Detailed Solution for Unit 8How was your school trip ?【重要词汇详解】1. prize /praIz/n．奖赏，奖品：He won the first prize in the speech contest．【注意与price(价格)的区别。
】☆win a prize获奖2.visitor /5vIzItE/n．访问者，来客the Visitors’ Center [记忆] visit + or3.outdoor /5aJtdC:/adj．户外的，野外的[记忆]out + door(门)。
[引申] 反义词：indoor。
4.octopus /5CktEpEs/n. “章鱼” ☆an octopus5.end /end/n.& v. 结束意为结束某一进程，其后不跟其他动词。
①n. at the end of … e.g. at the end of the concert (时间) at the end of the street (地点)【in the end = at last = finally 最后In the end, we were very tired.】②v. Mr Smith ended the class with a song .[考点] finish 完成某事或一动作。
后跟名词、代词或动名词。
finish doing sth.6. luck /lQk/n.“幸运”Good luck! → lucky adj.“幸运的”lucky bird → luckily adv.7. off /Cf/adj. “休息”day off on my next day offtake…off I’d like to take the afternoon off8. future /5fju:tFE/n．将来，未来：I hope you have a happy future before you．[考点]辨析in the future与in future：in the future指“在将来”；in future指“从今以后”e.g. I want to be a doctor in the future. You should study hard in future.【重要词组概览】1. hang out with one’s friends和朋友闲逛2. at the aquarium 在水族馆3. take photos=take a photo=take pictures=take a picture照相4. get one’s autograph得到了某人的亲笔签名5. win a prize / hat赢得奖品（帽子）6.on the school trip在学校的旅游7. have a great time 玩得愉快8. watch a dolphin show看一场海豚表演9. after that那以后10. at the end of…在…结束;在…末尾→at the beginning of…11. sleep late睡过头 12. go for a drive 开车兜风13. all day 一整天14. (on the) day off （因病或节假日）休息15. a yard sale 庭院旧货出售16. see you soon盼望很快见到你17. come back from…从…回来18. in the future “在将来” 19. none of them 一个都没有【重要句型概览】1. What did you do on your school trip?2. Did you go to the zoo? No., I didn’t. I went to the aquarium.3. Did you see any seals? Yes, I saw some seals.4. Were there any sharks? No, there weren’t any sharks; but there were some really smart seals.5. What else did you do?6. How was your day off?【语法知识聚焦】一般过去时：主要用来表示过去发生的动作或状态。
常与表示过去的时间状语连用，如：yesterday, last week, three years ago, in 1978, a moment ago, just now.1 ). be动词过去式的句式。
否定句:是在was / were后面加not，was not (wasn’t)/were not (weren’t)。
一般疑问句: 是把was / were提前并放到句首，要求首字母要大写。
2 ).实义动词过去式的句式 e.g. They had a good time yesterday.否定式：主语+did not( didn’t )+动词原形+其它。
如：They didn’t watch TV last night.一般疑问句：Did+主语+动词原形+其它？肯定回答：Yes，主语+did. 否定回答：No，主语+didn’t.e.g. Did they have a meeting two days ago? Yes，they did. / No，they didn’t.特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+did+主语+动词原形+其它？e.g.What time did you finish your homework?3 ). 关于过去式的规则变化: 可速记为"直"、"去"、"双"、"改"四字诀。
①一般情况下在动词原形后直接加-ed。
如：wanted，played。
②以不发音的字母e结尾的动词，去掉e再加-ed。
如：hoped，lived。
③重读闭音节单词需双写最后一个辅音字母再加-ed。
如：stopped。
④以辅音字母+y结尾的动词变y为i，再加-ed。
如：studied，worried。
4) . 不规则动词的变化有许多，而且是常用词，在本单元中我们首先应记住以下几个：1. go －went2. take－took3. have－had4. buy－bought5. eat－ate6. see－saw7. hang－hung（悬挂）8. meet－met9. win－won （赢得）10. sleep－slept 11. put－put 12. come－came 13. wake－woke（醒）【重要句子详解】1. Were there any sharks?用there be 句型时，汉语意为“有”，但不是表拥有和所有，是表存在。
Were是be的复数形式的过去式。
原形为there are . 要注意的是不要将其写成There have 。
there is/are表示的是某处有某物。
have表示某人有某物。
试比较：I have two pens. 我有两支钢笔。
（表示所有关系）There are two pens on the desk. 桌子上有两支钢笔。
（表示某处有某物）2. What else did you do? What else 表示"还有（别的）什么"What else do you want ? 你还想要什么？else adv. 修饰不定代词和疑问词, 作后置定语。
如：Who else wants a go ? Where else did you go ? Anything else ?other adj. 修饰名词，作前置定语。
e.g. We should help other people .3. He won a prize. 他赢了一个奖。
win的过去式won。
4.Class 9 had a great time on the s chool trip.……At the end of the day,the science teacher was very happy because the class monitorcleaned the bus after the trip.在这段短文中作者用了First, Then, After that, Finally（最终）, At the end of the day表示一天活动的先后顺序，使得文章看起来活泼又自然。
Class 9 had a great time on the school trip.have a great time = have a good time = have funFinally, tired but happy, they took the bus back to school.take the bus back to school = go back to school by busThey went to the Outdoor Pool where there was a giant octopus.他们去了有一个巨大的章鱼的（叫做）Outdoor Pool 的地方。
where there was a giant octopus 是定语从句，定的中心词是the Outdoor Pool . （户外泳池）又如：They went to the Gift Shop where they bought lots of gifts.他们去了他们买了许多礼物的Gift Shop商店。
where they bought lots of gifts . 是定语从句，定的中心词是the Gift Shop. （只要知道这两句的中文意思即可。
）另外说一个章鱼时我们要说an octopus.5. Did you have fun camping? 你们野营玩得开心吗？have fun (in) doing sth. 做某事很开心They had fun singing in the party last night.6. It rained all day.下了一整天的雨 The workers worked all dayyesterday.7. Uncle Martin put some of his old things out in the yard and had ayard sale.①put sth. out把某物拿出来②have a yard sale 进行了一场旧货出售③some of / one of …的一些/……中的一个8. However, no one came to the sale because the weather was sobad.however转折连词，通常都是单独使用，后面加逗号隔开。