九年级上册Unit - 2 - Culture - shock

Unit 2 Culture shock

I.重点词汇

1.international (adj.) ______________

The number of the international students in this school is 1,500.

March 8 is the International Women?s day. 三月八日是国际妇女节。 同根词：national (adj.) 国家的；民族的；全国的

The National Day was celebrated throughout the country. 全国都在庆祝国庆日。

He broke two national records on a sports meeting. 他在一次运动会中打破了两项全国纪录。

2. _________________ (v.)（常指勉强）承认 admitted-admitted-admitting You have to admit that Sheila has a good point. 你不得不承认希拉有一个优点。 He will never admit to me that he is lazy. 他不会向我承认他懒惰。 搭配：admit doing sth. 承认做了某事

He admitted having stolen the car. 他承认偷了那辆车。 The man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. 那个人承认在飞机离开伦敦以前他就藏在箱子里。

3. ____________ (adj. 空闲的；空余的；备用的；预备的 His spare money goes on books. 他多余的钱都花在买书上。 We have no spare rooms. 我们没有多余的房间。

We always have a spare wheel in our car. 我们总是在汽车上带一个备用的轮胎。

句型：could you spare (me)?? 你能否（借）给我（钱···）？为我腾出（时间···）？ Could you spare me 20 minutes of your time? 你能为我腾出20分钟的时间吗？ Could you spare me 20 Yuan? 你能借给我20元钱吗？

4. degree (n.) ______

The chairman agreed with me to a certain degree. 主席在某种程度上同意我的意见。 The workers show different degrees of skill. 工人们表现出不同程度的技巧。 Water freezes at zero degrees Centigrade. 水在摄氏零度结冰。 bachelor’s degree 学士学位 master’s degree 硕士学位 doctor’s degree 博士学位

5.fail (v.) ____________ ______

The first attempt may fail, but we don’t care about that. 第一次尝试可能会失败，但是我们并不为此担忧。 He got a fail in math. 他数学不及格。

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. 如果你不做计划，那就是在计划着失败。 Annie tried, failed, and then succeeded. 安妮经过尝试，失败最后取得了胜利。 句型：fail to do sth. 未能做成什么

The doctor failed to save the girl’s life. 那位医生未能把女孩就活。 Jack failed to hand in his composition on time. Jack 没能按时交作文。 同根词： failure (n.) 失败；失败的人或事物

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Failure in one examination should not stop you trying again. 一次考试不及格不妨碍你再试一次。

6.manage(v.) __________________

He managed to swim across the English Channel. 他终于游过了英吉利海峡。 It was heavy, but I managed to get it up the stairs. 虽然那东西很重，我还是设法把它搬上了楼。

拓展：management (n.) 管理； manager(n.)经理，经纪人 He studied Business Management. 他学过企业管理。 ----That meal was terrible. ----I want to speak to the manager. 那顿饭真差劲，我要找经理谈谈。

7.everyday (adj.) _________________

I think everyday’s weather forecast is almost the same. 我觉得煤炭的天气预报都大同小异。 She practices dance everyday in the studio. 她每天都来到舞蹈练习房练习舞蹈。 拓展：every day 每天

The doctor ordered him to walk a mile every day. 医生嘱咐他每天走一英里。 He takes a packed lunch to work every day. 他每天带午饭上班。

8.whatever (pron.) _________________

Whatever I said, they disagreed. 无论我说什么，他们都不同意。 The person has lied so much that people turn a deaf ear to whatever he says. 那个人撒了那么多的谎，不管他说什么都没有人听了。 Just take whatever you need. 你需要什么就拿走吧。

9._________________ (adv.) 尤其；特别

I love cold drinks, especially in summer. 我很爱喝冷饮，特别是在夏天。 Drive carefully, especially at night. 开车一定要小心，尤其是在夜间。

I?m especially looking forward to seeing the new baby. 我非常渴望看到新生婴儿。 近义词：particularly (adv.)尤其

I like all her novels, but her latest is particularly good. 我喜欢她所有的小说，最新的一部尤其好。

10.education (n. _________________

11. A good education can be the gateway to success. 良好的教育是通往成功之路。 That is an organization for the education of young children.

Ⅱ. 重点句型。

1. I’m here today to tell you about my experience as an exchange student in the United States last year.

今天我到这里来就是想跟你们谈一下去年我作为一个交换生在美国的一些经历。 tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人关于某事 例如：

Could you please tell me about your hometown? 你可以告诉我你的家乡吗？

The teacher tells the students about how to prepare the exam. 老师告诉学生怎么样准备考试。 【拓展】 tell sb. to do sth. 告诉某人干什么

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I tell my friends to go hiking with us next weekend. 我告诉我的朋友下个周末和我们一起去远足。 as…… 作为……

I work as an English teacher. 我是一位英语老师。

I don?t think much of her as a musician. 她作为一名音乐家，我认为不怎么样。

2. They organized a lot of activities for me in my spare time so that I wouldn’t miss home or feel lonely.

他们在我的空闲时间里为我组织了很多活动，以至于我不会那么思念家乡或者感觉孤独。 in one?s spare time = in one?s free time 在某人的空闲时间里

She always volunteer at the hospital in her spare time. 她总是在她的空闲时间里去医院当志愿者。 so that …… 以至于 （引导目的状语从句，也是本课的语法重点） He saved up his money so that he might go abroad for his summer holiday. 他把钱积蓄起来，以便暑期能出国度假。

Let?s get ready now so that we can leave when father comes. 我们现在就准备好等父亲一来我们就可以走了。

3. However, to a certain degree, life in the US was hard to get used to.

然而，从某种程度上说，在美国的生活还是很难习惯的。 get used to doing … 习惯/ 适应干什么

My father gets used to getting up early. 我父亲习惯起早床。

I have got used to an apple every morning. 我已经习惯每天早上吃一个苹果。

4. They do not require students to wear uniforms, so students can wear almost whatever they like.

他们不要求学生穿校服，所以他们能够穿几乎他们喜欢穿的任何衣服。 require sb. to do 要求某人干什么（比ask sb. to do 显得更正式）

The school requires students to go to school in advance. 学校要求学生提前来到学校。 You are required by law to wear seat belts. 法律规定你要系安全带。 5. Some students have strange hairstyles as well. 有些学生也留些奇怪的发型。

……this made me think about my own cultures as well. …… 这个也使我想起我自己的文化。 as well 也，又 （常放在句尾，有时可以不翻译出来）

If you go to the museum, I will go as well. 如果你去博物馆，我也会去。 If that is the case， I may try as well. 既然如此，我不妨也试一试。 练习：

一. 根据题意和括号内的提示语，完成下列句子，并注意正确的形式。

1. English is an __________ (国际的) language, so most of the teenagers learn English every day. 2. _________ (无论如何) problems we meet with, we will not give up our dreams. 3. She likes wearing that ________(粉红色) swimming suit.

4. With our teacher ?s help , my English improved a lot, I was going to take a ______(假期) next week.

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5. We will go to a summer _________(度假营) after the examination. 6. The staff at this hotel wear _________(制服) clothing.

7. We had a look at the grand performance of ________(烟火) at New Year?s Eve. 8. My _______ (老板) is a friendly and kind man.

9. Finally, he ________(注意) the mistakes on the exam paper, and corrected them quickly. 10. As long as you stick with this plan, you will never ________. (失败)

Key: 1. international 2. Whatever 3. pink 4. vacation 5. camp

6. uniform 7. firework 8. boss 9. noticed 10. fail

二. 根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. The naughty boy _______ (admit) breaking the window.

2. He _______ (manage) to escape from the cave and got rescued by the local police. 3. I know, but I like canned fruit, _______ (especial) canned pineapple.

4. My father began to learn English in his fifties, but he said he was not sure about English ______ (idiom). 5. In China, people usually set off ________(firework)and eat dumplings during the Spring Festival. 6. We have a big holiday on 4th July. It is ______ (independent) Day. 7. As an ________( internation) exchange, I visited New Zealand last year. 8. There are a lot of ________(activity) after class in our school.

9. When I studied further in America, I had many great _______ (memory) about their culture. 10. The project was a real ______ (educate) for every who took part in it.

Key :1. admitted 2. managed 3. especially 4. idioms 5. fireworks

6. Independence 7. international 8. activities 9. memories 10. education

三. 根据句子意思，从方框中选择合适的短语填空。

so that , set off, as well, in one?s spare time, take off, under the weather,

give a speech, to a certain degree, be different from, get used to

1. As a traditional way to celebrate the new year, ___________ firecrackers is welcomed by most Chinese

people.

2. He ___________ his shoes, and went into the bedroom. 3. There are a lot of useful things to learn_______________.

4. The factory was not far from the village. However, _______ it influenced the normal life of the villagers. 5. When she first went to the farmland, she found life there a bit difficult to ____________. 6. If you know that he?s been _______________, you must ask him to see the doctor. 7. He?s sunbathing ______________ he can get browner.

8. A famous scientist will come to our school to _________________about the universe next Friday.

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