Unit 3 life in the future language points学案
1. delight和thrill
1. We were all _________ to receive your letter and had read it ________ delight.
A. delighted; in B. delighting; in
C. delighting; with D. delighted; with
【参考答案】 D
【知识讲解】
n.快乐;高兴;喜悦;vt.使高兴;使欣喜
(much) to one's delight/to one's (great) delight=to the delight of sb.使某人(大为)高兴的是
take delight in (doing) sth.喜爱,以......为乐
It is a delight to do sth.做某事是一件令人愉快的事。
☛To his great delight,his novel was accepted for publication.
使他极为高兴的是,他的小说被批准出版了。
☛The boy takes delight in helping others.
这个男孩以帮助他人为乐。
☛It is a delight to be invited to your birthday party.
受到邀请参加你的生日聚会是件快乐的事。
【归纳拓展】
delighted adj. 高兴的;快乐的
delightful adj. (指物)令人高兴的
delight in doing sth 以做某事为乐
with delight 高兴地 【名师点津】
(1)delight用作名词的基本意思是"快乐,高兴",是不可数名词;表示"使人高兴的东西或人"时,是可数名词。
(2)delighted和delightful都表示"高兴的",区别是:delighted意为"感到高兴的",所以主语是人;delightful意为"令人高兴的",所以主语多是物或事情。