2005年高考总复习：高一英语--Unit 8
Unit 8 Mainly revision
Lesson 29
1.Help yourself to...
这是一句席间交际用语，意思是“请随便吃点……”。类似用语还有:
Make yourself at home.
Would you like some(beef，mutton etc.)?How/What about(a glass of beer，etc.)?
2.at one s house(for...)
At one s house/home/place意思是“在某人家里”，如果是名词，可以省略house/home/ place。例如:
—Where s Li Hai， do you know?—He s at Mr Smith s for dinner.
On New Year s Eve， we all got together at Grandpa s.
除夕夜，我们都聚集在爷爷家。
3.take turns take turns to do sth.意思是“轮流做某事”。
例如:
All the students took turns to look after the sick boy.
We usually take turns to be on duty.
4.offer v.
offer这里用作及物动词，意思是“提供，提出”，后面常接介词to或for。例如:
May I offer a suggestion to you?我可以向你提个建议吗?They ve offered us ￡60，000 for the house.Shall we take it?他们出价六万英镑买这所房子，我们卖不卖?The police are offering a big reward for the information
About that traffic accident.警察要用一大笔赏金给提供有关交通事故情况的人。
Lessons 30 & 31
1.discover v.
discover用作及物动词，意思为“发现(原先就存在而不为人知的地方和事实)”，后面可接名词、代词或从句。注意和invent区别开来。invent意思是“发明(原先不存在的机器或方法等)”。find意思是“找到丢失的或不知道的人或物”。例如:
Columbus discovered America.
They discovered oil in the North Sea.
Who invented the computer?Where did you find the lost child?
2.as much water as rice
As much water as rice这里用作比较状语，as...as中间常接形容词或副词原级。
【注意】在否定句中，还可以用not so...as
As...as中间也可以是“形容词+名词”(例如:as much water as)。注意:如果名词是可数名词单数，冠词应放在形容词和名词中间。例如:
I think English is as interesting as maths.
Boys don t work as/so carefully as girls(do).
English is as interesting a subject as maths.
He didn t own as large a house as I had imagined.
I haven t got as many books as I ve needed.
3.enough room这里room用作不可数名词，意思是“空间，空地