《I can hardly believe we're in the city center》Time off PPT优质课件

外研版八年级英语下册《I can hardly believe we're in the city center》Time off PPT优质课件，共23页。

Lead in

Words and expressions

hardly 几乎不；几乎没

take up 占去（时间或空间）

point out 指出；指明

sights 【用复数】风景；名胜

thirsty 渴的

at the top of… 在……的顶端

waste 浪费；滥用

Listening and vocabulary

Listen again and choose the correct answer.

1 Tony has / hasn't heard about Beihai Park.

2 Tony guesses that the park is very popular / not very popular.

3 Lingling suggests that they spend the day there / Darning and Betty come too.

4 Lingling thinks / doesn't think the park will be busy.

Language points

1. I can hardly believe we're in the city centre.

我几乎不能相信我们位于市中心。

hardly是否定词，意思是“几乎不”，一般与情态动词can / could连用。例如：

You can hardly see a person spit in a public place.

在公共场所你几乎看不到一个人随地吐痰。

辨析：

hard 用作副词，意思是“努力地,猛烈地”。例如：

They study English very hard.

他们学习英语很刻苦。

2. This park is famous for its lake, the bridge and the ancient buildings on the hill.

公园因湖，桥和山上的古代建筑而著名。

be famous for 因……而著名

e.g: China is famous for the Great Wall.

中国以长城而闻名。

3. I don ’ t think they allow people to swim in the lake.

我认为他们不允许人们在湖里游泳。

(1)当主句谓语动词是think, believe, feel, guess, expect, suppose等表示“观点、信念、推测、臆测”等心理活动时，常常使用否定前置结构（即把宾语从句中的否定词not转移到主句中的表达方式）。例如：

I don ’ t believe he will come. 我相信他不会来。

(2)allow作“允许”或“许可”讲，其常用搭配：

allow sb. to do sth.“允许某人做某事”；

allow doing sth.“允许做某事”。例如：

Please allow me to carry your bag.

请让我替你拿包。

They allowed smoking in this room only.

他们只允许在这间屋子里抽烟。

4. Let's not waste any more time. 我们不要再浪费时间了。

waste 意为“浪费”，可以用作名词，也可以用作动词。常用的句型或结构：

（1）waste ... on sth. “浪费……于某物上”

（2）waste ... in doing sth. “浪费……做某事”

（3）a waste of ... “浪费……”

（4）It' s wasteful to do sth. “做某事是浪费的”