Unit 1 Cultural relics

unit 1 cultural relics

1.rare 稀少的，罕见的；珍贵的；三分熟

辨析：

易混词

辨析

例句

rare

通常指罕见而有价值的事物。

he replaced the rare vase with/ by a false one.

scare

主要指有用的一般事物，但目前数量不够。

water is scare in the desert.

uncommon/unusual

指因不经常发生而值得注意的事物。

it’s no longer uncommon/unusual for a girl to take part in the games now.

2.valuable adj.有很大价值的，贵重的，有用的；n.贵重物品

this is a valued gift though it is hardly valuable.主观上valued的东西，客观上不一定valuable。

3.survive

(1)vi.继续生存或存在

e.g. many strange customs have survived from earlier times.

(2)vt.经历某遭遇后幸存；幸免于；从（困境等中）挺过来

he told me only a few soldiers had survived the war.在战争中幸存下来。（survive）

(3)vt.比……长寿；比……活得长

e.g. the man survived his sister by three years.

4.in search of…

寻找……，在句中常作目的状语或表语。

search sth./sp./sb.搜查某物、某处、某人  search for/after寻找，探究  search…for…寻找……

search int调查，研究  search out搜查出，探出  searc