Unit 8?Is there a post office near here？

同步講解

Section A

1. Is there a hospital near here？

這附近有醫院嗎？

這是一個there be句型。結構：there be+sb/sth +地點，表示在某地有某人或某物（there是引導詞沒有詞義；be 是謂語動詞；某人/物是主語，地點作狀語，多為介詞短語）。如：

There is a bank in the neighborhood.

附近有一家銀行。

注意：

（1） there be句型的謂語動詞be在人稱和數上應與后面的第一個名詞保持一致。如果后面的名詞是可數名詞單數或不可數名詞，謂語動詞用is；如果后面的名詞是可數名詞復數，be 動詞用are。如：

There is a boy and two girls in the room.

房間里有一個男孩兩個女孩。

There is some salad on the table.

桌上有一些沙拉。

There are some students in the classroom.

教室里有幾個學生。

（2） there be句型的一般疑問句是將be動詞提到句首。肯定回答：Yes，there is /are；否定回答：No，there isnt/arent。如：

— Is there a bank near here？

這附近有銀行嗎？

— Yes， there is. / No， there isnt.

是的，有。/ 不，沒有。

（3） There be句型的否定句是在be動詞后加not。如：

There isnt a post office near hear.

這周圍沒有郵局。

2. The pay phone is across from the library.

付費電話在圖書館對面。

across from是方位介詞短語，意為“在……對面”。常見的方位介詞短語有：next to 在……旁邊，between ... and ... 在……和……之間，in front of 在……前面，in the front of 在……的前部。如：

The bank is next to the library.

銀行在圖書館旁邊。

The garden is between a school and a store.

花園在一所學校和一家商店之間。

He is in front of the restaurant.

他在館子前面。（餐館外）

He is in the front of the classroom.

他在教室前面。（教室內）

3. Oh ... wheres Center Street？

噢……中央街在哪里？

where是特殊疑問詞，含有“哪里，某地”的意思，一般用來詢問地點。where引導疑問句時，主謂要求倒裝，且助動詞必須與后面的主語保持一致。如：

— Wheres the park？

公園在哪里？

— Its on Center Street.

它在中央街。

— Where are the books？

書在哪里？

— They are on the desk.

它們在桌上。

— Where do you live？

你住在哪里？

— I live in Changsha.

我住在長沙。

— Where does he live？

他住在哪里？

— He lives in Mexico City.

他住在墨西哥市。

活學活用

選擇填空。

（ ） 1. The supermarket is ____ the left.

A. in B. at

C. on D. from

（ ） 2. Can you tell me how to get ____ there？

A. at B. in

C. / D. to

（ ） 3. He sits between Li Ping ____ Wang Hai.

A. and B. but

C. or D. from

（ ） 4. — ____ is your book？

— It is on the desk.

A. What B. How

C. Where D. What

（ ） 5. ____ there a bank near here？

A. Does B. Is

C. Are D. Do

Section B

1. Turn right at the first crossing and the restaurant

is on your left...

在第一個十字路口向右轉，餐館就在你左邊……

（1） crossing n. 十字路口

turn left/right at the + 序數詞 + crossing = take the + 序數詞 + crossing on the left/right，意為“在第幾個十字路口向左/右轉”。

Turn left at the second crossing.

= Take the second crossing on the left.

在第二個十字路口向左轉。

（2） on ones left 在某人的左邊；on ones right 在某人的右邊。

Zhang Feng is sitting on my left.

張峰坐在我的左邊。

2. There is a zoo in my neighborhood.

我家附近有一個動物園。

“在附近”可以用near here，around here和in ones neighborhood來表示。

Is there a post office near here？

= Is there a post office around here？

= Is there a post office in your neighborhood？

這附近有郵局嗎？

3. To get there， I usually walk out and turn right on

Bridge Road. Then I walk along Bridge Road.

The zoo is on the right.

要去那兒（動物園）的話，我通常步行外出，在大橋路向右拐。然后我沿著大橋路直走，動物園就在右邊了。

（1） 這是英語行文的一種方式，即在句子的開頭用To do ... 短語，并用逗號將其與句子的主體部分隔開，相當于漢語“（若）要做……的話”。

To listen to world news， please key in “1”.

若要收聽國際新聞，請鍵入“1”。

To get it right， you must think hard.

要想把它做對，你必須得認真思考。

（2） turn right表示“向右轉”，“向左轉”則是turn left；walk along表示“沿著……路走”，而表示“直走”的話可以用go/walk straight。

4. The best things in life are free！

生活中最美好的東西是免費的！

free adj. 免費的；有空的，空閑的

You can take this book with you—its free！

你可以拿走這本書——它是免費的！

Are you free tomorrow？ I want you to come to my birthday party.

你明天有空嗎？我想你來參加我的生日聚會。

5. It is very quiet and I enjoy reading there.

那里很安靜，我喜歡在那里看書。

enjoy v. 喜歡，欣賞，享受……的樂趣

Thanks for the great evening. I really enjoy it.

感謝這美好的夜晚。我真的玩得很開心。

enjoy的相關用法及短語：

①enjoy doing sth 喜歡做某事

I enjoy watching TV.

我喜歡看電視。

②enjoy oneself = have a good time 過得快樂，玩得開心

They all enjoy themselves at the party.

=They all have a good time at the party.

他們在聚會上都玩得非常高興。

③過愉快些；好好欣賞（祝愿時說）

Heres a book for you. Enjoy！

給你一本書。好好欣賞吧！

活學活用

根據漢語提示完成句子（每空一詞）。

6. 我們學校后面有一條河。

____ ____ a ____ ____ our school.

7. 公園和郵局之間有路嗎？

____ ____ a road ____ the park ____ the post office？

8. 那個公園是個散步的好去處。

The park is a good place ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ .

9. 不要乘出租車了，我們要經過三條單行道。

____ ____ a taxi. We will ____ ____ three one-way streets.

10. 希望你們旅途愉快。

I hope you will ____ ____ ____ ____ .

基礎過關

英漢互譯

1. across from

2. 在……旁邊

3. pay phone

4. 向左轉

5. 在……前面

連詞成句

1. there， a， near， cinema， is， house， your

？

2. right， the， at， second， turn， crossing

.

3. Bridge Street， not， is， on， school， my

.

4. is， the， restaurant， where

？

5. along， street， the， go， just

.

單項選擇

（ ） 1. Can you swim ___ the river？

A. near B. between

C. from D. across

（ ） 2. ___ ， where is the park？

A. Hi B. Hello

C. Excuse me D. Excuse

（ ） 3. The hotel is ___ the bank.

A. across B. from

C. next D. across form

（ ） 4. — Is there a library in your school？

— ___ .

A. No， there isnt. B. No， it isnt.

C. Yes， there isnt. D. No， there is.

（ ） 5. There isnt a restaurant ___ here.

A. in B. near

C. from D. on

用所給詞的適當形式填空

1. The children enjoy ____ （play） soccer after class.

2. She ____ （go） home at five every afternoon.

3. I spend much time ____ （speak） English every morning.

4. I can find the hotel ____ （easy）.

5. You should turn right at the second ____ （cross）.

按要求完成句子

1. There is a bank near the library.（對畫線部分提問）

____ ____ near the library？

2. There is a pay phone near the school.（改為一般疑問句）

____ ____ a pay phone near the school？

3. The hotel is across from the bank.（對畫線部分提問）

____ ____ the hotel？

4. There is a pen in my pencil case.（改為同義句）

I ____ a pen in my pencil case.

5. Is there a baseball under the chair？（作肯定回答）

____ ， ____ ____ .

完形填空

Mike is an English worker. He lives in a 1 building. The building is in the 2 of London. There are eighteen floors in the building and he lives on the fifteenth floor. He 3 a lift （電梯） to go up and down. He works very hard. He 4 to work early. Every day he leaves his home and walks to the 5 . He gets into the lift. It 6 him down to the first floor. He gets out of the lift. Then he 7 to the bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a cinema. It is about two hundred meters from his 8 . Usually， he catches the No. 11 bus to work， but sometimes he goes 9 . He works in a factory about two 10 away from his home. His work starts at eight thirty， and finishes at a quarter to five. He gets back home at half past five.

（ ） 1. A. tall B. old C. quiet D. modern

（ ） 2. A. country B. town C. city D. village

（ ） 3. A. makes B. uses C. does D. mends

（ ） 4. A. begins B. wants C. runs D. goes

（ ） 5. A. lift B. building C. office D. room

（ ） 6. A. costs B. spends C. takes D. brings

（ ） 7. A. jumps B. swims C. walks D. drives

（ ） 8. A. home B. school C. cinema D. park

（ ） 9. A. by plane B. by train C. on foot D. by ship

（ ） 10. A. meters B. kilometers C. minutes D. hours

能力提升

閱讀地帶

A

Dear Blaire，

How are you？ I have a good time living in my new neighborhood. Here is a sports center in it. Its just in front of our house， so I often goes there to swim. There is also a park in my neighborhood. Its not far from my school. I like to spend time there with my friends after school. But my favorite place is the zoo. To get here， I usually ride my bike for ten minutes.

On Friday evening， my parents and I usually eat out. There are three restaurants near my home. Mr. Greens Restaurant is our favorite. Mr. Green is always friendly. The food is cheap and delicious. Lots of people like to have dinner there.

Can you come to see me when youre free？ Ill show you around my neighborhood.

Yours，

Michael

（ ） 1. The sports center is ___ Michaels house.

A. in front of B. behind

C. across from D. next to

（ ） 2. Where does Michael like to go after school？

A. The zoo. B. The library.

C. The park. D. The supermarket.

（ ） 3. How does Michael go to the zoo？

A. By bus. B. By car.

C. By bike. D. On foot.

（ ） 4. The word “cheap” means “ ___ ” in Chinese.

A. 糟糕的 B. 便宜的

C. 浪費的 D. 昂貴的

（ ） 5. Michael writes the e-mail to tell Blaire about his ___ .

A. free time B. school life

C. favorite place D. new neighborhood

B

Mr. Brown lives on Green Street now. He wants to send a postcard （寄賀卡） to his pen pal in Toronto， but he doesnt know where the post office is. “Which is the way to the post office？” he asks his new neighbor Joe. “I want to send a postcard to Toronto.” “The post office is on the Center Street. Its quite far from here，” answers Joe. “If you only want to post some letters or postcards， you neednt go to the post office. You can put them into a mailbox down the street.”

（ ） 6. Where does Mr. Brown live now？

A. On Center Street. B. In Toronto.

C. On Green Street. D. In a post office.

（ ） 7. Where does Mr. Brown want to go？

A. Toronto. B. Joes house.

C. A post office. D. A pen pals house.

（ ） 8. What does Mr. Brown want to do in the post office？

A. Go to the mailbox. B. Send a postcard.

C. Buy some stamps. D. Ask the way to Toronto.

（ ） 9. Where is the post office？

A. On Green Street. B. In Toronto.

C. On the Center Street. D. In the neighborhood.

（ ） 10. Where can Mr. Brown post the postcard？

A. The post office in Toronto.

B. The mailbox in the post office.

C. The mailbox on the Green Street.

D. The post office on the Center Street.

補全對話

A： Sam， I want to go out to play basketball. Would you like to go with me？

B： 1 Just wait for one minute.

A： Whats the matter？

B： 2 How can we play basketball in the rain？

A： Right. 3

B： Going to the movies？But we still need to go out.

A： 4

B： I think the TV show is so boring. Lets cook a nice meal at home. There is a lot of food in the fridge.

A： 5 Lets begin.

A. It is raining.

B. Yes， Id love to.

C. That sounds good.

D. What about going to the movies？

E. Then what about watching TV at home？

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

書面表達

假如你是許廷，請根據下面的內容提示，用英語寫一封電子郵件，向你的筆友Alice介紹你的住房及所在小區的環境。

內容提示：

1. 你家住在一樓，前面有個小花園，家里有一個客廳、三個臥室、一個廚房和兩個衛生間；

2. 你所在的小區有20棟樓，環境很安靜，離超市和公交車站很近。

注意：詞數60左右，可適當發揮。

Dear Alice，

Yours，

Xu Ting