Unit 1 Festivals around the world
[練習(xí)] 按要求填空或翻譯。
1). can you tell me what this sentence______ (mean)?
2). your friendship ______ (mean) a great deal ______ (介詞) me.
3). in some parts of london, missing a bus means ______ (wait) for another hour.
4). what did he mean ______ (介詞) saying that remark?
5). i ______ ______ ______ ______（本來打算來）yesterday, but i had an unexpected visitor.
6). 這些房間是打算用作少年活動中心的。
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答案：1). mean 2). means; to 3). waiting 4). by 5). had meant to come
6).these rooms are meant for the children’s centre.
2. starve vi.&vt. (使)餓死；餓得要死 starvation n.[u] 餓死
[典例]
1). the enemy is trying to starve us to death. 敵人正在企圖餓死我們。
2). i’ m starving; let’ s have a big dinner. 我餓得要死了，讓我們吃一頓豐盛的晚餐吧。
3). he said he would starve rather than beg for food. 他說他寧愿挨餓也不要飯吃。
[重點用法]
starve to death = die of starvation/hunger餓死 starve sb to death 把某人餓死
starve for sth. = be starved of sth. = hope/long for sth. 希望/渴望得到某物
[練習(xí)] 用starve的短語的適當(dāng)形式填空。
1). thousands of people ________ ________ ________ in africa.
2). these children are ________ ________ love.
3). the people on the island _______ _______ _______ fresh water since it hadn’t rained for nearly half a year.
keys: 1). starved to death/died of starvation 2). starving for 3). were starved of
3. belief n. [c,u] 信任；信仰；信心 believe vt.&vi. 相信
[典例]
1). he has great belief in his doctor. 他對那位醫(yī)生無比信賴。
2). she has lost her belief in god. 她已不相信上帝（不相信真有上帝）。
[重點用法]
have belief in sth/sb 對某事物/人的真實性和正確性所具有的信心 beyond belief 難以置信
in the belief that... 相信 …… it is my belief that... 我相信……
[練習(xí)] 用belief的短語填空。
1). he came to me ________ ________ ________ ________ i could help him.
2). ________ ________ ________ ________ that nuclear weapons are immoral.
3). the cruelty of the murders was ________ ________.
答案：1). in the belief that 2). it is my belief 3). beyond belief
4. gain vt. 獲得；得到 n.[c,u] 收獲；獲利
[典例] 該詞有三種含義：
1). 表示經(jīng)過努力一點一點地獲得自己渴望的東西
he has gained rich experience in these years. 這些年他已獲取了豐富的經(jīng)驗。