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Unit 9Section A1. What does your friend look like?你朋友长相如何?She is of medium build, and she has long hair.她中等身材,留着长发。(1)“What+do/does+主语+look like?”是用来询问某人的身材或长相,即外貌。回答时可用“主语+be+形容词”或“主语+have/has+形容词+名词”。如:What does the girl look like?那女孩长得怎么样?Shes tall and thin. /She has long black hair.她又高又瘦。/她留着长长的黑发。注意:What+be+主语+like?也可以用来询问外貌,但更侧重问人的品格。如:What is your mother like?你母亲如何?Shes very kind.她很友善。(2)look like意为“看起来像”,like是介词,表示“像;像一样”。如:The boy looks like his father.这个男孩长得像他的爸爸。【辨析】look like与be likelook like“看上去像”,指外观上像。如:She looks like her grandmother.她长得像她的奶奶。(外貌上)be like“像一样”,指品德、相貌等,更侧重人的个性特征。如:The twins are like their father.这对双胞胎像他们的爸爸。(性格上)(3)“be+of+名词”结构,表示人或事物的特点、性质。如:He is of medium height.他中等身高。本句也可以说:He has a medium height.(4) medium height意为“中等个子”。medium是形容词,意为“中等的”常用于指身高或尺寸;height是名词,意为“高度”,其形容词是high。如:My father is not tall. He is of medium height.我爸爸个子不高。他中等个子。Whats the height of the building?这座建筑物多高?2. Is David tall or short?戴维德个子高还是矮啊?【辨析】tall与high(1)tall常指人、树、建筑物等的“高”,但不指山的“高”,其反义词为short。如:a tall man一个高个子男人a tall tree一棵高大的树(2)high多指物体或位置的高,但不指人的高;还可以指抽象意义上的高,如:物价、温度、评价等,其反义词为low。如:a high mountain一座高山high prices高价3. Are you going to the movie tonight?今天晚上你打算去看电影吗?(1)“be going to+动词原形”常表示即将、将要、打算做某事。其中的be要根据句子的主语来确定。如:He is going to visit his uncle next Sunday.下个星期天他打算去看望他的叔叔。I am going to find a job in the city.我打算在这座城市找一份工作。(2)tonight用作副词,意为“今晚;今夜”。如:Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?今晚想和我一起吃午饭吗?Youll have fun at the party tonight.你在今晚的聚会上会玩得很开心。4. But I may be a little late.但我可能会晚点儿。(1)may在此处表示可能性,意为“也许”。如:Please ask Lily, she may know.请问莉莉吧,她或许知道。【辨析】may be与maybemay be是由“情态动词+be动词”构成,意为“可能是”。如:You may be right.你也许是对的。maybe用作副词,意为“或许;大概”,常用于句首。如:Maybe you are right.也许你是对的。(2)该句中的a little表示程度,意为“稍微;有点儿”后接形容词或副词。相当于a bit, a little bit, kind of等。其后都可接形容词表程度。如接名词时要注意“a little”直接接名词,a bit须带of后再接名词。如:He is a little heavy.=He is a bit heavy.=He is a little bit heavy.他有点胖。He has a little cold.=He has a bit of a cold.他有点轻微感冒。【拓展】a little还可表示数量,后跟不可数名词,意为“一点儿;少量”。如:There is a little water in the bottle.瓶子里有点儿水。【辨析】a little与littlea little表肯定含义,意为“少量;一点”。little表否定含义,意为“几乎没有”。都用来修饰不可数名词。如:The girl can speak a little English.这个女孩会说一点儿英语。I know little English.我几乎不懂英语。5. ., he has brown hair and wears glasses. ,他留着棕色的头发,戴着眼镜。glasses意为“眼镜”,通常用作复数形式。“一副眼镜”用英语表示为:a pair of glasses; two pairs of glasses两副眼镜。如:Jack likes wearing glasses.杰克喜欢戴眼镜。【链接】glass作“玻璃”讲时是不可数名词,作“玻璃杯”讲时是可数名词。如:These glasses are made of glass.这些杯子是由玻璃做的。6. See you later then.那等会儿见。later用作副词,表示时间上的“以后;后来”。如:The weather will be fine later.天气很快就会好转。Ill tell you about it later.稍后我再告诉你此事。【辨析】later与after两词都表示“在之后”,但位置不同:(1)“时间段+later”如:He went to London a week later.一周后他去了伦敦。(2)“after+时间段”如:He walked back to the hotel after three days.三天后他走回了宾馆。7. Theyre of medium build.他们中等身材。build用作名词,意为“体型;体格”。如:An elephant has a heavy build.大象身体庞大。【链接】(1)build还可用作动词,意为“建筑;建立”如:Theyre building a new house.他们正在修建一座新房子。(2)building作为名词,意思是“建筑物,楼房。”如:Whats in this building?这个建筑里面有些什么?(3)builder意思是“建设者,建筑者;创建者”。如:This job needs a repairman or a builder or somebody.这项工作需要一个修理工人或建筑工人或是找个什么人。8. The person is of medium height.这个人中等个子。(1)person意为“人”,是可数名词,其复数形式为persons。如:I think shes the person for the job.我认为她是适合这项工作的人。辨析：person与peopleperson无性别之分,可指男人,也可指女人。它用于数目不大但比较精确的场合。如:There are only three persons in the room.这个房间里只有3个人。people泛指“人们”,作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。如:Some people are playing in the park.一些人在公园里玩。(2)medium是形容词,“中等的”,如:They have a medium-sized house in the heart of the city.他们在市中心有幢中等大小的房子。(3)height的形容词是high。例1 单词拼写Bob is six feet in _(身高).【答案】height。例2 她长得怎么样?(look like)【解析】用来询问某人外貌的句型用“What+do/does+主语+look like?”。【答案】What does she look like?例3 Tom is _than any other players in the school team.A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. more tall【解析】考查形容词比较级的用法。根据句中than提示,用单音节形容词tall的比较级taller。【答案】B。例4 Why are you in such a hurry, John?There _ a basketball match between Class Three and our class in ten minutes.A. is going to beB. is going to have C. will have D. will hold【解析】考查动词时态。根据时间状语in ten minutes可知是表示将来的一段时间之后的动作,故用一般将来时态。【答案】A。例5 How nice the building is! What is it for?It_ a hotel. But Im not sure.A. must be B. have to be C. may be D. can be【解析】本题考查情态动词的用法辨析。由下句“但我不能确定”可推出本句句意:它也许是家宾馆。must be意为“肯定是”,have to be意为“不得不”,都不符合句意。can be意为“可能是”,表示推测时can常用于否定句或疑问句;may be意为“也许是”,谈论可能性。所以选C。【答案】C。例6 Can you speak English, Mr. Wang?Yes, but only _.A. little B. a little C. a lot【解析】句意:“王先生,你会说英语吗?”“是的,但只会说一点儿”。a little修饰不可数名词English且表示肯定含义。【答案】B。每逢春节时期，很多人家的门口都会贴上红色的“福”字，而有的则是贴上一对春联。这可谓是中华民族过农历春节的一个习俗了。那么，“春联”在英语中应该怎么表达才好呢？和小编一起来看一看吧！春联：Spring Festival Scrolls这里的“scroll”指的就是“卷轴；画卷”，比如说：Most Chinese pictures are painted on silk scrolls.（中国画大都是画在绢卷轴上的。）同时，它还可以表示“名册”的意思，比如说：be entered in the scrolls of history（名垂史册）那么，“上联”、“下联”、“横批”又该怎么说呢？可不能把“上”、“下”直译成“up”和“down”哟。事实上，我们“the left scroll”、“the right scroll”、以及“the top scroll”来分别指这三个意思。除去“春联”，一般性的“对联”，我们叫做“couplet”，表示的就是通常说的“对句”啦。所以，“春联”还可以叫做“Spring Festival Couplets”哟。比如人民网中这样描述春联：Spring Festival couplets consist of two paper scrolls, inscribed with auspicious sayings, pasted vertically on either side of the door. A shorter horizontal scroll is often pasted across the top. Like images of door gods, Spring Festival couplets were thought to protect the household from evil.新年了，你家门口贴上春联了吗？
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