(课件网) 词 汇 点 睛 句 型 透 视 Unit 4 I Used to be Afraid of the Dark. 词 汇 点 睛 1. humorous /'hju:m r s/ adj. 有幽默感的;滑稽有趣的 humor(n.)+ous humor n. 幽默 humorless adj. 无幽默感的 humorist n. 诙谐风趣的人 The humorous man is full of humor. [观察] He has plenty of humorous stories to tell. 他有许多幽默故事要讲。 She likes telling jokes. She is a _____ (humor) person in our minds. humorous 后缀-ous表示“具有……的,充满……的”通常放在名词后构成形容词。 e.g. danger + ous →dangerous fame+ous →famous 构词法记单词 2. silent /'sail nt/ adj. 不说话的;沉默的 The silent boy goes to school in silence everyday. [观察] She was always silent in class. 她在课堂上总是很沉默。 [探究] silent是形容词,意为“不说话的;沉默的”。_____是固定搭配,意为“保持沉默”。 keep silent [拓展] 雷同的词汇 different———difference; absent———absence; present———presence important———importance; 活学活用 1.老师要求我们保持安静。 The teacher asked us to _____ _____. 2. We felt strange about his _____ (silent) at the party as he used to be very active. keep silent silence 3. helpful /'helpfl/ adj. 有用的;有帮助的=help+ful be helpful tosb. 对某人是有帮助的 helpfully adv. 有用地;有帮助地 helpfulness n. 帮助;有用 →helpless(adj.)无希望的 help sb.(to) do sth. help oneself help sb.out [观察] Let past experiences provide you with helpful advice for the future. 让过去的经历为你的将来提供有用的建议。 Tom is such an honest and____(help)boy that all of us like him. The helpful book helps me a lot. [拓展] 以“ful”为后缀的形容词还有:通常放在名词或动词末尾构成形容词,表示“充满……的,有……的”。 care n. 小心 careful adj. 小心的 use n. 用途 useful adj. 有用的 beauty n. 美丽 beautiful adj. 美丽的 peace n. 平静;和平 peaceful adj. 平静的;和平的 thank n. 感谢 thankful adj. 感谢的 活学活用 Our teacher gave us a lot of _____ (help) books in math. helpful 4. from time to time时常;有时 =at times =once in a while =sometimes [观察] We think of this matter from time to time. 我们时常会想起这个问题。 [拓展] 常见的time短语有: what time 几点; for the first time 第一次; all the time 一直,总是; at times 不时,有时; in time 及时; on time 按时,准时; at the same time 同时; at any time 随时; have a good/great/wonderful time 玩得开心; in no time 立即,马上 活学活用 ( )They ride bikes to go to school from time to time. A.at any time B.at times C.at the same time D.in time B [解析] from time to time“时常;有时”,和选项B是同义表达。 5.score /sk :(r)/ n. & v. 得分;打分 Messi used to get good _____ . get good scores=get good grades 取得好成绩 I got a good score in the English exam. 我在英语考试中得到一个好的分数。 score two goals 进了两个球 6.background /'b kgraund/ n. 背景=back+ground have no working background 没有工作背景 scores 7. interview /'int (r)vju:/ v. 采访;面试 n. 面试;访谈 (1)interview sb. 采访某人 (2)interview sb. about sth. 就某事采访某人 (3)have an interview with sb. 采访某 ... ...