八年级英语上册复习讲义Unit 8.doc

八年级英语上册期末复习讲义unit8 1. disaster n. 灾难；不幸，祸患 natural disasters 自然灾害 2. mop vt. 用拖把擦干净 （mopped mopping） up adv 完全地 mop up / eat up /clean up /use up mop up 拖干，把......拖干 (mop it /them up)eg. Hobo wants Eddie to mop up all the water. earthquake n. 地震 an earthquake in the earthquake eg. There was an earthquake in Sichuan in 2008. 4. 1)thousands of 成千上万的 /hundreds of 成百上千的 / millions of 成百万的 +名词复数 eg. Thousands of people lost their lives in the earthquake.There are thousands of people on the road. 2)数词+hundred/thousand/million+名词复数There are three thousand students in our school. 5. accident n. 事故，意外的事 eg. There was a car accident yesterday.昨天有一场交通事故。 A car accident killed three men three days ago. Three men lost their lives in the car accident three days ago. 在三天前的一场交通事故中三人丧生。 6. coach n. 长途汽车(coaches) get on/off the coach It took us three hours to go to Nanjing by coach. . 7. crash vi. vt. 猛撞；碰撞 crash into 猛撞，碰撞 eg. A car crashed into a tree last night. 昨天晚上一辆车猛撞到一棵树上。 8.flood n 洪水 a terrible flood 一场可怕的洪水 9.wash away 冲走 wash away the village 冲走这个村庄 wash them away eg. A terrible flood washed away his house. 10. village n 村庄 ，乡村 （villager 村民） in the village 在村子里 a small village 一个小村子 11 thunder n 雷声，雷 lightning n 闪电 thunder and lightning 电闪雷鸣 The lightning started a big fire in the classroom building. 12.storm n 风暴 , 暴风雨 There was a heavy storm with thunder and lightning last week. 13. catch fire 着火（强调动作） be on fire 着火 , 失火（强调状态） eg. Look！The house is on fire. The house caught fire yesterday. shake vi. vt. 摇动，震动 过去式是shook, shake slightly轻微震动 Look! The trees are shaking in the strong wind.shake hands with sb 与某人握手 n. 摇动，震动a slight shake一阵轻微的震动 shaking n. 摇动，震动 Finally, the noise and shaking ended. 15. behind adv.在后面 come from behind 16. loud adj. 响亮的；大声的；喧闹的 in a loud voice大声地 Please speak louder. I can’t hear you clearly. 请大声点讲话。我听不清楚你说的话。 loudly adv.大声地，吵闹地（有时强