,Festivals around the world,Language points,1. Festival are meant to celebrate important times of year. 节日就是庆祝一年中重要的日子。 mean 的用法,mean adj. 卑鄙的，自私的,means n.方式，方法，手段，工具 （单复数同形） A car is a means of transport.,meaning n. 意思，意义，含义 meaningful adj. 富有意义的，意味深长的 meaningless adj. 无意义的，无目的的,mean to do意欲做 be meant to do,What do you mean to do with it?,mean sb to do 打算让某人干,Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.,mean doing意味着做,Missing the bus means waiting for another one hour.,I didnt mean him to help me.,mean sth for 打算把用作,I mean the room for my bedroom.,had meant to 本来打算做 I had meant to do English exercises first.,即境活用,-You should have thanked her before you left. -I meant _, but when I was leaving I couldnt find her anywhere. A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing so,B,想一想,Our school sports meeting will take place next week. Great changeds have taken places in China during the past 20 years.,2.take place发生，举行 ,take ones place 就位 take the place of =replace 代替,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。例如：take place, happen, occur, come about, break out,Great changes _ in the rural areas in the last two decades. A. are happening B. have taken place C. took place D. have been taken place,B,take place 不能用于被动语态中，句中短语 in the last two decades 可确定句子的时态为现在完成时。,take place与happen 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。 The Olympic Games take place every four years. happen：常指客观事物或情况偶然、不可预料地发生。（happen to 碰巧发生） The fire happened at midnight. I happened to meet Ann today.,与place相关短语：,3. celebrate vt. (1) 庆祝；祝贺 celebrate Christmas / ones birthday / a victory (2) 赞扬；称颂 The names of heroes are celebrated by the poets.,celebration n. 庆祝，祝贺 celebrity n.名声，名人,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. eg：congratulate you on your marriage. 有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。 eg：I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished.,4. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere., 我们卖各式各样的鞋。 We sell all kinds of shoes. = We sell shoes of all kinds. 那类问题是很难解答的。 That kind of questions is very difficult to answer. = Questions of that kind are difficult to answer.,5. starve v. 1）挨饿；饿死 Millions of people starved to death during the war. 战争中数百万人挨饿至死。 2）starve for sth=be starved of sth =long for渴望得到 e.g.这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。 The homeless children starved for/were starved of love. 3）感觉很饿（仅用于进行时态） When will dinner be ready ? Im starving. 晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。,6. honour n. 1) 光荣，荣誉 e.g.他们为了国家的荣誉而战。 They fight for the honour of the country. 2) in honour of 纪念；向表示敬意 e.g.这个节日是为了纪念英雄而确立的。 A festival is set in honour of the hero.,3) an hounour 光荣的人或事情 e.g.刘翔是我国的光荣人物。 Liu Xiang is an honour to our country. vt. 4) 尊敬,给以荣誉 e.g.孩子们应该尊敬父母。 Children should honour their parents.,7. or satisfy the ancestors , who could return either to help or to do harm. 1)do harm to sb/sth. =harm sbsth. 伤害 e.g.在阳光下看书会伤害我们的眼睛。 Reading in the sun does harm to eyes.,2) satisfy vt. 满足,使满意; satisfied a. satisfying a. satisfaction n. satisfactory a. satisfactorily ad.,感到满意的;,令人愉快的,满意;,令人满意的,满意地,辨析 satisfactory, satisfied, satisfying satisfactory, 指客观的事物或主观的表现达到要求而令人满意, 主语一般用客体。 satisfied指主体对事物或表现感到满意, 主语是主体 (人) She is satisfied with the service. satisfying: giving pleasure令人愉快, 主语是不定式, 常用于句型: Its satisfying to do sth. 做.使人满意如:Its satisfying to learn the success of his son in job-hunting.得知儿子找到工作,令他非常高兴。,be satisfied with sb/sth 对.满意 be satisfied to do sth 对做.感到满意 to ones satisfaction 使某人满意的是 for from satisfactory 远非令人满意 Im satisfied with what he did. To my satisfaction, he passed the exam.,Are you _ to hear the _news? Yes, Im _ with the news. That is to say, the news _me . What about you? Are you _ _ the news?,satisfied,satisfying,satisfied,satisfies,satisfied,with,hurt, injure, harm, damage, wound的 区别与用法 1)hurt 普通用语，既可指肉体上的伤害, 也可精神上, 感情上的伤害。 如:The girl hurt herself badly in the accident. 那位女孩在那次事故中伤得很重。,2)injure比hurt正式, hurt多指伤痛, 而injure则指损害健康, 成就, 容貌等,强调功能的损失。 如:He injured his hand while playing basketball. 他在打篮球时手受了伤。,3)damage主要指对于物的损害,强调对于价值、用途、外观等所造成的损失, 这种损失或因自然灾害所致, 或因人为造成。如： Several cars were damaged in the accident. 好几辆汽车在事故中损坏了。,4) wound 指枪伤, 刀伤, 刺伤等皮肉之伤, 是出血的, 严重的伤, 特指战场上受伤, 它可以指肉体上的伤害, 也可指人们精神上的创伤。如: The bullet wounded his left leg. 子弹打伤了他的左腿。,5) harm用于肉体或精神上的伤害均可,有时可指引起不安或不便,还可用于抽象事物,尤其是指不道德的事情。,如:Dont harm your eyes by reading in dim light. 不要在昏暗的灯光下看书, 以免损害眼睛。,8. in memory of : 纪念,作为的纪念 = to the memory of sb The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist. 类似短语有： in honor of 为了纪念 in favor of 有利于，支持，赞成 in charge of 主管负责 in need of 需要时 in search of 寻找，搜寻,9. because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. lead sb. to + n. _ lead sb to do sth. _ lead to + n. _ e.g. 1) This street_. 你沿这条街走就可以到达车站。 2) What _it? 什么使你相信它？ 3)_. 条条大路通罗马（殊途同归） 4)_