Unit 9  What's the best radio station

哪家是最好的电台?

教材内容详解

Section A

1What's the best movie theater?

哪家是最好的电影院?

1what'swhat is的缩写。what是特殊疑问代词,在句子中作主语,句子的结构与陈述句话序一致。例如:

What's wrong with you? 你怎么啦?

Who is playing football over there? 谁在那边踢球?

Which one is your brother? 哪个是你兄弟?

2best在句子中应是“good”的最高级,best也是well的最高级,其比较级是betterbest在句子中作定语,修饰movie theater。例如:

Who do you think is the best player in China? 你认为中国最好的球员是谁?

You should do better than him.你应该比他做得更好。

3movie是名词,意思是“电影”,在句子中充当定语,修饰theater。在英语中,名词作定语通常用单数形式。例如:

There is a shoe factory outside the city.城外有一家鞋厂。

Do you do eye exercises every day? 你每天都做眼操吗?

注意:movie通常是美国英语的用法,美国英语通常用film,所以“看电影”,在美国英语中译为go to the movies,而英国英语则译为see the film

2It's the closest to home

离家最近。

1closest形谷词close的最高级。close to是固定词组,意思是“离……近”,较near接近的程度强。例如:

The two houses are close.那两间房子靠得很近。

Our school is close to the bus stop.我们学校紧邻公共汽车站。

Go further away! You are too close to me.离远点!你靠我太近了。

close作动词的用法:

①既可以是及物动词,也可以是不及物动词,意思是“关闭;合上”。例如:

Close your eyesplease.请闭上眼睛。

The door closed with a bang.门砰的一声关上了。

②指“商店关门;下班或道路封闭”。例如:

The store is closed on Wednesday.那家商店周三休业。

Heavy snow closed the airport.大雪使机场封闭了。

School closes in July.学校七月份放假。

close作形容词的用法:

①“近的;接近的”。例如:

Their house is close to that factory.他们家紧邻那家工厂。

He is my close neighbour.他是我的近邻。

②“关系亲密的”。例如:

Who is your close friend? 谁是你最好的朋友?

Tom hag a close relation with Mike.汤和迈克关系密切。

2home是“家”的意思,在句子中是名词。例如:

He often leaves home for work at 800.他通常8点钟离开家去上班。

It's five kilometres from home to school.从家到学校5公里。

注意:house表住宅、房屋等意思,指的是建筑物,home则着重所居住的人而是指家、家庭,常含爱、温暖、舒适、安全等隐喻;但有时也常将homehouse使用。

home的用法:

①作名词,指“故乡;祖国;发源地”等。例如:

China is his second home.中国是他的第二故乡。

The home of the kangaroo is Australia.袋鼠的原产地是澳大利亚。

Is China the home of pottery? 中国是陶器的发源地吗?

②作形容词,意思是“故乡的;家庭的;总部的”。例如:

London is my hometown.伦敦是我的故乡。

I like home cooking very much.我非常喜欢家常菜。

He works in the home office.他在总公司上班。

③作副词,意思是“往自己家;向祖国”。例如:

He writes home once a week.他每周写一封信回家。

I saw him on my way home.我们终于到家啦。

We are home at last.我在回家的路上遇见他。

home的常用词组:

at home(在家),go home(回家),home help(临时帮佣),home plate[(棒球的)本垒]home rule(地方自治),the home team(主队),home life(家庭生活),home maker(家庭主妇),home coming(同学会),the Home Office(内政部)等。

3It has the most comfortable seats

它有最舒服的座位。

1the most comfortablecomfortable的最高级。在英语中,多音节形容词的最高级,是在其前加most构成。comfortable意思是“舒服的;安逸的”。例如:

Air conditioning makes his room more comfortable.空调使他的房间更加舒适。

I never feel comfortable with the strangers.和陌生人在一起我总感到不自在。

Make yourself comfortable.别客气。

2seat是名词,意思是“座位;位子”。例如:

I don't like the front seat of car.我不喜欢坐汽车的前座。

Are there enough seats for all of us? 有足够的座位给我们全体吗?

Don't leave your seat in class.上课时不要离开座位。

seat作动词的用法:

①“使……就座;使坐下”。例如:

She seated the guests at the table.她请客人在餐桌就坐。

Please be seated.请坐下。

注意:此句要比Please sit down.有礼貌,较客气。

He seated himself next to her.他坐在她旁边。

②“(场所)有……人的座位;容纳……人”。例如:

This theater seats 2000 people.这家戏院可容纳2000人。

This airliner is seated for 400.这架班机设有400个人的座位。

辨析:sitseat

sit作不及物动词时,常与介词atonin连用。例如:

He is sitting at a desk and reading.他坐在书桌旁看书。

Let's sit on the bench.让我们坐这条长凳吧。

Don't sit in a treeIt's dangerous.不要坐在树上,危险。

seat作动词时,不与介词连用,可用be seatedseat oneself。例如:

He was seated.=He seated himself.=He sat down.他坐下了。

4What is the best clothing store?

哪家是最好的服装店?

clothing是集合名词,通常指“衣类;衣服;衣着”,较clothes意思更加广泛,包括帽子、鞋子等。例如:

an article of clothing一款衣服

foodclothing and shelter食、衣、住。

辨析:clothesclothclothing

1clothes意思是“衣服”,一般用a suit of clothes表示,clothes本身通常不与数词连用,但可以和manythesemy这类词连用。例如:

Please put on your clothesIt's too cold.天太冷了,请穿上你的衣服。

She has many clothes.她有很多衣服。

Fine clothes make the man.(谚语)佛要金装,人要衣装。

2cloth是不可数名词,意思是“布料”,“一块布”应译为a piece of cloth,但一块用专门用途的布则可以用a,如:a take cloth(一块桌布)。例如:

I'd like cotton clothplease.请给我看棉布。

Two yards of cloth will be enough for a skirt两码布可以缝制一条裙子。

This cloth wears well.这布料很耐穿。

He used an old cloth to wash the car.他用一块旧布擦车。

She wiped the floor with a wet cloth.她用一块湿抹布擦地板。

3clothing是集合名词,是所用服装的总称,没有复数形式,后面要接单数动词。例如:

This shop sells women's clothing.这家商店卖妇女服装。

All the clothing in the shop is very cheap.这家商店所有的衣服都很便宜。

5It's worse than All Tack 970 AM

它比All Talk 970AM还糟。

1worsebad的比较级,其最高级是worst,属于不规则变化,意思是“更糟;更差;更坏”,其反义词是better。例如:

My score is badbut yours is worse.我的分数差,可称的更差。

The book is worse than useless.用这种书比不用还糟。

另外worse还是illbadly的比较级。下面我们了解一下它的其他用法:

worse有“病情、身体情况更坏、恶化”的意思。例如:

He is worse today than last week.他今天的情况比上周恶化了。

I felt worse this morning.今天早上我觉得更不舒服。

They played worse than usual.他们踢得比平常糟。

My head ached worse than before.我头痛得比先前更厉害。

2than是连词,也可理解为介词,置于比较级之后,意思是“比……”。例如:

She is taller than I amthan me).她比我高。

That city is more beautiful than I think.那个城市比我想象的还美。

I know you better than she.我比她更了解你。

注意:在than从句中,与主句中的相同部分常被省略。例如:

You did better than hedid).你比他做得好。

He swims faster than youdo).他比你游的快。

It's warmer today thanit wasyesterday.今天比昨天暖和。

than的习惯用语:

other than除……之外                      different than比……有变化

sooner than与其……不如)            hardly than……就

3All Talk 970AM.是某电台谈话节目名称,970AM是指中波970KHz

6What do young people think about places in town?

年轻人认为城里的设施怎么样?

1)这是一个以what开头的特殊疑问句。“What do+人+think about+物?”是固定句式结构。译为“某人认为某物怎么样?”。例如:

What do you think about China? 你认为中国怎么样?

What does he think about the film? 他是怎么看这部电影的?

2young是形容词,意思是“年龄的;青春的:小的”。例如:

His mother looks young for her age.他妈看上去比实际年龄年轻。

Do you know that young man? 你认识那个小伙子吗?

She is younger than me.她比我小。

Water the young trees as often as possible.经常给这些小树苗浇水。

3people意思是“人们”,是集合名词,无单数形式。例如:

There are a lot of people in the square.广场上有很多人。

Some people take a bath in the morning.有些人在早上洗澡。

Five people came to see him.有5个人来看他。

People say that he has been abroad.有人说他出国了。

4think是动词,意思是“想;思考;认为……”。例如:

Can animals think? 动物会思考吗?

I think he is handsome.我认为他英俊。

I don't think it will rain tomorrow.我认为明天不会下雨。

Why do you think She cried? 你认为她为什么哭?

think常用词组:think about(考虑),think back(想出),think of(想),think over(好好考虑),think well of(器重)等。

5in town是固定词组,意思是“在城里”,town前不加冠词,指闹市区,商业区。例如:

New York is an exciting town.纽约是个令人兴奋的城市。

She is in town on business now.她现在城里办事。

I go to town to buy dresses.我常进城买衣服。

Why don't you have a drink in town after work? 下班后,为什么不在城里喝一杯呢?

另外town还常指城镇,通常是比village大,比city小。例如:

He lives in a small town.他住在一个小镇上。

He was born in a town not far from our city

他出生在一个离我们市不远的镇上。

I like the town better than the country.我喜欢城镇胜于乡村。

7How much is a meal?

一顿饭多少钱?

1How much意思是“多少”。“How much is/are…?是问“某物价钱多少?”。

例如:

How much is the camera? 这台相机多少钱?

How much are the trousers? 这条裤子多少钱?

另外How much+不可数名词意思是“有多少……?”。例如:

How much water is there in the bottle? 瓶里有多少水?

How much money do you have? 你有多少钱?

区别于How many…,How many后加可数名词复数。例如:

How many books can you see in the room? 你在房间里看见了多少本书?

You can eat it between meals.桌子上有多少个杯子?

注意:How many…?和How much…?句型可以相互转换。

试比较:

2meal是名词,意思是“餐;(一顿)饭”。例如:

Does your whole family meet at meals? 你可以在两餐之间吃它。

How many glasses are there on the table? 你们是不是全家人一起吃饭的?

They had a light mealthen went out.他们简单吃了点,然后出去了。

meal常用同组:cook a meal(做饭),eat a meal(吃饭),serve a meal(上饭菜),take three meals(吃三餐)等。

3)辨析:mealdinner

meal是一日三餐的通称;dinner指一天中的一次正餐。按照英美人的习惯,每天有一餐为正餐,称为dinner,多在晚上。如果中午用dinner,晚餐就称为tealunch(便餐)。例如:

We have three meals every day.我们一日三餐。

What time do you have dinner? 你们几点吃正餐?

②表示吃饭的动词,英国一般用have,美国喜欢用eat

8How far is it from school?

离学校多远?

1How far意思是“多远”,是表示距离远近的特殊疑问词组。例如:

How far is it from here to there? 从这到那多远?

How far did you drive today? 你今天开车开了多远?

2far的比较级和最高级是fartherfarthest,其反义词是near,常用词组有:be far away(遥远的),so far(到目前为止),as far as(远至某地)。

注意:far常用于疑问句和否定句,在肯定句中要表达距离远近,一般用a long way。例如:

They went a long way.他们去了很远的地方。

3it是代词,在此句中指距离,译成中文时多可省略。除此之外,it还可指天气、时间、明暗等。例如:

It is cold today.今天很冷。

What time is it now? 现在几点了?

辨析:itonethat

it特指前面提到过的那个事物,用于指可数名词单数或不可数名词。

例如:

I have a penMy uncle gave it to me.我有一支钢笔,是我叔叔给我的。

The box is so heavy that I can't carry it.箱子太重我搬不动。

one泛指,指代前面提到过的那类人和物,用于指代可数名词,其复数形式ones前一般要有定语,否则就要用some。例如:

Tom has a red pen and a blue one.汤有一支红钢笔,一支蓝钢笔。

I lost that bikeso I had to buy one.那辆自行车丢了,所以不得不买一辆。

that特指,指代前面提到过的那类物,用于指代不可数名词。例如:

The weather in Kunming is better than that in Wuhan.昆明的天气比武汉好。

4from的用法:

①表场所,意思是“从……”。例如:

He jumped from the top of the wall.他从墙头上跳下来。

She ran all the way home from school.她从学校一路跑着回家。

②表时间,意思是“自……”。例如:

He has been like that from his childhood.他从孩提时代一直是那个样子。

We work from Monday to Friday.我们从周一工作到周五。

③表数量、顺序、意思是“从……”。例如:

Can you count from one to one hundred? 你能从一数到一百吗?

We have shoes from 150 dollars.本店鞋子从150元起。

④表距离,意思是“从……”。例如:

Our house is a mile from the station.我们家离车站一英里远。

What is three from ten? 103等于多少?

⑤表出外,意思是“出自……;……来”。例如:

Here's a letter to you from home.这儿有你一封家书。

Did you learn it from him? 那件事你是从他那里听来的吗?

Section B

9My sister Isabel is the funniest person I know

我姐姐Isabel是我知道的最滑稽的人。

1my sisterIsabel是同位语,指代同一个人,在句子中作并列主语。例如:

This my good friendLiLei.这是我好朋友李雷。

The cityBeijing is the capital of our country.北京这个城市是我们国家的首都。

2funniestfunny的最高级,在句子中作定语,修饰personfunny是由名词fun加词尾构成的形容词,这种构词法形成的词还有:sunsunnysnowsnowyrainrainywindwindycloudcloudyfogfoggy等。

3person通常指“不分性别、年龄的人”,其复数形式是personspersons意思是“人们”时,着重个人方面。people意思是“人们”时,着重指全体方面。例如:

He is a nice person.他是个好人。

Only persons of some importance are members of that club

只有名人才能成为那个俱乐部的会员。

Our neighbours are nice people.我们的邻居都是好人。

The Chinese people are hardworking and brave.中国人民勤劳勇敢。

4I know是定语从句,修饰person。例如:

He is the tallest man I saw.他是我见过的最高的人。

There are many books I'd like to read.有很多书我想看。

10Last week's talent show was a great success

上周的才艺展很成功

1last week在句子中作定语。但通常情况下last week这样的表时间的短语往往作时间状语。例如:

Yesterday's meeting lasted five hours.昨天的会开了五个小时。

What did you do last week? 上周你都干了些什么?

2talent是名词,指“与生俱来的才能、才干;天赋”等。例如:

He has a talent for painting.他有绘画方面的天分。

We have many young people of great talent in our company

我们公司有很多有才能的年轻人。

3show在句子中是名词,意思是“展示会”。例如:

There will be a flower show tomorrow.明天有个花展。

That book show was very popular.那次书展很受欢迎。

4success是名词,意思是“成功”。例如:

He met with success in his business.他在事业上获得了成功。

I wish you success.祝你成功。

其动词是succeed;形容词是successful。例如:

Did he succeed in the examination? 他考试及格了吗?

They were successful sending up a man-made satellite

他们成功地发射了一颗人造卫星。

11Eliza Clark won the prize for the best performer

Eliza Clark赢得了最佳表演奖。

1wonwin的过去式形式,意思是“赢得”,其后通常加比赛作宾语,一般不加入作宾语。例如:

He won the race earily.他轻易地赢得了那场比赛。

Who won the beauty contest? 谁在那场选美中获胜了?

She won the first prize in the music competition.她在音乐比赛中获头奖。

win the prize for…是固定词组,意思是“赢得……称号”。

2performer意思是“表演者;艺人”,它是由动词perform加词尾er构成的表人的名词。例如:

workworkerteachteacherdrivedriverreadreaderwritewriter

speakspeakersingsinger

12The price of a hotel room is about 320 yuan a night

宾馆房间的价格每晚大约320元。

1price是名词,“价格”或“物价”的意思。说到价格高或低时,一般用形容词highlow,而不用expensivecheap。例如:

What's the price of the book? 这本书多少钱?

The price of land is very high here.这里的地价非常高。

Prices are lower in the country than in the city.乡下物价比城市低。

2320 yuanyuan是汉语拼音,没有复数形式。如果货币单位用英语单词表示则有复数形式。例如:

He gave me ten dollars yesterday.昨天他给了我十美元。

100 pounds is enough for us100英磅对我们来说足够了。

注意:时间、金钱、距离等词作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。例如:

Three years is not long.三年的时间很短暂。

Here is 10 yuan.这儿有10元钱。

1000 metres is not far1000不算远。

3a night在此句中应译为“每晚上”,a在词组中含有“每”的意思,表示频度或量度。例如:

Brush your teeth twice a day at least.每天最少刷两次牙。

The bus goes 80 kilometres an hour.汽车每小时运行80公里。

How much is the meat a kilo? 肉每公斤多少钱?

辨析:nightevening

nigh意思是“夜晚、夜间”,通常指日落至次日日出为止。常和介词atin连用,表示在特定的夜晚上,用介词on,常和lasttomorroweveryall等一起当副词用。例如:

He stayed three nights with us.他和我们共度了三个晚上。

I listened to the radio all night long.我听了整晚收音机。

The temperature will fall below zero at night.(in the night

夜间气温将下降到0以下。

We'd go to the movies tomorrow night.明晚我们去看电影。

evening意思是“傍晚、黄昏、晚上”,通常指日落到就寝时,单指傍晚时,用介词in但指特定日的“傍晚”时,用介词on,常与thisthattomorrowyesterdayevery连用,作副词。例如:

Did you have a nice evening? 昨晚过得愉快吗?

The baby was born on the evening of December 9

这婴儿出生于129日傍晚

My father reads newspaper every evening.我父亲每晚看报。

③“夜”与“晚”的译法比较:

13Harbin is in northern China

哈尔滨位于中国北部。

1)看图示注意个词的运用。

B is in the north of A.(BA版图内)

C is on the north of A.(CA相邻)

D is to the east of A.(DA相隔一段距离)

需要特别注意以下几个句子:

Beijing is in the north of China.北京在中国北部。

Beijing is on the north of Tianjing.北京在天津北部。

Beijing is to the north of Jinan.北京在济南北部。

Japan is to the east of China.日本在中国东边。

Taiwan is in the southeast of China.台湾在中国东南。

2)几个表方向的词:east(东),west(西),south(南),north(北),northeast(东北),southwest(西南)。

同时注意形容词形式:eastern(东方的),western(西方的)southern(南方的),northern(北方的)

14It doesn't often rain or snow

那里不常下雨或下雪。

1rainsnow在句中用作动词,分别意为“下雨”或“下雪”。例如:

It rains quite heavily here in summer.这里夏天雨量很大。

It never snows in Australia.澳大利亚从不下雪。

2rainsnow还可作名词。例如:

There was a heavy rain last night.昨天晚上下了一场大雨。

We are going to have a little snow this evening.今天晚上将会下点雪。

注意:rainy(多雨的;下雨的),snowy(多雪的;下雪的)是其形容词形式。

3or的用法:

①用在肯定句中,意思是“……,还是……”。例如:

Is it green or blue? 那是绿的还是蓝的?

Are you going to leave or stay? 你要走或是要留下?

She or I have to bring it.她或我必须把这带来。

②用在否定句中,意思是“…………都不”。例如:

He doesn't smoke or drink.他不抽烟也不喝酒。

I have no sister or brother.我没有兄弟、姐妹。

It has no eyes or ears.它既没眼睛也没有耳朵。

③置于命令句之前,意思是“要不然;否则”。例如:

Get upor you'll be late.起床吧!不然你就迟到了。

Hurryor we'll miss the first bus.快点!否则我们就赶不上头班车了。

课后习题解答

Section A

3a

Section B

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Self Check

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