各位同学，大家好！

今天是我们每日一词的第十四个单词。今天的词也十分简单，但是用法一定要掌握好哦！

Slow down to go fast.

今天的核心词汇是begin

vt. 开始（做某事/某事）（To begin to do something means to start doing it. ）

vi. 发生；开始；出现（When something begins or when you begin it, it takes place ）

用法：

begin - began - begun - beginning

begin sth. / begin to do sth/ begin doing sth.开始某事/开始做某事

sth. begins/ sth. began 某事开始了/某现象出现了

begin with sth. 以 ... 开始/ 开始于 ...

to begin with 首先

派生：

beginning n. 开始；开端；开头

at the beginning of ... 在 ... 的开头

辨析：

start 作“开始”讲时，和begin几乎没有什么区别

但是start有两个引申义begin没有，它们是“启程，出发”和“发动，开动”

经典例句：

I will begin thinking about the matter tommorow.

我准备开始考虑明天的事情了。

I will begin when you're ready.

你准备好了我就开始。

遇见真题：

Deciding that the (50) could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could (51) his experiments with laughter. （2014年武汉市中考真题完形填空）

51. A. begin B. end C. continue D. report

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

Many cultures also do special things to get rid of（摆脱）bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh（重新）. Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.（2014年武汉市中考真题阅读理解B篇）