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.

單項選擇：

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

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

4.常見的由介詞to構(gòu)成的短語有：according to按照，依照；get used to習(xí)慣于；contribute to…為……做貢獻 stick to堅持see to照看，處理；turn to求助于，轉(zhuǎn)向lead to導(dǎo)致

[基礎(chǔ)提升]

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

3. devote的賓語可以是oneself, one’s time, one’s energy等，還有be devoted to形式

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

1.apart from = except for, as well as“除了……以外”；besides“除了……以外還”= as well as“另外”；besides后還可跟動詞的-ing形式，還可作副詞，表示“另外，再說”。