Unit 8詞匯要點講解

李天雨

1. treasure n. 財寶，財富

treasure在泛指珍寶時，是不可數名詞;具體指某件寶物時，是可數名詞。

They are going to the deep forest to find the buried treasure. 他們要去深林尋找被埋葬的珍寶。

This museum has many art treasures. 這家博物館收藏了許多藝術珍品。

2. island n. 島嶼

Diaoyu Island and Taiwan Island are both Chinese territory. 釣魚島和臺灣島都是中國的領土。

Hainan is an island in the south of China. There are four seasons like spring. 海南是中國南部的一個島，那里四季如春。

【溫馨提示】 island之前的不定冠詞要用“an”。

3. classic n. 經典著作，名著

War and Peace is a literary classic. 《戰爭與和平》是一部經典文學著作。

【辨析】 classic與classical

classic adj. 表示“經典的”，指質量好，第一流的。

The Story of the Stone is a classic that is worth reading. 《紅樓夢》是一部值得一讀的經典名著。

classical是指“古典的”，強調很有古風。

Do you like classical music or pop music？ 你喜歡古典音樂還是流行音樂？

4. hurry v. 趕快，急忙

Eric hurried along the road. 艾瑞克匆匆地沿路而行。

【拓展】 hurry up意為“趕快，急忙”;in a hurry表示“匆忙地，很快地”;hurry to do sth. 匆忙地做某事;“hurry to+地點”匆忙地趕到某地

Hurry up， or you will be late for school. 快點，否則你上學要遲到了。

They went home in a hurry. 他們匆忙地回家了。

You seem in rather a hurry to get rid of me. 看起來你急于想擺脫我。

I'm in a hurry to go to the town. 我要緊進城。

5. towards prep. 向著，朝著;對于;關于

I saw her walking towards the bank. 我看到她朝銀行走去。

Jean moved towards the door. 瓊向門口走過去。

What's your suggestion on this problem？ 你對這個問題的建議如何？

【辨析】 toward和towards在用法和意義上基本無區別，可以互換，但前者用于美式英語中。類似的詞還有：forward 和forwards， backward和backwards， upward和upwards等。

6. land n. & v. 陸地;大地;國土;著陸

We are glad to be on land again. 我們很高興又踏上陸地了。

The river passes through our land. 這條河流經我們的國土。

The ship landed safely in the end. 船最后平安靠岸了。

In ten minutes the plane will land in Beijing. 飛機十分鐘后將會在北京著陸。

7. French n. & adj. 法語;法國人（的）

Our English teacher is not only good at English， she can also speak French. 我們的英語老師不僅僅英語好，她還會講法語。

All the workers in this factory are French. 這家工廠的所有工人都是法國人。

【拓展】 France n. [地名]法國，法蘭西

He travelled France from end to end. 他游遍了法國。

8. southern adj. 南方的

She lives in southern Italy. 她住在意大利南部。

【拓展】 south n. 南，南方，南部

The town lies ten miles to the south of here. 那個小鎮位于這里以南10英里處。

9. success n. 成功

He finally achieved success. 他最終獲得了成功。

【拓展】 success n. 成功，成就，作可數名詞，也可作不可數名詞。復數：successes;succeed v. 成功;繼承;successful adj. 成功的;successfully adv. 順利地，成功地

10. belong v. 屬于

The British and Dutch belong to the same race. 英國人和荷蘭人是同一種族。

【拓展】 belong表示“屬于”，通常與介詞to連用。

Does this book belong to you？ 這本書是你的嗎？

The house belongs to my grandfather. 這房子是我祖父的。

表示適合在某處或放在某處，可用不同的介詞，如 in， on， under等。

The book belongs on that shelf. 這本書應放在那個架子上。

This chair belongs in the living room. 這把椅子應放在起居室里。

有時與with連用表示“與……在一起”。

A child belongs with its mother. 小孩應與母親生活在一起。

11. laughter n. 笑，笑聲

The whole classroom is full of children's laughter. 整個教室都充滿了孩子們的笑聲。

【拓展】 laugh v. 笑，發出笑聲 n. 笑（聲）;引人發笑的事或人

She gave a hearty laugh. 她爽朗地笑了起來。

He answered with a laugh. 他笑著回答了。

12. record n. & v. 記錄;唱片;錄制;錄音

This is one of my favorite records. 這是我最喜歡的唱片之一。

The machine is recording now. 那個機器正在錄音。

13. introduce v. 介紹;傳入;引進

The government has introduced a number of other money-saving moves. 政府已經采取了其他一些省錢的舉措。

introduce sb. to sb. 把某人介紹給某人

The headmaster is introducing the new English teacher to us. 校長正在把新英語老師介紹給我們。

【隨堂檢測】

一、根據句意、首字母及漢語提示填寫單詞。

1. What w___ you like to drink？

2. We can't t___ about why that would be.

3. Not everyone can live on the i___ alone like Robinson Crusoe.

4. Without science and t___， we can't live so conveniently.

5. He can speak two languages， English and

F___.

6. I hear some of us like reading ___ （名著）.

7. It's already 7 o'clock. Let's ___ （趕快） up.

8. The book report is ___ （到期） in five days.

9. There are some big ___ （島） in our country.

10. My father has a box full of ___ （珠寶）.

二、用括號中所給單詞的適當形式填空。

1. I have already ___ （read） the novel twice. It's interesting.

2. I haven't ___ （hear） of the English novel yet.

3. Tom Sawyer is about a boy who ___ （live） in the UK.

4. Have you ___ （decide） where to visit？

5. Have you finished ___ （read） the book？

三、從方框中選擇合適的單詞并用其適當形式完成句子。

read， tell， feel， not decide， solve， awake

1. Don't ___ up Tom. He stayed up to write a report till 2 o'clock last night.

2. I think it is a good way ___ the math problem.

3. Rock music makes many young people

___ excited.

4. I ___ him about it two days ago， but he ___ what to do yet.

5. I ___ the book before. I don't want to read it again.