八年级（上期）英语复习要点

The old man has been used to living alone. 这个老人已经习惯独自居住。 c.be used to do sth=be used for doing sth,“被用来做……”。此结构用来表示一个被动形式。

eg.Stamps are used to send letters.= Stamps are used for sending letters.

邮票是用来寄信的。

Knives are used to cut things.=Knives are used for cutting things.

小刀是用来切东西的。

2.Don’t you remember me?难道你不记得我了吗？

在英语中，否定的一般疑问句常常译作“难道……吗？” eg.Don’t you like ice cream?难道你不喜欢冰淇淋吗？

Don’t you want to go to movies with us?难道你不想和我们一起去看电影吗？ Isn’t he friendly to us?难道他对我们不好吗？

Haven’t you bought a birthday cake for your birthday?Your friends are coming.

难道你还没有为你的生日买个生日蛋糕吗？你的朋友们都要来了。

3.be afraid of 与be terrified of的区别：be afraid of“害怕……、害怕干……”。be afraid of“对……感到恐惧”。比be afrdid of害怕的程度更深。

eg.I used to be afraid of insects,and I used to be terrified of snakes.

我对昆虫很害怕，并且我对蛇感到很恐惧。

4.I go to sleep with my bedroom light on.我总是开着卧室的灯睡觉。

with在句中作伴随状语，表示前面动词的一个伴随状态。可译作“带着，拿着……”，也可不译。

eg.He visited his grandparents with some fruit last weekend.

他上周末带着水果去看望他的祖父母。

His brother went to Beijing with a backpack on his back.

他的哥哥背上背着背包去北京了。

The children listened to the stories there with smiles on their faces.

这些小孩脸上带着微笑在那儿听故事。 5.To do this,she had to work.

To do this,在句中作目的状语，用来表示前一个动作的目的。

eg.We went to Beijing to visit my uncle and aunt. 我们去北京看望我的叔叔阿姨。 Don’t worry,I’ll come to your home to look after your baby.

不要担心，我会到你家帮你照顾婴儿。

Last week,we went to a river to plant trees. 上周他们去河边植树。 6.I don’t worry about my tests. 不要担心我的考试。 worry about sb/sth“为……担心”，与be worried about sb/sth.“担心某人/某物”。但前者表示担忧的动作，后者表示担忧的一个状态。

eg.Mum,don’t worry about my study. 妈妈，不要担心我的学习。

The young woman is worried about her weight. 这个年青妇女担心她的体重。 7.It semms that Yu Mei has changed a lot. 好像余美改变了许多。 It seems/seemed that…….“好像……”。

eg.It seems that it is going to rain. 天好像要下雨了。 It seemed that he got angry. 他好像生气了。

It seems/seemed that…….句型可以与Sb/Sth seem(s)/seemed to do sth.互换，意思一样，“……好像……。”

eg.He seemed to get angry. 他好像生气了。

8.His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her children’s education.

他的母亲不能支付她孩子的教育费用。

can/can’t afford to buy sth.“不能支付……的费用”。

eg.The house is too expensive.We can’t afford to buy it.这个房子太贵了，我们买不起。 9.In the end,she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boy’s boarding school.

最后，她作出了一个艰难的决定：把他送到一个男孩寄宿学校去。

make a decision/decisions＝ decide＝ make up one’s mind.“决定……”。

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in the end=at last.“最后、终于”。

10.To his surprise,this phone call changed his life.

使他吃惊的是，这个电话改变了他的生活。 to one’s surprise,“使某人吃惊的是……。”

eg.He wasn’t good at sports.To our surprise,he did best in the sports meeting.

他不擅长运动。使我们吃惊的是，他在运动会上做得最好。

He was busy these days,but to our surprise,he tried his best to help us.

他这些天很忙，但令我们吃惊的是，他尽力帮助我们。

The problem was very difficult,but to their surprise,David worked it out.

这个问题很困难，但使他们吃惊的是，大卫把他算了出来。

11……he was watching me and would always take pride in everything I do.

他一直在看着你并且会为你做的每一件事而骄傲。 take pride in“对……感到骄傲、自豪”。与be proud of sb/sth同义。但前者表示骄傲的动作，后者表示骄傲的状态。

eg.If you get a good grade,don’t take pride in it. 如果你获得一个好成绩，不要骄傲。 We were proud of what we did. 我们为我们所做的感到骄傲。 be proud to do sth“对干……感到骄傲”。

12.I have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.

而且时常在试图让妈妈更关注我。

make是一个使役动词，后常用动词原形作宾语补足语。make sb do sth“使得某人干某事”

eg.He didn’t use to like milk,but his mother always made him drink it every morning.

他过去总是不喜欢牛奶，但是他的母亲总是要他每天早晨都要喝。 pay attention to sb/sth“对……关注、注意”。

eg.My parents always pay attention to my study. 我的父母亲总是关注我的学习情况。 13.What his mother said didn’t change Martin’s mind. 他母亲的话没有改变他的想法。 change one’s mind,“改变某人的想法/决定……”。

eg.You haven’t change your mind,have you?你还没有改变你的主意，是吗？

14.He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in the class. 他努力学习，并且是班上最好的学生之一。

one of the 形容词最高级＋名词的复数形式，表示“最……之一”的意思。

eg.China is one of the oldest countries in the world. 中国是世界上最古老的国家之一， Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in China. 上海是中国最大的城市之一，

The Yellow River is one of the longest rivers in China.黄河是中国最长的河流之一， Newton is one of the greatest scientists in the world.

牛顿是世界上最伟大的科学家之一。

15.短语： used to do sth过去常常干某事, change one’s mind改变某人的主意. instead of代替, be terrified of对……感到恐惧, go to sleep去睡觉, make a decision/decisions作决定, to one’s surprise使某人吃惊的是, even though即使，尽管, take pride in＝be proud of对……感到骄傲, pay attention to注意, not……any more不再, play the piano弹钢琴, change one’s mind改变某人的主意. no longer不再, give up放弃，

give up doing sth=stop doing sth放弃干某事, be interested in对……感兴趣, can’t afford to buy/pay for不能支付……的费用，买不起……。

UNIT 3

1.Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes. a.allow“允许，准许”，allow sb to do sth, “允许/准许某人干某事”. eg.My parents allow me to watch TV on weekends.

我父母亲允许我在周末看电视。

The teachers don’t allow the students to talk in class.

老师不允许学生在课堂上谈话。

如果allow后面没有宾语，后面的动词只能用－ing形式，而不能用不定式。

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My parents don’t allow smoking. 我父母亲不允许吸烟。

Teachers don’t allow talking in class. 老师不允许在课堂上谈话。 b.be allowed to do sth “被允许干某事”。

eg.In the past,women weren’t allowed to take part in the Olympics.

在过去，妇女不被允许参加奥运会。

In the zoos,people aren’t allowed to throw food to the animal.

在动物园，人们不被允许给动物扔食物。

I’m allowed to watch TV on weekends.我被允许在周末看电视。 c.should be allowed to do sth,“应该被允许干……”，shouldn’t be allowed to do sth“不应该被允许干某事”。

eg.The students should be allowed to play sports after school.

学生应该被允许在课后做运动。

Children shouldn’t be allowed to swim in the river alone.

小孩们不应该被允许独自在河里游泳。

Teenagers shouldn’t be allowed to go out on school nights.

青少年不应该被允许在上学的晚上外出。

2.Parents shouldn’t be too strict with teenagers. 父母亲不应该对青少年太严厉。 be strict with sb,“对某人严格要求”，be strict in sth“对某事严格要求”。 eg.Our head teacher is always with us and he is also strict in his job.

我们的班主任对我们总是严格要求，并且对他的工作也要求严格。

3.I don’t think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.

我认为12岁的小孩应该不允许穿耳。 a.当主句中的谓语动词是think（想）、suppose（猜想）、believe（相信）等时，如果从句是否定，则要把从句的否定前移到主句，构成I don’t think/suppose/believe…….“我认为/猜测/相信……不……。”即：否定前移。

不能说：I think Jim won’t come to my party.而要说：I don’t think Jim will come to my party. 我想吉姆不会来我的聚会。 b.get/have sth/sb done“让某人干某事”。此结构表示主语不是动作的执行者，而是主语让某人去做，对于宾语来说是被被动。

eg.My hair is too long.I’ll have it cut this afternoon.

我的头发太长了，今天下午我要去把它剪了。（叫理发师把它剪了）。 His bicycle was broken on his way to school.He had to have it repaired.

在上学的路上，他的自行车坏了。他不得不请人修理。（叫别人修理）。

Nowaday ,many parents in the country go to work in the cities and have their children looked after by the olds.

现在，农村里的许多发明权在城市里打工，并且把他们的孩子托付给老年人照管。 4.You should stop wearing the silly earrings.你应该停止戴那愚蠢的耳环。 a. stop doing sth停止做某事, 指停止正在做的事,

stop to do sth停下来干某事，指停止原来做的事去做另外的事 eg. The students stop talking when the teacher comes in.

当老师进来的时候，学生们都停止说话。

Why did you stop working? 你为什么停止工作？

It’s time for class,boys and girls.please stop to listen to the teacher.

同学们，该上课了。请停下来听老师讲课。

He stopped to have a look at the map. 他停下来看了看地图。 Jim stopped to pick up the wallet. 吉姆停下来捡起了钱包。

b.stop sb/sth (from) doing sth =prevent sb/sth (from) doing sth=keep sb/sth from doing sth. 阻止某人/某物干某事。

eg.The heavy rain stopped us from playing soccer ball outside.

这场大雨阻止我们在外面踢足球。

We must do everything to stop such accidents from happening again.

我们必须做点事情阻止如此的事故再次发生。

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His parents stop him from surfing the Internet on school nights.

他的父母亲阻止他在上学的晚上上网。

c.can’t stop doing sth“忍不住……，无法不……”。

I can’t stop laughing when I heard it. 听到那件事，我忍不住大笑。

5.—We have a lot of rules at home.--So do we.我们在家有许多规则。我们也一样。 a.So do we。“我们也一样”是一个倒装句式。倒装句常用来谈论两个人或物同时符合一个情况。

肯定倒装句：so＋be代词、情态动词或助动词/（do、does或did）＋sb。“某人也一样……”。

eg. We had fun in the park yesterday,so did our parents.

我们昨天在公园玩得开心，我们的父母亲也玩得开心。 He has been to that museum many times,so have I.

否定倒装句：neither/either/nor＋be代词、情态动词或助动词/（do、does或did）＋sb。 “某人也一样不……”。

eg.I don’t like coffee, neither does my brother. 我不喜欢咖啡，我的弟弟也不喜欢。 They won’t go to Beijing on vacation,either will I. 他们将不去北京度假，我也不去。 He hasn’t been to the Great Wall before,nor have I. 他没有去过长城，我也没有去过。 b.—It’s cold ,but sunny today.—So it is.今天冷但很晴朗。的确如此。

So it is.是一个陈述句。用于两个人谈论同一件事，其中一个人也同意另一个人的观点。常用于对话中。

eg.—Mary speaks English very well. —So she does.玛丽说英语说得好。的确是这样。 —They will go fishing this afternoon. —So they will.And so will we.

他们今下午要去钓鱼。 他们的确要去。并且我们也要去。 —They went to the movies last night.—So they did,and so did I.

他们昨晚去看了电影。 他们的确去看了电影，并且我也去了。 （ ）—He works very hard. — .And .

A.So does he , so do you B. So he does , so do you C.So he does , so you do D. So does he , so you do

6.be serious about sth/doing sth,“热衷某物/干某事”。

eg.Now,more and more children are serious about playing computer games.

今天，越来越多的小孩热衷于玩电子游戏。

A lot of foreigners are serious about Chinese Beijing Opera.

许多的外国人热衷于中国的京剧。

7. a. It takes(took/will take) sb(常用人称代词的宾格形式)some time to do sth.“花费了某人多少时间干某事”。 It作形式主语，后面的动词不定式（to do）作真正的主语。 b. 相同的表达还有： Sb spend/（spent/will spend） some time (in) doing sth.“某人花费多少时间干某事。”

eg.It took them half a year to build the bridge.

They spent half a year building the bridge. 他们花费了半年时间建这座桥。 8.stay up,“熬夜”。

eg.He stayed up surfing the Internet last night,so he was late for school this morning.

他昨晚熬夜上网，因此今天早晨他上学迟到了。

9.Our teacher believe that if we did that,we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies.

我们的老师认为，如果我们穿得漂亮，我们就会更多关注衣服而不是学习 concentrate on sth“全神贯注于……”。

eg.He decided to concentrate on physics because he just failed the exam.

他决心专攻物理因为他刚刚考试不及格。

10.……but we learn a lot from each other. 但是我们可以互相学到许多东西。 learn from……“向……学习”。

11.Last year I had an opportunity to volunteer at the local hospital.

去年夏天，我有机会在本地一家医院里进行自愿者活动。 have an opportunity to do sth“有做……的机会”。

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