Unit 1 Cultural relics
Word usage：
1.survive vi.
1) continue to live or exist;
2) vt. Continue to live or exist in spite of nearly being killed or destroyed by sth.
3) vt. Remain alive after sb., live or exist longer than
eg: He is the last surviving member of the family.
Few buildings survived the earthquake.
The man survived his sister by three years.
2.remain v.
1) vi. Be left or present after other parts have been moved or used or dealt with
2) vi. Be left to be seen, done, etc.
3) vi. Stay behind, stay in the same place.
4) (link-v.) continue to be
Eg: After the fire, very little remained of my house.
Much work remained to be done.
I’ll remain to see the end of the game.
He remained silent after class.
3.gift n. [C] 1) sth. given; 2) natural ability
eg: ----Please accept these flowers for your birthday.
-----Oh. Thanks a lot for your beautiful gift.
He is a student who has a gift for music.
He is a man of many gifts.
4.design 1) vt. & vi. plan, intend; make arrangement of sth. make drawings for…; 2) make designs for
eg: Was it designed, or did it just happen?
He designs for our dress department.
The experiment is designed to text the new drug.
5. fancy 1) adj. not plain or ordinary; made to please the eye 2) vt. Imagine 3) imagination
Eg: I don’t feel like making a fancy meal.
Don’t fancy that you can succeed without hard work.
She took a fancy to the boy.
6. light vt. & vi. (lit, lit; lighted, lighted)
1) cause to burn or shine 2) cause to be shine 3) (cause to ) become bright
Eg: He lighted his cigarette and sat down.
We lit a candle and the candle lit the room.
Her face was lighted by happiness.
7. wonder v. & n.
1) n. feeling caused by sth. unusal, surpring.
2) vt. don’t know and want to know
3) vi. be filled with wonder
Eg: The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world.
I wonder why he came.
It’s not to be wonder at.
8. remove 1) vi. take to another place; 2) get rid of 3) take off 4) move
Eg: Please remove your bag from the seat so that I can sit down.
His name was removed from the list.
The child refused to remove his trousers.
The removed into the new house soon.
9. doubt
1) v. feel uncertain about, question the truth of
2) n. uncertainty of mind, feeling of uncertainty.
3) vt. doubt sb. / sth.
Eg: Your life is in danger. There is no doubt about it.
I have no doubt that we shall be able to do something for you.
I doubt that you are honest.
10. apart adv. 1) away from each other; 2) separately
Eg: Let’s keep the two things apart.
The boy took the watch apart to see how it ran.
They look almost the same; it’s hard to tell them apart.
11. consider vt. 1) think about 2) think
Eg: He is considering the problem now.
I’m considering buying a new house.
He is considered to have stolen the picture.
12.besides adv. & prep.
1) adv. Also, what’s more 2) prep 常与other, also, else others等连用
Eg: Besides, I want you to promise me one thing.
I have three other hats besides this one.
Does he know any other foreign language besides French
Useful phrases:
1.look into : 1) examine; investigate; 2) look at the inside of
eg: The police are looking into all the records of the man.
He looks into her face with great interest.
I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little patience.
2.belong to 1) be the property of; 2) be a member of
eg: The house belonged to an old lady.
China is a country belonging to the Third World.
As a writer, he really belongs to the 18th century.
3.in search of : looking for
eg: The boys went in search of something to eat.
4. in return 1) in return for 作为……的报答
Eg: I wish I could do something for you in return.
He bought her a gold watch in return for you in return.
5. think highly of : speak highly of / think much / well of
Eg: He was not well thought of by his boss.
The leaders spoke highly of what he had done for the company
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