language points 1

celebration n. 庆祝，祝贺 celebrity n.名声，名人
词语辨析：celebrate, congratulate celebrate congratulate 后常接日期,事情或场合 后常接人，表示为某事而祝贺某
人congratulate sb. on/upon sth.
e.g：congratulate you on your marriage.
meaningless adj. 无意义的，无目的的
2 celebrate vt.
(1) 庆祝；祝贺
celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory
(2) 赞扬；称颂
The names of heroes are celebrated by the
poets.
to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or
wanted 渴望获得某事物；缺乏
e.g.The homeless children were starved
for love .
这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。
渴望消息 starve for news 她很寂寞,渴望友谊。
讨论它们（中国节日）什么时间进行，庆祝
的是什么事件，和人们在那天所做的事。
take place
发生，举行<不及物动词， 不用于被动语态>
e.g. 1 The opening ceremony will take place next week. 2 Great changes have taken place in China during the past 20 years. take one’s place 就位
5 . At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find，especially during the clod winter months . 在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特 别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。
starve: suffer or die from hunger 1) vt.使饿死 vi.饿得要死
4). mean 后接名词、副词或从句 mean 后接名词或副词，意为“表示；打
算；存心”等意思；后接that 从句，意为
“表示……”。
e.g. The dark clouds mean rain.
5). be meant for
e.g. I mean the room for my bedroom.
勤奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。
知识拓展
①mean adj. 卑鄙的，自私的 ②means n.
数同形） 方式，方法，手段，工具 （单复
A car is a means of transport.
Every means is very good. ③meaning n. 意思，意义，含义
meaningful adj. 富有意义的，意味深长的
（必须要做某事或导致种结果）”, 其主语通常是指事物的词。 e.g. Refusing his invitation means breaking off your relationship.
2). mean to do sth.
mean to do sth.
意思是“打算或企图做某事”，其主语通常是表示人
的名词或代词，其过去完成式表示“本来打算做某 事”。 e.g. I didn’t m mean sb. to do sth.
mean sb. to do sth. 的意思是“打算让某人做
某事”，也可以用于被动结构。
e.g. I didn’t mean him to help me.
不同种类的
这（那）种
某种
① That kind of question is very difficult to answer. = Questions of that kind are difficult to answer. 那类问题是很难解答的。
② We sell all kinds of shoes. = We sell shoes of all kinds. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。 ③ You can see different kinds of animals in the zoo. = You can see animals of different kinds in the zoo. 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动物。
有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。
e.g：I congratulated myself on my escape
from being punished.
3. Discuss when they take place, what they
celebrate and what people do at that time.
4) It happened to rain that day. 5) The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday.
occur “发生，出现”,较正式用词，指事情偶然地、意 外地发生或思想突然浮在心头。occur to 有“想起”的 意思。
Hard work leads to success, while laziness leads to failure.
勤奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。
6) The Second World War broke out in 1939.
break out (火灾、战争、疾病)突然发生、爆发
7) How does it come about that you were caught by the police? come about “发生”, 常指偶然发生的事情。且很 多时候与how 连用。与happen 用法较接近
3) What has happened to her？碰巧，恰好
happen “发生”，普通用词，含义很广。常指具体客 观事物或情况的发生，含有“偶然”的意味。 当以具体事物、事件作主语时，happen 和 occur 可以换用；但当happen用作“碰巧”之意时，不能 用occur代替，但可以与come about 互换。
She’s lonely, and starves for friendship.
3）to feel very hungry 感觉很饿。仅用 于进行时态 When will dinner be ready ? I’m starving. 晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。
e.g. 1 The people in the disaster area are starved for/ starving for medicine ______________________________________. 灾区人民急需用药。 are starving 2 Thousands of people ____________in the world. 成千上万的人在挨饿。
Language points
Period 2&3
Hard work leads to success, while laziness leads to failure.
勤奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。
1. Festival are meant to celebrate important times of year. mean 的用法 1). mean doing sth. mean doing sth. 的意思是“意味着
take the place of =replace
代替
Hard work leads to success, while laziness leads to failure.
勤奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。
英语中表示“发生”的词或短语均为不及物，不用于 被动语态。主语为所发生的事。 词语辨析：take place, happen, occur, come about, break out的比较 1) The wedding will take place tomorrow.
4. Festivals and celebrations of all
kinds have been held everywhere.
of all kinds 各种各样的
【归纳】
all kinds of the same kind of
各种各样的 相同种类的
different kinds of this/that kind of a kind of
2）In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China.
take place发生,举行; 侧重安排或计划而发生的事,带 有“非偶然”的意思
A Great changes ___ in the rural areas in the last two decades. A. have taken place B. took place 大家注 C. have been taken place 意了！ D. are happening take place 不能用于被动语态中，句中 短语 in the last two decades 可确定句子 的时态为现在完成时。
n. starvation die of starvation starvation wages
不够维持基本生活的工资
e.g. 战争中数百万人挨饿至死。
Millions of people starved to death during
the war.
2) starve for sth; be starved for sth: ( cause sb