Unit 1 Star signs重点短语：worry about为（对）......担心 argue with 与.....争吵be familiar with sth. 对某物熟悉（通晓） ask for 请求to sb. 为某人所熟知 dream about 梦见give up 放弃 find out查出；发现，弄明白pay attention to 注意 be able to能够show off 炫耀，卖弄 come up with想出，提出交际用语：It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper.I’m patient enough to wait for two hours.You should read your stars. It’s very interesting.It says I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. I won’t be hungry.语法：（1） “It’s+ adj. + of/ for sb. +to do sth.”句型It’s kind of you to help me with my work.（2） “Sb.+ be+ adj. +enough + to do sth.”句型I’m patient enough to wait for two hours.（3）不同句子成分语言知识精讲：1. It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper, Hobo.bring vt. 意为“拿来，带来”，一般指方向转向说话人，指将远处的东西拿（带）到说话人所在的地方来，即由远及近。
辨析：bring，take与getbring意为“拿来，带来”，指将远处的东西拿到说话人所在的地方来。
The teacher told us to bring our homework to school tomorrow.take意为“拿走”，一般指将某物从说话人之处拿走，即由近至远，与bring方向相反。
My father took the empty bottles of beer on the table.get意为“去拿，去取”，主要用于口语中，相当于go and bring。
Please get something to eat for me.2. Well ,you shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast then.worry about为.....而担忧（焦虑或烦恼）The old woman worried about her lost purse.[注意]worry的形容词形式为worried。
Worry about可用be worried about来表达。
3. She wants to find out more about them...find out查清；弄明白；知道The teacher has found out who broke the window.辨析：find，find out与discover它们都有“发现”的意思，但在用法上有区别。
Find侧重“找”的结果，指有意识地寻找和发现；discover往往指“第一次无意中发现”，尤指科学上的发现，如：发现客观事物的存在；find out意为“查清，弄明白”，往往指通过观察、调查、侦破、询问等形式发现事情的真相，多指发现无形的、隐秘的事情。
4. Millie wants to know what the other six star signs are represented by.want vt. 想要，要。
常见的用法有：（1） want+名词（代词）I want something to drink.（2）want to do sth.想要做某事Someone at the school gate wants to see you.（3）want sb.to do sth.想要某人做某事I want you to go to the movies with me（4）want a go 想试一试Do you want a go?5. Then colour the pictures.colour vt. 染色，着色，涂颜色于......；渲染；影响 n.意为“颜色”Colour a wall green.What colour is your bag?6. You are energetic and active....energetic 意为“精力充沛的，充满活力的”，在句中一般用作表语和定语。
energetic的名词形式是 energy，作“精力，干劲”讲时，是不可数名词 Young people usually have more energy than the old.energy还可以作可数名词，常用复数形式，表示“精力”之意I have enough energies to do some research work.7. You are patient and do not give up easily.give up指“放弃，不再做（某事）”，后面一般接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。
give up doing sth. = stop doing sth.8. ...and like to take care of others.take care of 照料，保管，关心take care of = look after9. You worry too much at times.你有时有点杞人忧天。
（1）too much太多，过分，常用来修饰不可数名词I have too much homework to do today.(2)辨析： too much, much too 与too manytoo much常用作定语，修饰不可数名词，也可单独使用，在句中作主语、表语或状语。
He drank too much beer last night.昨晚他喝了太多的啤酒。
This is too much.这太过分了。
much too 极其，非常，后接形容词或副词。
The problem is much too difficult for me to work out.这道题非常难，我算不出来。
too many 太多，作定语时，常修饰复数名词。
I have too many problems to ask for you.10. 表示“对某人友好”的意思，还可以用“be kind to sb.”和“be friendly tosb.”11. without prep. 没有，毫不，反义词为withHe went out without a cap.他没戴帽子就出去了。
without有如下用法:(1) (表示条件)如果没有，要不Fish can’t live without water. （如果）没有水，鱼就活不了。
(2)毫不，没有，后接名词或动名词He often goes to school without breakfast.他经常没吃早饭就去上学了。
(3)在.....外面，在......外部Please wait without the door.请在门外等候。
相关链接：without表示条件时，可变为if.....not条件句。
I won’t be able to pass the exams without your help. (= I won’t be able to pass the exams if I don’t have your help.)没有你的帮助，我考试会不及格。
12. You are practical and always pay attention to details.你是一个脚踏实地的人，并且注重细节。
pay attention to注意；留心；专心The teacher told the students to pay attention.相关链接：英语中表示“注意”，还可用be careful of和 look out。
Be careful of thieves in the buses. 在公共汽车上要当心（注意）小偷。
Look out! A car is coming towards you. 当心！一辆小车朝你驶来了。
13. as well也Amy is making predictions for Millie as well.埃米也在为米莉作预测。
Thomas Edison, a great inventor and worker, was a dreamer as well.辨析：as well，too，also和either这四个副词都有“也”的意思，但在有法上有区别。
too表示“也”时，一般用于肯定句，常放在句尾，并用逗号隔开；also用于句中；as well也用于肯定句，放在句尾，不用逗号隔开；either只能用于否定句，放在句尾时，要用逗号隔开。
I like swimming, and he likes swimming,too.Mark Twain is also a famous writer.She didn’t know how to go there. I didn’t know,either.14. You should read your stars,Eddie.should aux. (其否定形式缩写形式为shouldn’t)，其主要用法有：（1）表示义务和责任，意为“应当，应该”。
用于各种人称，它表示主观看法中的一种建议或劝说。
Children should be taught to speak the truth.（2）表示推论或推测，意为“可能，按道理说”，用于表示说话人期待某事发生，或推论某事可能发生（结果可能未发生）Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite.相关链接：（1）should表示义务和责任时，与ought to意思大致相同，但ought to反映客观情况，表示根据法律和义务“应当”，比should语气强。
They ought to be there by now, I think.（2）should“推测”时的用法与must和may表示“推测”时的用法是不同的。
Must用于表示说话人时对某事的发生把握性很大，意思是“一定”；may用于说话人对某事的发生把握性不大，意思是“可能，大概”。
