8. hard/hardlyhardly和hard形式上很接近，但意义截然不同。(1)hard作形容词时，意为“困难的;硬的;勤奋的;严厉的;苛刻的”。 hard作副词时常用来表示程度，意为“努力地;猛烈地;剧烈地”。例如： I work hard at school. 我在学校努力学习。 This ground is too hard to dig. 这块地太硬，挖不动。 They tried hard to succeed. 他们努力工作，以求得成功。【拓展】work hard at…意为“努力于……”。例如： He is working hard at English. 他正在努力学习英语。(2)hardly是表频率的副词，意为“几乎不;几乎没有”，相当于almost not，并非hard的副词形式。例如： There is hardly any coffee left. = There’s almost no coffee left. 几乎没有剩余的咖啡了。

　　练一练：

      I. 英汉短语互译。

      1.沉默;无声________ 

      2.remember to do ________

      3.首先;最初________ 

      4.have fun doing sth.________

      5.感觉;好像________

      6.on the playground ________

      7.(闹钟)发出响声_______

      8.report sth. to sb. ________

      9.逐渐变弱、消失________

     10.fall asleep _____________

    II. 根据句意和首字母提示完成单词。

     1.Maybe there will be a thunder ________(暴风雨).

     2.My mind ________(突然) switched back to my conversation with Jeremy.

     3.The smoker tossed away the lighted ________(火柴)and so caused a fire.

     4.I can’t read while you are standing in my ________(光线).

     5.It was _______(报道) that there was going to be a football match.

     6.The farm is about 50 or 60 square kilometers in the ________(地区).

     7.You should fly your kite a ________ the wind.

     8.It rained so ________(大) last night that the lake is full of water now.

     9.John was very tired.He soon fell a ________.

    10.I just want to b________ this bad guy.

     III. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。

     1.I guess from his red eyes that he has been working too _____ (hard) recently.

     2.Please remember _____(clean) the room after work.

     3.Wish you have fun _____(learn) English this term.

     4.—Why didn’t you attend yesterday’s presentation? —Sorry，I _____(wait)for an important EMS then from an editor.

     5.Almost everyone knows that the moon _____(rise) in the east.