Grade Eight B
1. Do you think there will be robots in people’s home? (P2)
● Do you think 后跟宾语从句。
● There be 句型中不能在出现have/has; There be sth/sb. doing sth.
● 就近原则：There be, Either… or …, Neither…nor …, Not only… but also…,离动词最近的主语决定动词的单复数形式
2．At the weekends, I’ll be able to dress more casually.( P 6)
● be able to 用于任何时态；can 用于一般现在时和过去时态
● dress + 人： 给……穿衣His mother dressed him in new clothes. 表示“穿着”的状态时用：be dressed in + 衣服或颜色。
dress up as, dress oneself, be/get dressed in + 衣服、颜色
put on :穿衣的动作 wear : 穿着衣服的状态 be in + 颜色、衣服、帽子等，强调状态
She was dressed in Russian style. Put on more clothes, or you’ll be cold. Mary is wearing a yellow dress today.
He is wearing a sweater. Whose that man in a red coat over there?
3. They might find it difficult to plan things for themselves. (P16)
● Sb. find/think/feel it adj. for sb. to do sth.
● plan—planned—planning babysit —babysat—babysitting
4. What was the girl doing when the UFO took off? (P19)
take off : (脱下；飞机/小鸟起飞；事业/经济的腾飞，迅速发展)
take+ 时间+off 休假……
5. Lana said she wasn’t mad at Marcia anymore.（P27）
● anymore = any more not … any longer = no longer（谓语用延续性动词） not…any more = no more
● be/get mad at sb. = be/get angry with sb. 生某人的气 be mad about… 对……狂热的
6. If you go to the party, you’ll have a great time.( P34)
● if ：在条件状语中是“如果”的意思，在宾语从句中是“是否”的意思。I don’t know if he will come back, if he comes back, please call me .
● 在状语从句中（由when, after, if, until, unless, as soon as等引导），主句是下列情况之一，从句用一般现在时表示将来的意思：主句有情态动词；主句是祈使句；主句是将来时）
7. If you are famous, people will watch you all the time and follow you everywhere.(P38)
● famous = well-known
● be famous for 因……而出名 (跟出名的原因) be famous as 以……而出名 （跟职业／身份／地位）
● all the time 总是，一直 all the same 仍然、还是
8. Thanks for sending me the snow globe of the monster. (P48)
send sb. sth. = send sth. to sb. give sb. sth.=give sth. to sb pass sb. sth=pass sth. to sb. offer sb. sth.=offer sth. to sb.
lend sb. sth. = lend sth. to sb borrow sb. sth.=borrow sth. to sb. buy sb. sth.=buy sth. for sb.
当直接宾语是代词时，只能放在间接宾语的前面。如：pass it to me buy them for her
9. By the way, what’s your hobby?(P48)
by the way顺便说一下 in the way妨碍、挡路 on the way在途中 in this way 以这种方式
10. The more I learn about Chinese history, the more I enjoy living in China.(P50)
● The + 比较级，the + 比较级 越……， 就越……
● 比较级 +and + 比较级 ; more and more + 原级（能加more的形容词） 越来越……
11. For example, dropping litter is almost newer allowed.
● 例如： for example, …… such as……
●动名词/不定式做主语，谓语用三单形式。
allow sb to do sth. be allowed to do sth.
12. Why don’t you get her a scarf? ( P60 )
●提建议：
Why don’t you + V原？ Why not + V原？ You should + V原. You’d better + V原.
Let’s + V原. How about +Ving? What about+Ving?
13. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.(P65)
● Sb. need to do sth. (主语为人) Sth. need doing sth.（主语为物）
● need: 情态动词、行为动词
● too much + 不可数名词 too many + 可数名词复数 much too + 形容词
● instead: 代替（放在句尾）；然而，相反的（放在居首） instead of…: 代替…… （放在句中）
14. Have you ever been to …？（P 68）
have/has been to 去过，已回来 have/has gone to 去……，未回来 have/has been in 在……
15. Me, neither. ( P 69 )
●甲方怎样，乙方也怎样： So + 谓语+ 主语
●甲方不怎样，乙方也不怎样： Neither/Nor + 谓语+ 主语
●甲方怎样，乙方赞同： So + 主语 + 谓语
●甲方不怎样，乙方赞同： Neither/Nor + 主语 + 谓语 或者：Me, either.
●Neither/Either + 名词单数，谓语用单数
●Neither/Either of + 名词复数，谓语用单数
16. …, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese,…(P74)
●more than = over
●表示人口的“多”用 large/big,表示人口的“少”用small.
●问“人口的多少”时，用“What’s the population of……”
17. I feel like part of the group now. (P80)
想做某事：want to do sth. would like to do sth. feel like doing sth.
18.feed sth. to …. = feed …. with sth. 给……喂…… keep + 动物：饲养动物
19.不敢做某事：be afraid to do sth. 担心出现某种后果：be afraid of doing sth.
如：I’m afraid of falling down from the wall. I’m afraid to climb the tree