牛津译林版八年级英语上册Unit 2
一、【精选词汇】
•重点短语
1. around the world全世界，世界各地 (p23)
〈知识链接〉around…＝all over…＝throughout… 遍及…, e.g. around/all over/throughout China
2. British English简写为BrE，英式英语。American English简写为AmE，美式英语。
〈知识链接〉英语在长期使用过程中由于地域和习惯等差异，逐渐形成了英式英语和美式英语两大阵营，它们在某些词的拼写、读音或用法上出现了不同；但这并不影响英语国家人们的交流，英美两国的人们已经接受了这些不同。
prilocBrE | AmE | Chine | BrE | AmE | trelloChine |
American football | football | 美式足球 | 儿童英语口语maths | math | 数学 |
autumn | fall | 秋天 | rubber | erar | 橡皮 |
film | movie | 电影 | condary school | high school | 中学 |
football | soccer | 足球 | post | mail | 邮政 |
ground floor | first floor | 一楼 | szccolour, neighbour | color, neighbor | 颜色，邻居 |
metre | meter | 米 | travelling | traveling | 旅行 在线英文转换器 |
lift | elevator | 电梯 | holiday | vacation | 假期 |
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3. in Year 8 (BrE)＝in Grade 8＝in the eighth grade (AmE) 在八年级 (p24)
4. like learning how to cook and w 喜欢学习如何做饭和缝纫
5. do not know how to do things for mylf 不知道如何打理生活
6. cook healthy and tasty meals 做健康美味的饭菜 → tasty＝delicious美味的；可口的
7. Reading Week读书周，read any books from the library 阅读图书馆的任何书籍
8. as well＝too也，用于肯定句、一般疑问句句尾；either也，用于否定句句尾。用too, either填空
〈知识链接〉⑴Is she from England (也)? ⑵He didn’t know the reason, (也). 成人免费网
9. have driving lessons上驾驶课→have a…lesson上一堂…课
10. drive me to school 开车送我去上学
〈知识链接〉drive sb to… 开车送某人去某地，e.g. drive her to hospital开车送她去医院，
drive him home
11. (it) takes less time than taking the bus比坐公共汽车少花时间(省时间)
〈知识链接〉It takes sb some time to do sth. 做某事花费某人一段时间。
＝Sb spend(s) some time (in)doing sth.某人花费一段时间做某事。
sheet〈用法拓展〉It took Nancy half an hour to take the bus to school.
＝Nancy spent英语学习 half an hour taking the bus to school.
12. spend a lot of time practicing playing softball花费许多时间练习打垒球
〈知识链接〉⑴spend time doing sth花费时间做某事 ⑵practice doing sth练习做某事
13. talk to new students about school life和新生谈论学校生活
〈知识链接〉talk to sb about sth和某人谈论某事
14. listen to my problems倾听我的烦恼→listen to sb听某人说话
〈知识链接〉listen to the teacher听老师讲课，listen to the singer听歌手唱歌
15. have a great time talking to each other一起快乐地聊天
〈知识链接〉have a great/good time doing sth＝have fun doing sth做某事获得乐趣
16. Home Economics＝a subject about cooking and wing家政 (p25)
17. read an article by a girl from the USA看一篇一个美国女孩写的文章
〈知识链接〉an article (written) by sb 某人写的文章，e.g. Yesterday he read an article (written) by Lu Xun.
18. at the age of 16在16岁时→ at the age of…＝at…在…岁时＝when sb was＋年龄 (p26)
19. learn more about…更多地了解…，We should learn more about the world.
20.形容词及反义词：easy→difficult/hard, interesting→boring,
uful→uless(否定后缀)，popular →unpopular, important→unimportant(否定前缀)
21. have a/an＋科目＋lesson 上一节……课
〈知识链接〉have an Art lesson, have a Computer Studies lesson, have a Geography lesson, have a History lesson, have a Home Economics lesson, have a PE lesson, have a Science lesson
22. do morning exerci做早操，类似的用法：do eye exercis做眼保健操
〈知识链接〉exerci ⑴可数名词：操；练习do three exercis做三道练习题
⑵不可数名词：锻炼 do/take more exerci多运动
23. length of summer holiday暑假的长度
〈知识链接〉long长的 →length长度 (见8A Unit 1“重点短语”第25条注解)
24. have more weeks off →have…off休息…(时间)
stings
〈知识链接〉have/take some time off休息一段时间 e.g. have/take two weeks off休息两周
25. stay in hospital for a month住院一个月 (p34)
〈知识链接〉in hospital，in the hospital这两个短语形式上仅区别于定冠词the上，但实际意思有很大区别。in hospital＝be ill in hospital生病住院，in the hospital在医院里，多指在医院工作。
〈用法拓展〉chatroulette⑴at the table在桌旁，at table在吃饭 ⑵on the bed在床上，in bed躺着(不一定在床上)
26. look out of the window向窗外看→look out of…向…外看→反义词：look into…向……里看
