Unit7 what’s the highest mountain in the world?
一、短语归纳
1.take in 吸入；吞入 2.in the face of 面对（问题；困难） 3.at birth 出生时 4.as you can see 正如你所看到的 5.as far as I know 据我所知 6.up to 直
7.prepare ...for...为...准备... 二、用法归纳
1.any other+名词单数 其他任何一个......
2.feel free to ask sb. sth. on ...... 就...随意问某人某事 3.one of the +形容词最高级+可数名词复数 最....的....之一
4.what’s the+形容词最高级+名词 in the world?世界上最....的....是什么？ 5.protect....from/against....保护....使不受；防御 6.succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事 7.teach sb. about sth. 教某人有关.....内容 8.send sb. to do sth. 派某人去做某事
9.There be sb./sth. doing.....有某人/物正在做某事 三、词句精讲
1、The elephant weights many times more than this panda.
这头大象的重量是这只熊猫的很 多倍。
【解析1】weigh v. 称……的重量 → weight n. 重量 She weighs herself every day and wants to lose weight. 【解析2】time ①“是......的几倍”
主语 + 数词 + times + as +形容词+ as +被比较的内容 Our new school is four times as big as the old one. ②“次数” 一次 once 两次 twice
8.fall over 摔倒
9.die from 死于...... 10.cut down 砍倒
11.take care of 照顾；照看 12.or so 大约；左右 13.in danger 处于危险之中
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三次及三次以上 ：基数词 + times three times 三次 three or four times 三到四次 【短语】many times 很多倍 last time (在)上次……时 every time 每次/每回…… each time 每当……时 the first time 第一次……时 next time (当)下次……时 2、At birth, a baby panda is about ___ to ____ kilos.
刚出生的小熊猫幼崽约___到 ____公斤。
【解析】at birth 出生时 give birth ( to sb/ sth) 生孩子；产仔
3、Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast.
林微和其他熊猫饲养员们正在给熊猫幼崽准备牛奶作为早餐。
【解析1】the other 其他的 （指两个事物或两个人中的“另一个”， 后接名词时，表
示“其他的人或物”；
One.... The other ... （两者中）一个......， 另一个........ the others=the other +复数名词
the other的复数形式是the others “其他东西，其余的人”。特指某一范围内的“其他的
（人或物）”。
【解析2】prepare…for… 为……准备……
1). prepare sth.表示\"准备......\"，后接名词或代词作宾语。
Our English teacher was preparing the lessons when I came into the office.我进办公室
时，我们的英语老师在备课。
2). prepare to do sth.表示\"准备做......\"。
They were preparing to cross the river when it began to rain. 他们正准备过河，突然下雨
了。
3). prepare for sth.表示\"为......做准备\"。
The students are busy preparing for the final exam.学生们正在准备期末考试 4、At 9:00 a.m, they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
上午9:00的时候，他们发现大部分熊猫幼崽已经醒来并且饿了。
【解析】awake adj. 醒来 （反义词）asleep 睡着的 She was awake all night. v. 唤醒；使醒来 = wake up The noise awake me.
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5、When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even
walk into their friends and fall down! 当熊猫幼崽们看到饲养员时便激动地跑了过来，有些甚至撞倒它们的伙伴，绊倒在地！ 【解析1】excitement 激动；兴奋
excite v \"(使)兴奋\" →excitement n 激动；兴奋
be excited about 对……感到激动Are you excited about going to Beijing? to one’s excitement 使某人兴奋的是
【解析2】fall down 跌倒
fall “落下，跌落，降落”，指在重力的作用下落下，或失去平衡而跌落 The leaves fall
in the autumn.
fall down强调的是“滑倒、倒下”，后接宾语时应加上介词from The book fell down from the table to the floor.
【短语】 fall down 倒下 fall over 落在...之上, 脸朝下跌倒 fall off 下降, 跌落 fall over“向前摔倒、跌倒”。 6、 The baby often die from illness and do not live very long.
熊猫幼崽常死于疾病，并且活不久。
die v. →（延续性动词） be dead 死，死亡 → death n. 死，死亡→dead adj. 死
的 → dying adj. 将死的
【拓展】die from 死于 die v“死”表示生命的结束→ dead adj 死的→death n 死亡 ⑴ die from + 外因 “死于……”，主要指事故等方面的外部原因。 die from a traffic accident 死于交通事故
The old man died from a car accident last year. 这个老人去年死于一场车祸 （2） die of + 内因 主要指疾病、衰老、情感等自身原因
die of hunger/an illness 饿/病死 His grandfather died of liver cancer in 1992.
⑶ die out“（家族、物种等）灭绝；绝迹 Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. 恐
龙在六千五百万年前灭绝了 【解析2】illness 疾病；病
ill /sick 共同点：\"生病的；有病的\"
不同点：ill adj.\"生病的；有病的\"作表语，不能作定语
be ill in hospital
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sick 作表语/作定语，\"病人\"a sick man 或the sick,
She is ill / sick in bed. 她卧病在床。She is looking after her sick father .她在照顾她生
病的父亲。
7、Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
成年熊猫每天花12个小时来吃掉大约10公斤的竹子。 【解析】spend … (in) doing 花时间做某事 【拓展】spend/pay/cost/take 花费 (1)spend→spent→spent v 花费,主语是人
sb.+ spend +时间/钱+on sth
sb. +spend +时间/钱+（in） doing sth (2) pay →paid →paid v 支付，主语是人
sb.+ pay + 钱+for sth I pay 10 yuan for the book.
(3) cost→ cost→ cost v 花费，主语是某物或某事
sth. cost sb. +钱 某物花费某人多少钱 A new computer costs me a lot of money. (4)take→took → taken v 花费
It takes /took sb. some time to do sth. 做某事花费某人多长时间 It takes him 3 hours to do his homework.
8、But then humans started to cut down the forests, and there was less bamboo for the pandas. 但是后来人类开始砍伐森林，导致可供熊猫吃的竹子越来越少。
【解析1】cut down 砍伐；砍倒 cut down 砍倒，减少，降低，缩短 The little boy cut
down the young tree 【拓展】与cut有关的短语
cut something from something 切下，割下cut something away 切除，剪去 cut up 切
碎 cut off切断，停止 【解析2】less 更少的
⑴less是little（小；少）的比较级： He spends less time (in) doing experiments. 他做
实验花时间较少。
⑵“less+形容词或副词”构成劣等比较，作“较不…”，“更不…”解。 It is less cold than it was yesterday. 天气不如昨天那样冷。
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9、Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the remaining forests. 科学
家们说现在只有不到2000只大熊猫生活在幸存的森林中了
【解析】 There be + 名词（短语） + ving. 某处有某人或某物在做某事 There is a truck collecting rubbish outside. 【解析】remind v保持，仍是（系动词+adj. ）
10、Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
另外的200 只左右生存在动物园或中国和其他国家的研究中心。 【解析】another +数词 另外的……, 再……
another 同类事物（三个以上）的另一个， I don't like this one, please show me another.
some... others一些，另一些Some boys are reading; others are listening to the radio. one ... the other 表示两者里面的另一个！ I've bought two sweaters . One is for you and
the other is for my brother.
other+复数名词Where are the other students? 其他同学在哪里?
11、 Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down forests so
pandas have fewer places to live and less bamboo to eat.熊猫越来越少的另外一个原因是因为人们砍伐森林，所以可供熊猫居住的地方越来越小，可供其吃的竹子也越来越少。
【解析】比较级 +and +比较级 越来越……
colder and colder more and more beautiful 四、语法点
形容词和副词的比较级和最高级 形容词及副词的比较级和最高级变化形式 一、规则变化
1.一般在词尾直接加er或est， tall-taller-tallest，long-longer-longest 2.以不发音的字母e结尾的单词在词尾直接加r或st， nice-nicer-nicest 3.以辅音字母+y结尾的词，把y变为i，再加er或est， heavy-heavier-heaviest
4.重读闭音节，末尾只有一个辅音字母，双写这个辅音字母，再加er或est， big-bigger-biggest
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【注】: 大,红,湿,热,悲,瘦,胖.双写末辅再变级.（big/red/wet/hot/sad/thin/fat ） 5.部分双音节词和多音节词分别在原级前加more构成比较级和most构成最高级， beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful 【注】:表示否定意义在其前加less /least important----less important----least important English is more interesting than Chinese =Chinese is less interesting than English . 6.由 “形容词+ly”构成的副词,在其前加more/ most slowly---more slowly----most slowly；但early—earlier---earliest 二、不规则变化 原级 good/well many/much little old bad/badly/ill far 比较级 better more less old / elder worse farther (距离)/further（程度） 最高级 best most least old /eldest worst farthest /furthest 下列单、双音节词只能加more和most
注: 形容词,副词同形有: back , high , well ,fast, early, late ,straight 三、常见用法
形容词或副词的比较级+than。如：You are taller than Tom. 你比Tom高。 可修饰比较级的词 a bit, a little, rather, much, far, a lot, a great deal, any, still, even.
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