6. 一些词汇后面加上-ist可构成表示人的名词：science-scientist科学家，violin-violinist小提琴手，piano-pianist钢琴家，art-artist艺术家，画家

5．　 Called相当于named或with the name of，是call的过去分词，做定语。

The boy called Jim is my friend.

4．　　　　　　 Start的用法：start sth 开始某事，如start work; start doing sth开始做某事如，When did he start writing novels?;start to do sth开始做某事，可与start doing互换。

[注意]start后面可以接不定式，也可以接动词-ing形式，但是，当主语是物不是人时，当start用于进行时态时，当其后面的非谓语动词指心理状态或精神活动时，后面接不定式比较好。如It started to snow.下起雪来了。

3．　 too….to…意思为“太….以致不能….”,too有 “太”，“过分”之意。

too…to…常可以与so…that..(太。…以致于)或enough to…(足够。…)句型互换。

2．　　　　　　 be born出生，出世。Bear的过去式，过去分词分别是born, born.

1．　 Record的短语：

break a record打破记录, make a record创造记录，hold a record保持记录，hold the world record保持世界记录

11.nearly, almost

The car nearly hit you. 那辆车差点碰着你。

　 nearly为副词，意为“几乎，将近”。nearly要放在它所修饰的那个词或词组尽可能靠近的地方，否则，有可能会影响全句的意思。例：

　(1) He gets up nearly six every day. 他每天几乎六点起床。

　(2) He gets up at six nearly every day. 他几乎每天都六点起床。

nearly的同义词为almost，一般情况下二者无多大差别。但在程度上almost相当于very nearly ，如：She’s nearly/ almost six feet tall.

(2)如果谈论的事情不是容易衡量其程度时，应用almost而不用nearly。例：

I almost believe in him. 我差点相信他。

Our cat understands everything. She’s almost human. 我们的猫什么都懂，几乎跟人一样。

(3)almost可修饰表示全肯定，全否定的词，如：all, every, never, no, nothing, nobody, none等，而nearly则不能修饰这些词。例：

　Almost no one believed her. 几乎没有一个人相信她。

◆　 unit9. When was he born?

目标语言：talk about famous people

重点句型：Who’s that? That’s Deng Yaping. She is a great Chinese ping-pong player.

　　　　　 When was she born? She was born in 1973.

　　　　　 How long did he hiccup? He hiccupped for 69years and 5months.

　　　　　 When did he start hiccupping? He started hiccupping in1922.

　　　　　 When did she become a movie star? When she was three years old.

　　　　　 She went to her first movie when she was three years old.

　　　　　 It was a comedy called…

　　　　　 He spends all his free time with his grandchildren.

　　　　　 He began to learn the accordion at the age of four.

　　　　　 Is he alive?

　　　　　 Was he an athlete?

　　　　　 Is the person a man or a woman?

重点词组：ping-pong player,basketball player, tennis player, football player, world record,

　　　　　 stop doing/to do, start to do/doing, learn to do, spend time with sb, be born, at the

　　　　　 age of, take part in, the first prize, major in,

知识点：

10.each, every

前者侧重于说明同类事物的个别性，倾向于把整体分散来考虑；且each及所修饰的名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数。而every侧重于整体，倾向于把分散的项目集中成为一个整体来看待，every以及它做修饰的名词作主语时谓语动词也是用单数。

8．trip , travel

前者指短期的或来往固定的旅行；后者是指长途或长期旅行。

9show的用法

Ø　　　　 show n.展览，演出 a picture show图画展

Ø　　　　 on show展览 His pictures are on show now.他的画现在正在展出。

Ø　　　　 show sb. sth=show sth to sb给某人看某物He showed his pictures to all his friends.

Ø　　　　 指示，指出Please show me the way.

Ø　　　　 show sb around领某人参观 He showed us around his school.

7．famous的用法

Ø　　　　 famous著名的 a famous city一个著名的城市

Ø　　　　 be famous for因。…而著名China is famous for its food in the world.中国因它的食品而闻名全世界。

Ø　　　　 be famous as作为…而著名She is famous as a singer. 她作为歌手而著名。