九年级英语unit 2 lesson 5—lesson 8知识精讲.docVIP

九年级英语Unit 2 Lesson 5—Lesson 8 【同步教育信息】 一. 本周教学内容： Unit 2 Lesson 5—Lesson 8 （一）词汇 1. describe v. 描写、描述，（用文字语言）描绘——say what somebody is like or what has happened e. g. Please describe what you saw. 请描述你所看见的一切。 Words can’t describe the beauty of the mountain. 此景之美非笔墨所能形容。 2. all over 遍及——everywhere in a place e. g. Football is played all over the world. 全世界的人都踢足球。 The news is spread all over the country. 消息传遍全国。 There was snow all over the ground when we went out in the morning. 3. attract v. 吸引——make somebody interested in something e. g. The pandas in the American Zoo attract many people. 美国动物园里的大熊猫，吸引了许多人。 Every year. water sports, especially swimming and surfing, attract large numbers of tourists to the islands. 每年，水上运动，特别是游泳和冲浪，吸引着大量的游客到岛上旅游。 4. give up 放弃——stop trying to do something e. g. She gave up the coming exam. 她放弃了即将到来的考试。 Have you given up smoking? 你已经戒烟了吗？ 5. part-time adj. 非全日工作的。n. 业余时间——for only a part of the day or week e. g. Mrs smith works in a school as a part-time teacher. 史密斯太太在一个学校做兼职教师。 Have you ever worked as a part-time assistant? 你曾经作为半日工作的助手工作过吗？ 6. fail v. 失败、不及格——to be unsuccessful in doing sth. you wait to do e. g. Why did you fail in a little quiz? 你为什么在小测试中不及格呢 Our basketball team failed in the match. 我们的篮球队在比赛中失败了。 7. come true 实现——if a dream or wish comes true, it happens in the way someone has said or hoped that it would. e. g. His dream came true. 他的梦想成真了。 That I want to go to New Zealand has come true. 我想去新西兰已经实现了。 8. slow down 减缓，减速——start to go slowly e. g. The train slowed down before it went into the station. 火车进站前，逐渐减慢了速度。 Then he slowed down as the wind became stronger and waves higher. 之后他放慢了速度，因为风越来越大，海浪越来越高。 9. journey n. 旅程、旅行、路程—going from one place to another e. g. We wish him a safe journey. 我们祝他一路平安 It’s a 2 days’ journey on horseback from here to the