第一、固定搭配短語:
1. work hard:努力學習,努力工作
典型例句:If you want to pass the exam, you must simply work hard.
假如你要通過考試,你只有努力學習。
If you work hard, you shall have a holiday on Saturday.
如果你努力工作,你星期六可以休假。
2. go to heaven:上天堂
典型例句:You will live with us now, and one day you will go to heaven.
你現在就跟我們同住,有一天你會上天堂的。
3. in tears:淚流滿面地
典型例句:She was in tears as she told the story of what had happened.
她一邊流淚一邊講事情發生的經過。
4. rise to the occasion:應付自如,有隨機應變、克服困難、完成任務等的能力
典型例句:We must rise to the occasion in order to win this game.
為了贏得這場比賽,我們必須靈機應變。
You can depend on him to rise to the occasion.
你可依靠他來應付這個局面。
第二、寫作描述:
1. get a few shillings:得到幾個先令
2. sell our horses for cat's meat:賣掉馬換一點點錢
注解:cat's meat是指“貓食”,比喻“很少的錢”。
3. the following day:接下來的一天
注解:following是形容詞,意思是“接著的”。
4. work hard in digging a grave:賣力地挖墳墓
注解:表示具體做某事很努力,賣力,在work hard的后面加上介詞in,即:work hard in doing something。