accuse 控告；控訴

charge 指控，指責，刑事指控

blame 指責，責怪
記憶方法accusation n. 譴責，指控

excuse12 vt.①寬恕，原諒②免除，免去n.借口，理由

經典例句A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.

不能寬恕故意犯下的錯誤。

考點提要excuse sb. for doing 原諒（某人）

詞匯辨析excuse，pardon，forgive：

excuse “原諒”，語氣較輕，一般指小小的過失，pardon “原諒，寬恕”，指寬恕的意思較嚴肅，如赦免罪犯等，如：Their mistakes shouldn’ t be pardoned；

forgive “原諒”，強調個人情感的色彩，如：She forgave him for breaking his promise.

Before

before prep. （時間/順序/位置在……之前）

經典例句Be just before you are generous. 要慷慨必先求公正。

一句雙雕An hour ago I called my cousin, but my aunt told me she had left for America two days before.一個小時前我給表姐打電話，阿姨告訴我她兩天前去美國了。

fore adj. 在前部（的）

記憶方法fore比較級former 最高級foremost

forecast vt.& n. 預測，預報

經典例句But economists forecast a rebound this summer, as the effects of strong growth filter through to prices.但是隨著高速增長的影響滲透到商品價格，經濟學家們預測，通貨膨脹今夏會有反彈。

forehead n.額，前額

經典例句Every one’s faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。

詞根記憶fore(前面，預先)+head(頭)?forehead(前額)

foremost1adj. 首要的，最重要的

記憶方法first and foremost首要的是，首先

former 6 adj.先前的，以前的

經典例句There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有兩種力量∶刀和筆；而其結果，后者總是戰勝前者。

考點提要the former…the latter…前者……后者

forwardadj. 向前的，前進的；vt. 轉送，發送

經典例句We look forward to the dawn of better days.我們期待好日子的來臨。