1 / 7 牛津上海版 8A U4 本单元重点单词梳理1. ancient adj. very old; from a time long ago很久以前的；古老的，古代的e.g. The ancient Chinese wore different clothes from the modern Chinese. 中国古人与现代人穿的衣服完全不同。I feel pretty ancient when I see how the younger generation behaves. 看到年轻一代的行为举止，我觉得我太老了。【反义】 modern adj ．现代的；现代化的2．times 时代；时期e.g. In Shakespeare's times, not many people could read ．在莎士比亚时代，没有多少人认识字。【近义】age n. 时代3．as 像⋯⋯一样，正如e.g. She works in the same building as my sister. 她和我的妹妹在同一大楼上班。4．nearly 几乎，差不多e.g. I'm nearly 16 –it ’s my birthday next week. 我就快 16 岁了，下个礼拜是我生日。【指点迷津： almost, nearly 】两词意思均为“几乎，将近，差不多”，当与动词、副词、形容词及名词连用时，意义相近，可互换。e.g. It's nearly suppertime.= It's almost suppertime. 快开晚饭了。almost 可与 no，none，never 以及 nothing 等不定代词连用，而nearly 则不可； nearly 常用在含有 not 的否定句中，而almost 则不可与 not 单独连用。e.g. There’s almost no water left in the bottle. 瓶子里水快没了。It is not nearly so pretty as it was before. 这儿远不及以前漂亮了。5. invent v. 发明，创造e.g. Who invented the plane? 谁发明了飞机？Thomas Edison invented the electric light. 托马斯· 爱迪生发明了电灯。【知识扩展】inventor n. 发明者；发明家invention n. 发明，发明物Tomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors who invented a lot of things in his life. 托马斯· 爱迪生是一生中发明了许多东西的伟大发明家之一。His 6,000 inventions included the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the mimeograph machine. 他的六千项发明中，包括电灯泡、留声机和油印机。6. calculate 计算e.g. Can you calculate how much a holiday will cost? 你能否计算一下度个假要花多少钱？【知识拓展】 calculator n. 电子计算器e.g. A calculator ...
