Unit 2 What is happiness to you?
5) to intend: 打算i'm sorry if i offended you - i didn't mean any harm.
the books with large print are meant for our partially sighted readers.
[+ to infinitive] i've been meaning to phone you all week.
do you think she meant to say 9 a.m. instead of 9 p.m.?
[+ object + to infinitive] this exercise isn't meant to be difficult.
they didn't mean for her to read the letter.相關高考試題1. in some parts of london, missing a bus means______ for another hour.（上海春） a. waiting b. to wait c. wait d. to be waiting
2. the owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, _________ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds. ( 江蘇) a. who b. that c. as d. which
3. if you think that treating a woman well means always_______ her permission for things, think again. （湖南） a. gets b. got c. to get d. getting答案及解析：1選a. mean doing 表示“意味著”；mean to do表示“本打算”。2選d. which 引導的非限制性定語從句，修飾的先行詞是前面整個句子。3選d. mean doing 表示“意味著”；mean to do表示“本打算”。3. sang lan is very good example of someone who is happy with her life, even when people expect her to be sad. (p18) 桑蘭是享受生活的一個很好的例子，盡管人們認為她會悲傷。expectvt. 1) to think or believe sth. will happen, or someone will arrive:
we are expecting a lot of applicants for the job.
[+ (that)] i expect (that) you'll find it somewhere in your bedroom.
i expect (that) he'd have left anyway.
[+ to infinitive] he didn't expect to see me.
the financial performance of the business is fully expected (= almost certain) to improve.
we were half expecting you not to come back.2) to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing:
i expect punctuality from my students.
[+ to infinitive] borrowers are expected to (= should) return books on time.相關高考試題1. mum is coming. what present ___________ for your birthday? （福建）
a.you expect she has got b.you expect has she got
c.do you expect she has got d.do you expect has she got
2. according to the art dealer, the painting ______ to go for at least a million dollars. （四川）
a. is expected b. expects
c. expected d. is expecting