old (老的) ---- older (更老的) ---- oldest (最老的)
old (老的) ---- elder (年长的) ---- eldest (最年长的)
far (远的) ---- farther (更远的) ---- farthest (最远的)
far (远的) ---- further (进一步的)---- furthest (最大程度的)
Tom is taller than any other student in his class.
汤姆比他班任何同学都高。（汤姆也在这个班上，所以在any后面加other）
Tom is taller than any student in his younger brother’s class.
汤姆比他弟弟班上任何同学都高。（汤姆不在他弟弟班上，所以在any后面不加other）
Vegetables are best when they are fresh. 蔬菜新鲜时候最好。（不强调与别的蔬菜相比）
It is a most interesting story. 这是一个最有趣的故事。（表示“非常”的意思）
Integrated skills
one of …“……之一”
常用结构是one of+形容词的最高级+名词复数,如在句中作主语,谓语动词应用单数
One of the most popular singers in China is Zhou Jielun.
8A Unit 2 School life
Main task:
Complete a questionnaire about your school. Then write about your ideal school for the Schools Around the World Club.
Task:
1. Learn to introduce your own school to others.
2. Grasp some important vocabulary about school.
3. Use “more…than” “fewer…than ” “less…than” “the most” “the fewest” “the least” to ask about and express qualities.
eg. Millie has more flowers than Mary.
Daniel has fewer CDs than Kitty.
Simon has less orange juice than Sandy.
4.Practise using “like” and “alike”, “the same as” and “different from”
eg. Amy’s sweater is like Millie’s sweater.=Amy’s sweater and Millie’s sweaters are alike.
Daniel’s uniform is the same as Simon’s uniform.
=Daniel’s uniform is different from Simon’s.
5. Learn about the differences in vocabulary between British and American English.
重点、难点：
Welcome to the unit
| 修饰可数名词的复数 | 修饰不可数名词、形容词、副词 |
表肯定 | a few | a little |
表否定 | few | little |
Chinese | British English | American English |
秋天 | autumn | fall |
休息 | break | recess |
大厅 | Corridor | hall |
垃圾箱 | Dustbin | garbage can |
电梯 | Lift | elevator |
橡皮 | rubber | eraser |
还有一些词语在拼写上有差异
British English | American English |
favourite, colour, neighbour,humour | favorite, color, neighbor, humor |
center, theatre | center, theater |
maths | math |
practise(v.) | practice(v.) |
licence(n.) | license(n.) |
1. how to cook and sew 如何做饭和缝纫
a．“疑问词+不定式”的结构，在句中可做主语、宾语、表语等句子成分
b．“疑问词+不定式”的结构相当于一个名词性从句，常常可用同等成分的从句代替
2．辨析as well ，also，too和either
区分like 和alike，the same as和be different from
1．alike 是以a开头的形容词，只作表语，不能充当定语，而like却可以作介词或形容词，作形容词的like即可作表语，也可作定语。也就是说alike用于句末,联系动词之后，like用于句中。
eg. The twin brothers are very much alike.
The twin brother is like that one very much.
2. the same as和 be different from 是反义词
Our school is the same as theirs.
Chinese names are different from English names.
3. 比较级、最高级的运用
a）两者之间进行比较，用比较级，如：more …than (既可用于可数名词的比较,也可用于不可数名词的比较),fewer…than (用于可数名词的比较),less…than(用于不可数名词之间的比较)
He has more money than I.
Tom picked more apples than Bill.
Lily did less homework than Bill.
I have fewer stamps than Li Ping.
the most+可数名词复数/不可数名词 最多的……the most money/cities
the least+不可数名词 最少的……the least coffee
the fewest +可数名词的复数 最少的……the fewest people
重要短语
1. be willing to do sth. 2. share sth. with sb.
3. be ready to do sth. 4. help sb. with sth.
5. give seats to sb.6. in need
7. because of8. have a sense of
9. keep a secret10.think of
11. say a bad word about sb.12. vote for
13. have problems with sth.14. move to
15. make friends with16.nothing else
17.of the six students18. as…as
19. not as/so…as 20. travel around the world
21. in the future22. give me some advice
23. wear a smile on one’s face24. tell me funny stories
25. next door26. next to
27. make sb.+adj.28. make sb. +v.
29.the most difficult activity of all30. a social worker
31. some more food32. be generous to sb.
33. invite teenagers to join a writing competition
1. bring in2. near the end of
3. as well4. spend time doing sh.
5. practise doing sth.6. have a great time doing sh.
7. make some mistakes8. find out
9. send an e-mail to sb.10. on the right/left
11. be different from12. the same as
13. have time off14. at weekends
15. at the end of16. less/fewer…than
17. more…than18.garbage can
19. high school20. cook healthy and tasty meals
21. in Year 822. in 9th grade
23. a close friend24. Home Economics
25. have morning assembly26. spend…on sth.
27. go on a school trip to …28. wear school uniform
29. my ideal school 30. after-school activities
31. have cakes for dinner32.during the reading week