2014年秋人教版新目标九年级英语Unit_8_Section_B【ppt课件】.ppt

2) almost 可用于 any 以及 no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定词之前，但 nearly 一般不这样用： Almost any man can do it. 几乎任何人都会做。 Almost no one came to the party. 几乎没有人来参加晚会。 ?(3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等词修饰，但 almost 之前不能用这些词：It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 这远不像你想像的那么难。  1) 两者都可用来修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词短语等，此时两者常可换用： It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那几乎是不可能的。 He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到。  almost/ nearly 几乎，差不多 Complete the sentences using the words from the chart in 2a on page 62. 2d Midsummer’s morning is in June ________ a lot of people go to Stonehenge during this month. 2. The sun shines straight into the center of Stonehenge ____________ the stones were put in a special position. so because 3. Some people think the rocks can _______ stop people becoming ill _________ can keep them healthy. 4. We don’t know who built Stonehenge __________ how it was built. 5. Historians think Stonehenge was built about 5,000 years ago; _________ are not sure. not only or however but also No More Mystery in the Neighborhood Last week, in a quiet neighborhood, something strange happened ... We now know what was happening in the neighborhood ... Now the mystery is solved. People in the neighborhood ... last week, in a quiet neighborhood, something strange happened. Victor, a teacher in our school said, “every night we hear strange noises outside our window” We now know what was happening in the neighborhood. The director of the local zoo says that three monkeys escaped from the zoo and was still missing. These monkeys used to be researched in experiments by scientists in a animal lab the capital city, one of the experiments is call knocking-bell, in the experiments the monkeys were trained to knock bells for bananas. sample writing after they had escaped into the neighborhood, they all tried their best to knock the bell for food at meal time. That is the mystery in neighborhood, and now, there is no more.