Unit 4 Why
don’t you talk to your parents?

重点知识：

1.Why don't
you do sth. ?= Why not do sth.? 为什么不......呢？

【拓展】用于提建议的句型有：

 (1) What about sth / doing sth. ?=How about
sth. / doing sth.? .(做)…怎么样？

 (2) Why don’t you do sth.? 为什么不呢？

 (3) Let’s do sth.让我们一起做某事吧。

 (4) Shall we/I do sth.? 我们做…好吗？

 (5) had better (not) do sth. 最好做/不做某事

 (6) Will/Would you please do sth.? 请你做…好吗？

 (7) Would you like to ddo sth.? 你想去做某事吗？

 (8) Would you mind doing sth.？你介意做某事吗？

【回答】

 (1). 同意对方的建议时，一般用：

   ◆ Good
idea. / That’s good idea. 好主意

   ◆OK/
All right. / Great. 好/ 行/太好了

   ◆ Yes,
please. / I’d love to. 是的/ 我愿意

   ◆ I
agree with you. 我同意你的看法

   ◆ No
problem. 没问题

   ◆Sure./
Of course./ Certainly. 当然可以

   ◆Yes,
I think so. 对，我也这样想

 (2).对对方的帮助或要求表示委婉谢绝时，一般用：

   ◆ I
don’t think so. 我认为不是这样

   ◆Sorry,
I can’t. 对不起，我不能

   ◆I’d
love to, but…我愿意，但恐怕……

   ◆ I’m
afraid… 恐怕……

【2013天津4】35.—
Why not go to Lao She Teahouse tonight?  
— ______.

   A. It doesn't matter. B. Thank you. C. Sorry
to hear that. D. Sounds great.

【2013广东广州4】25.—I
feel really tired.                   —______

     A. Lucky you!       B. You’d better work harder.

     C. Congratulations!    D. Why not go and have a rest?

【2013四川凉山3】37.
—It’s a nice day, isn’t it?  —Yes. ______
going hiking and relax ourselves?

       A. Why not B. Why don’t C. What about

【2013湖南益阳】You
look too tired. Why not _____ a rest?

       A. Stop to have B. to stop having C.
stop having

2.(1)too many+ 复数名词 许多 too many people

—
What’s the matter? 

    — I have a stomachache. Maybe I have eaten
___ tonight.

     A. too much B. too many C. much too

  (2) so conj. 因此  (表示因果关系，后面跟表示结果的句子，不与because同时使用）

【2013浙江舟山、嘉兴1】18.
The shops were closed_______ I didn't get any milk.

                        A. so B. as C. or  D. But

3. allow sb..
to do sth. 允许某人做某事  allow
v 允许

  ①We
don’t allow ___________(smoke) in the reading room.

  ②Our
teacher allows us ____________(go) out for a walk.

4.What’s
wrong( with sb../ sth.)? （某人/物） 怎么了？

【2013四川南充】— Mum
, I’m not feeling well.     — Oh, dear! _____.

    A. What’s wrong? B. Not at all.  C. All right.

5. until 直到......时

【2013山东临沂2】23.
Please hold on to your dream _____ one day it comes true.

                 A. if B. until C. unless D.
though

【2013浙江丽水3】18.
—Hey, man. You can’t cross the street now.

                      You have to wait  _____the traffic turn green.

                    —Oh, sorry and thank you.  A. when B. after C. until D. while

6. go to
sleep 去睡觉 (强调“入睡，睡着”这一动作）

 fall asleep睡觉 (强调“入睡，睡着”这一状态）

    --What does he do？ --He                           .

    He
______________ after a long walking.

7. look 看起来 （系动词，后跟形容词作宾语）

【2012江苏】Some
of friends eat with their eyes. They prefer to (更喜欢)what___
nice.

     A. feels B. smells C. looks D. tastes

【拓展】：系动词：后跟adj. 作表语

一是：（be） am
/is /are be quiet=keep quiet 保持安静

二保持：stay/keep（表示持续状态） stay healthy=keep healthy 保持健康

三变化：become/get/turn（表示状态变化）

五起来：sound
/ look / smell / taste / feel （表示感觉）

   (  )
Jack usually gets ______ when he speaks in public.

      A. happily B. exciting C. worried D.
tired

   (  )
Tom’s father looks very _____. But he is very kind.

      A. seriously B. serious   C. friendly

8. call up (v + adv)   call on 拜访；号召

 I call up my parents every Sunday.

9. find sb..
doing sth. 发现某人正在做某事

Mr.
Wang found Li Dong reading a storybook in the class.

类似动词：hear，watch,
see, feel

【贵州安顺】When
I went into the room, I found ___ in bed.

        A.
him lying B. he lying C. he lies D. him was lying

10. look
through 浏览

【拓展】与look相关的短语：

【2013四川】9.
Can you help me to __ my dog when I leave for Hong Kong?

               A. look after B. look for C.
look at D. look through

【2013湖北】30.
Here is the book. First___it and then tell me what you think of it.

               A. look into B. look through C.
look up D. look after

11. be angry
with sb.. 生某人的气

 【拓展】angry
adj. 生气的→ angrily adv. 生气地

 【记】 My
father was very __________(对……生气)his
computer.

         He hit the computer _______(angry)

     (  )
— Why are you unhappy, Kate?

         — I didn’t finish my homework again.
I’m afraid Miss Gao will be __ me.

          A. angry with B. friendly to C. proud
of

     (  )
I was very angry ____ myself ___ making such as a stupid mistakes.

          A. at; at B. with; for C. at; with D.
with; at

  12. although= though 尽管 , 用来引导让步状语从句。

【注】though
/ although 不能与but连用

   ___my father isn’t pleased with his working
environment, he still works hard.

       A. And B. Although C. But D. Before

   — The
boy can speak both English and Japanese _________ he is only ten.

   — Wow, what a clever boy!

       A. if B. because C. although

   —Look! Some people are running the red
lights.

   —We should wait _______ others are breaking
the rule.

       A. if B. unless C. although D. because

【拓展】although
/ however辨析

 ⑴although
conj，“虽然；即使；纵然”，引导让步状语从句时放在主句前后都可。

    Although he is very old, yet he is quite
strong.他虽然年纪大了，但身体还很健壮。

 ⑵ however adv. 在句中作插入语，起一个连词的作用，一般用逗号与句子分开，可以

                放在句首或句中，意为“然而，尽管如此”。

       It’s raining hard, however, I think we
should go out.

       雨下的很大，尽管如此，我认为我们还应该出去。

13. It’s not
a big deal. 没什么大不了；不是什么大事（常用于口语中）

   You left your homework at home. 你把作业忘在家里了。

14.  leave v 遗忘，留下

   —Sorry, Mr. Green. I have ____ my homework
at home.

   —Never mind. But don't forger next time.

    A. put B. kept C. left D. remained

15. hope
v. 希望

       hope to do sth.

       hope (that) + 句子

 16. work out 解决；成功地发展，后跟fine,well,
badly等词，表明产生的结果如何。

  The teachers encourage their students to ____
the problems by themselves, and in

 this way students can enjoy success.

   A. give up B. work out C. look through

17. get on
with sb. =get along with sb. 和某人和睦相处；和某人关系良好

   get on well/ badly with 相处的好/坏

     A student in Fudan University was killed
by his roommate just because of

         small things in daily life. It is
important for students to learn how to _____

         each other.

         A. get on with B. come over to C. stay
away from

     —What kind of persons do you prefer to
make friends with?

     —I choose my friends on their characters
and how we __________.

          A. get in B. get up C. get on D. get
off

18. argue 争吵

【2013辽宁锦州】11.
—He looks unhappy today.   —Let’s__________
.

  A. cheer him up B. help out him C. look him
after D. argue with him

19. be nice
to sb. 对某人友好

  be friendly to sb..     be
good to sb..

20. refuse =say
no to v拒绝

①The boy refused __________(go) to see his father
with us.

【2013浙江宁波】74.
He invited her to his birthday party but she _______(拒绝).

21. instead 代替，反而，替   常放在句首或句尾,表示前面的事情没做，而做了后面的事情。

      Lee was ill， so I went
instead.李病了，所以我去了。

 instead of 为介词短语，后面一般接名词、代词、介词短语或动名词形式。

    She wrote to him instead of calling him.   她没有给他打电话，而是给他写了封信。

    = She didn’t call him. She wrote to him
instead.

(  )Health is very important to us. We should
eat more vegetables and fruit__ rich food.

    A. instead B. instead of C. because of D.
because

    We’ve
got no coffee. Let’s have tea _______.  A.
either B. however C. yet D. instead

.To
keep fit, we should have more vegetables and fruit______(代替) of
too much meat.

22. whatever
= no matter what 任何，每一

【2013甘肃兰州】_________
happens, I won’t change my mind.(无论什么）

23. offer
to do sth. 主动提出做某事  offer v. 主动给予

【拓展】( )
The little boy _____ his seat to the old lady on the crowded bus.

          A. offered B. brought C. lent D. took

【2013山东】27.
The little boy ________ his seat to an old lady on the crowded bus.

              
A. lent B. offered C. took D. brought

23. secondly
adv. 第二；其次

24. communicate v. 交流    communication n. 交流；沟通

  They communicate with each other by QQ.

( )
They can’t understand each other so they have difficulty in _____.

     A. communicate B. communicated C.
communicating

25. explain v. 解释；说明  →
explanation n 解释；说明

【江苏扬州】Mr.
Wu always spends a lot of time __________(解释) things to us.

【2012浙江】—Do
you ________that Nancy has been a little too quiet these days?

            —Yes. She didn't even say a word
this afternoon.

             A. hope  B. notice  C. explain  D. decide

26. be
worried about sth. 担心某事

【拓展】worry
v 担心 → worried adj. 焦急的

  (  )① Don’t be _________(worry). You’ll catch up with others.

  (  )② Don’t ____ about things so much. It will make
you stressed out.

         A. afraid B. worry C. worried D.
Terrified

【2013绍兴】－You
look _________ . What's up, sir?

            －I can't find my
ticket, but it's time to check in.

           A. sleepy B. hungry C. tired    D. worried

27. return  ⑴v. 归还=give
back    ⑵v. 回来；返回 =
come back

【2012浙江】He
borrowed my iphone4 and didn’t ________(归还） it
to me.

28. press v 按；压 → pressure压力

 ⑴不可数名词 （物理学）压力    air
pressure 气压 blood pressure 血压

 ⑵不可数名词 还可指精神上、外界施加的压力 =
stress    under pressure 在压力下

29. compete v. 竞争；对抗 → competition n 竞争

  We are ready for the coming
________________(compete).

30. improve = make ... better 改进 →improvement n 提高

31. opinion n 意见；想法；看法     in one’s opinion  以某人的观点； 在某人看来

32. some time
/ sometime / some times / sometimes

【口诀】：分开是一段，合起是某时；分开s 是倍次，合起s是有时

     Mr. Green went to Sanya __________ last
summer.

    ( ) I hope to visit the USA _____ in the
future.

      A. sometimes B. some times C. sometime D.
some time

33. others pron. “其他的人或事物”= other + n.复数

  There are ________ ways of doing it. 做这事还有其他的办法。

 (  ) My
sister is outgoing. She likes making friends with ____.

    A. other B. another C. the other D. others

34. Thy
Taylors 泰勒一家。

在姓氏的复数前加冠词the表示“全家人或夫妻两人”，使用时注意主语和谓语保持一致。

The
Blacks ________ getting ready for the holiday.

【2012广东】____
Greens are preparing for the coming Thanksgiving Day. A. / B.A C. An D. The

35. typical 典型的

36. cut out 删除；删去 (v. +adv. )  You’d better cut out that sentence.

cut
up 切碎 cut down 砍到 cut in 插队 cut
off 切断（水、电）供应

(  ) Don’t ___ when others talk; it’s impolite. A.
cut out B. cut in C. cut down D. cut off

37. successful 成功的  succeed v.成功，达到 →success n 成功

                  →successful adj 成功的   →successfully adv.成功地

  ◆succeed
in doing sth

(  )① If
at first you don’t ____________(success) . try, try again.

(   )② She works very hard ,so she will ____ in ____
the exam.

    A. successful; pass B. success; passing  C. succeed; passing D. successful; passing

     .—What’s the secret of your ______________（success）?   —Work hard.

38. It’s time
for sth 是到做某事的时候了。It’s time for
lunch.

 It’s time to do sth.   It’s
time to go to school.

   (  )
It’s 9:30 pm., children! _____ is time to go to bed.

39. continue 继续；持续

【拓展】continue
doing sth =go on doing sth 继续做某事(前后做同一件事)

       continue to do sth = go on to do sth 继续做某事（前后不是同一件事）

  ①Let’s
continue____________(read) the text.

  ②Many
students hope to continue ________ (study) after _______(finish) school.

（  ）③ The two teams continued _____ the game after
half an hour.

      A. play B. to play C. playing D. played

40. continue，go
on, last辨析

⑴continue v. 继续，持续，指进程在时间或空间上的延续，强调持续不断，有时也可以

指短暂停止后继续进行。

  He continue the work for two days.他连续两天都在做这项工作。

⑵ go on指无间歇或有间歇地继续，或以某种特定方式继续。

   After doing his homework, he went on to
preview his lessons.

做完家庭作业之后，他继续去预习他的研究。

⑶last v.持续，延续，维持，指某事物继续存在或某种现象在时间上延续，说明某一动作

要延续一段时间。

   She won’t last long in that job.那个工作她做不了多久。

41. send→
sent → sent v 发送给……看)

      give (给) lend (借出)
offer（提供） return （归还） tell（ 告诉）

(  ) ① You
fill in both parts of the form, then_____.

     A. send up it B. send for it C. send it
away D. send it off

(  ) Please send a photo of your family ____ me.  A. for B. at C. to D. with

(  ) ---- Drunken drive is dangerous, isn’t it?

    ---- Yeah. That why drunken drivers_____ to
prison even without causing accidents.

     A. sent B. are sent C. send D. are sending

42. all kinds
of 各种各样的

【辨析】kind
of 与kinds of: ”我有点饿”

Uncle
Wang speaks kind of quickly. 王叔叔说得有点快。

    What kind of sport do you like best? 你最喜欢何种运动？

(  ) ①This
kind of skirt looks ___ and sells _____.

      A. nice ; well B. nice; good C. well;
well D. good ;nice

(  ) ②—What
____ animals do you like?

      — Monkeys. I think they’re _____ clever.

   A. kind of; kind of B. a kind of; a kind of  C. kind of; a kind D. a kind of; kind of

(  )③ —
It’s going to rain. Let me fetch an umbrella for you.

      — Thank you ! You are so ____.

    A. lucky  B. kind  C. relaxed  D. Interesting

(  ) —I want to see the movie Iron Man 3 (《钢铁3》). Do
you know the ______ of the ticket?

    —Yes. Five dollars.

      A. number  B. price  C. kind  D. name

43. have time
to do sth. 有时间做某事

(  ) Do you have time _____ this game with us?

   A. to play B. play C. playing D. played

44. compare A
with B 将A和B 比较

  (  ) ①. People often compare a teacher ________a
candle.   A. to B. into C. as D. with

【2011四川广元】— Why
are most children under too much pressure ?

             — Because their parents always
compare them ___ others.  A. with B. by
C. to

45. be good
for 对......有好处

【拓展】good
( better ; best) adj. 好的 → goodness n 好处；善行 ；美德

【记】The
boy is good ______me .He is good ______English , and he tells me oral practice
is good ______improve spoken English.

【新疆中考】I
think drinking milk is good ____ our health. 
A. for B. to C. with D. at

【湖北咸宁】 — I
think drinking milk every morning is good ____ our health.

            — Yes, I agree _____ you.

               A. to; to B. with; to C. at;
with D. for; with

【山东临沂】English
is my favorite subjiect , and I am good ___ it. A. for B. to C. at D. of

46. development发展

【2012江苏泰州】Good
habits are good for the ___________(develop) of us teenagers.

【2012江苏盐城】The
____________(develop) of science has changed our world a lot.

47. cause v. 造成，使发生

( ) ① She always ___ trouble ___ people.

    A. cause; to B. cause ; for C. causing; to
D. causing; for

( ) ② Every year driving after drinking wine ____ a
lot of traffic accidents.

     A. happens B. provides C. causes

【拓展】 cause, reason, excuse辨析

⑴ cause n.原因，指引起某种结果的“原因”，后接介词of.

  The cause of the accident was the fact that
he was driving too fast.

    事故的原因是他开车开的太快。

⑵ reason n.理由，原因，指决定做某事或采取某项行动的理由。

   The reason he was driving so fast was that
he didn’t want to miss an important meeting.

他开车如此快的原因是他不想错过一个重要的会议。

⑶ excuse n.辩解，借口，指对某种行为所做的解释，可以是真的，也可以是托词。 He
made a good excuse for his driving. 他为自己开快车找了一个堂皇的借口。

 (  )
What ___ the flowers to die?    A. made B.
had C. caused D .get

 (  ) Do
you often ___ trouble ____ your parents? A. get; into B. pay; for C. cause; for
D. give; to

48. perhaps 也许；可能

【拓展】perhaps，probably，possibly，maybe辨析

⑴perhaps意为“也许，可能”，一般指比较小的可能性。

    Perhaps I will see him the day after tomorrow,
but I am not sure.

     也许我后天去看他，不过我不能确定。

⑵probably“很可能，大概”，其可能性最大，表示一种几乎完全肯定的意思。

   He will probably refuse the offer.他很可能会拒绝这份提议。

    ⑶possibly意为“可能，或许，也许”，可能性较大。

    I’ll see you today, or possibly tomorrow.我今天要见你，不过也可能是明天。

⑷maybe“或许，大概”，主要用于非正式场合，常用在口语中，语气比perhaps轻。

  Maybe you put the letter in your basket. 或许你把信放在你的篮子里了。

49. crazy.
adj. 不理智的；疯狂的 (在句中作定语、表语、宾语补足语)

 be crazy about 对……着迷；热衷于……   I’m crazy about
football.

50. It’s +
adj.(easy, difficult, important, necessary) +(for sb.) to do sth

【注】若形容词表示事物特征的，如：easy
,difficult, hard ,important等，须用介词for 【形容物，用for】

【注】 若形容词表示人的性格、品质与特点，如：good
,kind ,nice, wrong等，用介词

of。【形容人用of】

【2012山东东营】It’s
very convenient ___ us to buy train tickets now because we can buy them either
from the station or on the Internet.    A. to B. of C. by D. for

① It’s
important for us _______(learn) English well.

② It’s
hard for us ____________(finish) this task in two days.

(  )③ It’s
very nice ____ you to help me a lot.  A.
for B. of C. in D. on

(  ) ④ It’s
very ___ of you to work out the problem for me. A. kind B. polite C. clever D.
easy

51. keep on
doing 继续做某事  Mr. Li kept _________(work) here for
nearly 30 years.

重点语法：

1. should的用法

   should为情态动词，表示劝告、建议，意为“应该”，它和其他情态动词一样，没有人称和数的变化，后接动词原形，其否定形式为shouldn’t。

    Maybe she should say sorry to you.也许她应该跟你说声对不起。

 2.could的用法

  情态动词could既是can的过去式，表示过去的能力，又可以表示谨慎、客气的建议，后接动词原形，其否定形式为couldn’t。

My grandfather
could drive well even at the age of eighty. 我的祖父甚至到了80岁任然能很好地驾车。

You could go out
and buy her some medicine. 你可以出去给他买些药。

(  ) The girl_____ read before she went to
school?  A. Could B. Couldn’t C. Should
D. May

 3.状语从句

状语从句就是在句子中作状语的从句。状语从句有好几种，如时间状语从句、原因状语从句、条件状语从句、结果状语从句、目的状语从句等。本单元重点讲述以下三种类型的状语从句。

1. until引导的时间状语从句

until意为“直到；在........之前”。注意until和not.....until在用法上的区别。

Until：在带有till或until引导的时间状语从句里

如果主句用肯定式，其含义是“一直到……时”，谓语动词只能用延续性动词。如果主句用否定式，其含义是“直到……才……”, 谓语动词可用瞬间动词。

The
young man read till the light went out.

Let’s
wait until the rain stops.

We
won’t start until Bob come

Don’t
get off until the bus stops.

Continue
in this direction until you see a sign.

  一直朝着这个方向走直到你看见一个指示牌。

I
didn’t wake up until I heard the alarm clock. 直到听到闹钟的铃声我才醒来。

2. so
that引导的目的状语从句

  so that是连词，意为“为的是，以便”，引导目的状语从句。

 注意so that, in
order that和in order to在用法上的区别。

   Let me take down your telephone number so that
I can call you later.

   让我记下你的号码，为的是以后好打电话给你。

3. although引导的状语从句

  although的用法意思相当于though（尽管，虽然），用来引导让步状语从句。它所引导的从句不能与并列连词but，and， so等连用，但可以和yet， still等词连用。

① Although the book was old, we decided to buy it. 尽管这本书很旧,我们还是决定买。