牛津版英语八年级上册英语 Unit5 Reading 1

Unit 5 Wild animals
Reading I
Step 1 Revision
一、词汇
1.意思是,意味着
5.严重的
2.开始,起初
3.令人遗憾地,不幸地;伤心地 4.面临;面对
6.主要地;大部分
7.然而 8.结果
9.危险 10.行动;行为
11.(动植物)保护区 12.法律,法规
13.没有一个(人或物)
二、句型
1.希望刚出生时，(熊猫)希望只有100克重，看上去像只小白鼠。
When Xi Wang ____________， she weighed just 100 grams and ____________ a white mouse.
2.当她20个月大的时候，她学会了照顾自己。
When she was 20 months old, she ________________________.
3.另外，大熊猫主要以一种特殊的竹子为食。
Also, giant pandas ________ mainly ________ a special kind of bamboo.
4.然而，竹林正变得越来越少。
However, the bamboo forests are becoming __________________________.
5.因此，熊猫可能无处生存，无以为食。
________________________， pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat.
6.我们应该立刻采取行动。
We should ________________ right away.
7.如果我们什么也不做，可能很快一只(大熊猫)也不剩了！
If we ________________， soon there may be ________________！
Step 2 Language points
1. meanmi?n v.意思是
eg：What does the word mean? 这个单词的意思是什么？
(1)mean可作形容词，意为“吝啬的；小气的”。
eg：Don't be so mean to your little brother. 别对你的弟弟那么吝啬。
(2)mean to do sth.打算做某事；想要做某事。
eg：I meant to go，but my father would not allow me to. 我想去，但是我父亲不允许我去。
(3)mean doing sth.意味着。
eg：To raise salary means increasing purchasing power. 增加工资意味着提升购买力。

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典例精讲：
(1)As a translator, under?standing the true m________ that people want to express is very important.
(2) I don't like soap operas because I think they are ________(meaning).
2. beginning n．开始，起初
例： In the beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother's milk. 起初，(熊猫)希望吃母乳。
This is only the beginning.这仅仅是开始。
【考点】 beginning为________，其动词形式为________，反义词为________。 (1)________________意为“一开始”，相当于____________，反义词组是 ____________。
(2)at the beginning of意为“在……的开始；在……的开头部分”，其反义词组为at the end of。
典例精讲：
At the ________(begin) of the concert, Tan Dun played a piece of music with water.
3. sadly adv.令人遗憾地，不幸地；伤心地
例： Sadly, giant pandas face serious problems in the wild.
不幸的是，大熊猫在野外面临着严峻的问题。
He looked at me sadly.他伤心地看着我。
【考点】________是sad的副词形式，意为“令人遗憾地， 不幸地；伤心地”。sadly可________
使用，放在________。
【拓展】 sad adj. 悲伤的 sadness n. 悲伤，难过
典例精讲：
—________， wars have made many people homeless.
—What a pity! We must provide some special places for them to live.
A．Luckily B．Sadly
C．Mainly D．Exactly
4. danger'de?nd?? n. 危险
in danger 处于危险中 Were you in danger？你处于危险中吗？
out of danger 脱离危险 His life could be out of danger.他的生命可能已脱离危险。
n.
adj.
典例精讲：
It’s （danger）to play football in the street.
5. protect v．保护；保卫
【考点】protect作动词，意为“保护”，常见搭配：pr otect…fromagainst…保护……不受……
的侵害。
例：Trees can protect crops against the attack from strong winds.树能保护庄稼不受强风的侵害。
danger
dangerous
safety（反义词）
safe（反义词）
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【拓展】 protection n．保护
【考点】辨析protect...from..., prevent...from...，stop...from...与keep...from...
protect...from...
保护……不受……侵袭，from后
接能带来伤害或损害之物。
阻止某人某物做某事，from后接
prevent...from...，
stop...from...，
keep...from...
动名词，三个 短语之间结构相似，
也可以互换，此外，prevent和stop
后的介词from可以省略 ，但在被
动结构中不可省略。keep后的
from不可省略。
典例精讲：
(1)—How can we protect ourselves ________ the earthquake?
—We should stay calm first.
A. with B. about C. for D. from
(2)Environment ___________ (protect) is becoming a more and more serious problem nowadays.
6. nonen?npron.表示“没有一人；没有一个；一点儿也没有”。
例：
—Is there any more sugar? 还有糖吗？
—No, none at all.不，一点儿也没有了。
【考点】none既可指人，也可指物， 是不定代词，指“三者或三者以上都不”，与all互为反
义词。
例：—How many birds are there in the tree? 树上有几只鸟？
—None.一只也没有。
【重点】none of...“没有一个……，都不……”。none of短语作主语时，如果代替可数名词，
谓语动词可用单数也可用复数；如果代替不可数名词，谓语动词 只能用单数形式。
例：None of the money is hers. 这钱没有一点是她的。
None of my friends isare here. 我的朋友们都不在这里。
【难点】辨析none和no one



none用于指人或物,可单独使用,也可以与of连用，常用于回答how many或how
much引导的问句。
no one,“没有人”，相当于nobody，只用于指人，不可 以与of连用,作主语时谓语动
典例精讲：
例：—How many birds can you see there? 你在那里能看到多少只鸟？
词只能用单数形式，常用于回答who引导的问句。
—It snowed heavily last everyone in our class here today?
例：—Who is in the library? 谁在图书馆？
—Yes, and________ of us was late for school this morning.
A．none B．neither C．all D．Either
举一反三：根据汉语完成句子。
Nothing can preventstopkeep us
from going there.
什么也阻止不了 我们去那儿。
An umbrella will protect you
from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不淋雨。
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所有的学生都很累，但他们一个也没有停下来去休息。
All the students were very tired, but________ ________ ________stopped to have a rest.
7. It is＋adj.＋of sb.＋to do sth. it为形式主语，真正的主语为后面的动词不定式。
【重点】It is＋adj.＋for sb.＋to do sth.形容词是形容句末的主语(即动词不定式所表示的动作)
的。It is＋adj.＋of sb.＋to do sth.形容词修饰的是介词of后面接的宾语。
eg：It's difficult for a foreigner to learn Chinese. 对于一个外国人来说，学汉语是困难的。
It's kind of you to say so. 你这么说真是太好了。
典例精讲：
It is very important ________people to have food and water every day.
A．for B．of C．with D．about
8. Also, giant pandas live mainly on a special kind of bamboo.
另外，大熊猫主要以一种特殊的竹子为食。
【考点】 live on意为“____________”。
【拓展】live on还可译为“______________；继续活着；继续存在；____________”。
例：You can't live on forty pounds a week.你没法依靠每周四十英镑生活。
My grandpa is over ninety, but he still lives on. 我的祖父90多岁了， 还健在。
He lives on a lonely island. 他住在一座孤岛上。
典例精讲：
John _______________________________ very low incomes. 约翰主要依靠微薄的收入生活。
9. However, the bamboo forests are becoming smaller and smaller. 然而，竹林正变得越来越少。
【考点】“smaller and smaller”是“_____ _____________”结构，该结构意为“____________”，
表示程度逐渐加深。
【拓展】多音节形容词或副词用于表示“越来越……”时，应为“_________________ ___＋
多音节形容词或副词原级”。
典例精讲：
There are ________ sharing bikes in many cities. So there will be ________ pollution.
A．less and less; more and more
B．less and less; fewer and fewer
C．more and more; less and less
D．fewer and fewer; less and less
10. As a result, pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat. 因此，熊猫可能无处生存，无
以为食。
【考点】(1)______________ 意为“结果，因此，所以”，用于引出________，通常用在两个
________之间。
(2)短语“have a place to live or food to eat”中的________________“to live”和“to eat”在
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句中作________定语。
典例精讲：
(1)他犯了一个大错误，结果失去了工作。
He made a big mistake. ______________________， he lost his job.
(2)大学毕业之后，他有许多工作可选。
After he finished college, he had a lot of jobs _________________________________．
Step 3 Practice
一、根据句意、首字母及汉语提示完成单词。
1. What does this word m________(意思是)?
2. “He's been away for six months，” she said s________(伤心地).
3. Williams f________(面临) a serious problem one year ago.
4. At the b________(开始，起初) of the party, Alice sang a nice song.
5. When and where were you b________(出生)?
二、单项选择。
6. Daniel tried to lose ________ by eating less recently, but two kilos has been put on instead.
A. weight B. weights C. height D. heights
7. Pass me the books, two________.
A. at a time B. at once C. at one time D. at times
8. Everyone is born _______ the ability ________ learn.
A. into；to B. with；to C. on；in D. with；by
9. More and more foreigners learn ________ Chinese chess ________ because they are interested in
Chinese culture.
A. to play; mainly B. playing; main
C. to play; main D. playing; mainly
10. Grandfather lives with us. We all _______ him.
A. look at B. look for
C. look after D. look like
三、根据汉语意思完成句子。
11. 丹尼尔不再是小男孩了。
Daniel isn't a little boy________ ________.
12. 熊猫主要以竹子为食。
Pandas mainly________ ________bamboo.
13. 那个男孩出生在哪儿？你知道吗？
Where ________ the boy________？Do you know?
14. 她六岁时就能照顾自己了。
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She could________ ________ ________when she was 6 years old.
15. 4个月大时，熊猫首次离家外出。
________ ________ ________ ________， pandas started to go out________ ________ ________
________.
四、按要求完成下列句子。
16. “Free” means you can do what you want to do. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________“free”________？
17. The baby panda looked like a white mouse. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________the baby panda_______ _______？
18. We call the baby panda Xi Wang. (对画线部分提问)
________ ________you ________ the baby panda?
19. We should look after ourselves well. (改为同义句)
We should_______ _______ _______ _______ourselves.
20. She was not a small baby any more. (改为同义句)
She was________ ________a small baby.
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