Unit 1 Festivals around the world
you are meant to write your name at the top of the paper.
辨析:
mean to do sth. 打算做某事
mean doing sth. 意味着做某事
i have been meaning to phone you all the week.
not catching the early bus means waiting for another two hours.
2)satisfy (vt.)使满意,令人满意
eg.that answer won’t satisfy her.
那个答案不会使她满意。
satisfied (adj.) 满意的(主语是人)
satisfactory (adj.) 令人满意的(主语是事而不是人)
satisfying (adj.) 令人满意的(主语是事)
satisfaction (n.) 满意
eg. she’s satisfied with her son’s progress.
对于儿子的进步她感到很满意。
do you think what he said is satisfying?
你认为他所讲的令人满意吗?
3)gain n.获得物,收获,增加
eg.the baby has a gain of half a pound.
v.获得,得到,增加
eg.he had gained himself a reputation for unfairness.
他是自己得到了一个不公平的名声。
比较: get 得到,获得 应用最广的词
aquire 获得,取得 指通过漫长的过程而逐渐获得
gain 得到,获得 往往指通过努力而获得某种有益或有利的东西
eg.i got a favorite answer.
how did she acquire her skill?
i hope you will gain still greater success.
4) …some people might win awards for their animals…
award n.奖品,奖金,助学金
win the second award 获得第二等奖
win the award of ten thousand dollars.
获得一万美元奖金
vt.奖励,授予 award sb. sth./sth to sb.
medals are awarded to the best speakers on the debating team.
奖章授给辩论队中最佳的演说者。
比较: award n./vt. 对鼓励工作突出所进行的鼓励,往往强调荣誉
prize n. 多指在各类竞赛或抽彩中所赢得的奖。这种将有的凭靠能力,有的凭靠运气获得。
reward n./v 指对某人的工作或服务等的报答。
eg. he won the award for the best student of the year.
a prize was given to the person who had the winning number.
the waitress was given two more extra dollars for her good service.
admire sb. for sth. 因谋事而赞美/仰慕某人
5)the country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow
as though =as if 引导状语从句,常常放在act, look, sound, feel, smell
等动词后面;引导表语从句常用虚拟语气。
eg. he behaves as though nothing has happened.
it looks as if it were summer already.
the fifth period
discovering useful structures: modal verbs
1. 情态动词的各种语气
1) can and could
jin can speak english well.(ability)
no one could finish the test last week.(ability)
the teacher said that we could not leave early.(permission)
the hunters are lost. they could starve.(possibility)
could you please show me the way to beihai park?(request)
注意:表示一般能力时,can 可与be able to 互换,但表示过去的能力+特定行为时,用was/were able to ,be able to 可用于各种时态,而can 只能用于现在时。