八年級英語下冊Unit 4知識講解

　　8. “make good use of your time.” mr. li advised.
　　9. he asked li ying “were you watching tv at this time yesterday?”
　　10. he asked me, “when did you see the film?”
　　ii. please change the following sentences from indirect speech into direct speech.
　　11. betty asked me if i had been at home the day before.
　　　　betty asked me，“___ ___ at home ___?”
　　12. she said that she had been back for a week.
　　　　she said，“___ ___ ___ for a week.”
　　13. mr. smith said that john had told him all about it three weeks before.
　　　　mr. smith said，“john ___ ___ all about it three weeks ___.”
　　14. the teacher asked his student why she had made so many mistakes in the test that time.
　　　　the teacher asked his student，“why __ __ __ so many mistakes in the test __ time?”
　  15. the teacher asked us whether we were ready.
　　　  the teacher asked us，“___ ___ ___?”
　  16. the teacher told her not to be late any more.
　　　  the teacher ___ ___ her，“___ ___ late any more!”
　  17. my doctor told me not to read in bed.
　　　  my doctor ___ ___ me，“___ ___ in bed.”
　  18. liu ying told me that she would help me with my english.
　　　  liu ying said to me，“___ ___ help ___ with ___ english.”
　  19. do you know what factory his father works in?
　　　  what factory ___ his father ___ in? do you know?
　  20. the monitor told us that we were going to have a meeting the next day.
　　　  the monitor said, “we ___ ___ to have a meeting ___.”
　　iii. reading
　　man has always wanted to fly. some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem. one of these, for example, was the great italian artist, leonardo da vinci. in the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly. among these designs there was actually one for a helicopter. there was also another one for a parachute (降落傘). but these things were all designs. they were never built.
　　throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly. a typical example was a man in england 800 years ago. he made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. then he fixed them to his shoulders and jumped into the air from a tall building. he did not fly very far. instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body,
　　the first real steps took place in france, in 1783. two brothers, the montgolfiers, made a very large "hot air balloon". they knew that hot air rises. why not fill a balloon with it? the balloon was made of cloth and paper. in september of that year, the king and queen of france came to see the balloon. they watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. the passengers were a sheep, a chicken and a duck. we do not know how they felt about the trip. but we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. two months later, two men did the same thing. on 21 november, pilatre de rozier and the marquis a arlande rose above paris in a similar balloon. their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.