Mid-termreview初中8年级.pptVIP

内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 内容页 结束页 Mid-term Review April 21 Can you remember What you have learned In the past few weeks? Part1: vocabulary Part2: Grammar Part3: How to cope with the test? Unit 1 1 prodigy 2 pianist 3 stunning 4 sentence 5 award 6 success 7 strict 8 performance 9 encourage 10 support 11 talent 12 interest 13 inventor 14 curious 15 finding 1 actually 2 nowadays 3 develop 4 development 5 set 6 pavement 7 caller 8 overcome 9 admire 10 accident 11 medal 12 disabled 13 violin 14 anyone 15 national Unit 1 1 shopkeeper 2 miss 3 retire 1 pride 2 volunteer 3 manage 4 hard-working 5 talented 6 intelligent 7 determined 8 grocery 9 clothing 10 province 11 wise 12 belief 13 equal 14 president 15 including Prodigy Meaning :N-COUNTA prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sports. Synonymous: genius、talent She is proud that both her children have a talent for music. This is the mark of her real genius as a designer. Pianist What is the rule for this kind of word? Occupation There are no rules, Im afraid, although a number of patterns emerge. Unskilled or semi-skilled job-holders are often denoted with …er, whilst those in scientific or medical professions are often designated with …ist. But there are many exceptions. The …er suffix is very common, but so is …or. The …ist ending is also quite common, but so is …an. We also have …ant (accountant, shop assistant, civil servant, flight attendant) …man (postman, fireman, dustman, barman, draughtsman, fisherman), …ess (waitress, hostess, Headmistress) …ee (trainee, employee) and …ive (representative, machine operative), etc. More about the expression of different occupation …er (but not only …er) Bobs a well-known local builder who employs two plumbers, three carpenters, a roofer, four electricians and half a dozen unskilled labourers. If teachers, education officers, child minders and social workers had wo