Appreciate
[观察] 阅读下列各句，观察appreciate在句中的用法。

1. I really appreciate your coming to the party.
2. His abilities were not appreciated in that school.
3. At that time he appreciated how much his job meant to him.
4. Their investments have appreciated over the years.
[点拨] appreciate vt. 感激，如：句1;赏识，如：句2；意识到，理解，如：句3；增值,如：句4。

[联想] appreciation n.
appreciative adj. 欣赏的；感激的
[拓展] 常用句型：I would appreciate it if ...
如果……，我将不胜感激。

注意：appreciate 作“感激”讲时,后跟事或物,而thank 后跟人。

[小试] 用appreciate的适当形式翻译下列句子。

1. 如果你能在周五晚上照顾一下孩子们，我将非常感激。

2. 看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国小说的美妙之处。

3. 我知道对你来说很难作这个决定。

4. 在过去的两年中，我们的房子已经增值了50%。

Key:
1. I would appreciate it if you could take care of the kids on Friday night.
2. You can’t really appreciate foreign novels in translation.
3. I appreciate that it’s a difficult decision for you to make.
4. Our house has appreciated by 50% in the last two years.。