Unit 1 Cultural relics
unit 1 cultural relics
1.rare 稀少的，罕見的；珍貴的；三分熟
辨析：
易混詞
辨析
例句
rare
通常指罕見而有價值的事物。
he replaced the rare vase with/ by a false one.
scare
主要指有用的一般事物，但目前數量不夠。
water is scare in the desert.
uncommon/unusual
指因不經常發生而值得注意的事物。
it’s no longer uncommon/unusual for a girl to take part in the games now.
2.valuable adj.有很大價值的，貴重的，有用的；n.貴重物品
this is a valued gift though it is hardly valuable.主觀上valued的東西，客觀上不一定valuable。
3.survive
(1)vi.繼續生存或存在
e.g. many strange customs have survived from earlier times.
(2)vt.經歷某遭遇后幸存；幸免于；從（困境等中）挺過來
he told me only a few soldiers had survived the war.在戰爭中幸存下來。（survive）
(3)vt.比……長壽；比……活得長
e.g. the man survived his sister by three years.
4.in search of…
尋找……，在句中常作目的狀語或表語。
search sth./sp./sb.搜查某物、某處、某人 search for/after尋找，探究 search…for…尋找……
search int調查，研究 search out搜查出，探出 search through把……仔細搜尋一遍
search的賓語是搜尋的范圍，search for的賓語是搜尋的對象。
5.amazing
辨析：
易混詞
辨析
例句
amaze
“驚愕”；含有驚嘆；佩服之意。
fare’s perfect voice amazed
me.
surprise
“驚訝”“出乎意料”；是“吃驚”的普通用詞。語氣較弱。
it surprised me that you sang this song so well.
astonish
“使十分驚訝”“試大吃一驚”(=surprise sb. very much)，語氣較強，含難以置信之意。
she astonished us by saying she was leaving.
shock
使“震驚”；多用來指重大的事情使人為之一震，有大為驚訝之意（=surprise sb. greatly），語氣最強。
i was shocked by what had happened.
6.select
select sb./sth. as…選某人、某物作為…… select sb./sth. from…從……中選出某人、某物
selective 選擇性的，有選擇的 selected精選的（newly-selected）
辨析：
易混詞
辨析
例句
select
“精選”；是指從同類事物中的許多東西中仔細辨別后選擇，挑選最合適的。
i selected some exercises.
choose
“選擇”。是“選擇”的最普通的用詞。
you can choose one from these chalks.
pick
“挑選”；挑剔和苛刻地選擇，多指選有形的東西。
will you help me pick some strawberries?
7.desgin v. & n.
be designed to do…目的是做……
be designed for sb./sth.打算給某人用、打算作某物用 介詞for常用于表示用途、對象等，后接名、代或v－ing
be designed as sth.打算當作某物
design doing/to do…打算做……
make designs for…為……設計
by design故意地=by intention/on purpose
have designs on…企圖占有……；對……不懷好心
8.fancy adj. vt. & n.
(1)奇特的，花樣的，花哨的
e.g. a fancy meal
(2)想象，揣測，假想
fancy + that clause以為…… fancy (one’s) doing sth.想象（某人）做某事