9A Unit4 Growing up

Welcome
1. What’s on your mind?你在想什么
mind n.想法；心灵
remember sth= keep sth in mind
Blue brings peace to mind and body.
V. 介意 mind doing sth
--- Would you mind me sitting next to you?
注意回答：
如果介意（不可以坐）：You had better not./ Sorry, the seat is taken up（占据 主动：
take up）.
如果不介意（可以坐）：Of course not./ Certainly not.
2. Growing up is hard.= It’s hard to grow up.
grow-grew-grown
3. You have been happy since I first met you.
since 自从（主句用现在完成时，since 后从句用一般过去）
4. Build another one for yourself.你亲自再建一个房子。
by oneself 独自=alone=on one’s own
for oneself 亲自
build-built-built
5. Don’t wake me up until you finish building it.不要叫醒我直到你建好之前。
(1) until 直到（主句的动词为延续性动词）
not...until...直到...才（主句的动词为短暂性动词）
我昨天一直等到你回来。
I waited for you until you came home.
我昨天直到你回来才睡觉。
I didn’t go to bed until you came home.
(2) finish doing sth adj.完成的 finished=done
6. How do you learn about the world?
(1) From books.
Books allow me to learn about people in different times and places, and I can read them
whenever I want to.书让我了解不同时代不同地点的人，并且无论什么时候我想看书的时候
我就可以阅读它们。
允许某人做某事 allow sb (not) to do
times 时代
whenever= no matter when= every time
(2) Through the Internet
It’s quick. As soon as you click the mouse, there is a great deal of information. 你一点击鼠标，
就有很多信息。
as soon as 一...就（主将从现）
As soon as you finish your homework, I will take you to the supermarket.
可数名词 不可数名词 可数/不可数

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many much a lot of/lots of
a number of a great deal of plenty of

Reading
The shortest player in the NBA
1. He was very small---much smaller than the other kids at school.
同类比较: 南京比江苏任何一个城市都要更大。
Nanjing is bigger than the other cities in Jiangsu.
Nanjing is bigger than any other city in Jiangsu.
不同类比较:上海比江苏任何一个城市都要更大。
Shanghai is bigger than all the cities in Jiangsu.
Shanghai is bigger than any city in Jiangsu.
2. While attending junior high, Spud tried out for the school team, but he was refused at first
because he was too small.当他进入初中时，Spud 参加了校队的选拔，但是他一开始就被拒
绝了因为他太矮了。
(1) attend junior high= enter junior high=go into...进入初中
高中 senior high
(2) try out for sth 参加...的选拔
(3) refuse v.拒绝
refuse sb (被动：sb be refused)
refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事
I refuse to accept your invitation.
(4) because he was too small= because of his height
because+句子
because of +n/doing
3. He did not lose heart.他没有灰心。
灰心，泄气 lose heart= give up (lose-lost-lost)
4. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game.当他终于得到了机会，
他在第一场比赛中就得了 20 分。
(1) 终于 finally= at last= in the end
(2) get the chance to do sth 得到机会做某事
(3) score 20 points 得了 20 分
score v. 得分 n. 分数（the total score）
My score is 95.= I get 95 points.
5. from then on 从那个时候起
6. In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height （=because he was
too short）. 在高中，Spud 不得不因为他的身高坐在看台。
sit in the stands 坐在看台
7. He practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind. 他练习更努力，并且让教练
改变了他的想法。

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(1) 修饰比较级：even, much, a little, far...
(2) get sb to do sth 让某人做某事
= make/let/have sb do sth
(3) coach： by coach/ take a coach 长途巴士 n. 教练
8. Spud went on to become leader of the team.
Spud 继续成为了队长。
go on to do= continue to do 继续做某事
go on doing= continue doing 继续做某事
go on with sth= carry on with sth
9. He was named Player of the Year.他被命名为年度球员。
be named + sth
10. However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170
cm tall.然而，没有大学邀请他去打篮球仅仅因为他只有 170cm.
(1) a university 一个大学 college 学院
(2) invite sb to do sth
(3) simply 仅仅；简直 (adj. simple)
以 le 结尾的 adj.变 adv. le 变成 ly
possible-possibly
terrible-terribly
comfortable-comfortably
11. There he led his team to national championship.在那里他带领他的队伍走到了全国锦标赛。
(1) lead sb to sp 带领某人去到某地（lead-led-led）
lead to sth/doing= cause sth 导致
Water pollution led to his illness.
(2) national 全国的 international 国际的
12. This brought him to the attention of ...university.这件事使他吸引了...大学的注意。
13. As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship.结果，他成功地获得了奖学金。
=he got a scholarship successfully
=he managed to get a scholarship
(1) as a result 结果是
(2) 成功
v succeed (succeed in doing)
n success (make sth a great success)
adj successful
adv successfully (do sth successfully= manage to do)

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