相关链接：

　　三个不同的奖:prize,award,reward

　　prize也意为"奖品、奖金"，但它主要用于表示"获得几等奖"或"获奖金额"，常说win a prize for... "因......而获......奖";award (sb.) a prize 指"授予(某人)奖励"，授奖者往往是具有裁判力的人;reward可用作名词或动词，它的意思特指"报答、报偿、酬谢;奖赏"，常指通过努力而获得回报，如：What's my reward for my work?

填空

用award...for/award...to的适当形式填空。

(1)The school ______ Merry a prize ______ her good work.

(2)He ______ ______ the gold medal ______ being the fastest runner.

(3)The judge ______ a large sum of money ______ those hurt by the fire.

答案：

(1)awarded;for

(2)was awarded;for

(3)awarded;to

阅读

阅读下面的笑话，了解Tom怎么得的奖。

Tom:Dad,my teacher awarded me a book for my answering his question.

Dad:Congratulations! What is the question and your answer?

Tom:OK.How many legs does a hawk have?I said three.

Dad:My silly boy,a hawk has two legs.

Tom:But the others all said four.

　　8.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.

　　最富生机而又重要的节日就是告别冬天、盼望春天的日子。

要点提示：

　　短语look forward to中的 to为介词，后面跟 doing或者名词作宾语。

　　典型例句：

　　Mother says she's looking forward to meeting you.

　　妈妈说她正期盼着与你见面。

　　相关链接：

　　要注意本短语的另外意思，即故意将短语分割，形式相同而意义却相差甚远。如:

　　I look forward to look at the advertisement for selling houses on the wall.

　　我向前看去看墙上的卖房子的广告。此句中，to为不定式。

英译汉

(1)We look forward to receiving your reply when you study in Japan.

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(2)All the people in the company look forward to other good news from you.

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答案：

(1)当你在日本学习时，我们盼望着你的回信。