Unit 1  Festivals around the world

remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事    remind sb. that... 提醒某人/使某人想起……
[練習] 中譯英。
1). 這些照片使我想起我的童年。
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2). 請提醒我要每天服三次藥。
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答案：1). these photos remind me of my childhood. 
2). please remind me to take my medicine three times a day. 
please remind me that i should take my medicine three times a day.

8. forgive (forgave, forgiven) vt. 原諒；饒恕
[典例]
1). i’ ll never forgive you! 我永遠都不會饒恕你！
2). he asked us to forgive him for what he had done wrong. 他請求我們原諒他的錯誤。
[重點用法]
forgive sb. (for) sth. 原諒某人的某事          forgive doing sth. 原諒做某事
[練習] 完成句子或用括號內所提供詞的適當形式填空。
1). i’ ll never ______ ______ ______ ______ (因你所說的話而原諒你) you said to me.
2). they ______ (forgive) him for his crimes. 
3). forgive my _______ (interrupt) you.
答案：1). forgive you for what   2). forgave   3). interrupting
 
ⅳ.重點詞組（旨在提供詞匯綜合運用所需材料）
1. take place vi. 發生;舉行
[典例]
1). the football match will take place tomorrow. 足球賽將在明天舉行。
2). the accident took place/ happened only a block from my home. 事故發生在離我家僅一個街區遠的地方。
[短語歸納]
take the place of (動詞短語)代替/取代       in place of (介詞短語)代替；交換
take sb’ s place / take the place of sb. 坐某人的座位；代替某人的職務    in the last place 最后
in place 放在原來的位置；適合的，恰當的     out of place不在合適的位置；不適當的
in the first place (列舉理由)首先,第一點      in one’s place 處于某人的位置,為某人設身處地想一想
[練習] 用place短語的適當形式填空。
1). a little gratitude would be _______ _______.
2). i’ m at a loss what to do next. what would you do (if you were ) _______ _______ _______?
3). plastics have _______ _______ _______ _______ many other materials.
4). we use plastics _______ _______ _______ many other materials.
5). while the manager was on holiday, he _______ _______ _______.
答案： 1). in place   2). in my place    3). taken the place of    4). in place of   5). took his/her place

2. in memory of = to the memory of 紀念；追念 
[典例]
1). many ceremonies are in memory of famous people. 很多典禮是為了紀念名人的。