必修三 Unit 1 language points in reading.pptVIP

1. be meant to do/be 1) 应该……；必须…… eg. You’re meant to finish the task before 11. 2) 注定；意味着 eg. The police are meant to protect people. The Spring Festival is meant to bring people together. 区别： mean to do sth. 打算做某事 mean doing sth. 意味着…… 2. take place ---- ____ to the building last night? ----- A great fire____ . A. What has happened; break out B. What was happening; breaking out C. How take place; broke out D. What happened; broke out take place, happen, break out 都是不及物动词，不能用于被动语态。 翻译： 我的家乡发生了巨大的变化。 3. celebrate vi. vt. 庆祝，庆贺 eg. How do people celebrate the New Year in your country? 知识拓展： celebration n. 庆典；庆祝活动 celebrity n. 名人；名声 celebrated adj. 著名的；闻名的 celebrate 与 congratulate celebrate 后接物，如节日庆典、结婚纪念、生日庆贺等令人欢快的日子。 celebrate the National Day hold / have a celebration 举行庆祝会 in celebration of 为了庆祝 congratulate 后接人。指祝贺某人 congratulate sb. on sth./ doing sth congratulations to sb. on sth./ doing sth. eg. We congratulated him on passing the TEM8. 4. beauty 1) [U] 美，美丽 the beauty of the sunset/ music/ his singing a woman of great beauty the beauty is in the eyes of the　beholder 2) [C] 美人，美好的东西；极好的榜样 　She was a beauty in her young day. The last goal was a beauty. 5. starve 1) vi. vt. 挨饿；饿死 She is starving herself to try to lose weight. They got lost in the dessert and starved to death（饿死）. 2) vi. 因缺乏而感到需要 be starved of 或 be starving for The homeless children are starved of love. 3) vi. 感觉很饿 （仅用于进行时） 6. satisfy 1) 使满意；使满足 （后面常接人） Her reason can’t satisfy the teacher. Nothing I do would ever satisfy my parents. We’ll do everything to satisfy our customers. 2) 满足需求、需要 （后常接物） to satisfy one’s curiosity 满足某人的好奇心 We can’t satisfy the demand for products. She failed to satisfy the requirements for entering a university. 知识拓展： satisfaction n. 满意，满足 to one’s satisfaction 令某人满意的是 satisfied adj. 满意的，满足的 （修饰人） be satisfied with 对……感到满意 satisfactory adj. 令人满意的，称心如意的