Unit 1 What’s the matter?

重点短语:

have a stomachache have a cold lie down

take one’s temperature have a fever go to a doctor to one’s surprise agree to (do sth.) get into trouble be used to take risks run out (of) cut off get out of be in control of keep on ( doing sth.） give up

语言知识归纳：

1. What’s the matter (with you)?

此句用来询问别人的病情。类似的句子还有： What’s wrong with you?/ What’s the trouble?

matter作动词用，意为“要紧”“有关系”，主要用于疑问句和否定句。 What does it matter? It doesn’t matter.

【例题】Does it ________ if we can’t finish it today?

A. mind B. minds C. matter D. matters

2. I have a sore throat.

have “患病”，常用“have a /an+ 名词”.

have a cold have a fever have a sore back have a stomachache have a cough

【例题】( )---Does he often have ______ cold? ---Yes. He also _____a cough and a sore throat.

A. a; has B. /; has C. a; have D. /; have

3. Lie down and rest! 躺下休息 lie down 躺下

单词 词义 过去式 过去分词 现在分词 lie lied lied lying 说谎 lie lay lain lying 躺，平放

4. That’s probably why. 那可能就是原因。

probably意为“很可能，大概”，表示的可能性很大，是一种近乎肯定的意思。

5. hurt v. 使受伤；伤害；疼痛

He hurt his leg when he fell. 他摔伤的时候伤了腿。

My feelings were hurt when he didn’t ask me to the party.他没有请我参加聚会使我很伤心。

6. The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping...公交车司机，24岁的王平……

24-year-old 是用连字符连接数字和名词所构成的一个形容词结构，意思是“24岁的”。 （名词必须用单数，常用在名词前做定语）

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【例题】A____girl named DongXinyi looked after her disabled father.

A. three-year-old B. three-years-old C. Three years old

7. expect vt. 期待；预期；期盼 expect的常见用法: expect+名词/代词 The old man is expecting his daughter’s visit. expect to do sth. I expect to get a birthday present from my dad. expect sb. to do sth. Do you expect him to teach you English? I expect that you will get there soon. expect +从句 【辨析】expect与look forward to 两者都有期待的意思 look forward to doing sth. I’m looking forward to seeing Tom.

8. But to his surprise...但是令他吃惊的是……

to one’s surprise 表示“令人惊奇的是……”，相当于“主语+be+surprised” To his surprise, he found the girl was bind.

= He was surprised to find the girl was blind. 令他惊奇的是，他发现这个女孩是个盲人。 【拓展】in surprise表示“惊奇的”，相当于副词性短语，用来修饰动词。 The two girls looked at each other in surprise. 那两个女孩惊奇地互相看着。 be surprised at表示“对……感到惊讶”。

We are very surprised at the news. 听到这个消息，我们很诧异。 surprising 表示“使人惊奇的”，作表语时，主语是事物。

9. They don’t want any trouble. 他们不想惹麻烦。

① trouble用作名词，意为“烦恼，困难，麻烦，疾病等”。 His life is full of trouble. 他的生活充满了烦恼。 What’s the trouble? 怎么了？

② trouble用作动词，意为“麻烦，打扰”。 I’m sorry to trouble you. 抱歉打扰你。 【拓展】与trouble相关的短语

in trouble处于困境中 get into trouble陷入困境 Have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难

【例题】-How is your English study? -Not bad. But I_____learning English grammar. A. am interested B. am good at C. have a little trouble D. have no trouble

10. 辨析 used to do sth. 与 be used to sth. / doing sth. ↓ ↓

过去常常…… 习惯于某事/做某事

We used to draw pictures badly. You will get used to the weather here. In the end, I got used to doing hard work.

11. 辨析 run out 与run out of

人+ run out of They have run out of the water.

物+ run out (不可用于被动语态） The money is running out. 【例题】选出能代替句中画线部分的一项

( ) Yesterday I used up all the salt to cook dumplings. I need to buy some now. A. ate up B. run out of C. ran of D. ran out of

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12. make decisions = make a decision 作出决定

decision为decide的名词形式

make a decision to do sth. = decide to do sth. 13. be in control of 管理；控制

A teacher should be in control of his class.

重点语法：情态动词should的用法

（1）should后接动词原形，变否定句在should后加not, 变一般疑问句时将should提前。 （2）should常用于以下两种情况： ① 提出建议

You looked tired. You should lie down and rest. ② 表推测，意为“该，按理应当”。

Wait a minute. I think he should come in a minute.

课堂练习题

一、单项选择题

1. ( ) ---What’s the ______ with you? ---I have got a cold.

A. wrong B. matters C. matter

2. ( ) ---I have a bad _____. ---You should see a dentist.

A. throat B. toothache C. cold

3. ( ) I saw a book _____ on the ground.

A. lie B. to lie C. lying

4. ( ) I was ______ to walk on.

A. very tired B. too tired C. so tired

5. ( ) He eats ______ food, so he is _____ fat.

A. much too; too much B. much too; too many C. too much; much too D. too much; too many

6. ( ) There were ______ people in the park last Sunday.

A. too much B. many too C. too many

7. ( ) ---I’m too tired after the long walk. ---_______.

A. You should have a fever B. You should have a rest C. You must see a dentist

8. ( ) You are ill. You’d better ______ for a while.

A. lied down B. lay down C. lie down

9. ( ) She should _____ a good rest. She _____ tired.

A. has; look B. has; looks C. have; looks

10. ( ) ---I’m not _____. ---Oh. I hope you’ll be _____ soon.

A. feeling well; better B. feeling well; fine C. feeling good; better

11. ( ) ---I have a bad cold. I feel terrible. ---______.

A. All right B. Is that so C. I’m sorry to hear that

12. ( ) Are you ____when someone looks at you in ____?

A. surprised; surprise B. surprised; surprised C. surprising; surprise

13.( ) It is five years since we began to enjoy a ____spring holiday each year. A. ten-day B. ten day C. ten day’s

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14.( ) You should really ____smoking. It’s a terrible habit. A.grow up B. pick up C. give up

15.( ) He found _____very interesting _____a horse. A. that; to ride B. it; to ride C. it; riding

二、完成对话，一空一词。

A: Good afternoon, Mrs Brown! What can I do 1 you? B: Good afternoon, Doctor. I’m not 2 well. A: What’s the 3 with you? B: My head hurts.

A: Do you have a 4 ? B: No. My temperature 5 to be all right. A: Open your mouth and say “Ah”. B: Ah!

A: Nothing 6 . You’d 7 stay in bed for a day 8 two. And 9 this Medicine twice a day. B: 10 . 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10

三．阅读理解

Mrs Wang speaks very good English, but she knows a little Japanese. One day, she goes to Tokyo for a meeting. The next day she goes to a park and then does some shopping. At noon, she goes to a restaurant and sits down at a table. A man comes up to her and asks what she wants. She says she wants some noodles, chicken and some vegetables. She speaks English to him, but the man doesn’t know English. Mrs Wang looks around. No one is eating noodles. When she sees a piece of paper on her table, she has an idea. She takes a pen out of her handbag and writes the Chinese words for the food on the paper. She gives the paper to the man. The man looks at it and say “OK”. Very soon he brings her a bowl of nice hot noodles with chicken and some vegetables.

1. ( ) Mrs Wang goes to Tokyo ______.

A. to visit a park B. to do some shopping C. to have a meeting D. to go to a restaurant

2. ( ) She goes to a restaurant because_________.

A. she wants to go shopping B. she wants to go to a park C. she wants to speak to a man D. she is hungry

3. ( ) The man in the restaurant _________.

A. can speak Chinese B. knows some Chinese C. can speak English D. knows Mrs Wang

4. ( ) Mrs Wang eats _______.

A. some vegetables B. a bowl of noodles

C. some chicken D. a bowl of noodles with vegetables and chicken

5. ( ) Mrs Wang is ________.

A. an English woman B. a Japanese C. a clever D. good at Japanese

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