第一、精講詞匯

1. flatter

雙語釋義：to say nice things about sb, often in a way that is not sincere, because you want them to do sth for you or you want to please them

[Tr.] 奉承，取悅，恭維，討好，諂媚，使高興

典型例句：If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.

你要是奉承你母親幾句，說不定她會把我們全請去吃飯.Qg0&6EZ3F3wYjlaw4o[。

2. tough

雙語釋義：able to endure hardship; not easily defeated or injured

能耐勞苦的；不易擊敗的；不易傷害的

典型例句：You need to be tough to survive in the jungle.

要在叢林中活下來就要有堅忍不拔的意志RCJN1vQ!vJ~3~)(^。

Coal-miners are a tough breed.

煤礦工人都是能吃苦耐勞的O([RkO[GZmJ4de。

3. absurd

雙語釋義：unreasonable; not sensible

[adj.] 不合理的; 荒謬的; 荒唐的

典型例句：What an absurd suggestion!

多么荒唐的建議!

It was absurd of you to suggest such a thing.

你竟提出這種事，真荒唐！

4. occur

語法用法：~ to sb

雙語釋義：come into (a person's mind)

[Ti.] 想到；想起

典型例句：An idea has occurred to me.

我有主意了PYoPa=xFEdHl4w8x1。

Did it ever occur to you that I was in prison?

你可曾想到我是做過監獄的人？

It never occurred to her to ask anyone.

她從未想到問問他人nRf_HVS%kV;zwNdVjoRQ。

第二、泛講詞匯

1. act n. 法案，法令

2. theft n. 偷竊，盜竊

3. nasty adj. 令人討厭的

4. remove v. 搬遷，搬走

第三、精講短語

1. read about：讀知，閱后知道

例句：I read about it in the newspaper.

那件事我是在報上看到的c#rx*XElYzJwPC+raY。

I read about the writer's suicide in an evening newspaper.

我是從一份晚報上讀到關于那位作家自殺的消息的^W2ipf-IDLenX,Oa。

2. be hailed as：被譽為......

例句：She's being hailed as one of the best promising young dancing stars today.

她被贊譽為當今最有前途的青年舞蹈明星sP875RCU0w2jaN6&Poc。

Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American writer of his contemporaries.

福克納被稱贊為他同代人中最偉大的美國作家iUo%)LH(fSUIn@Osz8。

3. draw breath：呼吸，喘喘氣

例句：You won't want for a friend as long as I draw breath.

只要我活著, 就永遠是你的朋友IE5@OS*Bob。

4. only that：要不是

例句：I should come, only that I'm ill.

要不是因為我病了，我就來了9uoxee,W3euXWSFq。

5. to one’s knowledge

講解：這個短語作為插入語使用，意思是“據某人所知”，與之意思相同而且與之相關的一個句型是：It has come to one’s knowledge that...=y5D_0mH@0。

例句：To my knowledge he owns three houses, and he may own more.

就我所知,他擁有三棟房子, 而且可能擁有更多7lNfP]M#7LG0Z]&BKs@L。

It has come to my knowledge that he is still alive.

據我所知,他現在還活著gQ!0~4QJcPQxi。

He has been there several times to my knowledge.

就我所知,他上那兒去過好幾次了4ay*h.tqZkcg%E,w@f3。

It has come to my knowledge that he resigned.

我聽說他辭職了o#M=sZL,d%%g=j4c。

6. set eyes on：看見，見到

例句：Take her away, and be careful that I never set eyes on her.

把她弄走，注意可別讓我瞧見她xC,RPeCad(_t。

If we once lose sight of him, we shall never set eyes on him again.

倘若我們一旦丟了他，就再也找不著他了BSV5N4#f3|.*d-7h8qO。

第四、重點短語回顧

1. be sorry about：對......感到難過

2. be fond of：喜歡，喜愛

3. care for：在乎，在意

第五、其它短語

1. one’s late husband：已故的丈夫（注：late有“已故的”的意思omfDZpQNh1FTShXm。）

2. in a newspaper：在報紙上