八年级英语上册Unit 4Section A-1.ppt

Talk about your town or community. What is the best / the most beautiful place / thing? Why? I live in a beautiful town / community near … The best school is … because it … The best supermarket is … because ... The best restaurant is … 1. close to 接近于； 在 ... 的近旁 The population of the city is close to one million. 这个城市的人口接近一百万。 My home is close to the cinema, so I often go to see a film. 我家离电影院很近，所以我经常去看电影。 close adj. (在空间、时间上)接近；亲密的 The animals were quite close to each other. 　 动物们互相离得很近。 Mary and I are close friends. 　 我和玛丽是亲密的朋友。 close v. 关闭Could you please close the window? close和near 二者都有“近的”意思，但close比near表达的距离更近，相当于very near，可以近至几乎相接触，而near意为“附近的；邻近的”。 　He sat close to us. 　Wheres the?nearest telephone? 2. I think 970 AM is pretty bad. pretty 在这里是作副词，意思是“相当；十分；很” , 常用于口语，与形容词和副词连用。 I am pretty sure that hell say yes. 他会同意的, 我对此相当有把握。 Her sister is still pretty sick. 她的姐姐仍然病得很重。 以前学过的quite 和 very 也有这种意思，它们的程度由浅入深为 ： quite → pretty → very 翻译：这是一部相当好的电影。(pretty) This is a pretty good film. pretty adj. 漂亮的；可爱的 She is not really beautiful, but she looks pretty when she smiles. 她其实并不美, 但笑起来很可爱。 What a pretty little garden! 多么漂亮的小花园！ pretty普通用词，语气比beautiful弱，多用于描写妇女、儿童以及小巧玲珑，精美可爱之物。 3. I’m new in town. in town是一个短语，表示“在说话人所在或所指的城镇”。作这一用法时，town不与冠词连用。 What’s the best clothes store in town? 这城里最好的服装店是哪家？ He doesnt know when his brother is in?town. 他不知道弟弟什么时候来了本市。 4. How do you like it so far? so far “迄今为止，到目前为止”，常与现在完成时连用，既可放在句首、句中，也可放在句尾。如： So far he has done very well at school. 到目前为止，他在学校做得很好。 What do you think of the show so far??? 到目前为止你觉得这场演出怎么样? 写出下列单词的适当形式。 1. Which do you think is the ______ (bad) food store in town? 2. Who sings ______ (good) in your class? worst best 3. Jane writes _____________ (carefully) in your class. 4. Which store has the ________ (fresh) fruit in town? freshest most carefully 用所给词的适当形式填空 。 Thanks for _____