Unit4 Growing up知识点1. What's on your mind,Eddie? 你在想什么呢，埃迪?解析：on one's rmind意为“挂在心上；惦念”，其中的mind是可数名词，意为“头脑，思想”例：He is very worried these days. He's got a lot on his mind.这几天他很担心他烦心事很多拓展：mind v. 意为“关心，照顾；介意；在乎；反对”，常用于疑问句、否定句或条件句中，其后常接名词、代词或动词-ing形式做宾语例：Do / Would you mind opening the door? 请你把门打开好吗?固定搭配：含mind的短语never mind不要紧 keep ... in mind 记住....change one's mind 改变主意 make up one's mind 做出决定2. Growing up is hard! 成长真难啊!解析：该句是动名词短语做主语，谓语动词用单数形式例：Playing computer games is great fun.玩电脑游戏很有趣。
3. You' ve been happy since I first met you.自从我第一次见到你，你就一直很快乐解析：first做副词，意为“第一；首先，起初”例：First I'l1 call your narmes. 首先我来点名辨析：first，at first，firstly(1) first和at first都可表示“起初，开始的时候”，first多用在句中，而at first常用在句首或句末；first还可意为“第一”2) firstly通常仅限于列举事例、排列顺序，这时可用first替换4. Don't wake me up until you finish building it.直到你建完它再叫醒我解析：wake up意为“叫醒，醒来”，是“动词+副词”型短语，如果是代词做宾语,应置于wake和up之间；如果是名词做宾语，既可置于wake与up之间，也可置于up之后例：Please wake him up before 8 o'clock. 请在八点钟之前叫醒他Please wake up Lucy at seven. 请在七点叫醒露西5. Books allow me to learn about people in different times and places, and I can read them whenever I want to.书让我了解不同时期和地点的人们，而且无论什么时候我想读书都能读。
解析：1、time是可数名词，意为“时期，时代”，常用复数形式，in different times在不同的时期例：Here are some cars in different times in Germany.这里是一些德国不同时期的汽车拓展：time n.时间(不可数名词)；次数(可数名词)；倍数(可数名词)例：I have no time to chat with you now. 我现在没时间和你谈How many times have you read the text? 这篇课文你读了几遍了?2、whenever 是连词，意为“无论何时”例：Come and visit me whenever you want.你想什么时候来看我就来吧拓展：whenever adv. 不论何时，随时6. I like to learn about the world through the Internet.我喜欢通过因特网来了解世界解析：through是介词，意为“以，凭借”，表示做某事的方式相当于by.例：I heard about it through a friend.我是通过一个朋友听说此事的。
辨析：through，acrossthrough意为“通过，穿过(空间)”，侧重指从某一个物体的内部或空间的一头纵穿到另一头across意为“横过，穿过，跨过”，侧重指从物体表面的一边到另一边一言辨异：We were walking through the forest while they were swimming across the river.我们穿过森林的时候，他们正游过河7. As soon as you click the mouse, there's a great deal of information.你一点击鼠标，就会有大量的信息解析：as soon as意为“一...就”，常用来引导时间状语从句例：I'l1 call you as soon as I get there. 我一到那里就给你打注意：在as soon as，when，after，before，until等引导的时间状语从句中，应用一般现在时表示将要发生的动作，主句用一般将来时8. He was very small --- much smaller than the other kids at school.他很矮小---比学校里的其他孩子要矮不少。
解析：much用于比较级之前,意为“......得多”例：He is much taller than me. 他比我高得多拓展：比较级前的修饰语：1. a little/a bit 一点儿，稍微2. much，a lot，far ....得多3. even，still 更....4. any，no 略微，稍微；没有(用于疑问句或否定句中)例：Tom is a little/bit taller than Peter. 汤姆比彼得稍微高点儿In winter，the weather in Hainan is much/ far warmer than that in Beijing.在冬季，海南的天气比北京暖和得多9. He did not lose heart. 他没有灰心解析：lose意为“失去，丢失”，lose heart意为“失去信心，灰心，泄气”例：He has failed in the exams recently and he seems to lose heart.最近他考试失利，他似乎要泄气了固定搭配：lose heart失去信心； lose one's way迷路；lose oneself in/be lost in陶醉于，埋头于；lose interest in对.....失去兴趣lose one's life失去生命； lose one's voice 失声，嗓子哑；lose face 丢面子； lose one’s job失业10. When he finally got the chance，he scored 20 points in his first game.当他最后得到机会时,他在首场比赛中就得了20分。
解析：finally是副词，意为“最后，终于”，相当于in the end例：Finally, she left the classroom without telling anyone. 最后，她没有告诉任何人就离开了教室拓展：final adj. 最后的，最终的例：This is a final result. 这是最后的结果辨析：finally，at last，in the endfinally多用于列举事物时引出最后一项内容Finally,he passed the exam.最后，他通过了考试at last往往用于一番拖延或曲折后，带有较浓的感情色彩At last 1 have obtained my wish.我的愿望终于实现了in the end多用于预测未来，表示经过许多变化、 困难和捉摸不定的情况后,某事才发生He will be a teacher in the end.他终会成为一名教师11. In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height.在高中，斯巴德经常因为身高问题不得不坐在看台上。
解析：--- because of 意为“因为，由于”，其后可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式例：I was late for school because of the bad weather.由于天气恶劣，我上学迟到了注意：because of之后不可接从句，应用because引导原因状语从句 height是名词，意为“高，高度”例：What is your height? = How tall are you? 你多高?拓展：tall adj.高的；high adj. & adv. 高的；高地辨析：tall，hightall通常用于表示人或动物身体的高度，也可表示树、烟囱、旗杆等的高度，其反义词是short表示建筑物的高度时可与high互换high通常指从上到下的高度，也表示离开地面的高度或测量的高度，还可表示社会地位的高低以及抽象的高度，其反义词是low一言辨异：A tall man is standing on the high wall. 一个高个子男人正站在高高的墙上12. Spud went on to become leader of the team.斯巴德接着成为了队长。
解析：1，go on to do sth意为“接着做另一件事”例：He fnished his homework and went on to watch TV.他完成了作业，接着看电视辨析：go on to do sth，go on doing sth，go on with sth(1) go on to do sth意为“接着做某事，强调一件事做完后，接着做另一件事例：He stopped to have a look，and then went to read his book.他停下来看了看，然后接着看他的书2) go on doing sth与go on with sth的含义相似，意为“继续做某事”，指一直不停地做同样一件事，with后接的是要做的事本身例：He went on doing his homework.= He went on with his homework. 他继续做作业2，leader 是可数名词，意为“领导者”例：His air of confidence makes him a natural leader. 他那自信的神态显得他天生就是一个领导人。
拓展：lead vt. 领导，带领例：She took her son by the hand to lead him into the house.她拉着她儿子的手带领他进了那所房子固定搭配：lead a...life 过着的生活； lead sb into/to引领/带领某人lead sb (in) doing sth 领导某人做某。