Guilin is known for her beautiful mountains and rivers.桂林因其美丽的山水而闻名。
Mr Geldof is well-known for organizing two big pop concerts on the same day.
盖尔多夫先生因在同一天组织两场大型的流行音乐会而出名。
◇ be known to “为……所了解/知道”，其后接表示人的词语。“(人们都)知道”，其后接动词原形。如：
He is known to all in our village.村子里的人都了解他。
He was known to have invented many things.=It was known that he had invented many things.
人们都知道他已经发明了很多东西。
◇ be known in 意为“在某地很著名”。如：
He is well-known in the town where he was born. 他在自己出生的那个镇子上很出名。
◆ be made of/be made in/be made from/be made by/be made up of ◇ be made of表示“由……制成”，指从原料到制成品，只发生了形状变化，没有发生本质变化(属物理变化)。 ◇ be made in当后面接时间的数词或名词时，表示“某物何时制造的或何时产的”。当后面接指地点的名词时，表示“某地产某物”。 ◇ be made from表示“由……制成”，指从原料到制成品，发生了质的变化，已无法复原(属化学变化)。 ◇ be made by表示“由……制做”，后面接指人的名词或代词，强调动作的执行者。 ◇ be made up of表示“由……构成(组成)”，强调主语由两部分或两个以上的部分构成或组成。 【练习】用be made in，be made of，be made from，be made by或be made up of填空。 ①This bike Tianjin. ②This table wood. ③The car 1999. ④Paper wood. ⑤The kite my mother. ⑥The teamten members. 【Keys】was made in; is made of ;was made in ;is made from;was made by;is made up of◆ be used for/be used as/be used by ◇ be used for表示“被用作……”或“被用来作……”，后面接名词或v-ing，其中for表示目的。 ◇ be used as表示“作为……而用”或“用作……”，后面接名词或动词不定式，强调使用的工具及手段。 ◇ be used by表示“由……使用”，后面接指人的名词或代词，强调使用者。 【练习】用be used for，be used as或be used by填空。 ①A telephone better communication(交流). ②The motorbike Liu Ming. ③A ruler often a knife by him to cut a piece of paper open. 【Keys】is used for;is used by;is,used as
◆ be pleased with; be pleased at(或about);be pleased to
1) The manager ___ you before.
2) My boss must ___ see you again in HongKong.
3) I ___ seeing so many students present.
4) I hear Mr Zhao ___ your article.
析： ①was pleased with。表示“对……满意;喜欢……”后面通常接指人的名词或代词。 ②be pleased to。表示“很高兴或很乐意做某事”，其中to是不定式符号，后面接动词原形。 ③am pleased at(或about)。be pleased at(或about)表示“对(看到或听到的)事感到高兴，”后面接指事的名词或v-ing。 ④is pleased at(或about)。解析同③。
◆ be to do sth;be about to do sth;be going to do sth.
◇ be to do sth.表示按计划或安排即将发生的动作，后可跟时间状语。如：
You're to hand in your papers by 10 o'clock.十点钟以前你得交上试卷。
◇ be about to do sth.表示打算或安排即将发生的动作，它通常不与时间状语连用。如：
I was about to go out when someone knocked at the door.我正要出去，这时有人敲门。
◇ be going to do sth.有三层含义：
①表示打算、计划或决定要做某事。如：
We're going to spend our holidays in Wales this year. 今年我们打算到威尔士度假。
②用以表示某事物即将发生或很可能发生。如：
I'm going to be twenty next month. 下个月我就二十岁了。
③有迹象表明即将发生的动作或状态。如：
Look at those black clouds, there is going to be a storm. 瞧那些乌云，暴风雨就要来了。
◆ beat; strike; hit
◇ strike通常表示“打一下、打若干下”，不一定都是有意的;还有“打动、使……着迷、某种想法突然闪现在脑海里”的含义;也可指“打、擦出(火)，(蛇、兽)抓，咬，或(钟)敲响”。
◇ hit指“打中”或“对准……来打”，“敲打或打击对方的某一点”。
◇ beat着重“连续地打击”。如：殴打或体罚;也指在游戏、竞赛或战争中击败对方;也指“心跳”。
◆ blame; scold
blame“责备;责怪”，指某人应对自己不好的行为负责(常与for连用)，或将某件不好的事情归咎于他人(常与on或upon连用)，往往含有把自己当作评判人来评判某事，没有用言语来进行责骂的意思。例如：
He blamed Tom for the failure. 他责怪汤姆造成了失败。
Don't blame it on him, but on me. 别怪他，该怪我。
◇ scold“责骂”，指唠唠叨叨地数说某人，多用于上级对下级、长辈对晚辈的“责骂”。例如：
Don't scold the child.It's not his fault. 不要责骂那孩子，这不是他的过失。
I hate to scold, son, but you mustn't stay out so late at night.
我不喜欢斥责，孩子，可你不该呆在外面那么晚不回家。
◆ blow down; blow in; blow off; blow over ◇ blow down表示“吹倒”、“刮倒”;blow in表示“吹进”、“吹入”;blow off表示“吹掉”、“炸掉”、“发泄”;blow over表示“?暴风雨 吹散”、“过去”、“结束”。
[EXERCISES]
1) The high winds yesterday _____ thousands of trees. 2) We sometimes had quarrels, but they soon _____. 3) I had my hat ____ by the wind. 4) A lot of dust ____.You must clear it away. Key: 1) blew down 2) blew over 3) blown off 4) has blown in
◆ break up; break down; break out; break into; break in; break away; break through
◇ break up表示“打碎”、“变坏”、“分解”、“终止”、“破裂”。
◇ break down表示“瓦解”、“分解”、“失败”、“出故障”、“破坏”、“拆毁”。
◇ break out表示“爆发”、“突然发生”。
◇ break into表示“强行进入”、“闯入”、“破门而入”、“打断(谈话、讨论)”、“突然……起来”。
◇ break in表示“闯入”、“打断”、“插嘴”，其中in是副词。
◇ break away表示“脱逃”、“脱离”、“突然离开”、“革除”、“戒除”，常与from连用。
◇ break through表示“战胜”、“突围”、“穿过……而出现”、“突破”。
[练]
①He said his computer _____.
②Those old cars will be ____ for scrap(废铁).
③Last night somebody ____ Mr Brown's house and took away many things.
④A fire ____ after we had gone home.
⑤The boy often ____ while his parents are speaking.
⑥You must ____ from bad habits.
⑦After the heavy rain the sun ____ the clouds.
⑧A thief ____ and stole a lot of things last night.
⑨Tom ____the motor bike which he bought five years ago.
⑩The ice began to ____ on the river.
(Key:①had broken down ②broken up ③broke into ④broke out ⑤breaks in
⑥break away ⑦broke through ⑧broke in ⑨broke down ⑩break up)
◆ bring on;bring in;bring out