Unit 7 Days and Months
词句精讲精练
词汇精讲
1. on / in / at接时间
on / in/ at可以用在表示时间的词前,但用法并不相同,其区别如下:
(1) in 后常跟年,月,季节,周等,也用于表示泛指的上午,下午,晚上。例如:
in summer 在夏季 in the morning 在上午 in July 在七月
We often plant trees in spring. 我们经常在春季植树。
My father often goes to Beijing in January. 我的爸爸经常在一月去北京。
(2) on 后常跟具体某一天,或者跟表示某一天的上午,下午,晚上等的词。例如:
on Saturday 在星期天
We are very happy on Children’s Day. 儿童节那天我们很开心。
(3) at后常跟表示某个具体的时刻点或用在一些固定搭配前。例如:
at 7:00 在七点钟
at the moment 在此刻
at night在夜里
2. in need
in need是固定搭配,意为“在危难中,在危急中,在困难时”,need为名词。例如:
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。
【拓展】常见的含有in 的短语:
in danger 在危险中
in debt 负债, 欠情
in detail 详细地
in English 用英语(表示)
in fact 其实, 事实上
in front of 在……前面
in hand 在手中, 在进行中
in hospital 住院
in nature 性质上, 事实上, 实质上, 究竟
in no time 立即, 马上
in no way 决不
3. enjoy
enjoy是及物动词,意为“享受……的乐趣; 欣赏;喜欢”。其用法如下:
sth.(名词或代词)
enjoy + oneself(反身代词)= have a good time
doing sth.(只接v.-ing形式,不接 to do sth.)
例如:
I enjoy the songs sung by Jay Chou. 我喜欢周杰伦的歌。
We enjoyed ourselves at the party. 昨晚的聚会,我们玩得很高兴。
In my class, most of the students enjoy singing English songs.
在我们班,大多数学生喜欢唱英语歌。
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4. during / in
during表示一段时间,强调某事持续一段时间,其长度明确、起止分明,后接精确说明长度的词。例如:
Many people suffered hardship during the war. 许多人在战争期间受苦遭难。
【拓展】during和in的区别:
(1) 在 stay, visit, meal 等表示行为要持续一定时间的名词之前,只能用 during 而不能用 in。例如:
The phone rang during the meal. 吃饭时电话铃响了。
I went to see my aunt during my stay in Beijing. 在北京逗留期间,我去看了我的姑妈。
(2)与季节名词连用用,in 表泛指,during 表特指。比较:
In summer we often camp in the forest. 夏天我们常在森林里露营。(泛指)
During the summer we camped in the forest. 今年夏天我们在森林里露营。(特指)
5. excited / exciting
exciting是形容词,意为“令人兴奋的”,一般用来说明事物的特征。例如:
I like football. I think it’s very exciting. 我喜欢足球。我认为它非常令人兴奋。
excited也是形容词,意为“感到兴奋的”,一般用来说明人的感受。例如:
He is very excited at the news. 因为那个消息他很兴奋。
【拓展】
英语中,带-ing的形容词,用来形容事物,指某事物的性质、特征,意为“令人……的”“让人……的”,常用事物作主语或作定语修饰物。而带-ed的是用来形容人的,意为“感到……的”“使人……的”,其主语是人,类似的词有:
boring 令人厌烦的 interesting 令人感兴趣的 moving 令人感动的
bored(人)感到厌烦的 interested(人)感兴趣的 moved(人)感动的
tiring 令人厌倦的 surprising令人惊讶的
tired(人)感到疲倦/累/厌烦的 surprised(人)感到惊讶的
6. hope
hope意为“希望”,用于表示有可能实现的愿望,其后可接不定式或宾语从句,但表达“希望别人做某事”时则需用hope that从句。即:
so
to do sth. 注意:没有hope sb. to do sth.的用法
hope + that从句 表示很有可能实现的主观愿望
for sth.
例如:
My mother hopes to find her lost watch somewhere. 我妈妈希望在什么地方找到她丢失的手表。
I hope you can pass the exam. 我希望你能通过考试。
7. high
(1) 形容词,意为“高的”。例如:
The mountain is 2,000 meters high. 那座山有2000米高。
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(2) 副词,意为“(位置)高”。例如:
The plane is flying high above the clouds. 飞机正在云层上方飞行。
【拓展】high和tall的辨析:
(1) high是一个常用词,多指物体的高度,但不指人的身高;还可指抽象的高,如物价、速度、温度、品质、评价等方面的高。例如:
a high mountain高山 a high shelf高架子 high standard高标准
(2) tall 多指人、树、建筑物等的“高”,但不指山的“高”,指人或物高且细长。例如:
a tall man一个高个子男人 a tall tree一棵高大的树 a tall building一座高大的楼房
8. it
(1) 用作人称代词,代替前文提到过的事物。 例如:
The train has arrived. It arrived half an hour ago.
火车已经到了。它是半小时前到的。
(2) 用以代替提示代词this, that。 例如:
— What’s this? 这是什么?
— It’s a knife. 一把水果刀。
(3) 起指示代词的作用,指一个人或事物。 例如:
— Who is knocking at the door? 谁在敲门?
— It’s me. 是我。
(4) 指时间、季节等。 例如:
— What time is it? 几点了?
— It’s eight o’clock. 八点。
It often rains in summer here. 这里夏天经常下雨。
(5) 指距离。 例如:
It is a long way to the school. 去学校的路很远。
(6) 常用it作形式主语的句型:
It is time to do sth. 到了做某事的时间了。
It is + 形容词(+of / for sb.)+ to do sth. 对某人来说,做某事是……。例如:
It is time to have dinner. 到了吃晚餐的时间了。
It is important for us to learn English well. 对我们来说,学好英语很重要。
词汇精练
I. 英汉互译。
1. 玩得高兴_______________________ 2. 大优惠,大减价_______________________
3. 新年快乐_______________________ 4. 看电影_______________________
5. go skating_______________________ 6. National Day_______________________
7. count down_______________________ 8. 忘记去做某事_______________________
9. 在困难时_______________________ 10. 运动会_______________________
II. 根据句意和首字母及汉语提示,完成单词。
1. We have P.E. on ______________ (星期一).
2. Look at the clouds. It is going to be r______________.
3. You’d better stay at home. It’s so hot ______________(在外面).
4. My birthday is on ______________(十二月) 20th.
5. September is the n______________ month of the year.
6. We are very e______________ at the news.
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7. I have some ______________(计划) for our holidays.
8. I u______________ go to the zoo on Sundays.
9. On C______________ Eve I have a big dinner with my family.
10. J______________ 1st is Children’s Day.
III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Look at the ____________(cloud) in the sky. It’s going to ____________(rain).
2. My brother likes to play with ____________(snow) on ____________(snow) days.
3. My mom likes ____________(read) books at night.
4. Li Lin, it’s time for us ____________(go) to the party.
5. — Would you like ____________(play) ping-pong with me, Jenny?
— Yes, I’d like to.
6. We are going to the movie theater ____________(watch) a movie.
7. Let’s ____________(listen) to Tom’s report about his family.
8. Today is May 31.Tomorrow is ____________(child) Day.
9. Students like winter h____________. Because they don’t have to go to school.
10. Does Lucy like ____________(swim) in summer time?
【参考答案】
I. 英汉互译。
1. have a good time/ enjoy oneself / have fun 2. big sale 3. Happy New Year
4. watch a movie 5. 去滑冰 6. 国庆节 7. 倒计时,倒读数 8. forget to do sth.
9. in need 10. sports meeting
II. 根据句意和首字母及汉语提示,完成单词。
1. Monday 2. rainy 3. outside 4. December 5. ninth 6. excited
7. plans 8. usually 9. Christmas 10. June
III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. clouds; rain 2. snow; snowy 3. reading 4. to go 5. to play
6. to watch 7. listen 8. Children’s 9. holiday 10. swimming
句式精讲
1. What day is it today?
本句是询问“星期几”的常用句型,还可以用句型“What day is it today?”其答语是It is…或Today is…。例如:
— What day is it today? 今天是星期几?
— Today is Monday. 今天是周一。
2. How is the weather?
此句型是用来询问天气的句型,类似的还有:What’s the weather like?
如果要询问某地的天气情况,常用What’s the weather like in…?或How’s the weather in…?其中介词in后跟表示地点的名词。对这些句型的回答常用“It is…”或“The weather is…”,is后跟描述天气状况的形容词或动词-ing形式,其中描述天气状况的形容词可以是warm; hot; cool; cold等表示冷暖的词,也可以是sunny; rainy; windy; cloudy; snowy等表示天气的词。例如:
— What’s the weather like in Beijing?
— It’s cloudy. / It’s cool. / It’s raining. 多云。/ 凉爽。/ 正在下雨。
3. What’s the date?
What’s the date?用来询问日期,回答用“It’s + 日期(月和日)。”例如:
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— What’s the date today? 今天几号了?
— Today is November 20, 2012. 今天是2012年11月20号。
注意:
(1) 表示日期,可以用today; yesterday; tomorrow等代替it;
(2) 表示“几号”可以是序数词,可以是阿拉伯数字,也可以是“阿拉伯数字+ 相应序数词的最后两个字母”。例如:
— What’s the date today? 今天是几号?
— It’s May 13 / May 13th / May the thirteenth. 今天是五月13号。
4. make sth. for sb.
make sth. for sb. = make sb. sth. 意为“为某人做某物”。例如:
My brother is making a kite for me. 我哥哥正在为我做风筝。
【拓展】类似make接双宾语的词还有:buy; cook等。即:
buy sb. sth. = buy sth. for sb. 为某人买某物
cook sb. sth. = cook sb. sth. 为某人做饭 例如:
My mother bought a T-shirt for me yesterday. = My mother bought me a T-shirt yesterday.
妈妈昨天为我买了一件T恤。
5. International Workers’ Day is in May.
在英语中,表示节日的专有名词的每个单词的第一个字母都要大写。表示节日的专有名词前一般不带定冠词the,表示在某个节日时要使用介词on。例如:
on Teachers’ Day 在教师节 on Children’s Day在儿童节
on Women’s Day 在妇女节 on Father’s Day 在父亲节
【拓展】常见的节日还有:
New Year’s Eve除夕 Mother’s Day 母亲节
National Day 国庆节 Christmas Day 圣诞节
句式精练
I. 完成句子,每空一词。
1. 你喜欢什么季节?
____________ ____________ do you like?
2. 今天星期几?
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ today?
3. 今天天气怎么样?
____________ is the ____________?
4. 对我来说,十二月是一个非常忙的月份。
December ____________ a very ____________ ____________ ____________ me.
5. 我正在为我的爷爷制作生日礼物。
I’m ____________ a birthday present ____________ my grandfather.
II. 句型转换,每空一词。
1. It is rainy and windy today. (对划线部分提问)
____________ is the ____________ today?
2. How’s the weather today? (改为同义句)
____________ ____________ the weather ____________ today?
3. It is hot in your city. (用cold改为选择疑问句)
____________ it hot ____________ ____________ in your city?
4. It is time for class. (改为同义句)
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It’s time ____________ ____________ ____________.
5. Today is Monday. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____________ is it today?
III.连词成句。
1. is, first, of, new, January, the, month, a, year
_______________________________________________________________.
2. it, rainy, is, a, today, day
_______________________________________________________________.
3. the, in, how’s, weather, China
_______________________________________________________________?
4. don’t, cold, very, I, like, weather, much
_______________________________________________________________.
5. you, any, for, holiday, do, have, plans, your
_______________________________________________________________?
IV. 从方框中选择最佳选项完成对话,有两项是多余的。
A.how is the weather in New York now?
B.I hope so!
C.The same to you!
D.“Happy birthday”to her!
E.Very fine.
F.It’s snowy.
G.I like to play with snow.
A: Hello! This is Mike. Happy New Year!
B: Mike! It’s you. 1 How are you now?
A: Very fine.And today is also my sister’s birthday.I’m very happy.
B: Cool! Please say 2
A: Thank you,Bob.And how is the weather in Beijing now?
B: 3 But I like it.
A: Why? I think it’s also windy,right?
B: Yeah! But you know 4
A: Oh,that’s really fun.
B: So, 5
A: It’s always raining.It fact,I don’t like it.
B: That’s OK! I think it’s going to be sunny soon.
A: I hope so.Sorry,I must go now.
B: Okay! Mike,thanks for your calling,good-bye!
A: Bye!
【参考答案】
I. 完成句子,每空一词。
1. What season 2. What day is it 3. How; weather 4. is; busy month for
5. making; for
II. 句型转换,每空一词。
1. How; weather 2. What is; like 3. Is; or cold 4. to have class 5. What day
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III. 连词成句。
1. January is the first month of a new year.
2. It is a rainy day today.
3. How’s the weather in China?
4. I don’t like cold weather very much.
5. Do you have any plans for your holiday?
IV. 从方框中选择最佳选项完成对话,有两项是多余的。
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