look for 意为“寻找”，而find意为“找到，发现”，前者强调“找”这一动作，并不注重“找”的结果，而后者则强调“找”的结果。例如：She can?t find her ruler. 她找不到她的尺子啦。 Tom is looking for his watch，but he can?t find it.汤姆正在寻找他的手表，但没能找到。 12. be sleeping/ be asleep
be sleeping 表示动作，意思是“正在睡觉”；be asleep 表示状态，意思是“睡着了”。 如：---What are the children doing in the room? 孩子们在房间里做什么？---They are sleeping.他们正在睡觉。
The children are asleep now.现在孩子们睡着了。 13. often/ usually/sometimes often 表示\经常\，sometimes表示\有时候\，在表示发生频率上often要高于usually，usually要高于sometimes。这三个词表示的是经常性，一般性的动作或情况，常与一般现在时连用，常位于主要谓语动词的前面，其他谓语动词（be动词，情态动词和助动词）的后面，有时也可位于句尾。如果要加强语气，则放在句首。
We usually play basketball after school.我们通常放学后打篮球。Sometimes I go to bed early.有时，我睡觉很早。
He often reads English in the morning.他经常在早晨读英语。
14. How much/ How many
how much常用来询问某一商品的价格，常见句式是How much is / are…?
How much is the skirt? 这条裙子多少钱？How much are the bananas? 这些香蕉多少钱？ how much后加不可数名词，表示数量，意为“多少“，how many后加可数名词的复数形式。 How much meat do you want? 你要多少肉呀？How many students are there in your class? 你们班有多少人？
15. be good for/ be good to/ be good at
be good for 表示\对……有好处\，而be bad for表示\对……有害\；be good to表示\对……友好\，而be bad to表示\对……不好\；be good at表示\擅长，在……方面做得好\，而be bad at表示\在……方面做得不好\。
如：Doing eye exercises is good for your eyes.做眼保健操对你的眼睛有好处。 Eating too much is bad for you health.吃的太多对你的身体有害。 Miss Li is good to all of us.李老师对我们所有的人都很友好。 The boss is bad to his workers.这个老板对他的工人不好。
Li Lei is good at drawing, but I'm bad at it.李雷擅长画画，但是我不擅长。
16. each/ every
each 和every都有\每一个\的意思，但含义和用法不相同。each从个体着眼，every从整体着眼。each 可用于两者或两者以上，every只用于三者或三者以上。
如：We each have a new book.我们每人各有一本新书。There are trees on each side of the street.街的两旁有树。
He gets up early every morning.每天早晨他都起得早。
each可以用作形容词、副词和代词；every只能用作形容词。如：Each of them has his own duty.他们各人有各人的义务。They each want to do something different.他们每个人都想做不同的事情。
17. 一般现在时/现在进行时
一般现在时表示经常性的或习惯性的动作或存在的状态，也表示说话者的能力，还有自然现象；而现在进行时表示正在进行或发生的动作（构成方式为am/is /are/+doing）。 I do my homework in the evening.我在晚上做作业。I'm doing my homework now.我现在正在做
作业。
现在进行时常与now, these days, at the moment 或Look, listen等词连用；而一般现在时常与often, always, sometimes, usually, every day, in the morning, on Mondays等连用。 We often clean the classroom after school.我们经常放学后打扫教室。 Look! They are cleaning the classroom .看！他们正在打扫教室呢。 【考点扫描】
中考考点在本单元主要集中在：
1．动词一般现在时和现在进行时的用法，人称代词的用法，可数名词和不可数名词的构成和用法。
2．本册书中常见的交际用语 3．本册书中一些重点的词组和短语
考试形式往往是单项填空、完形填空、短文改错和短文填空。 【中考范例】
1.（2004年安徽省中考试题）
---Hurry up! We?re all waiting for you.
---I ________ for an important phone call. Go without me.
A. wait B. was waiting C. am waiting D. waited
【解析】答案：C。表示现在正在进行的动作，用现在进行时。 2. (2004年长春市中考试题)
Could you help ___ with ____ English, please?A. I, my B. me, me C. me, my D. my, I
【解析】答案：C。第一个空作宾语，应用人称代词的宾格me, 第二个空作定语，应用形容词性物主代词my。
3.(2004年长春市中考试题)
Dr. White can _______ French very well. A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell 【解析】答案：A。说什麽语言常用动词speak。 4.（2004年黄冈中考试题）
English is spoken by __people. A. a lot B. much many C. a large number of D. a great deal of 【解析】答案：C。只有a large number of 能用来修饰复数可数名词people。 4. he, say, Beijing, big, beautiful, like, work, here 初二年级（上） 【知识梳理】 I. 重点短语
1. on time 2. best wishes 3. give a talk 4. for example 5. short for
6. a waste of time 7. go on a field trip 8. go fishing
9. I agree 10. next week
11. the day after tomorrow
12. have a picnic
13. have some problems doing sth. 14. go the wrong way 15. hurry up 16. get together 17. in the open air 18. on Mid-Autumn Day 19. come over 20. have to 21. get home 22. agree with 23. in the country 24. in town 25. all the same 26. in front of
27. on the left/right side 28. next to
29. up and down 30. keep healthy 31. grow up 32. at the same time 33. the day before yesterday 35. last Saturday 36. half an hour ago 37. a moment ago 38. just now 39. by the way 40. all the time 41. at first
II. 重要句型
1. have fun doing sth. 2. Why don?t you…? 3. We?re going to do sth. 4. start with sth. 5. Why not…? 6. Are you going to…? 7. be friendly to sb. 8. You?d better do sth. 9. ask sb. for sth. 10. say goodbye to sb. 11. Good luck(with sb)!
III. 交际用语
1.Welcome backto school!
2.Excuse me. I?m sorry I?m late, because the traffic is bad. 3.It doesn?t matter. 4.Happy Teachers? Day ! 5.That?s a good idea.
6.What are you going to do？ 7.Where are we going ? 8.What are we going to do ? 9.I?m good at…
10.It?s not far from…
11. Are you free tomorrow evening?
12.Would you and Lily like to come over to my home for Mid-Autumn Festival? 13.I?m glad you can come. 14.Thanks for asking us. 15.How about another one? 16.May I have a taste? 17.Let me walk with you. 18.What do you have to do? 19.Do you live on a farm?
20.Which do you like better, the city or the country? 21.Which do you like best, dogs, cats or chickens? 22.Shall we go at ten? Good idea!
23.---Let?s make it half past one. ---OK.
24.---Why not come a little earlier? ---All right.
25.Excuse me. Where?s the nearest post office, please? 26.It?s over there on the right. 27.I?m sorry I don?t know. 28.You?d better… 29.Thank you all the same. 30.Which bus do I take? 31.Go along this road.
32.What day was it yesterday? 33.I?m sorry to hear that. 34.I hope you?re better now. 35.Why did you call me? 36.I called to tell… IV. 重要语法
1.be going to的用法； 2.形容词的比较级、最高级； 3.形容词和副词的比较 4.一般过去时