【词汇讲解】Unit 1 Living well Period 1 Intensive Reading

【词汇讲解】Unit 1 Living well Period 1 Intensive Reading重点单词
【寓词于境】阅读下列句子，注意desire的意思及用法。

Everyone has a desire for success, but no everyone desire to get rich.每个人都渴望成功，但并非人人都渴望金钱。

We all desire happiness and health.我们都希望幸福健康。

【自我归纳】通过观察以上句子我们发现desire是名词，意思是______ ；还可以作动词，意思是。

答案：想要；渴望
【词义辨析】
desire属正式用语，可代替wish 和want，强调“主观愿望的热切性”，含有“强烈希望做某事”的意思。

wish语气比desire弱，一般用于“难以实现或不可能实现的愿望”，指“希望”、“愿”、“想”。

hope表示实现的可能性较大的希望。

expect侧重“期待，预期，指望”。

want多用于口语式普通场合，指“想”、“要”或“需要”，表示“偏爱、选择”或“需要、热爱”。

long for表“希望，渴望”。

【思维拓展】
desire sth.渴望得到某物
desire to do sth.希望/渴望做某事
desire that sb.(should) do要求……
have a desire for sth./to do sth.渴望得到某物/希望做某事
at one’s desire照某人的希望
He desires you to go to see him at once. =He desires that you should go to see him at once.
他要求你马上去见他。

desirable adj.值得要的，令人满意的，称心的。

It’s desirable for you to be present.= It’s desirable that you(should)be present. 希望你能出席。

注意：当desire作动词或名词后接名词性从句时，从句的谓语动词用虚拟语气（should）+动词原形，且should可以省略。

【即学即练】
1. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1) She desires that you ______ (see) her at once.
2) She played a piece at others’ _______(desire).
答案：1) (should) see 2) desire
2. 根据句子意思用desire，wish，hope，expect，want或long for的适当形式填空。

1) I _______ I could have a new car.
2) I _____ a dictionary at the present time.
3) He managed to get the book he ______ finally.
4) I ______ an immediate answer of yours.
5) personally, our city team has better players and I ______them to win
6) He has been working abroad for years, and is _______ to come back and see his family very much.
答案：1)wish 2) want 3) desired 4) desire/expect/want 5) expect 6)longing
3. （2010第二学期浙东北三校期中联考）He _______ to go to Tsinghua University to study after graduating from high school, so he is working very hard.
A. demands
B. defends
C. desires
D. designs
答案与解析：C 考查动词词义辨析。

由句意可知，他希望高中毕业后上清华大学。

desire意为“希望”，符合语境。

demand要求；defend防卫；design设计。

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