九年级上册Unit 8 Surprise endings 单词 语法概要1.docxVIP

Unit 8 Surprising endingsWordsgift n. 礼物Everyone received a gift of 50RMB at the party. present 也可表示“礼物”，gift还有“天赋；才能”之意。如：Her grandmother has the gift of making people happy. 他祖母有逗人开心的天赋graduation n. 毕业典礼My parents didn’t come to my graduation. What a pity!graduation 还可以表示“毕业”的意思。如：They asked what his plans were after graduation.graduate v. 大学毕业，毕业count v. 计算（或清点）总数I counted the money. It was more than five hundred pounds.Count 还表示“数数”的含义。如：He was counting slowly. 他慢慢地数着数。cent n. 分；分币A bowl of rice which costs thirty cents a few weeks ago is now sold for up to one dollars.几个星期前买30美分一碗的米饭，如今卖到1美元。afford v. 买得起my parents can’t even afford a refrigerator. 我父母甚至买不起一台冰箱。afford 还有如下常见含义：经得住，承受得起。如：We can’t afford to wait. 我们等不了。提供；给予。如：It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the city.这房间虽然很冷，但是它能让人讲城市的景致尽收眼底。present n. 礼物I bought a birthday present for my mother.present adj. 目前的；现在的；出席的；在场的knee n. 膝盖；膝He got down on his knees. 他双膝跪下kneel v. 跪；跪下（kneel--- knelt ----knelt ）sign n. 招牌；标牌Don’t you see the “No smoking “ sign?你没看到“禁止吸烟”的标志吗？Sign 还有以下常见含义符号；记号如： He made a sign on the boat. 他在船上做了个记号示意的动作；手势如：They gave Tom a thumbs-up sign.迹象；征兆；表象；痕迹如：His blood has been checked for any sign of kidney failure. 已对他进行抽血检查，看是否有任何肾衰竭的迹象。goods n. 商品；货品Money can be exchange for goods or services. 钱可以用来换取商品或服务。 search v. 搜寻，查找they searched for a place to sit on the floor. 他们在地板上找一处能坐下的地方。search 寻找；搜寻chain n. 链子His open shirt showed a golden chain. 他的衬衫敞着，露出一条金链。chain还有“一连串”的意思。如：The soldier tried to form a human chain along the bank. 士兵们试图沿着堤岸筑起一道人墙。bill n. 账单They couldn’t afford the bills. 他们无力支付这些账单。step n. 脚步声I took a step towards him. 我朝他迈了一步。She heard steps outside the room. 他听见屋外有脚步声。step 还有常见含义阶梯；台阶。This little room along a passage and down some steps. 这个房间在沿着走廊再下几级台阶的地方。步骤；措施如：There are several steps to work out the problem. 做这道题目要分几个步骤。阶段；等级；进程如：The next step is to