新沪教版英语八上unit4-Inventions精讲和专练.doc

Unit4 Inventions 一.要点短语: instead of取代,替代 light bulb电灯泡 help sb (to) do sth帮助某人做某事 live a better life过更好的生活 in the early 19th century in history在历史上 at the start of在……初期 since then从那以后 each other彼此 millons of数百万的 mobile phone手机 allow sb to do sth允许某人做某人 keep in touch with与……保持联系 in the day time在白天 imagine doing sth想象做某事 make noise制造噪音 keep…off使……远离 in front of在……的前面 at the same time同时 .throw away扔掉 turn into变成 right now现在 all the time一直 make a mess弄得一团糟 lead to导致，引起 with the help with在……的帮助 要点解释: 1.Listen to advertisements for four funny inventions.听四则有趣发明的广告. (1).advertisement n.广告 ad 缩写 advertise做广告，登广告 funny adj.可笑的；滑稽的 You’re an extremely funny man. 你是一个非常滑稽的人。 fun与funnyfun与funny都可以作形容词，但unny意为滑稽的fun还可以作名词 Write a short article about a new invention that you will create. 写一篇有关你要创造的一项新发明的短文. (1)create v.创作创造 creation n.创造物作品 creator 创造者 creative 有创造力的creativity n.创造力 试翻译：这个创造者创作了这个作品，他很有创造力。 The creator created the creation ,he is creative. 【辨析】 create 和 make create 创造创作 创造出原来并不存在的东西 make 创造制作 通过工作制造出某种东西 工人们在工厂制造手表. 3.telephone n.电话 缩写形式是’t have a telephone.我没有一部电话. telephone v.给……打电话 给某人打电话的表达： ①telephone /phone sb telephone /phone my mother about my study. ②call sb please call me. ③give sb a call I gave my father a call yesterday. ④make a telephone call to sb My friends often make a telephone call to me. 4.After its invention, traveling became faster and more comfortable.它发明后旅行变得更快更舒适了. comfortable adj.舒适的其比较级是. comfortably adv.舒适地 uncomfortable adj使人不舒服的 A home should be comfortable and friendly. 家应该让人感觉到舒适、亲切的In the early 19th century....在19世纪早期 century n.世纪 in the+序数词+century 在…世纪 in the early 19th century = at the start of the 19th century. 在19世纪初 in the late 19th century = at the end of the 19th century. 在19世纪末 He was the most famous writer in 19th.他是19世纪最著名的作家invent v.发明 invention n发明 inventor v.发