●易混辨析

　　celebrate与congratulate

　　(1)celebrate意为"庆祝"，其宾语只能是生日、节日等表示事件的名词，不能是人，名词为celebration，可构成短语in celebration of...意为"为了庆祝......"；

　　(2)congratulate意为"祝贺；道贺"，其宾语常常是接受祝贺的人，可用congratulate sb. on doing sth.结构，意为"因某事向某人祝贺"。名词为congratulation，常用复数形式，可构成congratulations to sb. on sth.形式。

　　①The students in our school held a singing competition in celebration of National Day.

　　我们学校的学生举行了一场歌咏比赛来庆祝国庆节。

　　②We all congratulated Li Ming on his having passed the college entrance examination.

　　我们都祝贺李明通过了高考。

　　③I offered my friend my congratulations on his success.

　　我向朋友祝贺成功。

　　即境活用

　　单项填空

　　①The two sportsmen congratulated each other ________ winning the match by shaking hands.

　　A．with　B．on

　　C．in D．to

　　②All the teachers and students have got everything ready to ________ the 50th anniversary of our school.

　　A．congratulate B．celebrate

　　C．inspect D．respect

　　答案：①B　②B　

　　2．admire vi. 惊讶，惊异　vt.欣赏，羡慕，钦佩，夸奖

　　●用法拓展

　　admire sb. for sth.因某事而钦佩某人

　　admire to do sth.想做某事

　　①His friends admired at his sudden success.

　　他朋友对他的突然成功感到惊讶。

　　②Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humor.

　　人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。

　　●用法拓展

　　admiration n．羡慕，钦佩

　　admirer n．赞赏者；羡慕者

　　admiring adj.赞赏的，羡慕的

①I am not a great admirer of her work.