M3U1 Language points

Unit3 Festivals around the world—Language points

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1. starve vt.&vi. (使)饿死；使挨饿

n. __________ starve for sth= long for. ____________

(1) Without food and water, the explorers were left to ________ to death in the desert.

(2) Every year, many people will die of __________ in the poor areas.

(3) She is lonely and she ________ for friendship.

2. Mean

1). mean doing意味着

_______________ ____________ 翻译:意味着错过这班火车意味着还要等一个小时。

Festival are meant to celebrate important times of year. (Warming up page 1)

【分析】be meant to do 是mean to do sth. 的被动形式。mean to do sth. 意为“打算/ 意欲做……”, mean 作动词。翻译：_______________ ____________________

2) mean to do 打算或企图做

抱歉，我不是故意伤害你的。_______________ __________

3.take place: 有计划有目的的“发生”

happen: 发生，常指偶然或意外;

break out: (地震、战争)突然发生、爆发

翻译：事故发生时，有人路过那里吗？_______________ ____________________

He happened to find the treasure, which made him a millionaire. _____________ __________

4. lead…to引导

lead sb to some place / lead sb to do sth

lead to:导致

lead / live a … life （使）过着…的生活

Please ____ us ___ a place without poverty or s______.请带我们去一个没有贫穷和饥饿的地方.

这将导致极大的麻烦。(lead to) 翻译：_______________ ____________________

5. admire v.欣赏；钦佩；羡慕

_________ n. admire sb. for sth. ________________

(1) The boy was ______ himself in the mirror when the teacher came in.

(2) He gave me an ________ look. (3) I am filled with ____________ for his courage.

(4) I ______ Stephen Hawking _____ his strong will and success.

6. award n. 奖；奖励；奖品v.授予；给予；判给

(1)The successful movie earned her the best actress ______.

译___________________________

(2) Madame Curie was ________ the Nobel Prize for her contributions in Chemistry.

(3) The university ________ her scholarship for her excellent academic performance.

辨析: award, reward

award 指“奖品”；被奖励授予的东西,

reward 指“回报；报酬”，强调因相应的行为获得的酬劳。

The fireman received a ____ for saving the child's life.

7. permission n.允许，许可_________v.允许

(1) If you want to take photos in the museum, you have to ask ___________ from the warden.

(2) The parents should not enter the campus without ___________.

(3) Our boss doesn’t __________ us to surf the Internet during the work time.

= We don’t _________ surfing the Internet during the work time.

【归纳】_____permission from sb. 征得某人的许可without permission ___________ permit sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事permit _____________ 允许做某事

8. apologize v. 道歉__________ n.

apologize (to sb ) for sth. / doing sth. 因某事而(向某人)道歉

(1) I must _______ _______ you for the mistake I made.

(2) I _______ ________ being late again.

(3) You’d better make an ________ to her for not having gone to her party.

9. remind vt.提醒；使想起

remind sb. of sth. 使某人想起某事

remind sb. + that从句

remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事

(1)请提醒她回家的时候买酒。翻译：_______________ ____________________

(2)The old picture reminds me of my childhood.翻译：_______________ ____________