【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。

1). We should respect the ________ (religion) activities of the local people.

2). To the experts' _________ (satisfy), the sick child had a quick recovery.

3). He is the most _________ (energy) boy I have ever met.

4). Nowadays lots of young people want financial ________ (depend) .

5). Mike was arrested on his ________ (arrive) from New York.

6). You must make an ________ (apologize) to your sister for being so rude.

7). He expressed his ________ (sad) about what had happened.

8). Their house is ________ (beauty) decorated.

答案： 1). religious 2). satisfaction 3). energetic 4). independence

5). arrival 6). apology 7). sadness 8). beautifully

Ⅲ.重点词汇（旨在提供词汇综合运用所需材料）

1. mean (meant, meant) vt.&vi. 意思是；意味着；打算；预定

[典例]

1). The sign means that the road is blocked. 这个标志表示此路不通。

2). What do you mean to do with it? 你打算把它怎样处理？

3). I mean you to work as our spokesman. 我想请你当我们的代言人。

[重点用法]

(sth.) mean doing sth. 意味着... (sb) mean to do sth. 打算做...

had meant to do sth. 本来打算做某事 be meant for 打算作......用；打算给...

(sth.) be meant to do sth. 被预定/指定/认为做某事 What do／did you mean by...? "你......是什么意思？"

[练习] 按要求填空或翻译。

1). Can you tell me what this sentence______ (mean)?

2). Your friendship ______ (mean) a great deal ______ (介词) me.

3). In some parts of London, missing a bus means ______ (wait) for another hour.

4). What did he mean ______ (介词) saying that remark?

5). I ______ ______ ______ ______（本来打算来）yesterday, but I had an unexpected visitor.

6). 这些房间是打算用作少年活动中心的。

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答案：1). mean 2). means; to 3). waiting 4). by 5). had meant to come

6).These rooms are meant for the children's centre.

2. starve vi.&vt. (使)饿死；饿得要死 starvation n.[u] 饿死

[典例]

1). The enemy is trying to starve us to death. 敌人正在企图饿死我们。

2). I' m starving; let' s have a big dinner. 我饿得要死了，让我们吃一顿丰盛的晚餐吧。

3). He said he would starve rather than beg for food. 他说他宁愿挨饿也不要饭吃。

[重点用法]

starve to death = die of starvation/hunger饿死 starve sb to death 把某人饿死

starve for sth. = be starved of sth. = hope/long for sth. 希望/渴望得到某物

[练习] 用starve的短语的适当形式填空。

1). Thousands of people ________ ________ ________ in Africa.

2). These children are ________ ________ love.

3). The people on the island _______ _______ _______ fresh water since it hadn't rained for nearly half a year.

Keys: 1). starved to death/died of starvation 2). starving for 3). were starved of