2013秋季新版八年级上册英语第一至十单元知识点小结
Unit1   Where did you go on vacation?
1. go on vacation 度假　 vacation相当于holiday，但vacation表示长的假期。
2. visit museums   参观博物馆                3. go to summer camp去参观夏令营
4. something interesting有趣的东西              5. in excitement  兴奋地
1）something，anything，nothing，everything是指物的不定代词。
somebody，someone，anybody，anyone，nobody，everybody，everyone是指人的不定代词。
somewhere，anywhere，nowhere，everywhere是指地点的不定代词。
2）当形容词修饰不定代词、不定副词时，放于其后； something special; somewhere wonderful.
3）不定代词、不定副词做主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数。如：
   Is everybody here? 大家都到齐了吗？
 4）something，somebody，someone，somewhere用于肯定句及表示请求或建议的疑问句中，而anything，anybody，anyone，anywhere用于否定句、疑问句及条件状语从句中。如：
Did you do anything interesting? 你做了有趣的事吗？（表疑问）
Why don’t you visit someone with me? 你为什么不跟我一起去拜访下某个人呢？（表建议）
  If anything happens, please tell me. 如果有事情发生，请告诉我。
6.buy sth. for sb. 或 buy sb. sth   如： buy some books for me. = buy me some books.
7.提建议的句子：                   8. ride bicycles  骑自行车
①What/ how about +doing sth.?   如：What/ How about going shopping? 
②Why don’t you + do sth.?       如：Why don’t you go shopping?
     ③Why not + do sth. ?            如：Why not go shopping?  
     ④Let’s + do sth.                 如： Let’s go shopping
     ⑤Shall we/ I + do sth.?           如：Shall we/ I go shopping?
9. long time no see 好久不见            10 . most of the time 大多数时间
11.enjoyable activities 令人愉快的活动    12. try paragliding 尝试滑翔伞运动
13. 辨析： get to/reach/arrive       都是“到达“的意思
get to+地点=reach+地点= arrive at+地点（小）=arrive in+地点（大）
注意：若他们后面要加地点副词here, there, home等，则不需要加介词。
14.nothing...but...意为“除......之外； 只有”，如：
I have nothing to do but watch TV all day long. 我整天除了看电视什么也没干。 
15. feel like 意为：“感受到；摸起来”，后跟宾语从句或名词。如：
I felt like I was a bird. 我感觉我是一只鸟。  It feels like a stone. 它摸起来像一块石头。
另外，构成短语 feel like doing sth.意为“想做某事”。如：I feel like eating.我想吃东西。
16.   enjoy doing sth . 喜欢做…;乐意做…     
     enjoy oneself  过得愉快   =have fun/have a good time.
17. the top of the hill    山顶             18. feed(fed) hens and pigs   喂鸡和猪
19. I wonder what life was like here in the past. 我想知道过去这里的生活是什么样的
               (n): 奇迹；令人惊讶的事情   如：No wonder! 难怪；不足为奇！  
               (v)   惊讶       如：wonder at sth.  ;   wonder to do sth.
                    感到疑惑；想知道  如：I wonder where they are going.
20.  few与little 的区别：              
 肯定 否定 许多
  可数 a few few quite a few/not a few
不可数 a little little quite a little/ not a little
  如：There is little sugar in the bottle. Can you get some?
21.Still no one seemed to be bored. 仍然没有人感到烦闷。
          1）seem意为“好像；似乎；看来”，是个连系动词，构成的短语有：
  seem to do sth. 好像做某事  如： They seem to wait for you.. 他们似乎在等你。
  seem（to be）+adj. 似乎...... 如： He seemed ( to be) ill yesterday. 昨天他似乎病了。
  It seems that + 从句 似乎...... 如： It seems that he was ill yesterday. 昨天他似乎病了。
其他表示状态的系动词有：feel(觉得）; keep（保持）;stay（保持）;look（看来像...）;
smell（闻起来）sound（听起来……）taste（尝起来……）
 2） bored (adj)，意为“感到厌倦的、无聊的”,其主语是某人；
    boring(adj)，意为“令人厌倦的、无聊的”其主语是某物。 如：
I got bored with the boring work.  我对这无聊的工作感到厌倦。
相类似的词语还有： interested/ tired/ excited/ amazed/surprised
                  surprised/ tiring/ exciting/ amazing/surprising
22. decide（v）决定   decide to (not) do sth. = make a decision (not) to do sth. 
    decision(n)        decide on doing sth.    决定做某事
如：Li Lei has decided to go to Beijing . 李雷已经决定去北京。
23. Because of the bad weather, we couldn’t see anything below.                          
  1） because of + 名词/代词/名短  I had to move because of my job. 因为工作的原因                  
because +　从句   如：I do it because I like it. 我做这件事是因为我喜欢。
  2）below意为“在......下面;低于”，其反义词为 above，意为“在......上面；高于”
24.　 　     形容词/副词＋enough  如：wet/quietly  enough　足够漂亮
  enough   enough ＋名词　如：enough umbrellas 足够的雨伞
    足够    (形/副)＋enough+ (名) to do sth. 　足够…去做…　
如：I have enough money to go to Beijing. 我有足够的钱去北京。
       She is not old enough to go to school.  她年龄不够，不能去上学。
 同义句： She is too young to go to school.  (too… to… :太… 而不能…)
          She is so young that she can’t go to school. 
25.                       so+形/副+that 从句：She is so popular that everyone likes her. 
          such            such+名短+ that 从句：She is such a popular girl that...
 so that 从句：结果…（为了） 如：He gets up early so that he can catch the early bus.

26. 反身代词：myself/yourself/itself/herself/himself/ourselves/yourselves/themselves 
    如：The child (herself) usually wears the clothes (herself).
27．What a difference a day makes! 一天的差异多大啊！make a difference in…：对…有影响
                  1. What a/an + adj.+ n(单)+主+谓！或 What + adj. +n（复不）+主+谓！
                  2. How+ adj. +主+谓（联系动词）！或  How + adv+主+谓（实义动词）！
28.  I just stayed at home most of the time to read and relax.