Unit1FestivalsAroundtheWorld(B3)知识教学材料.docVIP

!- PAGE Unit 1 Festivals Around the World (B 3) Section 1 Warming Up, Reading Comprehending 重点知识精讲 一、重点单词 1. celebrate vi vt. 庆祝；庆贺；赞美；歌颂 Were going to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. 我们打算庆祝他的六十大寿。 He celebrated the surrounding mountains for their beautiful. 他赞美周围群山的美丽。 Its a movie celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King. 这是一部颂扬马丁·路德·金生平的影片。 【知识拓展】celebration n. 庆典；庆祝活动；颂扬 celebrity n. 名人；名声 celebrator n. 庆祝者 celebrated adj. 著名的；闻名的 【辨析】celebrate与congratulate celebrate表示“庆祝；庆贺”之意，限于事务，如节日庆典、结婚纪念、生日庆贺等，指以仪式、典礼等活动庆祝令人欢乐的事或日子。congratulate指对人进行祝贺，表示“因某事向某人表示祝贺”用短语congratulate sb. on sth/ doing sth.，其名词可构成短语congratulations to sb. on sth/ doing sth.。 We held a celebration t celebrate National Day. 为了庆祝国庆节，我们举行了庆典。 We congratulated him on passing the examination. 我们祝贺他通过了考试。 We offered our congratulations to them on their success. 我们对他们的成功表示祝贺。 Beauty n. [u] 美 She was a woman of great beauty. 她曾经是个大美人。 [c] 美丽的人或事物；极好的样品；范例 She was a famous beauty in her youth. 她年轻时是个有名的美人。 The last goal was a beauty. 最后进的那个球真漂亮。 【知识拓展】beautiful adj. 美丽的；美好的 beauty is only skin deep 美貌只是一层皮（外表没有隐蔽的或内在的素质那么重要） beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里初西施；对美的判别因人而异 starve vt. vi vt. vi 挨饿；饿死 Millions of people starved to death during the war. 战争中数以百万计的人挨饿至死。 The lady is starving herself trying to lose weight. 那位女士正在节食，试图减轻体重。 vi. 因缺乏而感到需要 可用于短语“be starved of/ starve for”中，相当于long for, be in great need of，“渴望；急需；迫切需要”。 The patients are starved of/ starving for medicine. 这些病人急需用药。 These homeless children were starving for love. 这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到关爱。 vi. 感觉很饿（仅限于进行时态） When will the dinner be ready? Im starving. 晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。 【知识拓展】starve for sth 渴望得到某物 starve sb. of sth 使某人得不到某物而受苦 starve to death 饿死 be starving 非常饥饿 starvation n. 饥饿；挨饿；饿死 origin n. 起源；源头；起因 Most coughs are viral in origin. 咳嗽大多是由病毒引起的。 This particular custom has its origins in Wales. 这一独特风俗起源于