7BU6七年级第二学期英语笔记

Unit 6 Hard work for a better life

Phrases & sentences

1. hard work for a better life

2. start shining

3. start opening/ blooming

4. make nests in trees

5. have fun (doing) sth.

6. The holidays are coming/ending.

7. The temperature’s dropping.

8. start shivering

9. What does … make you think of?

10. Spring makes me think of rain.

11. It’s awful to walk in wet and dirty streets.

12. Spring makes me think of butterflies.

13. It’s interesting to see them flying around the flowers.

14. Spring makes me think of outings.

15. It’s nice to have picnics in the park.

16. a hard-working ant and a lazy grasshopper

17. sit in the sun and sing happily all the time

18. Worker harder

19. Collect food and take it into the house

20. It’ll be difficult to find any food.

21. Don’t be silly.

22. There will be plenty of food in the forest in winter.

23. He looked for food everywhere, but he found nothing.

24. The ant heard the grasshopper and came out of his house.

25. I’ve got enough food for both of us.

English meaning:

1. awful – very unpleasant and shocking

2. disappointed – unhappy because something or someone is not as good

as you hoped they would be

3. end – stop or finish

4. grasshopper – an insect which makes a loud noise and can jump high

5. lazy – disliking activity or work

6. poem – writing, carefully arranged in patterns of lines and sounds

7. sadly – with feelings of unhappiness

8. shiver – shake because you are cold or frightened

9. silly – stupid or foolish

10. temperature – how hot or cold a thing or place is Transformation

1. good --- better --- best

2. poem n. --- poet n.

3. sleep v./ n. --- sleepy adj. --- asleep adj.

4. awful adj. --- awfully adv.

5. out adv./ prep. --- outing n.

6. season n. --- seasonal adj.

7. happy adj. --- unhappy adj. --- happiness n. --- happily adv.

8. difficult adj. --- difficulty n.

9. inside prep. --- outside prep.

10. disappointed adj. --- disappointing adj. --- disappointment n.

11. sad adj. --- sadness n. --- sadly adv.

12. feel v. --- feeling(s) n.

13. collect v. --- collection n.

动词过去式

live---lived work---worked collect---collected

ask---asked laugh---laughed play---played

stay---stayed look---looked answer---answered

thank---thanked promise---promised

sit---sat sing---sang make---made

come---came take---took say---said

have---had find---found feel---felt

hear---heard get---got give---give

Grammar

1. start doing

e.g. The sun starts shining.

Leaves start falling.

2. make sb. think of

e.g. Spring makes me think of outings.

Summer makes me think of high temperature.

3. It is + adj. ( for sb. / of sb. ) to do sth.

e.g. It is awful to walk in wet and dirty streets in spring.

It is comfortable to keep the air-conditioner working all the

time in summer.

4. plenty of = a lot of = lots of

e.g. There is plenty of food in my house.

There are plenty of kites flying in the sky in autumn.

5. look for c.f. find c.f. find out

e.g. He looked for food everywhere, but he found nothing.

He finally found out who has taken away the newspaper.

6. disappointed disappointing

e.g. The news of losing the match is disappointing.

We have got used to hearing the disappointing news of football.

I am used to being disappointed at that naughty boy.

7. What’s the matter? = What’s wrong?

e.g. What’s the matter? I think I have got a bad cold.

8. both of us --- neither of us

e.g. Both of us have bought the gift for our mothers.

Neither of them likes going out on such a windy day.

9. thank sb. be thankful to sb.

e.g. The grasshopper thanked the ant.

The grasshopper was thankful to the ant.

10. promise sb. promise (not) to do

e.g. What did the grasshopper promise the ant?

We promise to finish the task before the deadline.

Tom promised not to leave the house.

11. nothing = not … anything

e.g. He found nothing. = He didn’t find anything.