探究点1 disappoint的用法
disappoint动词,意为“使失望；使破灭”。
She was worried about this because she disappointed her parents.
她对此感到忧心忡忡,因为她让父母失望了。
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He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when they didn’t arrive.
他们没有来,他发现很难掩饰他的失望。
I am disappointed at the disappointing movie.
我对这部令人失望的电影感到失望。
情境应用
1. In order not to ______ her, Mike bought a gift for her. (disappoint)
2. She tried not to show how ______ she was. (disappoint)
3. What would you do if you bought ______ from the Internet? (令人失望的东西)

1. disappoint
2. disappointed
3. something disappointing（根据题意，以给定词填空，填disappointing）

1. 句意：为了不让她失望，Mike给她买了一件礼物。"in order not to" 后面接动词原形，因此填入 "disappoint"。
2. 句意：她尽量不表现出她有多失望。"how" 后面接形容词，形容人的感受，因此填入 "disappointed"。
3. 句意：如果你从网上买到令人失望的东西，你会怎么办？需要填入名词性的“令人失望的东西”，因此填入 "something disappointing"，根据题意只需填"disappointing"相关的形容词形式即可，即“disappointing”。

探究点2 辨析except, except for与besides

情境应用
1. ______ milk and cheese, we also need some vegetables and fruit for our salad.
A. Except
B. Without
C. Besides
D. Of
2. The library is open every day . (除了周一)
3. It was a great trip the weather. (除了)

1.C 2.except Monday 3.except for

1. 句意为“除了牛奶和奶酪，我们的沙拉还需要一些蔬菜和水果”，强调“除……之外还有”，用besides。2. 句意为“图书馆每天开放，除了周一”，强调不包括周一，用except。3. 句意为“这次旅行很棒，除了天气”，表示除去天气这一瑕疵，强调整体，用except for。

Ⅰ. 根据句意,用括号中所给词的适当形式填空
1. Mr Li always makes his classes and we are interested in his classes. (live)
2. Geography is the study of the countries, , rivers, mountains or cities of the world. (ocean)
3. The weight of the elephant is about three . (ton)
4. Even the effort can make a difference. (tiny)
5. I expected he got good grades, but at last he me. (disappoint)
6. Money isn’t everything. At least, it cannot buy you . (happy)
7. Parents play an important role in their children. (teach)

1. lively 2. oceans 3. tons 4. tiniest 5. disappointed 6. happiness 7. teaching

1. "make+宾语+形容词"表示"使……怎么样"，live的形容词形式是lively（生动的）。
2. ocean是可数名词，与countries, rivers等并列，用复数oceans。
3. three后接可数名词复数，ton的复数是tons。
4. 定冠词the后接形容词最高级，tiny的最高级是tiniest。
5. 由expected可知时态是一般过去时，disappoint的过去式是disappointed。
6. buy后接名词作宾语，happy的名词形式是happiness（不可数名词）。
7. "play a role in doing sth"表示"在做某事中起作用"，teach的动名词是teaching。