新概念英语第二册第八课教案.doc

PAGE PAGE 2 Lesson 8 The Best and the Worst 本课语法重点：形容词和副词的比较等级 1. competition: n. 比赛 There will be a chess competition next week. 下个星期有一场国际象棋比赛。 We sent in two pictures for the competition. 我们送去2幅画参赛。 竞争 There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms. 两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。 习惯用语： be in competition with sb. for 为...和（某人）竞争 2. neat: adj. 整洁的; 爱整洁的 Cats are neat animals. 猫是爱整洁的动物。 利索的, 简洁的 She gave a neat answer. 她作了简明的回答。 (酒)纯的, 不掺水的 I like my whiskey neat. 我喜欢喝纯威士忌酒。 3. path: n. 小路, 小径 The path was completely covered by snow. 小路上覆盖着雪。 路线, 途径, 路径, 轨迹 the path to peace 和平之道 Keep to the path or you may lose your way. 沿着这条路走, 否则你会迷路的。 His path through life was hard. 他一生坎坷。 4. wooden: adj. 木制的, 木头的 The room was full of wooden furniture. 房间里摆满了木制家具。 僵硬的, 呆笨的 a wooden face 无表情的面容 a wooden smile 呆板的笑容 She gave the stranger a wooden stare. 她呆头呆脑地瞧着那个陌生人。 5. pool: 水池 The pool is dangerous and should be fenced off. 这个水池很危险, 应该用栅栏围起来。 (液体等的)一滩, 一片 The body was lying in a pool of blood. 尸体躺在血泊中。 Notes to the text 1. Nearly everybody enters for‘The Nicest Garden Competition’each year, but Joe wins every time. 几乎每个人都参加每年举办的“最佳花园竞赛”，而每次都是乔获胜。(1) nearly: adv. 几乎, 接近, 差不多 escape nearly 九死一生, 仅以生免 The boy nearly fell into the river. 那男孩险些跌入河中。 比较：nearly和almost：(1) 意义相似，表示“几乎”、“差不多”、“差点儿”的意思： Im nearly/ almost ready. 我快准备好了。 I have nearly forgotten his name. 我差点把他的名字忘了。 He nearly missed the train. 他差点没赶上火车。 (2) 当要表示“接近”或“就要到了”时最好用nearly；当想表达“不足”或“尚差一点儿”时最好用almost I had nearly reached town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, Do you speak English? 我几乎就要到达城镇了，这时那位年轻人突然非常慢地说道：“你会说英语吗？” The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. 那球重重地打在他身上，他几乎掉下水去。 Hes only forty-one years old, and he has already been to nearly every country in the world. 他只有41岁，而他几乎已经到过世界上一切国家。 The rooms are almost clean. 各房间大致清洁。 (3) 句中有no, none, nothing, never等词时，不可以用nearly，但可以用almost The speaker said