牛津英语九年级英语Unit1知识点解析及同步测试
Unit 1 Star Signs Reading
课文解析
1. You are patient and do not give up easily. 你是一个有恒心，不轻易放弃的人。
★give up有“放弃、投降、认输”的意思。如：
①They gave up without a fight. 他们不战而降。
②She doesn’t give up easily. 她不会轻易认输的。
★give sb. up或者give up on sb. 有“对某人的到来（或康复、能否找到等）不再抱有希望”的意思。如：
①You are here at last. We’d given you up. 你终于来了。我们都以为你不来了呢。
②Their parents hadn’t heard from him in the front for so long. They had given him up for de
ad.
他们的父母已经很长时间没有收到他在前线的来信，都以来他死了。
★give sb. up还有“与某人断绝关系、不再与某人来往”的意思。如：
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Why don’t you give him up? 你为什么不和他一刀两断呢？
★give sth. up有“停止、终止、放弃、抛弃”的意思。如：
①You must give up smoking becau it is bad for you health.
你必须戒烟，因为吸烟对你的健康有害。
②The short boy finally gave up climbing over the wall.
那个矮个男孩最后放弃了从墙上爬过去。
★give onelf up to sb. 解释为“投案、自由”。如：
①The rubber gave himlf up to the police after two weeks on the run.
那个抢劫犯在逃跑了两个星期后向警方自首了。
②His father wanted him to give himlf up to the police.
父亲要他向警方自首。
2. You are a curious and clever person. 你有强烈的好奇心，而且又很聪明。
★curious作形容词，意为“求知欲强的、好奇的”。如：
①They were very curious about the strange thing in the box.
他们对盒子里陌生的东西感到很好奇。
②I was curious to find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了什么。
★curious还可作“稀奇古怪的、奇特的、不寻常的”解。如：
①What a curious mistake! 多么荒谬的错误！
②It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air.
那是一种奇特的感觉，我们仿佛在空中飘浮。
3. You are outgoing. You are to talk. 你善于交际，有辩才。
★outgoing作形容词，意为“爱交际的”“友好的”“外向的”。如：
①Nick is an outgoing person. Nice是个爱交际的人。
②Everyone says she is outgoing. 大家都说她爱交际。
★outgoing作形容词时，还有“卸任的”“离职的”说法。如：
①The people there don’t trust the outgoing government.
那儿的人民不信任将下台的政府。
右后脑疼②Mr. Tang is nearly sixty years old. He is an outgoing principle.
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唐先生近六十岁，他是位即将卸任的校长。
★outgoing可以解释为“向外的”“离开的”。如：
①This telephone should be ud for outgoing calls. 这部电话机用于打外线。
②All the outgoing pasngers stayed at the airport last night.
所有的离境旅客昨晚都滞留在飞机场。
★outgoing反义词是incoming
4. You love your home and family, and like to take care of others.
波波头发型你爱家和家人，乐于助人，爱好储蓄和烹饪。
★take care of作“照顾、照料”解，相当于look after。如：
①I believe that neighbours can take care of your son while you are out.
相信我外出期间我的邻居们会照顾我的儿子的。
②The boy is very young. He can’t take care of himlf. 这男孩很小，不可以照顾自己。
★take care of作“保管、保护”解。如：
①The teacher told the students to take care of the new books.
老师告知学生要保护好新书。
②Can you take care of your thing？你会保管你的物品吗？
★take care of与look after都能作“照顾、照料”解，可以互相替换。但look after没有“保管、保护”的意思。如：
①She stayed at home and took care of her mother yesterday.
＝She stayed at home and looked after her mother yesterday.
昨天她呆在家里照料她母亲了。
②Who is going go take care of the wounded person in the hospital?
＝Who is going to look after the wounded person in the hospital？
谁去医院照料那个受伤的人？
③Children must take good care of their eyes.
≠Children must look after their eyes well.
孩子们要好好保护眼睛。
★take good care of和look after…well意义相同，都是“好好照料、好好照顾”的意思。
但要注意，take care of用的是good一词，而look after则用well。如：
①Don’t worry. I can take good care of your pet while you are away.
白云燕＝Don’t worry. I can look after your pet well while your are away.
放心，你不在时，我会照料好你的宠物的。
②The nurs took good care of the children.
＝The nurs looked after the children well.
保育员把孩子照料得很好。
5. You are a strong and confident person. 你有强烈的自信心。
★confident作“自信的、有自信心的”解，主要指具有对自己的价值深信不疑，或不自觉地肯定自己无论做什么都会成功，不受怀疑、犹豫及恐惧的干扰，特别是强调乐观的态度。如：①Our English teacher wants us to feel confident about asking questions when we don’t understand.
我们的英语老师要我们遇到不懂的问题就大胆提问。
②At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous, but then they became more and more confident.
起初，女孩们感到有点紧张，后来，她来变得越来越自信了。
★confident of sth. 或者confident that +从句有“肯定的、确信的、有把握的”意义。如：
①We are confident that we can overcome the difficulties. 我们相信能够克服困难。
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②I am confident that you can pass the exam. 我肯定你考试能够通过。
★confident名词形式是confidence, have confidence in sth./sb.，表示“对……信赖”。如：
①All the students confidence in her students’ abilities.
她完全相信她学生的能力。
②He answered the question with confidence.
她有把握地回答了那些问题。
★另外confidence还有“（向某人透露）秘密机密”一说。如
The girls exchanged confidences. 女孩子们相互吐露自己的心事。
6. You are generous. 你慷慨大方。
阴道炎不能吃什么★generous常常译成“慷慨的、大方的、慷慨给予的”。当人们要表示乐于奉献自己的力量或金钱，肯定为别人着想和宽容他人；或者指大份的饭菜或数量很大的奉献物品的意思时，通常用这词。如：
读书分享会主题①She gave me a generous prent on my birthday. 我生日那天，她给了一份丰厚的礼物。
②It was generous of him to pay for the meal for us. 他为我们付了饭钱，真是大方。
