第一、詞匯學習

1 seize vt. 抓住

范例：She seized me by the wrist.

她抓住我的手腕。

He seized the bag and ran off with it.

他把那個包搶跑了。

2 violently adv. 猛烈地，劇烈地

范例：She had never thought he'd blow up so violently.

她從來沒有想到他會生這樣大的氣。

His heart was beating violently.

他的心跳得很厲害。

3 remain v. 仍然是; 保持不變

范例：He remained silent.

他保持沉默。

Let things remain as they are.

一切保持現狀吧。

In spite of their quarrel, they remained the best of friends.

他們盡管吵過架, 卻仍不失為最好的朋友。

第二、地道表達

1. with emotion：激動地，感動地

例句：When I heard this news I was overcome with emotion.

聽了這消息，我激動極了。

His voice shook with emotion as he announced the news.

他宣布這一消息時, 聲音因激動有些顫抖。

2. with anger：氣憤地

例句：Her face flushed with anger under the cross fire of her parents.

她在父母的交相指責下，氣得滿臉通紅。

We burned with anger at their brutalities.

對他們的暴行，我們萬分氣憤。

3. die of：死于

例句：I didn't want them to die of love.

我不想讓他們深陷情網。

Nowadays many people die of cancer.

現在有很多人死于癌癥。

4. fall out：脫落，跌落，掉落

例句：If you turn the envelope upside down, the key will fall out.

你如果把信封倒過來, 鑰匙就會掉出。

I give my purse a shake, and a coin fall out.

我搖了一下錢包，掉出一枚硬幣。

5. feel sorry for：同情......

例句：I feel sorry for famous people who live their lives in the full glare of publicity.

我同情那些生活在眾目睽睽之下的名人。

A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him.

一個流浪漢可能向你討錢，但他決不要你同情他。

6. wake up：覺醒，醒悟

例句：We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

我們醒悟了，我們知道我們原是相親相愛的。

Only then did the other men wake up to his presence.

直到那時，其他的人才發覺他的到來。

7. end up：結束，告終

例句：I never thought I 'd end up working in a dump like this .

我從未想到，我最后會在這樣污穢的場所工作。

All reactionaries invariably begin by making trouble and end up in defeat.

一切反動派都以搗亂開始，以失敗告終。

8. in prison：在獄中，被囚禁

例句：He spoke without reserve of his time in prison.

他毫無保留地述說了他在監獄中的事。

After 10 years in prison, he was given his freedom.

他坐了10年監獄以後又得到了自由。

9. jump up：跳起來

例句：The girls jump up and down together, cheering when the team has played well.

球隊表演出色時，女孩子們一齊跳上跳下為他們加油。

10. hit somebody with something：用某物打某人

例句：His master kicked him and hit him with a stick.

它的主人踢它，并用棍子打它。

I hit him with the flat of my hand.

我用手掌打他。

第三、寫作語匯

1. a broken heart：傷心的心，破碎的心

2. seize one’s throat：掐住喉嚨

3. roll down one’s cheek：沿著臉頰滾落下來

4. knock sb. to the ground：一拳把某人打到在地上

5. bright red：通紅，紅彤彤的

第四，語法點撥

1. She was so bad it was lucky she died...

要點解析：這個句式是主語+謂語+so+形容詞+that+補語從句。在這個句子中省略了由that引導的補語從句。

2. ... and shook the older boy so violently that his teeth nearly fell out.

要點解析：這個句式是主語+謂語+so+副詞+that+從句。That引導的從句是結果狀語從句。

3. ...his face going red with emotion．

要點解析：go在這里是系動詞，介詞with在這里表示原因。

4. His face bright red with anger...Oliver jumped up...

要點解析：劃線部分為獨立主格結構，做伴隨狀況狀語。

5. ... and she should have ended up in prision, or hung.

要點解析：劃線部分是情態動詞虛擬語氣的用法，should have done表示過去應該做的事情而沒有做。