8Bunit 4 A good read

一．知识点。

1．Sandy is wondering where to ask for help．

(1) wonder此处用作及物动词，意为“想知道，对…感到怀疑”。 Eg:She wondered what the child was doing. 【拓展】

①wonder作不及物动词，意为“感到惊讶”。

What are you wondering about?你对什么感到疑惑？

②wonder 4wonder作不可数名词，意为“惊奇，惊异，惊讶”。 a look“wonder惊异的表情 be filled with wonder非常惊奇 ③wonder作可数名词，意为“奇观”。

The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. (2) ask for意为“请求”。ask sb. for……意为“向某人请求……”。 Eg:Sandy often asks her classmates for advice about learning Chinese. (2013．山东东营)---I wonder___________. ----Shandong Province.

A when will Peng Liyuan come B. Where Peng Liyuan is from C. Where Peng Liyuan came from D. How Peng Liyuan will come 2. Mr Wu advised us which to choose as after-school activities. advise及物动词，意为“建议，劝告”，后面常跟名词、代词、动名词或宾语从句等。 Eg:The doctor advised (taking) a week’s rest.

【拓展】advise sb．to do sth.意为“建议某人做某事” Eg:She advised us to wait.她建议我们等一等。 3. Daniel taught himself how to use a computer to draw. (1) teach oneself意为“自学”，相当于learn…by oneself.

The girl taught herself English. =The girl learned English by herself. (2) teach sb．(how) to do sth.意为“教某人（如何）做某事” Eg:Would you please teach me (how) to paint Chinese paintings?

4．What you think of it and so on.……你认为这本书怎么样，等等。 and so on是一个短语，意为“等等”，用在举例的末尾，表示举例未完。and so on之前的 举例，都是用逗号隔开的，不能用and连接。

I love many sports such as football,basketball,badminton,table tennis and so on. 5.You must return the books on time．

on time意为“按时，准时”。 Eg:We students should get to school on time. 【拓展】in time意为“及时”。 Eg:Will you be able to finish it in time? 6.All the British publishing houses refused to publish it. refuse及物动词，意为“拒绝”，其常用搭配有： (1) refuse+名词／代词，意为“拒绝……”。 Eg:He refused my help. (2) refuse to do sth.意为“拒绝做某事”。 Eg:He refused to accept my invitation． (3) refuse sb，sth.意为“拒绝某人某物”。 Eg:She can`t refuse him anything． 7.so far意为“到目前为止”，指从过去某一时刻开始一直到现在这一段时间。So far常用 于现在完成时态，多位于句首或句末。

So far we’ve planted more than 2，000 trees. 8.a great success巨大的成功 success此处用作可数名词，意为“成功的人或事”；success也可作不可数名词，意为“成功”，其反义词为failure“失败”。 Failure is the mother of success. 【拓展】

①succeed用作不及物动词，意为“成功”，后常跟in doing sth.。 The people succeeded in climbing the mountain at last. ②successful形容词，意为“成功的”。 My uncle is a successful businessman. ③successfully副词，意为“成功地”。 If you work hard,you will get it successfully.

（哈尔滨中考）Dear friends,please read every sentence carefully. Details decide__________ or not. If you take it seriously,you’ll achieve your goal!

A success B. successful C succeed

9. The first Harry Potter book was a great success in the very beginning. (1) very此处用作形容词，意为“正是……，就是那个，恰恰是……”，与the，this，that或my，your, his等连用，以加强语气。

Eg:This is the very pen I want.这正是我想要的钢笔。 (2) in the very beginning“在刚开始”，in the beginning“开始，起初”，也可用at first. Eg:He became interested in English in the very beginning．他在刚开始就对英语感兴趣。 10. I can tell her anything because she can keep a secret. (1)tell此处用作及物动词，意为“告诉”。tell sb. sth.意为“告诉某人某事”。 Eg:Please tell me your phone number again.

【拓展】tell sb. to do sth.表示“告诉某人做某事”，其否定式为tell sb. not to do sth. Eg:Tell him not to be late again.

(2014 .北京) My parents always tell me__________more vegetables and fruit. A. eat B. eating C.eats D．to eat

(2)because用作连词，意为“因为”.eg:He didn’t come because he was busy.

辨析：because，as与since because 意为“因为”，引导的从句表示直接的原因或理由，常用于回答why引导的问句。 Eg:I was late because I was ill yesterday. as 意为“由于，鉴于”，引导的从句表示十分明显的原因。 Eg:As you weren’t there,I left a message.

since 意为“既然” ，表示稍加分析可得出来的双方都知道的原因。 Eg：Since everybody is here,let’s begin our meeting. （3）keep a secret意为“保守秘密”。

Eg：I don’t want to let more people know it. Please keep a secret. 11．His story gave me a lot of confidence. confidence不可数名词，意为“信心”。have confidence in意为“对……有信心”。 eg:Don’t be nervous. You should have confidence in yourself.

【拓展】

confident形容词，意为“自信的，有信心的，有把握的”，常用作定语或表语。 be confident of意为“对……充满信心”。

Eg:I’m confident of success．我有信心能成功。

There is a confident smile on his face．他的脸上露出了自信的微笑。 12. I also want to travel and have exciting experiences in the future. (1)experience在此用作可数名词，意为“经历”. Eg:He has a lot of unusual experiences． 【拓展】

①experience还可用作不可数名词，意为“经验”。表示做某事的经验时，其后常接in/of doing sth.。

Eg:Mr Wang has so much experience in teaching.

②experience还可作及物动词，意为“体验；经历”。

Eg:The girl has never experienced sadness．这个女孩从未体验过悲伤。 ③experienced形容词，意为“有经验的”。

Eg:My father is an experienced teacher.我父亲是一个有经验的教师。 (2)in the future意为“将来”。 I will be a doctor in the future． 13. Who do you usually ask for advice on books? advice不可数名词，意为“建议，忠告，劝告”。表示“一条建议”用a/one piece of advice， 表示“一些建议”用some advice.

Eg:I’ll give you some advice on how to look after your pet dog.

【拓展】advice的常用搭配：

give sb．some advice/give some advice to sb．给某人提一些建议

ask for advice征求意见 follow/take sb.’s advice接受某人的建议

(2014 贵州遵义)Mr. Li is always patient to give me________on how to work out the problems. A.advice B. many advices C.some advice

14. I spend over seven hours a week reading different types of books. （1）over介词，意为“多于，超过”，相当于more than。

Eg：I have been here for over 10 years．我已经在这里10多年了。 （2)type可数名词，意为“类型，种类”，相当于kind。 a type of一种……

all types of各种各样的……

different types of不同类型的¨¨¨

Eg:There are different types of books in the bookshop．

二．语法专项。 1.疑问词+to do

在英语中，疑问词(who，what，which，when，where，how等)可以跟动词不定式，但是疑问词why后不能跟动词不定式。

(1)作主语，此时谓语动词常用单数形式。 When to have a sports meeting is still a problem.

(2)作宾语，常放在动词（词组）tell，show，know，learn，decide，teach，find out， forget,