vt. 祝贺, 庆贺相关词组: congratulate oneself that...

◆记忆方法一：
分析：cong——“聪”的拼音；rat——老鼠；u——你（you）的简写；late——迟的。
记忆：聪明的老鼠向你表示迟到的祝贺。

◆记忆方法二：
联想方式：cong[拼音]聪，rat老鼠，u你
记忆方法：聪明的老鼠在向迟到的你表示祝贺。

• congratulate的宾语有何特点
  
  congratulate的宾语有何特点
  
  1. 其宾语通常是人，不是事；要表示因某事而祝贺某人，可用congratulate sb on [upon] sth。如：
  我祝贺他取得成功。
  正：I congratulate him on his success.
  误：I congratulate his success.
  2. 其后习惯上不接不定式的复合结构作宾语，即不说congratulate sb to do sth，可改为congratulate sb on doing sth。
  He congratulated us on getting married. 他祝贺我们结婚大喜。
  3. 有时接反身代词作宾语。如：
  You can congratulate yourself on having done a good job. 你的工作干得出色，你应该感到自豪。

congratulation/congratulate/celebrate/celebration/ceremony/accelerate/grateful/gratitude
记忆：
1． grate 联想great, 好的，congratulate [ kEn5^rAtjuleit] 同时感到好的，祝贺 I have congratulated him on his success in winning the first.他成功获得第一名，我已向他表示祝贺。
2． congratulation [ kEn7^rAtju5leiFEn ] n. 祝贺 He has won! Let’s go over to give him our congratulations. 他赢了！我们过去向他表示祝贺吧！
3． 词根cele表示“高”，celebrate [ 5selibreit ] 达到高峰，而庆祝。 vt. 庆祝 This evening we will hold a party to celebrate his success.今晚我们要举行一个晚会来庆祝他的成功。
4． celebration [ 7seli5breiFEn ] n. 庆祝 The celebration will be unforgettable.这次庆祝活动会令人难忘。
5． ceremony [ 5serimEni ] cere-mony n.典礼, 仪式 The president made a warm speech at the opening ceremony. 在开幕式上总统作了热情的演讲。
6． accelerate [ Ak5selEreit ] ac-cele-rate 提高cele速度rate， v. 加速, 促进 The opening policy has surely accelerated the development of our economy. 开放政策的实施加快了我们的经济发展。
7． grateful [ 5^reitful] grate-ful adj. （因好而）感谢的，感激的 I am grateful to you for your timely help. 对你的及时帮助，我深表感谢。
8． gratitude [ 5^rAtitju:d ] n. 感激 How can I show my gratitude to you?我怎样也表达不了对你的感激之情。
另类阅读：
They held a ceremony to celebrate the victory. The government also sent its congratulations to them, which made them very grateful. It accelerated their efforts for more glory for the country.
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TEACHER: Well, at least there's one thing I can say about your son.
FATHER: What's that?
TEACHER: With grades like these, he couldn't be cheating.