人教版新课标 2010 届高考一轮复习高一必修 3 unit 1 Language points1. 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.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, congratulatecelebrate 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” , 常指偶然发生的事情。且很多时候与 how 连用。与 happen 用法较接近 4. starve: vt. 使饿死 vi. 饿得要死 starve to death be starved...
