外研版八年级上册 新教材（讲义）

Unit 4 Digital life

重点短语

1. in one's diary ：在某人的日记里

2. turn the pages ：翻书页

3. stand still ：静止不动

4. instead of ：代替；而不是

5. throw away ：扔掉

6. be about ：关于

7. hundreds of ：数以百计的；几百

8. next to ：紧邻；在…… 旁边

9. be on ：（电器等）开着；处于工作状态

10. wait for ：等待

11. light up ：点亮；照亮

12. think about ：思考；考虑

13. in the neighbourhood ：在附近；在街区

14. in the old days ：在过去

课文句子详解

原文

The Fun They Had

1 In her diary, on 17 May 2157, Margie wrote: "Today, Tommy found a real book!"

2 It was a very old book. They turned the old, yellow pages. It was strange to read the words.

They stood still on the pages, instead of moving across a screen.

3 "What a waste!" said Tommy. "When you finish the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our

television screen must have a million books on it! I wouldn't throw it away."

4 Margie asked, "What's the book about?"

5 "School."

6 "Why would anyone write about school?"

7 "Because it's an old kind of school, from hundreds of years ago. They had a teacher, but it was a

person. There was a special building, and all the kids and teachers went there."

8 Margie wanted to read about those funny schools. But her mother called, "Margie! School!"

9 Margie's classroom was right next to her bedroom. Her teacher was a machine. It was on and

waiting for her. The screen was lit up. The machine said: "Today's lesson is on maths. Please put

yesterday's homework in the opening."

10 Margie did so sadly. She was thinking about the old schools. All the kids from the

neighbourhood came, and laughed and shouted in the playground. They sat together in the

classroom, and went home together after school.

11 And the teachers were people...

12 Margie was thinking about how the students must have loved school in the old days. She was

thinking about the fun they had.

Adaptation from "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov

译文

他们曾拥有的快乐

1. 在 2157 年 5 月 17 日的日记里，玛吉写道：“今天，汤米发现了一本真正的书！”

2. 那是一本非常古老的书。他们翻动着那些泛黄的旧书页。阅读上面的文字感觉很奇怪。

那些文字静止在书页上，而不是在屏幕上滚动。

3. “ 真浪费啊！” 汤米说，“我猜你读完这本书后就会把它扔掉。我们的电视屏幕上肯定

有上百万本书！我可不会把它扔掉。”

4. 玛吉问道：“这本书是关于什么的？”

5. “ 学校。”

6. “ 为什么会有人写关于学校的书呢？”

7. “ 因为那是一种古老的学校，几百年前的。他们有老师，但那是真人。有一座专门的建筑，

所有的孩子和老师都去那里。”

8. 玛吉想继续读那些有趣的学校的事儿。但她妈妈喊道：“玛吉！该上学了！”

9. 玛吉的教室就在她卧室隔壁。她的老师是一台机器。机器开着，正在等她。屏幕亮着。

机器说道：“今天的课程是数学。请把昨天的作业放到入口处。”

10. 玛吉难过地照做了。她在想着那些老式学校。街区里所有的孩子都来了，在操场上嬉笑

叫嚷。他们一起坐在教室里，放学后一起回家。

11. 而且老师都是真人……

12. 玛吉在想，过去的学生们肯定很喜欢上学。她在想着他们曾拥有的快乐。

改编自艾萨克 · 阿西莫夫的《他们曾拥有的快乐》

句子详解

第一段

1. In her diary, on 17 May 2157, Margie wrote: "Today, Tommy found a real book!"

句子结构成分： In her diary 和 on 17 May 2157 是时间状语， Margie 是主语， wrote 是谓语，

直接引语是宾语。在直接引语中， Today 是时间状语， Tommy 是主语， found 是谓语， a

real book 是宾语 。

时态：主句一般过去时，直接引语一般过去时 。

中考考点：直接引语和间接引语的转换，包括时态、人称等的变化 。

短语搭配： in one's diary 在某人的日记里 。 例如 ： She often writes her feelings in her diary.

（她 经 常在日记里写 下 自 己 的感 受 ） 。

第 二 段