Every dog has its day 每个人都会有飞黄腾达的日子
get out of control 失控
uncontrollable, beyond control invariably: always
What happened yesterday was that he couldn?t deal with the hot potato. precisely: exactly It is as if It seems as if It looks as if 似乎好象看起来
set up = cause 引起，导致，造成 What set up the accident?
set up a world record 创世界纪录 set up = creat 创立，建立
The unimportant event is the prelude to trouble. 不重要的事情是麻烦事的前奏。 keep an eye on tha baby 照料孩子
keep an eye on = look after = take care of Please keep an eye on my bouse while I am out.
keep one?s eyes open 睁大眼睛
When I am out, please keep your eyes open. have an eye to
eye for eye 以牙还牙
have eyes only for 只要，只爱 Eg: I have eyes only for you. look sb in the eyes 两眼直视某人
eye to eye with sb 与某人看法完全一样 Eg: I invariably see eye to eye with my sister.
turn a blind eye to sth. 对……视而不见 Eg: He even turned blind eye to me. make eyes at sb 含情报脉脉地看着某人
Eg: The boy is making eyes at his girlfriend. on teh phone = answer the phone pull off 拉下来 pick off 取下来 knock off 碰落下来 smash half 摔成两半
in the process 在这个过程中
hang up == put on the receiver
attend to == look after == deal with Please attend to my baby.
Excuse me, I have something urgent to attend to.
reduce you to tears.
reduce sb to + 名词： 迫使某人处于……状态 Eg: You almost reduce me to tears.
His comforting words almost reduced his wife to tears.
His answer reduced me to silence. The bomb reduced the city to ruins. we can draw a conclusion.
Everything seems to get out of control suddenly and a great number of things
choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment.
on a big scale == to a great degree == to great extent
as 引导非限制性定语从句（二册已详细说过） Troubles never come single 祸不单行 as we know 众所周知
As we know, the earth is round.
As brane pointed out, giving up smoking is the easiest thing to do in the world.
As the headmaster mentioned, one is never too old to learn.
as重点突出整个句子的含义，而which有可能指代主句当中的某个词汇，也有可能指代整个句子的含义。
As we expected, John was admitted to the university.
She married him, which was unexpected. She married him as (was ) unexpected. The material is elastic as shown in the figure.
The material is elactic which is shown in the figure.
during the rush hour 上下班高峰期
It happened that the woman behind the two cars was a learner. happen to do 恰巧
I happened to hear the news.
It happened that I heard about it the day before yesterday.
following 现在分词做定语 right ==straight
draw up ==pull up 停车 all of sudden ==suddenly
was loaned with == was filled with lead to == cause
meanwhile == at the same time 与此同时 get the traffic on the move 使得车辆开动起来 on the move == move from place to place on the rise 正在上升 on the boil 正在沸腾 on the go 正在忙碌中 on the watch 正在监视 on the turn 正在转变中 on thw run 正在逃跑中 on thw fly 正在飞行中
on the decrease 正在减少 benefit from 从......得益
You benefit a lot from your reading.
Lesson 34 A happy discovery 幸运的发现 ■antique n. 古玩
■fascination n. 魅力，迷惑力 the power of fascinating for / over / on
Cats have unfailing fascination for most people
Chinese Art has great fascination for me have fascination for sb.
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fascinate
fascinate: attract or interest very strongly Cats never fail to fascinate human being. English never fail to fascinate students. fascinated by / with sth. He is fascinated with chess.
The students were fascinated by his idea. charm
The beautiful picture charms me.
I am charmed by the beautiful picture. captivate
His idea captivated me. enchant 使...迷惑
She was enchanted by the flower you sent her.
fascinate, charm, captivate, enchant 后直接加ing, 变成形容词
fascinating, charming, captivating, enchanting 表示?有吸引力的? She is a charming girl.
Cats are fascinating animals. The flowers are enchanting. winning 吸引人的（主要指物品）
Eg: The beautiful dresses is winning. ■forbidding adj. 望而生畏的，望而却步的 having a unfriendly or danger look He has got a forbidding appearance.
We?d better not visit the forbidding coast. forbid
forbid sb to do sth 禁止做某事
Eg: The father forbid his children to touch the clavichord.
forbid doing sth 禁止做……事 Smoking is forbidden here. the Forbidden City Forbidden fruit Forbidden zone
forbid, prohibit, interdict forbid: 政府或私人下令以禁止 Swimming is forbidden here. prohibit 法律条文或官方明令禁止
The law prohibits young people under 18 from going to bar.
interdict 法律或教会所不允许 ■muster v. 鼓起 collect, summon
muster up / collect up / summon up ==gather / pluck up / keep up
He mustered up his courage and walked up to the girl.
■pretentious adj. 自命不凡的，矫饰的
We won?t like to visit the pretentious shop. pretend
pretension n. 要求，虚荣，虚荣心 ■labyrinth n. 迷宫
■musty adj. 陈腐的，发霉的 ■rarity n. 稀世珍品
■assorted adj. 各式各样的
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various types mixed together
assorted/ different / various / diverse different 强调此事物与彼事物完全不同
Eg: The word glare is different from that word slare.
various = all kinds of 强调种类数目不同 Eg: We have got various books.
in every part / all parts / various parts of the world
diverse 强调性质不同
We have got diverse opinion.
assorted : various types mixed together. 各种各样的
assorted chocolates
He bought a bag of assorted fruits. ■junk n. 破料货，废品
表示“垃圾”的词汇： rubbish / garbage / trash / junk
■litter v. 杂乱地布满
■dedicated adj. 专心致志的
■bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人 ■dealer v. 商人
businessman / trader / merchant / tradesman
dealer \商人\侧重于零售，相当于tradesman. peddler 小贩
■cherish v. 期望，渴望
entertain or keep hope, love etc. in mind deeply
Eg: She cherishes the hope that her son will return.
Don't cherish such illusion
don't cherish such illusion that…… 别抱有……的幻想
Eg: Don't cherish the illusion that your father will always pay your debts. ■amply adv. 足够地
ample/enough / sufficient / adequate
enough : 数量，程度足够 (可放在名词前或后) ample : 充足而有余的 sufficent 比enough 正式，且只能放在名词前面 The bread is just enough for one meal. He is old enough to go to the party.
We have sufficient food to last one week. We have enough food / food enough to last one week.
sufficiently 只放在被修饰词前 old enough / sufficiently old adequate 数量和质量上的满足 The performance is adequate.
Don?t be worried. They have gotten ample time.
ample / adequate / sufficient / enough
Whatever you do, you must put your heart into it. And then, someday you will be rewarded amply.
■masterpiece n. 杰作 ■mere adj. 仅仅的
■prise v. 撬开 ■carve v. 镌刻
■dagger n. 短剑，匕首
■miniature adj. 小巧的，小型的 ■Composition n. 构图 三、【课文精析】
Key sentence:
Antique shops exert a peculiar
fascination on a great many people. exert a peculiar fascination on sb 对某人有一种特殊的魅力
Antique ships appeak to a great many people.
Shoe shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many ladies.
The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.
rare objects 珍品 rarity
keep sb. or sth. free from
You can?t keep yourselves free from anxieties like tramps.
We put our books in bookcase to keep them free from dust.
Key sentence:
The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.
The more expensive kind of clothing shop is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious clothing shop.
There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望
We cherish the hope that ......
Pieces of paper litter the floor. / The floor is littered with pieces of paper. paragraph 1 Key structure
exert a peculiar fascination on sb 对某人有一种特殊的魅力
keep sb. or sth. free from muster up courage
a less pretentious shop
There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望
by chance / by accident dedicated / concentrated
Eg: He is a truly dedicated scholar. He is a truly dedicated English learner. above all : most important of all
To do this: in order to discover a rarity be bent on/ bent upon doing sth/ be
determined on doing sth/ be devoted to sth. /be engageed in doing 潜心于,专心于……
Eg: He is bent on winning the game. He is bent on becoming a bridge player. There is always hope that ...
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cherish the hope that...
You must cherish the hope that one day you will be amply reward.
Paragraph 2 Key structure by chance
a truly dedicated person above all
the ability to do something as knowledgeable as bent on doing
cherish the hope that... for 花费
a mere : only
He found a lot of interesting things. be about to do sth.
be about to when…… 正要……的时候……（发生某事）
Eg: I was about to leave when the telehone rang.
He was about to lock door when his friend visited him. bother: trouble
Don?t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.
I would not like to be bothered / troubled by you every day. disturb
The news has distured me very much
It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. disturbing / disturbed
trouble在含义上介于disturb / bother 之间 apart from 除......之外，还有 in addtion to except
Eg: Apart from a slight headache, I feel all right now.
Key sentence:
the box was full of crockery, and much of it was broken.
Dish is done, he begged his wife not to sweep the floor.
She ran into the room, her face covered with tears.
He lay in bed, his face exposed. at the bottom of 在底部 at the top of 在顶部 remind sb. of
conceal one?s excitement 掩饰激动心情 make a real discovery
hundreds of thousands of 几十万 Key structure for a mere ￡50
im my neighbourhood
he found a great deal to interest him was about to do when
The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.
prised it open Apart from
much of it broken at the bottom of reminded sb. of sth.
for he knew that he had made a real discovery
was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds Lesson 35 Justice was done 伸张正义 ●justice n. 正义，公正；司法 Justice is done 正义得到伸张
bring justice to the criminal 把罪犯缉拿归案 do justice to sb 公正地对待某人 give oneself up to justice 自首
in justice to sth/ sb. 为了对……公正起见
Eg: They decided to investigate the case in justice to person.为了对这件案件公正起见，他们决定调查这个案件
injustice 不公平，不公正 ●coust n. 法院 ●law n. 法律
take law into one's own hand 无法无天 take the law of sb 控告 at law 在诉讼中
within the law 合法 outside the law 不合法 lawyer 律师
lawful 有法可依的 laefully adv.
lawless 无法可依的 lawlessly adv.
●innocence n. 无辜 inocent adj. 无辜的
●undertake v. 承担，着手做 take up
undertake to do 承担，开始做 开始做…………
start to do sth/ take off doing sth / be engaged in sth / set out to do / set about doing / perform sth. ... on the way 在进行中 The discuss on the way.
●arduous adj. 艰苦的，艰难的 Study English is an arduous job. -ous adj. industrious, laborious, strenuous
●abstract adj. 抽象的 ●concept n. 概念，观念 ●mete out 给予，处置 ●interference n. 干涉 ●accord n. 一致 ==agree with
in accord with 和……一致 out of accord with 和……不一致 of one's own accord 自然而然的 Justice is down of it?s own accord.
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according to: 依据，根据
in accordance with 依据(法律，规章，制度),比较正式
●premises n. 房屋
residence 住处，居留地（正式用法） dwelling 供人居住的地方 house 住房
housing 房（总称） The housing problem ●convert v. 转变，改变
●disused adj. 不再用的，废弃的 misused 弄错了的 used 用过了的 second hand 二手的 ●fireplace n. 壁炉 ●muffle v. 捂住，厌抑 ●chip v. 砍，削，凿 chop 砍
●blacken v. 不变黑
●emerge v. （从某处）出现 三、【课文精析】
be associated with == be connected with, be related to 与......相联系
we might say that: 我们也许会说 beyond prep. 超出某种范围，限度（与名词搭配） beyond believe 难以相信 beyond words 难以形容
beyond description 难以描述 beyond question 难以置疑 beyond hope 没有希望 beyond recovery 康复无望 beyond dispute 无可争议 beyond contention 无可争辨 beyond imagination 难以想像 beyond meature 难以度量
beyond understanding 无法理解 beyond comparing
beyond one?s +名词 超出了某人的...... beyond his power.
You are beyond his recognition.
Your beauty is beyond my description. The text is beyond the student comprehension.
part of 部分(+单数名词)
pars of 几部分，若干部分(+单数名词)
Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it.
however== no matter how judges:
There are rare instances when+从句 : 在极个别的情况下
There are rare instances when women are not equal to men.
cease （正式）彻底的停止，暗示动作的突然性 His heart suddenly cease to beat. sease to do
stop:(广泛，不正式)不强调方式，只强调结果
quite independent of human interference ----形容词短语做定语，说明主句的状况
He deserves it / It serves him right 罪有应得
At such times: 在有的时候
we are, in part, admitting that enabled sb. to do of its own accord
Key sentence: When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'.
found it impossible to resist the temptation to say ...（双否）
I found it impossible to resist the temptation to buy the beauty dress. come from behind 从后面 promptly = immediately located the right chimney
by tapping at the walls and listening for the man?s cries
Eg: We are listening for the clock to announce the New Year. get stuck 被卡住了
Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇
■credulous adj. 轻信的 (修饰人)
credible: 可信的，可靠的 （修饰事物） Eg: The story he told us is credible. incredulous incredible believable
Eg; He demanded for believable explanation unbelievable
■improbable adj. 不大可能的 ■obscure adj. 不起眼的
Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town
令人费解的
An obscure figure can be seen through the fog.
vague 多用于比喻意，指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清
■maidservant n. 女仆，女佣 ■presume v. 假定 Vt. presume that
presume: 假定 (根据过去的经验和感觉作出决断)
assume : 武断的，把尚未证实的作为依据，与事实不相符合
Eg: Let us assume that your words are fact suppose : 最普通的用词，猜想、陈述自己的看法
Eg: I suppose that it was my fault. ■wickedly adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地 ■plot v. 密谋
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The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. conspire: 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当，犹指反叛，不用于修饰单个人
scheme: 某人暗中设计狡诈的手段来谋求自己的私利
The man is scheme for power. ■downfall n. 倒台，垮台 ■na?ve adj. 天真的
■unacceptable adj. 不能接受的 ■conspire v. （事件）巧合促成
vi. The weather and car trouble conspire to spoil our vacation.
■incredible adj. 难以置信的 ■resemblance n. 相似
likeness: 最普通的用语，比resemblance意味要强
bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth. The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister.
such a resemblance
resemble 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似 similarity:性质、特色、程度的相似
The two envents which happened at the same time have got similarity similar to sth. or sb.
They have got close likeness. ■scorn n. 嘲弄，挖苦 pour scorn on
pour contempt on
pour ridicule on 对……嘲弄，挖苦，斥之以鼻 pour heap
Eg: He poured scorn on his wife?s suggestion.
look down upon / think scorn of 藐视 contempt: 蔑视，强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙，语气强于scorn
despite: 语气较弱，表示嘲弄
Eg: His suggestion was dismissed with scorn.
His face showed the scorn he felt. ■acquaint v. 使了解
be acquainted with sth. 对……有所了解
acquaint sb. with sth. / acquaint sb. of sth. 告之某人某事
make a person acquainted with sb. 介绍某人同另一个人认识
Let me make ... acquainted with you (正式用法)
acquaintance n. 熟人 ■reunite v. 使团聚
■assume v. 假定，认为 三、【课文精析】
It is a chance in a million to meet you here. He let out a scream that must can be heard in Peru.
We are less credulous than we used to be. We are not so honest as we used to be.
