—Where

were

you

born?你是在哪里出生的？—I

was

born

in

a

small

village

in

Shanxi

Province.我出生在山西省的一個小村莊。（教材P42）

be

born出生

常用于一般過去時，be動詞使用was還是were由主語決定。These

girls

were

born

in

Shanghai.

這些女孩出生于上海。I

was

born

on

May

20th.我出生于5月20日。He

was

born

on

a

cold

winter

morning.他出生于一個寒冬的早晨。Everyone

is

born

with

the

ability

to

learn.每個人生來就有學習的能力。（隨州中考）

born［形容詞］天生的只能用在名詞前作定語。Bud

is

a

born

musician.巴德是個天生的音樂家。She

was

strict

but

very

nice.

她很嚴格，但是人很好。（教材P42）

strict/str?kt/

adj.嚴格的；嚴厲的

［形容詞］常用短語為：be

strict

with+sb.對某人要求嚴格be

strict

about+（doing）

sth.對（做）某事要求嚴格語境串記Students

must

be

strict

about

their

study

and

teachers

must

be

strict

with

their

students.

學生必須對他們的學習要求嚴格，老師必須對他們的學生要求嚴格?？枷螯c撥中考常在單項選擇題中考查be

strict

with和be

strict

about的辨析或者根據句意或語境選擇介詞with或about。典例1

根據漢語提示補全句子。(云南中考)Teachers

______________

their

students

in

order

to

help

them

make

great

progress.（對……嚴格）are

strict

with

nice/na?s/

adj.

友好的；親切的

［形容詞］友好的；親切的She

always

makes

her

classes

interesting

and

she

is

nice

to

her

students.她總是使她的課有趣，并且她對她的學生很友好。（吉林中考）It

was

nice

of

them

to

invite

us.

他們真好，邀請了我們。

［形容詞］令人愉快的；宜人的Nice

to

meet

you！很高興見到你！Did

you

have

a

nice

time

last

Sunday?

你上周日玩得愉快嗎？She

was

very

friendly.她非常友好。（教材P42）

friendly/'frendli/

adj.

友好的

be

friendly

to

相當于be

nice/kind

to

sb.。If

you

are

friendly

to

others,

you

will

make

more

friends.如果你對他人友好，你將會交到更多的朋友。（青海中考）

與friendly相關的詞：語境串記Being

friendly

to

others

is

the

best

way

to

get

friendship.

I'm

lucky

to

have

a

lot

of

good

friends.

We

never

say

unfriendly

words

to

each

other.對別人友好是獲得友誼的最佳方式。我很幸運擁有很多好朋友。我們從不對彼此說不友善的話。典例2

完成句子，每空一詞。(陜西中考A卷改編)我們的體育老師對同學們很友好。Our

PE

teacher

___

_____

________________

___

students.isveryfriendly/nice/kindtoWhat

were

they

like？他們是什么樣的人？（教材P42）

What+be+sb.+like?某人是什么樣的人?

該句型用來詢問某人的性格、品質等?；卮饡r常用表示人的性格或品質的形容詞，如：friendly（友好的）、strict（嚴格的）、nice/kind（善良的）、shy（害羞的）、quiet（文靜的）等?！猈hat's

your

sister

like?

你姐姐是什么樣的人？—She's

very

friendly.

她很友好。

"What+do/does+sb.+look

like?"（某人長什么樣？）,常用來詢問某人的外貌?；卮饡r常用tall、short、thin、fat、of

medium

height/build（中等身高/身材）等描述人的外貌特征的形容詞或短語。—What

does

she

look

like

now?她現(xiàn)在長什么樣？—She

is

tall

and

has

short

hair

now.她現(xiàn)在很高，留著短發(fā)。（郴州中考）典例3

(昆明中考)—What

does

your

brother

look

like?—___.B

is

outgoing

is

really

tall

and

thin

is

a

student

is

in

hospital【解析】問句詢問的是某人的外貌。A項意為"他很外向"（描述性格）；B項意為"他很高很瘦"（描述外貌）；C項意為"他是一名學生"（說明身份）；D項意為"他在醫(yī)院"（說明地點）。結合選項可知，選B。He

was

quite

difficult.

他相當難管。（教材P42）

difficult/'d?f?klt/

adj.

難對付的Don't

be

so

difficult!別這么挑剔！He

is

a

difficult

customer.

他是一個難對付的顧客。

（1）difficult［形容詞］困難的；費力的I

think

it's

very

difficult

to

get

up

early.我認為早起很難。（2）difficulty［名詞］困難；費勁without

difficulty毫不費力地have

difficulty(in)

doing

Some

students

have

difficulty(in)

learningEnglish.

一些學生在學英語方面有困難。語境串記I

know

it's

a

diff