初中英语（外研九年级下）（课件）：Module 3.1.pptVIP

Module 3 Life now and then Unit 1　They sometimes work harder. 1.Nearly finished.(教材P18)快做完了! [解读] nearly副词,意为“将近;几乎”。 It is reported that nearly nine thousand foreign students joined a British boarding school last year. 据报道去年将近九千名外国学生加入了英国一所寄宿学校。 拓展almost与nearly的区别 almost强调“差一点……就”(=very nearly),可用于no,none,nothing等前面,但nearly不可。almost不能用not修饰。 nearly表示“接近”。常可与almost换用,但在具体数字前常用nearly。not修饰nearly 意为“远非,远不及”。 He said almost nothing was worth listening to. 他说几乎没什么值得听的东西。 They are nearly at the end of their journey. 他们快结束旅行了。 名师解题 2.People are wealthier today,and they live longer than they did in the past.(教材P18)人们现在更富有了而且他们的寿命也比以前延长了。 [解读] wealthy形容词,意为“富有的;富裕的”。wealth名词,意为“财富;财产”。wealth of society“社会财富”。 He cheated her into believing him a wealthy man.他骗得她相信他是一个富翁。 All his wealth was tied up in the company. 他全部的财富都与这家公司联系在一起。 3.But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.(教材P18)但人们不像过去一样锻炼得那么多了。 [解读] used to...意为“过去常常……;曾经……”,用于过去持续或经常发生的事,强调现在不那样了。 There used to be an old tree in front of the house.这座房子前曾经有一棵古树。 拓展used用法小结 Pens are used for writing.钢笔用来写字。 “Swim” can be used as a noun. Swim可以用作名词。 This clock was used by my grandmother. 这个钟表被我祖母使用过。 Wheat is used to make wine.小麦被用来造酒。 I think you will be/get used to living here. 我想你会习惯住在这儿的。 I used to walk after supper. 我过去经常在晚饭后散步。 People used wood to make paper many years ago.多年前人们用木材造纸。 4.When the number of cars is doubled,the pollution is also doubled,or even worse.(教材P19)当汽车的数量翻倍时,污染也翻倍了,或者甚至更糟糕。 [解读] the number of ... 意为“……的数量或数目”。跟可数名词的复数形式。作主语时,谓语动词用单数。 The number of boy students in our class is 22. 我们班男学生的数量是22。 拓展a number of 意为“许多;大量”,意同many 或a lot of,跟可数名词复数形式。作主语时,谓语动词用复数。 A great number of football fans went to Brazil during 2014 FIFA World Cup. 2014世界杯期间,很多足球迷涌往巴西。 3　Now choose the correct answer. Answers:(1)we know more about medicine (2)because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases　(3)they drive cars instead (4)they do not usually have enough free time 4　Complete the question