每一单元结束之后大家一定要对其中重要的句子进行掌握，平时的积累才能让我们在考试中写出更好的作文，高中英语第一单元重要句子不知道大家掌握了没?

Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.节日是专门用来庆祝一年的重要时刻的。

考点释义

sth. be meant/intended to do...某物专门被用来做

„„sth. be meant/intended for...打算使某物为„„所用

mean sb. to do sth./sb. be meant to do sth.打算让某人做某事

mean sb. for...打算让某人成为

„„mean sth. to sb.对某人来说有„„的价值

I meant it.我说话算话。

I said I would help you and I meant it. 我说过我要帮助你，我说话算话。

I believe he is meant to be a soldier.我相信他天生是要当军人的。

写作句型演练：

(1)他爸爸想让他成为一名工程师。

His father meant him to be an engineer.=______________________________.

(2)钱对他来说没什么意义。 Money__________________________.

Discuss when they take place,what they celebrate and what people do at that time.讨论它们（中国节日）是什么时间举行，庆祝的是什么事件，人们在那天做什么事。

考点释义 take place 发生 词义辨析

take place,happen,occur,come about,break out

take place按照事先的安排或计划而发生某事，多指运动、变化、进步、会议或婚礼等happen指偶然或意外发生occur正式用语，可指偶然发生或按计划发生

sth.occur to sb.表示“某人想起、想到某事”

come about中性词，既可以表达正面事情的发生，也可以表达负面事情的发生

break out仅用于负面场合，指战争、火灾、疾病、 地震等猛烈发生或突然发生

单项填空：

(3)Please tell me how the accident _____.I am still in the dark.

A.came by                B.came upon       C.came to                     D.came about

3....who might return either to help or to do harm.„„（祖先们）有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。

考点释义1

either...or...或者„„或者„„neither...nor...既不„„也不„„not...but...不是„„而是„„not only...but also...不仅„„而且„„

用法:

①并列主语时，谓语动词要遵循就近一致原则;②并列句子时，表否定的neither,nor,not only 后面的分句要部分倒装。

用括号内词的正确形式填空：

(4)Either I or he _____(be) a teacher.

(5)______(be) either I or he a teacher?

考点释义2

do harm to sb.=do sb. harm对某人有害处do good to sb.=do sb. good对某人有好处do wrong to sb.=do sb. wrong冤枉某人

单项填空:

(6)Giving children whatever they want______. A.do them harm            B.harm them

C.does harm for them        D.is harmful to them