【精选词汇】
㈠重点短语
1. the changes to Sunshine Town阳光镇的变化the changes to… …的变化 (p8)
〈知识链接〉change n.变化，常用复数changes。 e.g. Great changes have taken place since 1995.
2. in the southern part of town in the southern part of…在…的南部south southern
〈知识链接〉east东部eastern东部的, west western, north northern
3. in the past在过去at present现在in the future未来；将来，注意这些短语中的介词和冠词。
4. turn the place into a park turn…into…把…变成…
〈知识链接〉①Heat turns water into vapor.热使水变成蒸气。②Turn this sentence into English.
5. play cards and Chinese chess打牌、下象棋，e.g. It’s pleasant to play cards and Chinese chess.
6. water pollution水污染air pollution空气污染，noise pollution噪音污染 (p9)
〈知识链接〉Water pollution was a problem before.
7. used to dump its waste into water used to do sth过去常做某事，注意否定式、疑问式的形式
〈知识链接〉⑴used to do sth 否定式used not to do sth或didn’t use to do sth疑问式Did sb use to do sth?或Used sb to do sth? ⑵There be和used to合用的形式为There used to be。
根据要求进行句型转换：She used to teach history. ①否定式：She used teach history.或She didn’t teach history. ②疑问式： she teach history?或Did she teach history?
〈用法拓展〉⑴be used to do sth＝be used for doing sth被用于做某事，e.g. Stamps are used to send letters.＝Stamps are used for sending letters. ⑵be/become/get used to sth习惯于某事，be/become/get used to doing sth习惯于做某事，e.g. ①My grandma used to live in the city but now she has got used to the country life. ②Tom is used to getting up early.
8. in some ways在某种程度上；在某些方面in this way以这种方式
9. feel a bit lonely from time to time from time to time＝at times＝sometimes有时；不时地
〈知识链接〉⑴a bit＋形容词原级或比较级＝a little＋形容词原级或比较级，有点…
⑵a bit of＋不可数名词＝a little＋不可数名词 e.g. a bit of water＝a little water
〈用法拓展〉not a little＝very非常，not a bit＝not…at all一点也不
10. throw away扔掉…“动词＋副词”结构，e.g. throw it/them away
11. have an interview with sb＝interview sb采访某人；对某人面试；与某人面谈 (p12)
〈知识链接〉①My parents have had an interview with my teacher. ②They interviewed 20 people for the job. ③There are a number of interviews with some famous football players.
12. the best model I have ever seen 我曾见过的最好的模型 (p17)
〈知识链接〉the＋形容词最高级＋名词单数＋sb have/has ever done，某人曾做过的最…的…
the most wonderful film (that) he has ever watched他看过的最精彩的比赛
〈用法拓展〉⑴ever通常用于疑问句中或否定句中。e.g. ①Have/Has sb ever done sth?
②Nobody ever stepped in this cavern.没人曾经踏进过这洞穴。
⑵ever since…自从…起到现在(用于现在完成时)，for ever＝forever永远；永久地
13. move into the new flatsmove into…搬进…，move out of…搬出… (p18)
14. lend me a booklend sb sth＝lend sth to sb把某物借给某人，是“借出”。
〈知识链接〉borrow sth from sb向某人借某物，是“借入”。
15. a recent photo一张近期照片，write about the changes to Moonlight Town (p21)
16. a tourist attraction旅游胜地attraction n. 吸引；向往的地方attract vt.吸引attractive有吸引力的①It has become a new tourist attraction. ②Hepburn’s beauty and charm attracted Colette’s attention.
㈡词汇解析
1. 常见的交通工具：bike/bicycle, bus, double-decker双层巴士, coach长途汽车, tram有轨电车, taxi, train, underground, light rail轻轨, plane, hot-air balloon热气球, aero done滑翔机
2. Using a dictionary: The words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order from “A” to “Z”. This helps us find the words we want quickly. If two words starts with the same letter, we look at the second letter to decide the alphabetical order. If the first two letters of two words are the same, we look at the third letter, and so on. e.g. The word “ball” comes before the word “banana”.
3. century＝one hundred years世纪；百年。⑴某世纪用序数词。如：21世纪the twenty-first century。⑵“在某世纪”用介词in，如：in the 20th century在20世纪。