I. General Goals for this Unit
1) words and expressions
prefer, would like, in space, in time, famous, experience, get away from, adventure, popular, instead of, get close to, expensive, equipment, simple, go for, tip, watch out for, normal, adventurous, basic, unless, see … off, say Hi to, on the other hand, find out, go hiking, arrive at
2) expressions for communicative uses
a. Asking for advice:
What time shall we meet?
Is it all right if we meet at six?
Where is the best place to meet?
What about meeting outside the theatre?
Shall we meet again tomorrow?
b. Responses:
Let’s make it at seven.
It’s all right to me. What about you?
Good. See you then!
I think it’s OK for me.
3) Grammar
The present Continuous Tense for Future Actions現在進行時表示將來
II. Some of the vocabulary words
1) means, mean, meaning
2) transportation, transport (v.)
3) vacation, holiday
4) basic, base (n.)
5) poisonous, poison (n.)
6) protect, protection (n.)
7) normal, abnormal
8) excitement, excited, exciting
9) adventurous, adventure
10) similarity, similar (adj.)
III. Language Studies
Warming up
1) consider 的用法：
I _______ ____ consider my ______. (得；計劃) （加_______ 作賓語）
what (I am going) to say. (加________________ 作賓語)
Have you ever _________ _________ to Beijing? (考慮搬往) （加__________ 作賓語）
☆consider不能直接加不定式。但是如果consider后有賓語，那么該賓語后可以加不定式，構成consider somebody / something to 加動詞的結構：
We consider Jack ___ ______ (是)one of the best students in our class.
（這句話的被動呢？Jack _____________________________________________.）
People generally consider John Baird to have invented the first telephone.
（被動：___________________________________________________________.）
2) means of transportation 交通手段/工具
means “手段、方式、方法”，單復數同形：
_________ means _________ been tried. (每種；已)
All possible _________ _________ ___________ tried. (所有的手段都已經試過)
如果表示“用…方式”，用by … means, 相當于in … way:
You can do this problem by this means.
3) How would you like to go to the places, by boat, by train, by air or by bus?
表示“乘交通工具”有三種方法：
①by + 純名詞（該結構作狀語）：by air; by road; by land; by air; by plane; by sea; by spaceship等
這句話對嗎？怎么改正？They by train to Shanghai. _______________________.
②in, on等 + 具體名詞（狀語結構）：in a car, in this car, on a bike, on his bike, on that train, on this plane
_____ you go to town ___ your brother’s car? （你是乘你兄弟的騎車去城里的嗎？）
③take + 具體名詞（作謂語結構）：
I took a boat / a taxi to the city. = I went to the city ____ ________.
Listening
1) Boarding calls 指“檢票登機的廣播通知”
board 動詞，登機、船等：Please board the plane quickly.
2) flight number “航班的號碼”，flight 指飛機航班，如：
He was ____ ____ __________ across the Pacific Ocean then. 當時他正在飛越太平洋的航班上。
Reading
1) simply 強調語氣，“只是”，等于just:
He is doing _________ ______ (沒干壞事); he ______ ______ (只是要) to play around.
You can learn to drive a car simply ___ ______ driving it often! 你只要經常試著去開，就會開車了。
3) get away from 從…逃脫，脫離
He tried to catch that bird, but it ___ ______ _______ him.
4) Yet there are other reasons why people travel.
reason why + 句子，是一個以why引導的定語從句：
Do you know _______________________________________? (你知道他為什么沒有去party 的原因嗎？)
I don’t know the reason _____ he _____ ______ for school today. (遲到)
4) instead of 是短語介詞，后接名詞、代詞、動名詞、介詞短語等。
If you cannot go, he'll go _________ _____ you. 如果你不能去, 他愿替你去。
Instead of _______ (去) to Beijing, they will go to Shanghai this summer.
We’ll have tea in the garden instead of in the house.
Instead 單獨使用是副詞，注意位置：
If you cannot go, let him go instead. 如果你不能去，讓他替你去。
I didn't have a pen, so I used a pencil instead. 我沒有鋼筆，因此我就用鉛筆了。
We are not going to Beijing. Instead, we will go to Shanghai. (We will go to Shanghai instead.)
5) (get) close to 接近，靠近
At last, the plane was _______ _____ (能夠) get close to the people who was in the __________ (burn) building.
He lives close to me.
Come and sit close to me.
6) nature 表示“自然、大自然”，不和the連用：
People generally enjoy the beauty of nature.
These years people are _________ ___ _________ (回歸自然) for better air and better surroundings.
Nature還有“天性、本質”的含義：
Peter has a happy nature. Peter天性快樂。
Human nature人性
7) take exercise 從事體育鍛煉
do morning exercises 做早操
You should often _______ _______, but not sit at your desk doing _________ all day. (你不能整天伏案做練習，而應該經常參加體育鍛煉。)
8) equipment 是一個集體名詞，不可數概念：
a __________ ____ equipment (一件)
The whole equipment for the lab has been shipped on site.
9) go for a hike “去徒步旅行”。類似的結構很多，如go for a swim, go for a walk等。如：
Let’s go for a swim in the afternoon! 我們下午去游泳吧！
有時也可用go hiking, go swimming等。
10) Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety.
fun是一個不可數名詞，不和a 連用：
He is fun.
Those games are great fun.
It is fun to go swimming in summer.
有關fun 的詞組：
She dislikes ________ made fun ___ ____ public. (make fun of)
Have fun!
They are having so much fun! Don’t call them back. 他們玩得多么愉快！不要叫回他們。
for fun 當作玩笑；為了好玩；不是認真的
He writes just for fun, not for a living. 他寫作僅僅是為了樂趣，而不是為了謀生。
funny滑稽可笑的
11) watch out for dangers 警惕、注意危險（的事情）
watch for 警惕或注意…:
Watch out for cars and buses when you are crossing the road.
Watch out也可單獨使用：
Watch out! A car is coming near.
12) protect … from / against 保護…不受…的傷害
Wear ____ _______ _____ (一付) sun glasses to protect your eyes from / against the sun.
區別：prevent … from 和stop …from以及keep… (from) doing sth阻止…做某事：
The rain __________ us _______ _________ out. (大雨阻止我們出門)
13) paddle down rivers “沿著河流走”，當down作“沿著…”的時候，往往等于along:
He ___ _________ down / along the street ________ it began to rain. (他正走…這時候)
14) experience nature 經歷/感受大自然
experience 動詞，“經歷”：experience difficulties / fear 經歷困難/恐懼
experience作“經驗”解時，是不可數名詞：
He has _________ (豐富的) / __________ (很多) experience in teaching.
作“經歷”時， 是可數名詞：
She had a lot of unforgettable _____________ in South China.
15) fallen trees 倒下的樹
正在飄落的葉子：________________ （地上的）落葉：__________________
發展中國家：_____________________ 發達國家：______________________
英語口語：_______________________ 筆頭英語：_______________________
16) be careful not to do sth小心，不要做某事
Be careful not to touch that ___________ (run) machine!
Be not careful to do something 不小心做了某事：
She was _____ _______ _____ __________ the coffee cup. (不小心打破了)
19) go rafting “乘筏漂流”，該結構和go boating, go hiking一樣。
20) similarities 相似（的人或物），單數是similarity, 形容詞是similar, 可以構成be similar to 的結構：
You can clearly see the similarities between the two sisters.
Your idea is _________ ____ ___________ (類似與我的).
Language study
1) particular 特指的，特定的；挑剔的
He has his particular ____________. 他有他特別的興趣愛好。
The story happened on that particular day. 故事就發生在那一天。
I'm not particular about my clothes; I don't mind what I wear.
我不怎么講究我的衣服，我不在乎我穿什么。
2) go on separate holidays 去度各自不同的假
vacation, holiday 和leave 都有假的意思，他們的一般區別是：
vacation 是美式英語，既可表示長的，也可表示一兩天的假日：
I’ll go for my __________vacation in Beijing. (暑假)
Holiday 平時常用。當指較長的假期時， 可以用復數形式（但不一定）：
Do you have a holiday on Saturdays? 禮拜六他休息嗎？
She usually stays in the South for her ___________ holidays. 寒假她通常在南方過。
Leave主要指事假或病假：
He had six weeks' sick leave. 他有六個星期的病假。
3) in a few days’ time “在幾天的時間之后”，也可寫成in a few days或a few days away，例如：
His birthday is in a few weeks’ time. = His birthday is in a few weeks. = His birthday is a few days away.
4) When are you off to Guangzhou? 你什么時候離開這里去廣州？
Be off“（離開這里）去某地”，表示一種狀態：
I must ______ _______ (得走了) now.
He is off in Beijing. 他遠在北京呢。
如果表示動作“離開(這里)前往某地”，就用go off:
I’m going off to Beijing next week.
6) And say “Hi” to Bob for me. 代我向Bob問好。
Say “Hi” to = say hello to，“向…問好”，類似的結構有：
Say _______ to 向…道別 say ______ to不同意 say ________ to向…致歉 say _________ / ________ to同意
Let’s walk to the old scientist and say ________ to him. (打招呼)
7) In the past, people used to travel by horse.
Used to 指過去經常性的行為：
I used to _______ ____ ________(熬夜晚) when I lived in the country.
Did you use to get up late? = Used you to get up late?
You used to get up late, _______________________? / _______________________?
There _______ _____ _______ a school here, but now there isn’t any.
Integrating skills
1) eco-travel 生態旅游
2) a form of 一個…的形式
Going hiking is a form of travel.
in the form of以…的形式
He asked a question in the form of a letter.
form 也是一個動詞，“組成”：
40 students form our class.
3) combine … with …
Combine this kind of medicine with that kind, and you’ll get something very special.
4) travel for pleasure “快樂旅游”，或travel for fun
5) on the other hand “另一方面”，通常與on the one hand連用：
On the one hand, we should work hard at our lessons; on the other hand, we also want to have a good rest.
6) find out “查明、弄清”，一般指通過努力查出事情的真相
Please find out _______ they are doing now. (做什么)
Find 找到丟失的東西：
________ you ________ your lost pen? (你找到了嗎？)
Find 還可以表示人的感覺：
I find ________ I am doing something _________ (無用).
7) as well as “也，以及，又，還有”，注意該結構在句子里的位置
We learn English, as well as Chinese. 除了中文，我們還學英文。
He, as well as his two friends, ________ (be) there yesterday.
We learn Chinese, and English as well.
8) By staying at hotels in Red River Village, tourists can help the villagers make money …
by (doing) something “通過做某事”，通常表示方式：
__________ do you ________ by (saying) that? (你是什么意思)
___ ________ hard ____(通過在英語方面用功) English for all these years, she can _______________(交流) with foreign tourists freely.
9) take good care of
The old in China ______ _______ good _______ ______. (被好好地照顧)
本單元語法：進行時態表示最近的將來
英語中有一些動詞可以用進行時表示將來的行為，這些行為往往表示按計劃、安排等即將要發生的事。這類動詞往往是一些位移動詞，如：go, come, move, fly, stay 等。
My bother Bob is coming with me to the airport to see me off.
We are _____ (飛) to New York next week.
Mr Li is _____ ___ his ____ _____ this Friday.(搬遷)
How long are you staying here?