What is your elder sister like? → She is shy / quiet / outgoing. What do /does sb. look like? 用于询问人的外表特征(长相) What does your younger brother look like? → He is very tall. 9、quite adv. 十分，相当，可修饰形容词、副词或动词。 It’s quite cold outside. He quite likes maths. Quite + a/ an +形容词 + 名词 quite a clever boy a + very + 形容词 + 名词 a clever boy
very与much合在一起修饰动词，且一般位于句末。 He likes maths very much. 10、difficult adj. 困难的，不易相处的 名词形式：difficulty(不可数名词)
We found the station without any difficulty.
Have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难, difficulty前面可以加some、great、much、little、no等词修饰。 She has difficulty in answering the hard question. have difficulty with sth. 在某方面有困难 I have difficulty with English. 11、past adj. 过去的 What was his past life like?
past adv. 穿过，过去 He ran past me just now.
past prep.(介词) It’s half past six. past n. in the past 在过去
12、There were lots of things to do there. 不定式to do 作后置定语，修饰things.在英语中， 不定式放在所修饰词的后面作后置定语，构成逻辑上的动宾关系。
There are some shoes to wash. I have many students to teach. 13、movie theatre 电影院 movie star 电影明星
14、old family house 故居 You can visit their old family houses.
16、fish n. 鱼(单复数同形)，鱼肉,(不可数名词)，指不同种类的鱼时，复数为fishes.
There are many fish in the river. We often have fish for supper. three fishes 三种鱼 fish v. 捕鱼，钓鱼 go fishing I like fishing in the river.
17、It is /was + 形容词 + to do sth. 做某事是… It was great to play there. 18、last adj. 最后的，最近的 the last month of the year 一年的最后一个月
last v. 持续 The meeting will last (for) three hours.
last n. 最后，最后的人 He was the last to come to school. 他是最后一个来学校的人。 19、go back 回去 Let’s all go back to school. 我们都返回学校吧。
come back 回来 He will come back in a week.
20、英语年月日的两种表达方式：月 + 日 + 年 或 日 + 月，年
2014年5月1日： May 1st 2014 或 1st May , 2014 (读作：the first of May, 2014) 21、from …to… 从…到… We go to school from Monday to Friday. 范文： My friend
My friend Zhou Li is new here. She was born in Nanjing. She was born on 12th May, 1994. Her first school was Xinhua Primary School. She is kind, helpful and well-behaved. Her first teacher was Miss Li. She was strict but very nice. Her first friend was Zhang Hong. Her favourite sport is swimming.
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Module 8 Story time
1、once upon a time 从前，很久以前 相当于 long long ago, 常用于讲故事的开头。 Once upon a time, there was a king.
Once adv. 曾经，一度，一次 We once lived in Shanghai. once a month 一个月一次 2、decode (not) to do sth. 决定(不)做某事 They decided not to tell Tom about it. decide + that从句 She has decided that she will be a doctor in the future. Decide的名词形式→ decision make a decision 做决定 She has made a decision to become a doctor.
3、go for a walk go on a walk have a walk take a walk 去散步 4、be / get lost 迷路 I am always lost in big cities.
Lost adj. 丢失的，失去的；错过的，浪费掉的，Try to find the lost key. 5、look around 向四周看 She looked around her but she saw nothing.
6、notice v. 注意到，看到(感官动词) I noticed he left very early. 我注意到他走得早。 notice sb. do sth. I noticed her crying in the room. (正在哭) notice sb. doing sth. I noticed her cry in the room. (哭了)
7、knock on /at the door 敲门 knock into 撞上 again and again 一次又一次 knock v. 敲，撞，碰 He knocked his head against the door. 8、enter = go/come into 进入 He entered high school. 我上了高中。 He entered the classroom at once. = He went into the classroom at once.
9、look into 向……里面看；调查 The soldier looked into the house, but he found nothing. The police are looking into the accident.
10、pick up 拾起，拾起 pick up sth. = pick sth. up sth.是名词时，可放up的前或后都可以。
当sth.是代词宾格时，只能放pick与up中间。
pick the pen up = pick up the pen pick it / them up 11、finish sth. I finished the work quickly.
finish doing sth. I finished reading the book yesterday. 12、try to do sth. 尽力做某事 I will try to study English well.
Try doing sth. 试着做某事 I tried knocking on the door, but nobody answered. try sth. 尝试某事物 Please try the delicious mooncake.
try one’s best to do sth. 尽某人最大能力做某事 I will try my best to get there on time. have a try 试一试
13、either adv. 也，位于否定句句末，前面常加逗号。He doesn’t like running, either.
too 位于肯定句句末，前面常加逗号。 He can swim , too . as well 位于肯定句句末，前面不加逗号。= He can swim as well. also 位于肯定句句中，即位于be动词、助动词、情态动词后，实义动词前。
He is also a student. He can also swim. He also wants to go there.
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14、be in pieces …成碎片 Soon the chair was in pieces .
15、sleep v./ n. go to sleep 入睡，睡着 have a good sleep 好好睡一觉 eight hours’ sleep Sleeping adj. 睡觉的(在句中作定语)
a sleeping boy = a boy who is sleeping 一个睡着的男孩
asleep adj. (在句中作表语) be / fall asleep 睡着 The baby is fast asleep.
He was just falling asleep there was a loud knock at the door. sleepy adj. 困倦的，想睡觉的 I often feel sleepy in class.
16、return sb. sth. return sth. to sb. = give back sth. to sb. 把某物归还某人
return to = go / come back to 回到 I’ll return to school before 5 o’clock this afternoon.
17、point at 指着（近处） The girl is pointing at the table.
point to 指向（远处） Please point to the sky.
18、at first 起初,当初，与后来发生的事相对照。 At first I didn’t like English, but I soon changed my mind. 我起初不喜欢英语，但我很很快改变了主意。
First of all 首先，第一,说明顺序,是时间上或一系列行动的开始。常接next,then等。 First of all, open the windows. Then turn off the gas and call the doctors. 19、 jump out of the bed 从床上跳下来 hurry out of the house 匆忙跑出屋子
out of 从…出来，在……外， Fish can’t live out of water. 鱼离开水无法活下去。 jump out of 从……跳出来 take out of 从……取出来 rush out of 从……冲出来 look out of 从……向外看 20、without prep.-介词， 没有，缺乏，无，不， 反义词是：with
without / with + 名词/ 动词ing形式(动名词)。
Fish can’t live without water. He went to school without breakfast. He left without telling us. They left without saying goodbye. 21、go for a walk 去散步
Module 9 Life history
1、by 由……(创作)，出自
Hamlet was by Shakespear. 《哈姆雷特》是莎士比亚写的。
1、find out 发现，查明 Please find out the timetable of the train. 2、real adj. 真实的，真正的 It wasn’t a dream. It’s real.
2、begin to do sth. / begin doing sth. 开始做某事 The child began crying / to cry. 3、at the age of 在…岁时，可位于句首或句末，相当于when引导的时间状语从句。
at the age of + 基数词 = when sb. be +基数词 + years old = at + 基数词
At the age of seven, she began to learn dance. = At seven, she began to learn dance. = When she was seven years old, she began to learn dance. 4、other adj. 其他的，在句中作定语，放在被修饰词之前。
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He will give me other books tomorrow. 明天他会给我其他的书。 5、exact adj. 准确的；确切的 I don’t remember the exact words. 6、take a name = choose to have a new name 开始使用新名字
7、famous adj. 有名的，著名的 The Great Wall of China is very famous in the world. be famous for 因……而著名 Beijing is famous for many places of interest. 旅游胜地 be famous as 作为……(身份)而出名 Lu Xun is famous as a writer.
8、in the + 整数年+ s 在……世纪……年代 in the 1960s 在十九世纪六十年代 9、复数名词所有格的构成：
1) 规则的名词复数形式，在其后直接加 ’ -- girls’ bags 女孩子们的包 2) 不规则的名词复数形式，如果不以s结尾，其所有格是在其后加 ’s Children’s park 儿童公园 Women’s shops 妇女商店 10、月份：
一月：January二月：February 三月：March四月：April五月：May 六月：June 七月：July八月：August九月：September十月：October十一月：November 十二月：December
11、Children’s Day 儿童节 National Day 国庆节 Women’s Day 妇女节
New Year’s Day 新年Teachers’ Day 教师节 Labour’s Day 劳动节 Spring Festival 春节 12、leave school 退学，离校 finish school 毕业
13、in one’s life 一生，一辈子 I have visited lots of zoos in my life. 14、ago adv. ……以前，(从现在算起的一段时间以前)，用于一般过去时。
He went to visit his parents three years ago.
Before 指某一时间点之前，用于多种时态。I will come back before 8 o’clock. 口诀：before常在时间点之前，ago常在时间段之后。
15、learn to do sth. 学习做某事 He began to learn English at the age of five. 16、decide to do sth. 决定做某事 He decided to study hard from then on. 17、actor 男演员 actress 女演员 an actor / actress 18、marry v. 娶；嫁
1) marry sb. 嫁给/ 娶某人 The girl married a doctor last year.
2) marry sb. to sb. 把某人嫁给某人 She married her daughter to a doctor.
3) be/get married to sb. 与某人结婚 The girl was /got married to a teacher last year. 19、join v. 加入，参加 My brother joined the army in 2014.
join sb. in doing sth. 和某人一起做某事 Can you join us in playing basketball? 20、become 变得，成为，连系动词，后接名词或形容词，作表语。
He became a famous player when he was sixteen. He became famous all over the world.
21、1) successful adj. 成功的 I think he is a successful businessman. He was successful in finding a good job. 2) succeed v. 成功 succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事
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