U4 What would you like to be
重点词语
1. _____________ n. 秘书
2. ___________ n. 银行
【记忆链接】banker n. 银行家
河岸，河畔
My house is on the south bank of the river. 我家坐落在河的南岸。
3. ___________ n. 员工
4. ___________ n. 女警察
【复数形式】_________________
【反义词】 _______________ 男警察
5．___________ n. 牙医
【友情提示】 doctor n. 大夫；博士
surgeon n. 外科大夫
6．__________ n. 飞行员
7．__________ n. 消防队员
【复数形式】________________
【近义词】firefighter消防队员
8．__________ n. 邮递员
【复数形式】___________________
【友情提示】postman是英国英语，美国英语用mailman.
9. _______________ n. 店员；售货员
10. __________ n. 人
personal adj. 个人的
11. ____________________ v.
教
My father______________________________. 我父亲教我怎么样种树。
以教书为生
She teaches at our local school. 她在大家这个区域的学校教书。
Kitty teaches English in our school. 凯蒂在大家学校教英语。
主张；倡导
Christ taught forgiveness. 基督主张宽恕。
Our country teaches peace and equality. 国内主张和平与平等。
教育，训诫
It taught him a lesson he would never forget. 这给了他一个终生难忘的教训。
12．put out扑灭
___________________________________________．大家需要飞速灭火。
__________ v. 采访，面试
Mary is interviewing the Prime Minister of Britain．玛丽正在采访英国首相。
We interviewed 20 people for the job．为这份工作大家对20人进行了面试。
n. 面试，面议；采访，交谈
have/ get an interview with sb. 与某人面议
Jackie Chan is going to give an interview this Sunday．成龙这周日将同意采访。
I never give interviews．我从不同意采访。
【记忆链接】interviewer n.采访者；面试官 interviewee受访者；面试者
____________________ conj.
是不是
I wonder if I should wear a hat．我不了解是否应该戴帽子。
倘若，假如
If necessary I will come at six．如有必要，我6点钟来。
____________________ v. 结束
I haven't finished reading the book yet．我还没有读完这本书。
★finish sth. 加工，比如：
His blouse needs to be finished off before I can wear it. 这件（女）衬衫还要再加工一下我才能穿。
★finish sb. 使人筋疲力尽，比如：
That bike ride absolutely finished me off.我骑了一路自行车已筋疲力尽。
★finish sb/sth off ，比如：
That fever nearly finished him off.那次高烧险些要了他的命。
★finishi doing sth. 完成做某事
She will finish all the work. 他将完成所有些工作。
__________n.
年龄
What's his age? 他多大年龄？
老年，晚年
His face was wrinkled with age．他的脸因苍老而起皱。
年代，历史时期
The computer is more and more popular at the modern age. 在现代计算机愈加时尚。
v. 变老；显老；见老
He has aged a lot recently．他近期非常见老。
重点短语
different jobs 不一样的职业
would like to be/become 想要成为……
a secretary 一名秘书
a bank clerk 一个银行员工
a policewoman 一个女警察
a dentist 一名牙医
a pilot 一名飞行员
a fireman 一个消防队员
a postman 一名邮递员
a shop assistant 一个商店营业员
teach children English 教孩子们英语
make sick people better 使患者好转
drive a bus 驾驶一辆公交车
put out fires 扑灭火
cook food for people 为大家烧食物
make our city a safe place 使大家的城市（成为）一个安全的地方
interview sb. 采访某人
find out 查明；弄清（状况）
start work 开始工作
finish work 结束工作
in the morning/afternoon/evening 在早上/下午/晚上
重点句型
This person makes sick people better．这种人让患者好一些。
make在这里的意思是：使（某人／某物）表现出某种情况，比如：
★ make的使动使用方法
1) make sb. do sth. 使／让某人做某事
My mother makes me play the piano for 2 hours. 母亲让我弹两小时钢琴。
2) make sb. /sth. +adj. 使……变得…
The police make our city safe. 警察使大家的城市变得安全。
3) make sb. /sth. +n. 使……变成……
The policemake our city a safe place. 警察使大家的城市变成一个安全的地方。
★ make sb. do sth.
= let sb. do sth.
= have sb. do sth.
让某人做某事
keep sb. doing sth.
= have sb. doing sth.
让某人一直做某事
★ better为形容词，意为（身体）更好；更好的，比如：
My mother is a doctor. She makes sick people better. 我母亲是个大夫。她使患者好一些。
2. Would you like to be a cook?你想成为厨师吗？
Would you like to do…？表示“你想做某事吗”
would like to do= want to do，讲解为“想要”。其否定形式为wouldn't，是would not的缩略形式。
I would like=I’d like
Would you like to be…？“你想成为一名……吗？”，回答时用Yes, I would. ／No, I wouldn’t. 如：
- Would you like to be a pilot? 你想成为一名飞行员吗？
- Yes, I’d like to. ／No, I wouldn’t. 是的，我想。／不，我不想。
3．What's your job?你是干什么工作的？
询问某人的工作
= What are you?
= What is your job?
= What do you do?
= What job do you do?
回答：I am a/an…
4. I wouldn't like to be a cook because I don't like cooking．我不想成为一名厨师由于我不喜欢做饭。
cook v. 烹饪 n. 厨师
cooker n. 厨具
I'm forty-two years old. 我四十二岁了。
...years old表示“……岁”，比如：seven years old七岁，在表示人的年龄时也可以如此说：
a seven-year-old boy七岁的男生
Mary's grandmother is sixty-two years old this year. 玛丽的祖母今年六十二岁了。
Mary has a sixty-two- year- old grandmother. 玛丽有一个六十二岁的祖母。
【辨析】
She is five years old. （只能放在be动词之后，作表语）
She is a five- year- old girl. （只能放在名词之前，作定语，修饰名词）
6．I usually start work at half past eight in the morning．我一般在上午八点半开始工作。
介词at用于表示具体的时刻：at five o'clock在五点 at dawn在黎明；
当表示在上午/下午/晚上时，分别为in the morning/ afternoon/ evening。
句中的work为名词，意为“工作”，当表示工作时大家还可以用“job”这个词。
【辨析】job与work
job与work都有“工作”的意思，但job强调的是“职业”，而work强调的是“所做的事情”；
前者是个可数名词，而后者是个不可数名词。比如：
My father has a job as a fireman. 我父亲是个消防队员。
Teachers usually begin a day's work very early. 老师常常非常早就开始了一天的工作。
Keys:
重点词语
secretary 2. bank 3. clerk 4. policewoman, policewomen, policeman 5. dentist 6. pilot 7. fireman, firemen 8. postman, postmen 9. shop assistant 10. person 11. teach, teaches me how to plant a tree 12. We must put out fire quickly. 13. interview 14. if 15. finish 16. age
重点短语
1. a secretary 2. a dentist 3. a shop assistant 4. teach children English 5. make sick people better 6. put out fires 7. interview sb. 8. in the morning/afternoon/evening
