The Dragon Boat Festival课件.ppt

Spring Festival 1. starve 1) starve : to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger挨饿，饿死 Millions of people starved to death during the war. The homeless children are starving for love. When will the dinner be ready? I’ m starving. 3) 感觉很饿（仅用于进行时） 2)starve for sth 渴望获得某物，缺乏 starvation n. die of starvation: starve to death starvation wages 不够维持基本生活的工资 2. Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. mean后可以跟不定式的复合结构。 I never meant him to work for us. 3. honor v. = respect sb. Will you honor me with a visit? 如蒙造访，十分荣幸。 honored guests 贵宾 I feel highly honored by the kind things you said about me. honor un. show honor to sb＝ show respect to sb. honor cn. 带来光荣的人/物 Liu Xiang is an honor to our country. 4. satisfy vt. 使满意 Nothing satisfies him; he is always complaining. The government tries its best to satisfy people’s needs. satisfaction n. 满意、令人满意的人/物 satisfied (人)满意的 satisfying/ satisfactory令人满意的 The teacher was satisfied with his satisfying/ satisfactory answer. 5. harm : 1) n. damage, injury 损坏，伤害 do harm to …＝ harm Smoking does harm to our health. do more harm than good弊大于利 If we try to solve the problem in this way, it will do more harm than good. vt. cause harm to The event harmed his reputation. come to harm I will go with her to make sure she comes to no harm. 我要跟她一同去以免她受到伤害。 受到伤害 6. in memory of = as a way of remembering The monument was built in memory of the little hero. The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist. in praise of in honor of in celebration of in search of 歌颂 为纪念 为庆祝 为寻找 7. dress up vi . 穿上盛装 There is no need to dress up; come as you are. dress (sb) up in sth/ as sb 化装打扮 Children love dressing up. She dressed herself up as a monster. dress vi 穿衣， 打扮 Waiting for a moment; I’m dressing. She dresses well (on very little money.) dress vt. dress sb. in… It takes time to dress the baby.