Unit 1
重要单词，词组讲解
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意味着做
He is not meant for a teacher and will always be unhappy in the school.
Be meant for 适合做
他说他不适合读书因为懒。
He says he _________________ a student for his laziness.
这次考试失败意味着要再考一次。
Failing this exam ___________________ another one.
我并不是故意迟到的。
I didn’t ____________ be late for school.
2. celebrate vt.
(1) 庆祝；祝贺
celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory (成功)
(2) 赞扬；称颂
The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets.
词语辨析：celebrate, congratulate
celebrate后常接日期,事情或场合
congratulate后常接人
表示为某事而祝贺某人congratulate sb. on/upon sth.
ex：congratulate you on your marriage.
有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。
ex：I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished.
3. 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.
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
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。
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。
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”, 往往注重事情发生的原因。且很多时候与how 连用。与happen 用法较接近
用take place , happen 和come about 的正确形式填空
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: vt.使饿死
vi.饿得要死starve to death
be starved of/ starve for: 渴望
她很寂寞，渴望友谊：She is lonely, starving for friendship.
The motherless children were starved of/ were starving for affection. 渴望母爱
他们在沙漠中迷路而饿死。
他们正急需一大笔钱来完成工作。
They got lost in the desert and ____________________.
They are _____________ a sum of money to finish their work.
n. starvation
饿死：die of ____________
5. a year/ day of plenty 富裕/丰收的年月
days/ years of plenty
——Have we got enough apples?
——Yes, there are plenty in the basket.
plenty of +复数n/ 不可数n
plenty of eggs/ food/milk… 足够的…
6. honour (英) /honor (美)
1) 光荣，荣誉(n)
They fight for the honour of the country.
One must show ho nour to one’s parents.
2) in honour of 为了纪念
A festival is set in honour of the hero.
3) an hounour 光荣的人或事情
Liu Xiang is an honour to our country.
4) 尊敬,给以荣誉（v）
Children should honour their parents.
