Unit 6  How do you get to school

你怎样去上学?

教材内容详解

Section A

1How do you get to school?你怎样去上学?

I ride my bike.我骑自行车.

1how是疑问副词,表示方式、方法,意思是“如何,怎样,用什么样的方法”。

例如:

How does your father go to work?你爸爸怎样去上班?

How do you make the apple juice?你怎样调的苹果汁?

How is the word pronounced?这个单词怎么发音?

How did the accident happen?这事故是怎样发生的?

2)辨析:get toarrivereach

get to表示到达,可用被动语态,后面跟表示地点的名词,如果是表示地点的副词,则介词to省略。例如:

What time does the train get to Beijing?这列火车什么时候到达北京?

When do you usually get home?你通常几点到家?

I don't think we can get there on time.我觉得我们不能按时到达那里。

arrive是不及物动词,意思是“到达,抵达”,表示到达某地时需要加介词,arrive后面的介词,大体上按照到达地方的大小来决定。at表示较小的场所,如shopstationtown等,in为较大的地方,如BeijingAmerica等,当后面接地点副词时,介词通常省略。例如:

What time will you arrive at the airport?你什么时候会到达机场?

I'll call you when I arrive in New York.当我到达纽约时就给你打电话。

My father arrived home late in the evening.我父亲晚上很晚才回家。

reach是及物动词,意为“抵达,到达”,比get toarrive更正式一些。例如:

My uncle will reach Jinan tonight.我叔叔今天晚上到达济南。

It's bard to reach there on time.很难按时到达那儿。

He reached home at six.他六点钟到家的。

2I usually walk but sometimes I take the bus

我通常步行但有时候乘公共汽车。

1usuallysometimes都是表示频度的副词。

usually意思是“平常,通常”。例如:

What time do you usually get up?你通常几点起床?

We usually eat out on Sundays.星期天我们通常在外边吃饭。

Tom usually goes to school by like.汤通常骑自行车上学。

sometimes意思是“有时,偶尔”。例如:

She is sometimes late for school.她有时上学迟到。

Sometimes he goes to school by bus and sometimes by train

他有时乘公共汽车,有时乘火车去上学。

Do you play tennis after school?”“Sometimes

“你放学后打网球吗?”“有时候。”

辨析:sometimessometimesome time

sometimes是副词,表示“有时,偶尔”,sometime也是副词,表示“某时,有朝一日”,some time表示一段时间,多与延续性动词连用。例如:

It's sometimes warm and sometimes cold.天气时暖时冷。

I saw him sometime in April.我曾在四月份见过他。

Some foreigners will visit our school sometime next week

下周某个时间一些外国人要来参观我们学校。

The boy stayed with us for some time.这个男孩和我们住了一段时间。

It took me some time to write the report

写这篇报告花了我一些时间。

2)表示频率的副词还有:often(经常),always(总是),occasionally(偶尔),frequently(频繁地),seldom(很少),rarely(很少),never(从来没有)。

3He gets up at six o'clock every dayshowersand has a quick breakfast

他每天六点起床,洗澡后匆忙地吃早饭。

1get up意思是“起床”,get是英语中很常用的动词,与其搭配构成的短语归纳如下:

get across通过,渡过(河,路)  get away from从……走开、离开

get back回来,后退,归还  get down下来

get in进来,进入  get into进入

get off下车  get on上车

get on with……相处  get outof)出来

get to到达  get through(使)通过

2)介词inonat的时间表达

in表示在某个世纪、年代、年、季节、月份、早上、晚上等。例如:

Computers were very popular in the 21st century

21世纪,电脑非常受欢迎。

It's very cold in winter here.这儿冬天很冷。

My mother gets up early in the morning.我妈妈早上起床很早。

Christmas Day is in December.圣诞节在12月份。

on表示在具体某一天或某一天的上午、下午、晚上。例如:

We eat mooncakes on the evening of MidAutumn Day

我们在中秋节的晚上吃月饼。

I was born on May 1st1990.我出生于199051

We went to the movies on Saturday evening.星期六晚上我们去看电影了。

What did you buy for your mother on Mother's Day

母亲节那天你给妈妈买了什么?

at表示在具体的时间和某些固定的短语中:

Are you free at eight tomorrow?明天八点你有空吗?

I went to bed at ten o'clock yesterday.昨天我十点钟上床睡觉。

It's quite cold at this time of day.每年这个时节都相当冷。

I often do some reading at noon.中午我经常读书。

3shower在本句中作动词,意思是“淋浴”,shower作动词,还有以下含义:

①意为“大量给予(某人)(某物),使……如雨般地落在……上”。例如:

The villagers showered contributions on with the hospital

村民们给那家医院捐助了大量金钱。

The mayor was showered with questions.那位市长连番遭到质询。

②意为“下阵雨(骤雨)”用it当主语,例如:

It suddenly started to shower.突然间下起阵雨。

注意:shower常可用作名词,意思是阵雨,淋浴,(子弹、信件等的)涌至。“shower”作淋浴讲,常和动词takehave搭配。例如:

I was caught in a shower while I was jogging

我在慢跑的途中遇到一场阵雨。

He asked me a shower of questions.他问了我一连串的问题。

She received a shower of gifts at her wedding

她在婚礼上收到大量礼品。

He always takes a shower before going to bed.他上床睡觉前总是冲个澡。

4breakfast意为“早餐”。have breakfast“吃早餐”,breakfast前不加冠词,但可以加上形容词或形容词性物主代词。例如:

The Green family are at breakfast.格林一家人正在吃早饭。

What did you eat for breakfast?你早饭吃的是什么?

I didn't have any breakfast because I was in a hurry

早上我很匆忙,所以没吃早饭。

He usually has a light breakfast.他通常吃简便的早餐。

4Then he leaves for school at around sixthirty

然后他大约六点半动身去学校。

1leave for school“动身去学校”,for表示目的,后面跟地点名词作宾语,也可以用leave+名词+for+名词。例如:

My uncle left for Shanghai yesterday.我叔叔昨天去了上海。

Mr Smith left England for a tour of the world

史密斯先生离开英国去周游世界。

The plane left Beijing for Hong Kong.那架飞机离开北京去香港。

2leave一词的用法及含义。

leave意为“离开,出发”。例如:

When did you leave Beijing?你何时离开北京?

The train leaves Beijing at 1000 am.列车在上午十点由北京开出。

He left home on a cold rainy night.在一个寒冷的雨夜他离开了家。

leave意为“离开(某人的)身边,与(某人)辞别,离弃”等。

He left us ten minutes ago.他十分钟之前离开了我们。

The man left his family for freedom.那个人为了自由离开了家。

leave意为“停止,辞去(工作),(从学校)毕业等”。例如:

He left is job for a better one

他找到了一份更好的工作而辞去现职。

The boy left school at the age of fourteen.这男孩十四岁退学了。

leave意为“留下,遗留,丢下……”。例如:

I left my keys in the office.我把钥匙忘在办公室了。

May I leave my shoes here?我可以把鞋子放在这里吗?

He sometimes leaves his umbrella in the train

他有时候把伞忘在火车上。

leave意为“听任……,使……处于某种状态”。例如:

Don't leave the door open when you sleep.你睡觉时不要让门开着。

She left her baby crying.她任凭她的宝宝哭个不停。

Don't leave your work half done.工作不要半途而废。

leave意为“剩余,留下”。例如:

There is no time left.没有时间了。

There is a little water left in the bottle.瓶子里剩下一点水。

They left me no food.他们没有给我留下食物。

3)介词at的用法:

at作为介词可以和表示某一时刻的名词连用,构成表示时间的介词短语。

如:at eight thirty(在八点半),at noon(在中午),at this time of day/year…(在每天/每年的这个时候),at weekends(在周末),另外,它还经常与其他名词构成一些短语。例如:

at work/school/home在工作/学校/

at breakfast/lunch/supper在早饭/午饭/晚饭时

at the table在桌子旁边at table在吃饭

这些短语有的表示地点,有的表示时间。

4around含义归纳如下:

①表示(运动)环绕,围绕,绕过。例如:

The earth moves around the sun.地球围着太阳转。

He is running around the lake.他正在绕着湖跑。

②表示场所,意思是“在……四周,围着”。例如:

There are many trees around the lake.湖的四周有许多树。

She wore a gold chain around her neck.她脖子上戴了一条金项链。

③表示“在……各处;朝……四处;遍及”。例如:

We walked around the island but saw nobody

我们在岛的各处转了转但没看见任何人。

He looked around the room and left.他环顾了房间然后离开了。

④表示“在……附近,在……边缘”。例如:

The aren't any bookshops around here.这附近没有书店。

He lives somewhere around the station.他住在火车站附近。

⑤(美国口语)表示大约、将近,与数字连用。例如:

We'll get there at around nine o'clock.我们大约九点钟到达那儿。

He left home at around eight o'clock.他大约八点钟离开的家。

5How far is it from your home to schoolIt's three miles

你家离学校多远?有三英里。

1How far意为“多远”,表示距离。例如:

How far is it from here to your house?从这里到你家距离有多远?

It's about two kilometers.大约两公里远。

How far did you drive today?你今天开车开了多远?

2how表示“多少”,与形容词或副词连用构成的短语还有:

how old(多大),how long(多长),how much(多少),how many(多少),how often(多久),how soon(多久),例如:

How old is your brother?你哥哥多大了?

How long did it take you to finish your homework

完成作业花了你多长时间?

How long is the Yellow River?黄河有多长?

How much meat do you want to buy?你想买多少肉?

How much are these things?这些东西多少钱?

How many brothers and sisters do you have

你有几位兄弟姐妹?

How often does your father exercise?”“Every day.”

“你爸爸多久锻炼一次?”“每天都锻炼。”

How soon will he be back?”“He'll be back in two weeks.”

“他多久能回来?”“两周以后回来。”

3)介词from在英语中使用相当广泛,注意一下它的用法。

from表示场所。例如:

How far is it from here to the museum?从这里到博物馆有多远?

I walk from my house to the station.我从家里走到车站。

He jumped from the top of the house.他从房顶上跳下来。

②表示时间。例如:

I'll be free from nine o'clock to eleven o'clock

我从九点钟到十一点钟有空。

We go to school from Monday to Friday.我们从周一到周五上学。

③表示距离。例如:

My home is a mileawayfrom the station

我家距离车站有1英里远。

she took the match from the baby

她把那婴儿手上的火柴拿掉。

④表示出处、由来。例如:

Where do you come from?你是哪里人?

I had a telephone call from her.我接到她的电话。

⑤表示数量、顺序。例如;

The little boy can count from one to one hundred

这个小男孩能从一数到一百。

He rose form bellboy to manager of the hotel

他从宾馆的服务生升到经理。

⑥表示材料。例如:

Paper is made from wood.纸是由木头造成的。

Cheese and butter are made from milk

乳酪和奶油是由牛奶做成的。

⑦表示变化。例如:

He became a statesman from a movie star

他由电影演员变成一位政治家。

It is more difficult for me to translate from Chinese into English than from English into Chinese.对我而言,汉译英比英译汉更难。

⑧表示原因。例如:

He died from a bad disease.他死于很糟糕的疾病。

I'm suffering from a cold.我患感冒了。

⑨表示判断,观点。例如:

I guess he is an Australian from the way he speaks

从他说话的方式我猜想他是澳大利亚人。

From the teacher's point of view it is good for us

由老师的观点来看,它对我们是有益处的。

⑩表示区别、差异。例如:

My opinion is different from yours.我的意见与你的不同。

It is important to know good from evil

辨别善恶是很重要的。

有关“fromto…”的短语有:

from house to house挨家挨户

from head to foot从头到脚

from beginning to end从头到尾

from time to time有时,偶尔

from hand to hand一手转一手