Loading... Please wait...5.Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or to the gods.
有些节日是纪念名人或者神的。
要点提示：
honor 在此句中表示“尊敬，敬意”,另外，还可以表示“光荣”。
典型例句：
We show our honor to the police.
我们向警察表示敬意。
Ladies and gentlemen,it is my honor to have been here.
女士们，先生们，亲邻此地，甚感荣幸。
相关链接：
honor也可以作及物动词用，意为“尊敬、纪念”。如：
Today we’ll meet an honored guest.
今天我们将会见一位贵宾。
欣赏句子
(1)There is honor among thieves.
(2)Ladies and gentlemen,it is my honor to have been here to give a speech.
(3)I have cooked a special meal in honor of our visitors of exalted rank.
答案：略
改错
At eleven o’clock in the morning,we’ll meet an honoring guest in the meeting room.
答案：
honoring→honored
6.In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honor Mahatma Gandhi,the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.
在印度，10月2日是纪念甘地的全国性节日，他是帮助印度脱离英国而独立的领袖。
要点提示：
gain是动词，意为“取得、获得”。后面常跟独立、成绩、成就等词作宾语。
典型例句:
You’ll gain useful experience in working with computer.
在用计算机工作中你会取得有用的经验。
I gain a lot from the activity.我从活动中受益。
相关链接：
gain另有名词用法，意为“利润、利益、收益”等。谚语:No pains,no gains.不劳无获。
The company cares only about shortterm gain.
公司只关注短期利益。
改错
(1)This clock wins five minutes a day,so you’d better have it repaired if you have time.
(2)Only after ten years in the country gained she her citizenship.
(3)In the sport meeting,the American black girl gained before the other runners in the race and finished first in the end.
答案：
(1)wins→gains
(2)gained she→did she gain
(3)before→on
格言欣赏
Learning more and gaining more is the light that leads into everything lovely.
7.Some people might win awards for their animals,flowers,fruit and vegetables.
有些人可能因为他们的动物、花果和蔬菜而获奖。
要点提示：
award在此处的意思是“奖品”，作名词用。award用作动词时，意思为“给予、颁发、判决、裁定”，常用作award sth.(to sb.)和 award sb. sth.(for sth.)以及be awarded sth.(for sth.)结构。
典型例句：
Father often shows us the athletics awards he has won.
父亲经常给我们看他所获得的体育运动奖。
The award of a scholarship from our institute was on TV yesterday.
我们学院的奖学金颁发决定昨天在电视上播放了。
相关链接：
三个不同的奖:prize,award,reward
prize也意为“奖品、奖金”，但它主要用于表示“获得几等奖”或“获奖金额”，常说win a prize for... “因……而获……奖”;award (sb.) a prize 指“授予(某人)奖励”，授奖者往往是具有裁判力的人;reward可用作名词或动词，它的意思特指“报答、报偿、酬谢;奖赏”，常指通过努力而获得回报，如：What’s my reward for my work?
填空
用award...for/award...to的适当形式填空。
(1)The school ______ Merry a prize ______ her good work.
(2)He ______ ______ the gold medal ______ being the fastest runner.
(3)The judge ______ a large sum of money ______ those hurt by the fire.
答案：
(1)awarded;for
(2)was awarded;for
(3)awarded;to
阅读
阅读下面的笑话，了解Tom怎么得的奖。
Tom:Dad,my teacher awarded me a book for my answering his question.
Dad:Congratulations! What is the question and your answer?
Tom:OK.How many legs does a hawk have?I said three.
Dad:My silly boy,a hawk has two legs.
Tom:But the others all said four.
8.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富生机而又重要的节日就是告别冬天、盼望春天的日子。
要点提示：
短语look forward to中的 to为介词，后面跟 doing或者名词作宾语。
典型例句：
Mother says she’s looking forward to meeting you.
妈妈说她正期盼着与你见面。
相关链接：
要注意本短语的另外意思，即故意将短语分割，形式相同而意义却相差甚远。如:
I look forward to look at the advertisement for selling houses on the wall.
我向前看去看墙上的卖房子的广告。此句中，to为不定式。
英译汉
(1)We look forward to receiving your reply when you study in Japan.
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(2)All the people in the company look forward to other good news from you.
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答案：
(1)当你在日本学习时，我们盼望着你的回信。
(2)公司里所有的人都希望从你那儿得到其他好消息。