1. celebrate sth.庆祝 congratulate sb. on sth.祝贺某人……

6. in celebration of

[原句]The British teachers didn’t know what he was talking about or what Thanksgiving was held in celebration of.(p34)

拓展：

5. _______ to his career, he almost has no time for rest.

A. Devoted　　　 B. Devoting　　 D. Having devoted 　　　D. Having been devoted

4. It is his carelessness that _______ making the stupid mistake.

A. devotes to　　 B. sticks to　　 C. refers to　　　 D. leads to

3. I go to school on foot every day ______ when it rains.

单项选择：

2. There are three others present at the meeting _______ Mr. John.

1. The work is good ______ a few slight faults.

4.常见的由介词to构成的短语有：according to按照，依照；get used to习惯于；contribute to…为……做贡献 stick to坚持see to照看，处理；turn to求助于，转向lead to导致

[基础提升]

用apart from/except for/besides/as well as/except填空

3. devote的宾语可以是oneself, one’s time, one’s energy等，还有be devoted to形式

2. except = not including“除了……以外”；except还可用于except that, except when, except for