牛津英语九年级英语Unit1知识点解析和同步测试.doc

Unit 1 Star Signs Reading 课文解析 1. You are patient and do not give up easily. 你是一个有恒心，不轻易放弃的人。 ★give up有“放弃、投降、认输”的意思。如： ① They gave up without a fight. 他们不战而降。 ② She doesn’t give up easily. 她不会轻易认输的。 ★give sb. up或者give up on sb. 有“对某人的到来（或康复、能否找到等）不再抱有希望”的意思。如： ① You are here at last. We’d given you up. 你终于来了。我们都以为你不来了呢。 ② Their parents hadn’t heard from him in the front for so long. They had given him up for dead. 他们的父母已经很长时间没有收到他在前线的来信，都以来他死了。 ★give sb. up还有“与某人断绝关系、不再与某人来往”的意思。如： Why don’t you give him up? 你为什么不和他一刀两断呢？ ★give sth. up有“停止、终止、放弃、抛弃”的意思。如： ① You must give up smoking because it is bad for you health. 你必须戒烟，因为吸烟对你的健康有害。 ② The short boy finally gave up climbing over the wall. 　　那个矮个男孩最后放弃了从墙上爬过去。 ★give oneself up to sb. 解释为“投案、自由”。如： ① The rubber gave himself up to the police after two weeks on the run. 　　那个抢劫犯在逃跑了两个星期后向警方自首了。 ② His father wanted him to give himself up to the police. 　　父亲要他向警方自首。 2. You are a curious and clever person. 你有强烈的好奇心，而且又很聪明。 ★curious作形容词，意为“求知欲强的、好奇的”。如： ① They were very curious about the strange thing in the box. 他们对盒子里陌生的东西感到很好奇。 ② I was curious to find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了什么。 ★curious还可作“稀奇古怪的、奇特的、不寻常的”解。如： ① What a curious mistake! 多么荒谬的错误！ ② It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air. 那是一种奇特的感觉，我们仿佛在空中飘浮。 3. You are outgoing. You are to talk. 你善于交际，有辩才。 ★outgoing作形容词，意为“爱交际的”“友好的”“外向的”。如： ① Nick is an outgoing person. Nice是个爱交际的人。 ② Everyone says she is outgoing. 大家都说她爱交际。 ★outgoing作形容词时，还有“卸任的”“离职的”说法。如： ① The people there don’t trust the outgoing government. 那儿的人民不信任将下台的政府。 ② Mr. Tang is nearly sixty years old. He is an outgoing principle. 　　唐先生近六十岁，他是位即将卸任的校长。 ★outgoing可以解释为“向外的”“离开的”。如： ① This telephone should be used for outgoing calls. 这部电话机用于打外线。 ② All the outgoing passengers stayed at the airport last night. 所有的离境旅客昨晚都滞留在飞机场。 ★outgoing反义词是incoming 4. You love your home and family, and like to take care of others. 你爱家和家人，乐于助人，爱好储蓄和烹饪。 ★take care of作“照顾、照料”