八年级英语下册unit 4 Section A 2.ppt

2. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night. 1) instead adv. 代替；反而；却 e.g. Lee was ill so I went instead. 李病了，所以我去了。 2) whatever pron. 任何；无论什么 相当于 no matter what e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate with foreigners in English. 李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。 4. Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother? 1) communicate v. 交流；沟通 communicate with sb. 与某人交流 辨析: second和secondly second用作序数词或形容词， 意为“第二”，常修饰名词。 secondly是副词，意为“其次，第二”，常用来修饰整个句子。如： 2) secondly adv. 第二；其次 First, it’s very expensive. Secondly, it’s ugly. 首先，它很贵。其次，它很难看 。 The second day of a week is Monday. 一周的第二天是星期一。 5. Can you explain to me how to do this math problem? explain v. 解释；说明 explain + that / what/ why等从句 explain sth. (to sb.)（向某人）解释某事 e.g. Can you explain what this means? 你能解释一下这个的意思吗？ Please explain it to me. 请你向我解释一下吧。 一、选词填空。 instead argue nervous proper explain 1. My cousin is _______ in front of strangers. 2. He could not come up with a ______ answer. proper nervous 3. The TV shows are boring. Why not play cards _______? 4. I don’t want to _______ with you. It’s waste of time. 5. Please _______ to her how to use a computer. instead argue explain instead argue nervous proper explain 二、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。 1. All the ______________ (communicate) with the outside world was broken. 2. Jim is a doctor. His ________ (old) brother is an engineer. elder communication 3. After high school Mike got a job instead of ________ (go) to university. 4. It’s very kind of you to offer _______ (help) us on the weekend. 5. Firstly we don’t have much money, ________ (second) we are too busy. going to help secondly 1. Read the article several times after school. 2. Make sentences with these words: argue; whatever; instead; nervous; explain; offer to do sth.; communicate with… * 1. I have to study too much so I don