I. General Goals for this Unit
1) words and expressions
prefer, would like, in space, in time, famous, experience, get away from, adventure, popular, instead of, get close to, expensive, equipment, simple, go for, tip, watch out for, normal, adventurous, basic, unless, see … off, say Hi to, on the other hand, find out, go hiking, arrive at
2) expressions for communicative uses
a. Asking for advice:
What time shall we meet?
Is it all right if we meet at six?
Where is the best place to meet?
What about meeting outside the theatre?
Shall we meet again tomorrow?
b. Responses:
Let’s make it at seven.
It’s all right to me. What about you?
Good. See you then!
I think it’s OK for me.
3) Grammar
The present Continuous Tense for Future Actions现在进行时表示将来
II. Some of the vocabulary words
1) means, mean, meaning
2) transportation, transport (v.)
3) vacation, holiday
4) basic, base (n.)
5) poisonous, poison (n.)
6) protect, protection (n.)
7) normal, abnormal
8) excitement, excited, exciting
9) adventurous, adventure
10) similarity, similar (adj.)
III. Language Studies
Warming up
1) consider 的用法：
I _______ ____ consider my ______. (得；计划) （加_______ 作宾语）
what (I am going) to say. (加________________ 作宾语)
Have you ever _________ _________ to Beijing? (考虑搬往) （加__________ 作宾语）
☆consider不能直接加不定式。但是如果consider后有宾语，那么该宾语后可以加不定式，构成consider somebody / something to 加动词的结构：
We consider Jack ___ ______ (是)one of the best students in our class.
（这句话的被动呢？Jack _____________________________________________.）
People generally consider John Baird to have invented the first telephone.
（被动：___________________________________________________________.）
2) means of transportation 交通手段/工具
means “手段、方式、方法”，单复数同形：
_________ means _________ been tried. (每种；已)
All possible _________ _________ ___________ tried. (所有的手段都已经试过)
如果表示“用…方式”，用by … means, 相当于in … way:
You can do this problem by this means.
3) How would you like to go to the places, by boat, by train, by air or by bus?
表示“乘交通工具”有三种方法：
①by + 纯名词（该结构作状语）：by air; by road; by land; by air; by plane; by sea; by spaceship等
这句话对吗？怎么改正？They by train to Shanghai. _______________________.
②in, on等 + 具体名词（状语结构）：in a car, in this car, on a bike, on his bike, on that train, on this plane
_____ you go to town ___ your brother’s car? （你是乘你兄弟的骑车去城里的吗？）
③take + 具体名词（作谓语结构）：
I took a boat / a taxi to the city. = I went to the city ____ ________.
Listening
1) Boarding calls 指“检票登机的广播通知”
board 动词，登机、船等：Please board the plane quickly.
2) flight number “航班的号码”，flight 指飞机航班，如：
He was ____ ____ __________ across the Pacific Ocean then. 当时他正在飞越太平洋的航班上。
Reading
1) simply 强调语气，“只是”，等于just:
He is doing _________ ______ (没干坏事); he ______ ______ (只是要) to play around.
You can learn to drive a car simply ___ ______ driving it often! 你只要经常试着去开，就会开车了。
3) get away from 从…逃脱，脱离
He tried to catch that bird, but it ___ ______ _______ him.
4) Yet there are other reasons why people travel.
reason why + 句子，是一个以why引导的定语从句：
Do you know _______________________________________? (你知道他为什么没有去party 的原因吗？)
I don’t know the reason _____ he _____ ______ for school today. (迟到)
4) instead of 是短语介词，后接名词、代词、动名词、介词短语等。
If you cannot go, he'll go _________ _____ you. 如果你不能去, 他愿替你去。
Instead of _______ (去) to Beijing, they will go to Shanghai this summer.
We’ll have tea in the garden instead of in the house.
Instead 单独使用是副词，注意位置：
If you cannot go, let him go instead. 如果你不能去，让他替你去。
I didn't have a pen, so I used a pencil instead. 我没有钢笔，因此我就用铅笔了。
We are not going to Beijing. Instead, we will go to Shanghai. (We will go to Shanghai instead.)
5) (get) close to 接近，靠近
At last, the plane was _______ _____ (能够) get close to the people who was in the __________ (burn) building.
He lives close to me.
Come and sit close to me.
6) nature 表示“自然、大自然”，不和the连用：
People generally enjoy the beauty of nature.
These years people are _________ ___ _________ (回归自然) for better air and better surroundings.
Nature还有“天性、本质”的含义：
Peter has a happy nature. Peter天性快乐。
Human nature人性
7) take exercise 从事体育锻炼
do morning exercises 做早操
You should often _______ _______, but not sit at your desk doing _________ all day. (你不能整天伏案做练习，而应该经常参加体育锻炼。)
8) equipment 是一个集体名词，不可数概念：
a __________ ____ equipment (一件)
The whole equipment for the lab has been shipped on site.
9) go for a hike “去徒步旅行”。类似的结构很多，如go for a swim, go for a walk等。如：
Let’s go for a swim in the afternoon! 我们下午去游泳吧！
有时也可用go hiking, go swimming等。
10) Hiking is fun and exciting, but you shouldn’t forget safety.
fun是一个不可数名词，不和a 连用：
He is fun.
Those games are great fun.
It is fun to go swimming in summer.
有关fun 的词组：
She dislikes ________ made fun ___ ____ public. (make fun of)
Have fun!
They are having so much fun! Don’t call them back. 他们玩得多么愉快！不要叫回他们。
for fun 当作玩笑；为了好玩；不是认真的
He writes just for fun, not for a living. 他写作仅仅是为了乐趣，而不是为了谋生。
funny滑稽可笑的
11) watch out for dangers 警惕、注意危险（的事情）
watch for 警惕或注意…:
Watch out for cars and buses when you are crossing the road.
Watch out也可单独使用：
Watch out! A car is coming near.
12) protect … from / against 保护…不受…的伤害
Wear ____ _______ _____ (一付) sun glasses to protect your eyes from / against the sun.
区别：prevent … from 和stop …from以及keep… (from) doing sth阻止…做某事：
The rain __________ us _______ _________ out. (大雨阻止我们出门)
13) paddle down rivers “沿着河流走”，当down作“沿着…”的时候，往往等于along:
He ___ _________ down / along the street ________ it began to rain. (他正走…这时候)
14) experience nature 经历/感受大自然
experience 动词，“经历”：experience difficulties / fear 经历困难/恐惧
experience作“经验”解时，是不可数名词：
He has _________ (丰富的) / __________ (很多) experience in teaching.
作“经历”时， 是可数名词：
She had a lot of unforgettable _____________ in South China.
15) fallen trees 倒下的树
正在飘落的叶子：________________ （地上的）落叶：__________________
发展中国家：_____________________ 发达国家：______________________
英语口语：_______________________ 笔头英语：_______________________
16) be careful not to do sth小心，不要做某事
Be careful not to touch that ___________ (run) machine!
Be not careful to do something 不小心做了某事：
She was _____ _______ _____ __________ the coffee cup. (不小心打破了)
19) go rafting “乘筏漂流”，该结构和go boating, go hiking一样。
20) similarities 相似（的人或物），单数是similarity, 形容词是similar, 可以构成be similar to 的结构：
You can clearly see the similarities between the two sisters.
Your idea is _________ ____ ___________ (类似与我的).
Language study
1) particular 特指的，特定的；挑剔的
He has his particular ____________. 他有他特别的兴趣爱好。
The story happened on that particular day. 故事就发生在那一天。
I'm not particular about my clothes; I don't mind what I wear.
我不怎么讲究我的衣服，我不在乎我穿什么。
2) go on separate holidays 去度各自不同的假
vacation, holiday 和leave 都有假的意思，他们的一般区别是：
vacation 是美式英语，既可表示长的，也可表示一两天的假日：
I’ll go for my __________vacation in Beijing. (暑假)
Holiday 平时常用。当指较长的假期时， 可以用复数形式（但不一定）：
Do you have a holiday on Saturdays? 礼拜六他休息吗？
She usually stays in the South for her ___________ holidays. 寒假她通常在南方过。
Leave主要指事假或病假：
He had six weeks' sick leave. 他有六个星期的病假。
3) in a few days’ time “在几天的时间之后”，也可写成in a few days或a few days away，例如：
His birthday is in a few weeks’ time. = His birthday is in a few weeks. = His birthday is a few days away.
4) When are you off to Guangzhou? 你什么时候离开这里去广州？
Be off“（离开这里）去某地”，表示一种状态：
I must ______ _______ (得走了) now.
He is off in Beijing. 他远在北京呢。
如果表示动作“离开(这里)前往某地”，就用go off:
I’m going off to Beijing next week.
6) And say “Hi” to Bob for me. 代我向Bob问好。
Say “Hi” to = say hello to，“向…问好”，类似的结构有：
Say _______ to 向…道别 say ______ to不同意 say ________ to向…致歉 say _________ / ________ to同意
Let’s walk to the old scientist and say ________ to him. (打招呼)
7) In the past, people used to travel by horse.
Used to 指过去经常性的行为：
I used to _______ ____ ________(熬夜晚) when I lived in the country.
Did you use to get up late? = Used you to get up late?
You used to get up late, _______________________? / _______________________?
There _______ _____ _______ a school here, but now there isn’t any.
Integrating skills
1) eco-travel 生态旅游
2) a form of 一个…的形式
Going hiking is a form of travel.
in the form of以…的形式
He asked a question in the form of a letter.
form 也是一个动词，“组成”：
40 students form our class.
3) combine … with …
Combine this kind of medicine with that kind, and you’ll get something very special.
4) travel for pleasure “快乐旅游”，或travel for fun
5) on the other hand “另一方面”，通常与on the one hand连用：
On the one hand, we should work hard at our lessons; on the other hand, we also want to have a good rest.
6) find out “查明、弄清”，一般指通过努力查出事情的真相
Please find out _______ they are doing now. (做什么)
Find 找到丢失的东西：
________ you ________ your lost pen? (你找到了吗？)
Find 还可以表示人的感觉：
I find ________ I am doing something _________ (无用).
7) as well as “也，以及，又，还有”，注意该结构在句子里的位置
We learn English, as well as Chinese. 除了中文，我们还学英文。
He, as well as his two friends, ________ (be) there yesterday.
We learn Chinese, and English as well.
8) By staying at hotels in Red River Village, tourists can help the villagers make money …
by (doing) something “通过做某事”，通常表示方式：
__________ do you ________ by (saying) that? (你是什么意思)
___ ________ hard ____(通过在英语方面用功) English for all these years, she can _______________(交流) with foreign tourists freely.
9) take good care of
The old in China ______ _______ good _______ ______. (被好好地照顾)
本单元语法：进行时态表示最近的将来
英语中有一些动词可以用进行时表示将来的行为，这些行为往往表示按计划、安排等即将要发生的事。这类动词往往是一些位移动词，如：go, come, move, fly, stay 等。
My bother Bob is coming with me to the airport to see me off.
We are _____ (飞) to New York next week.
Mr Li is _____ ___ his ____ _____ this Friday.(搬迁)
How long are you staying here?