Unit 1 Festivals around the world
you are meant to write your name at the top of the paper.
辨析：
mean to do sth. 打算做某事
mean doing sth. 意味著做某事
i have been meaning to phone you all the week.
not catching the early bus means waiting for another two hours.
2）satisfy (vt.)使滿意，令人滿意
eg.that answer won’t satisfy her.
那個答案不會使她滿意。
satisfied （adj.） 滿意的（主語是人）
satisfactory (adj.) 令人滿意的（主語是事而不是人）
satisfying （adj.） 令人滿意的（主語是事）
satisfaction （n.） 滿意
eg. she’s satisfied with her son’s progress.
對于兒子的進步她感到很滿意。
do you think what he said is satisfying?
你認為他所講的令人滿意嗎？
3)gain n.獲得物，收獲，增加
eg.the baby has a gain of half a pound.
v.獲得，得到，增加
eg.he had gained himself a reputation for unfairness.
他是自己得到了一個不公平的名聲。
比較: get 得到，獲得 應用最廣的詞
aquire 獲得，取得 指通過漫長的過程而逐漸獲得
gain 得到，獲得 往往指通過努力而獲得某種有益或有利的東西
eg.i got a favorite answer.
how did she acquire her skill?
i hope you will gain still greater success.
4) …some people might win awards for their animals…
award n.獎品，獎金，助學金
win the second award 獲得第二等獎
win the award of ten thousand dollars.
獲得一萬美元獎金
vt.獎勵，授予 award sb. sth./sth to sb.
medals are awarded to the best speakers on the debating team.
獎章授給辯論隊中最佳的演說者。
比較： award n./vt. 對鼓勵工作突出所進行的鼓勵，往往強調榮譽
prize n. 多指在各類競賽或抽彩中所贏得的獎。這種將有的憑靠能力，有的憑靠運氣獲得。
reward n./v 指對某人的工作或服務等的報答。
eg. he won the award for the best student of the year.
a prize was given to the person who had the winning number.
the waitress was given two more extra dollars for her good service.
admire sb. for sth. 因謀事而贊美/仰慕某人
5)the country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow
as though =as if 引導狀語從句，常常放在act, look, sound, feel, smell
等動詞后面；引導表語從句常用虛擬語氣。
eg. he behaves as though nothing has happened.
it looks as if it were summer already.
the fifth period
discovering useful structures: modal verbs
1. 情態動詞的各種語氣
1) can and could
jin can speak english well.(ability)
no one could finish the test last week.(ability)
the teacher said that we could not leave early.(permission)
the hunters are lost. they could starve.(possibility)
could you please show me the way to beihai park?(request)
注意：表示一般能力時，can 可與be able to 互換，但表示過去的能力+特定行為時，用was/were able to ,be able to 可用于各種時態，而can 只能用于現在時。