1、九年级英语上册Unit 4知识点【Useful expressions】have straight hair / curly hair 留着直发 / 卷发be silent in class 在课堂上保持沉默be interested in . 对感兴趣on a basketball team 在篮球队from time to time 时常；有时turn red 变红get good scores on the exams 在考试中取得好成绩wear glasses 戴着眼镜take up singing 开始唱歌deal with her shyness 克服她的羞怯dare to do
2、sth. 敢做某事not . anymore 不再in front of crowds 在众人面前all the time 频繁；反复get tons of attention 被众人所关注；吸引无数目光worry about . / be worried about .担心；担忧be careful about . 对小心private time 私人时间hang out with friends 和朋友们闲逛give up your normal life 放弃你正常的生活the road to success 成功之路fight on 奋力坚持下去；继续战斗require a lot o
3、f talent and hard work 需要很大的天赋和勤奋make it to the top 成功；出人头地give a speech 发表演讲in public 公开地；在别人面前be nervous about tests 考试紧张do well in school 在学校表现好cause problems 制造麻烦move to the city 搬到城市look for jobs 找工作take care of sb. 照顾某人miss his parents 想念他的父母feel lonely and unhappy 感到孤独和不开心influence his school
4、work 影响他的学业be absent from classes 缺课；缺勤fail his examinations 他的考试不及格make the decision to do sth. 决定做某事make friends 交朋友leave the school 离开学校advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事in person 亲身；亲自take a 24-hour train ride 乘坐24个小时的火车even though 即使；虽然think of sb. 想起某人take pride in / be proud of 为骄傲；为感到自豪become act
5、ive in many other activities 在许多别的活动中变得积极have a long talk 长谈send sb. to a boarding school 将某人送到一所寄宿学校used to do 过去常常做某事【Target sentences】Mario, you used to be short, didnt you?I used to be short.I didnt use to be popular in school.Did he use to wear glasses?I go to sleep with my bedroom light on.I u
6、sed to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends.I hardly ever have time for concerts.My life has changed a lot in the last few years.It will make you stressed out.It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot.【Language points】1.Mario, you used to be short, didnt you?used to do sth. 过去常常做某事（1）used
7、to do sth.表示过去经常发生的事情或存在的状态，而现在不再发生或存在。used 不随人称和时态的变化而变化。There used to be a clothes store on the street corner.Jay used to play computer games after class, but now he would rather go over his lessons. （2）used to do sth.的否定形式是由助动词did + 否定词not + use to do构成；其疑问形式是由助动词did + 主语 + use to do构成。Henry didn
8、t use to be short.Did Henry use to be short?2.humoroushumorous/ hjumrs/ adj. 有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的humorous作形容词，由“humor（n.幽默）+ -ous（形容词后缀）”构成，在句中可作表语或定语。-ous是常见的形容词后缀，通常放在名词后，表示“有的”。如：danger（n.危险）+ ous dangerous （ adj. 有危险的）。All the actors in the play are humorous.3.silentsilent /salnt/ adj. 不说话的；沉默的silent作形容词
9、，在句中作表语或定语。remain/ stay/ keep silent“保持沉默”。I dont like the silent hours of the night. Please look at the sign. It says “Keep silent”. silence作名词，意为“沉默；寂静”，是不可数名词。in silence意为“安静地；无声地” 。They walked on in silence for a while.4.helpfulhelpful /helpfl/ adj. 有用的；有帮助的helpful作形容词，由“help（n.帮助）+ -ful（形容词后缀）”
10、 构成。be helpful to sb. “对某人有帮助”。Can you give us a helpful suggestion?A study of 2,000 teenagers in the US showed that eating breakfast daily is helpful to young people.helpful还可意为“乐于助人的”。Linda is a helpful child.【拓展延申】helpful adj. 有用的；有帮助的； helpless adj. 无助的；helpfully adv. 有用地；有帮助地；helplessly adv. 无助
11、地；5.I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star .interview/nt(r)vju:/ v. 采访；面试 n. 面试；访谈（1）interview在此处作动词，意为“采访；面试”。We interviewed ten people for this job. （2）interview也可作名词，意为“面试；访谈”。Job interviews can be very different from country to country.He gave an Interview to that famous journalist.Asian/en/ a
12、dj. 亚洲（人）的 n. 亚洲人（1）Asian 在此处作形容词，意为“亚洲的”。除此之外，Asian作形容词还可意为“亚洲人的”。How many Asian countries have taken part in the sports meeting?（2）Asian还可作可数名词，意为“亚洲人”。I saw two Asians at school yesterday. 6.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.（1）take up学着做；开始
13、做take up后常跟名词或动词-ing形式作宾语。take up doing sth. “开始做某事”He took up farming two years ago.拓展延伸：take up还可意为“占据（空间）”；“占用（时间）”。The new fridge takes up too much room.Computer games take up too much of his time.（2）deal with 应对；处理deal with的同义词组是do with，但deal with与how搭配，do with与what搭配。How should I deal with thi
14、s problem? What should I do with this problem? 7. she dared to sing in front of her class.dare/ de / ，/der/ v.敢于；胆敢dare在此作实义动词，有时态、数等的变化，一般不用于进行时。dare to do sth.意为“敢于做某事”。The little girl doesnt dare to ask questions.dare还可作情态动词，后接动词原形，常用于否定句或疑问句。I darent speak in public. Dare she go out alone at nig
15、ht?8.And I dont have much private time anymore.private/ pravt/ adj. 私人的；私密的；privacy n.隐私，秘密；private在此作形容词，同义词为personal。此外，private还可作名词，in private意为“没有外人在场；私下地”。Its wrong to read peoples private letters without permission.We can talk about this matter in private.9.You really require a lot of talent a
16、nd hard work to succeed.require/rkwa(r)/ v. 需要；要求 (通常不用于进行时)10.He works very hard and does well in school.（1）work hard 努力工作（2）do well in 擅长于,后接名词，代词，动名词，同意表达为be good atHe does well in drawing pictures.11. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. it is +adj + to do sth. it为形
17、式主语，真正的主语为动词不定式12. He became less interested in studying.be interested in 对.感兴趣，in为介词，后接名词，代词，动名词She is interested in playing the piano.13.Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. （1）be absent from意为“缺席”。absent此处为形容词，意为“缺席；不在”。He was absent from the meeting because of illnes
18、s. （2）fail动词，意为“不及格；失败；未能（做到）”。fail to do sth.“未能做成某事”。Your plans failed. I failed to finish the work on time. 拓展：“考试不及格”有多种表达方式：fail the exam, fail in the exam, fail to pass the exam14.Li Wens unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.influence此处用作及物动词,意味“影响”。What he said cant influence his dau
19、ghters decision.拓展：influence用作名词，意为“影响”:have aan .influence onupon.意为“对有的影响”。His education has a great influence on his life. 15.Finally, Li Wens parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school.make a decision to do sth.意为“决定做某事”，相当于decide to do sth.。He made a decision to learn English we
20、ll. 他决定学好英语。拓展： decision名词，意为“决定”。 decide动词，意为“决定”。He decided to learn English well. 16.She advised them to talk with their son in person. （1）advise sb. to do sth.意为“建议某人做某事”。What would you advise me to do? （2）in person 意为“亲身；亲自”。 He said he would do that in person. 17.Now I understand that even tho
21、ugh they are busy, they are always thinking of me.be always doing sth.意为“总是做某事”，通常表示说话人的某种情绪，如赞扬、责备等。He is always helping others. You are always making the same mistake. 注意：always do sth. 意为“总是做某事”，指陈述事实，不含感情色彩。His father always reads newspapers in the morning. 18.They take pride in everything good
22、that I do.take pride in意为“为感到自豪”，in为介词，后跟名词、代词或动词-ing形式。pride此处为不可数名词，意为“自豪，骄傲”。His father takes great pride in his result. Mary took pride in winning the competition. 提示：be proud of意为“为感到自豪”，可以与take pride in互换。The young mother took pride in her son.=The young mother was proud of her son.【Grammar Fo
23、cus】used to的句式used to的句式：used to意为“过去经常；以前常常”，是一个固定结构，属于情态动词范畴，其后跟动词原形。它表示过去存在的某种状态或过去某种经常性、习惯性的行为或动作，并意味着这种情况目前已不复存在，因此，它只能用于过去时，不可以用于现在时。He used to play basketball with his friends after school.肯定句：used to+动词原形否定句：didnt use to+动词原形一般疑问句:Did sb. use to + 动词原形答语：Yes, sb. did./ No, sb. didnt.used to的
24、there be 结构used to 用于there be 结构中时，形式为there used to be，表示“过去曾有”。There used to be a private school here.【拓展延申】used to的相似结构辨析Im used to dealing with matters of this kind.Stamps can be used to send letters.【Topic writing】How Ive Changed!My life has changed a lot in the last few years. I used to be over
25、weight but Im not anymore. I lost a lot of weight after I started playing tennis. Playing tennis three times a week is very good exercise. Now Im fitter and healthier. The biggest change in my life was becoming much better in English. This is thanks to my English teacher, Mrs. Wong, who gave me an interesting book to read. I enjoyed it so much that I started to read other books. This is the most important change because I am no longer afraid of the English language and I am doing better in my exams. This has made my parents even prouder of me.5
