人教版8下unit8SelfcheckandReading.ppt

Unit 8;Self check and Reading;Fill in the blanks with the words given.;2. My shoes were really ______. They only cost 5 dollars. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an _________ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was ______. I fell asleep half way through it.;Different country has different hatit of giving presents.;;1. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. rather than可作连词词组使用, 连接两个并列成分, 意为“是……而不是……、与其……不如……”。它连接的两个并列成分可以是名词、形容词、动词、介词短语等。如：;He is a writer rather than a teacher. 他是作家而不是教师。 Her hair is red rather than brown. 她的头发是红色的而不是棕色的。 I decided to write rather than telephone. 我决定写信而不是打电话。 He likes taking exercise in the evening rather than in the morning. 他喜欢在晚上锻炼身体而不是早上。;2. spend … on … 在……上花(时间或金钱) 如: He spends a lot of money on books. 他花许多钱买书。 spend … (in) doing sth. 花 (时间或金钱等) 做某事 如: The government will spend money looking after the patients.　 政府要花钱去照料那些病人。; 英语中表“花费”的词语： (1) spend的主语必须是“人”，宾语可以是钱、精力、时间等。 如： He spends much money on books. 他平时将很多钱用在买书上。 He spent a lot of money (in) buying a new car． 他花很多钱买了一辆新车。;(2) cost的主语必须是 “物” 或 “事”，表示“费用”、“耗费”，后接life，money，health，time等，侧重于“花费”的代价。 The work cost them much labor. 这项工作花费了他们很多的劳动。 It costs you 12 pounds to go to London by ship. 乘船到伦敦要用12英镑。;(3) take表示“花费”时, 其主语一般是“一件事”, 有时主语也可以是人, 它说明事情完成“花费了……”。 It takes sb. some time/money/energy to do sth. It took me ten minutes to go to the post office. 到邮局用用了我十分钟时间。 It takes a lot of money to buy a house as big as that． 买一座像那样大的房子要花很多钱。;(4) pay的基本意思是“支付”, 作为及物动词, 宾语???以是“人”、“钱”, 如: 　He paid the taxi and hurried to the station. 他付了出租车的钱, 急忙向车站赶。 They had to pay two hundred francs． 他得付一百法郎。 We’ll pay you in a few days． 几天后我会给你钱。;(5) pay for 的宾语为“物”、“事”，for表示支付的原因。如： You’ll have to pay me ten dollars a week for your meals. 你得每周付给我十美元