高三英语festivalsaroundtheworld课件.ppt

高三英语festivalsaroundtheworld课件
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Language points
1. mean的用法
mean to do意欲做 mean doing意味着做
What do you mean to do with it?
This means staying here longer.
mean意欲,计划,意指
Is this figure(数字) meant to a 1 or a 7?
Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.
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2. celebrate vt.
(1)  庆祝；祝贺
celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory
(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.
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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
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
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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，但可以及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。
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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。且很多时候及how 连用。及happen 用法较接近
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4. starve:


starve to death
be starved of/ starve for:
n. starvation
die of ____________
starvation
The motherless children were starved of/ were starving for affection. …. s渴望母爱
渴望消息
starve for news
她很寂寞,渴望友谊。
She's lonely, and starving for
friendship。
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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.