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Unit 1重要單詞,詞組講解1. mean的用法What do you mean to do with it? I didn’t mean to hurt you.1)mean to do意欲做This means staying here longer. Missing the train means waiting for another hour. 2)mean doing意味著做He is not meant for a teacher and will always be unhappy in the school.Be meant for 適合做他說他不適合讀書因?yàn)閼?。He says he _________________ a student for his laziness.這次考試失敗意味著要再考一次。Failing this exam ___________________ another one.我并不是故意遲到的。I didn’t ____________ be late for school.2. celebrate vt.(1)慶祝;祝賀celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory (成功)(2)贊揚(yáng);稱頌The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets.詞語辨析:celebrate, congratulatecelebrate后常接日期,事情或場合congratulate后常接人表示為某事而祝賀某人congratulate sb. on/upon sth. ex:congratulate you on your marriage. 有時還表示私自慶幸的意思。ex:I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished. 3. 英語中表示“發(fā)生”的詞或短語均為不及物,不用于被動語態(tài)。主語為所發(fā)生的事。詞語辨析:take place, happen, occur, e about, break out的比較1) The wedding will take place tomorrow.2)In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China. take place發(fā)生,舉行。 側(cè)重安排或計(jì)劃而發(fā)生的事,帶有“非偶然”的意思 3) What has happened to her?碰巧,恰好 happen “發(fā)生”,普通用詞,含義很廣。常指具體客觀事物或情況的發(fā)生,含有“偶然”的意味。 當(dāng)以具體事物、事件作主語時,happen 和 occur可以換用;但當(dāng)happen用作“碰巧”之意時,不能用occur代替,但可以與e about 互換。4) It happened to rain that day. 5) The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday. occur “發(fā)生,出現(xiàn)”,較正式用詞,指事情偶然地、意外地發(fā)生或思想突然浮在心頭。occur to 有“想起”的意思。6) The Second World War broke out in 1939. break out (火災(zāi)、戰(zhàn)爭、疾病)突然發(fā)生、爆發(fā) 7) How does it e about that you were caught by the police? e about “發(fā)生”, 往往注重事情發(fā)生的原因。且很多時候與how 連用。與happen 用法較接近 用take place , happen 和 e about 的正確形式填空1. The May 4th Movement _____________ in 1919.2. If anything ___________ to the machine, let me know at once.3. The opening day of the play ___________ tomorrow night.4. Can you tell me how it ___________?4. starve: to death be starved of/ starve for: 渴望她很寂寞,渴望友誼:She is lonely, starving for friendship.The motherless children were starved of/ were starving for affection. 渴望母愛他們在沙漠中迷路而餓死。他們正急需一大筆錢來完成工作。They got lost in the desert and ____________________.They are _____________ a sum of money to finish their work.n. starvation 餓死:die of ____________5. a year/ day of plenty 富裕/豐收的年月 days/ years of plenty ——Have we got enough apples? ——Yes, there are plenty in the basket. plenty of +復(fù)數(shù)n/ 不可數(shù)n plenty of eggs/ food/milk… 足夠的…6. honour1) 光榮,榮譽(yù)(n) They fight for the honour of the country. One must show honour to one’s parents.2) in honour of 為了紀(jì)念 A festival is set in honour of the hero.3) an hounour 光榮的人或事情 Liu Xiang is an honour to our country.4) 尊敬,給以榮譽(yù)(v) Children should honour their parents. 7. satisfy Vt. Vi. 使?jié)M意,使?jié)M足Nothing can satisfy him except the best.Some people are really hard to satisfy. satisfied with 對…滿意. She’s not satisfied with her new house.令人滿意的: satisfying, satisfactory滿意:satisfaction8. please Vt 使愉快,取悅…It is difficult to please everybody.Our aim is to please the customers.pleased (人) 高興的…愉快的Pleasing (物) 令人愉快的pleasant (物) 好聽的,令人舒服的pleasure 高興的事情聽到她悅耳的聲音我們很高興.We are _________ to hear her ___________voice. It is such a ___________ to us.I was very _________ to hear the news.The news was