第一、詞匯學習

1 deserve vt.應受（獎賞﹑ 特殊待遇等）; 應得

范例：She deserves a reward for her efforts.

她積極努力, 應得到獎賞。

He richly deserved all that happened to him.

他得到這一切確是受之無愧。

2 threaten vt. 恐嚇或威脅某人

范例：The boss is always threatening an employee with dismissal.

老板總是以開除要挾雇員。

My attacker threatened me with a gun.

攻擊我的人用槍威脅我。

3 chase vt. 露骨地向某人求愛

范例：He's always chasing after women.

他不斷地追逐女人。

4 feed vt. 給（人或動物）食物

范例：She has a large family to feed.

她要養活一大家人。

What do you feed your dog on?

你用什么喂狗?

第二、短語學習

1. beg for：乞求，乞討

范例：May I beg for an interview?

我可以求見嗎？

She lifted up her paws to beg for mercy.

她舉起她的雙掌祈求憐憫。

The proud man said he would starve rather than beg for food.

那個驕傲的人說他寧愿餓死也不愿討飯。

2. chase away：趕走，驅逐

范例：What can we do to chase her gloom away?

我們有什么法子能消除她的抑郁呢?

She opened the windows to chase the smell of cigarettes away.

她打開窗子驅散香煙氣味。

They began to chase me away and I finally had to flee the country.

他們開始趕我走,最后我不得不逃離這個國家。

Let's chase the bees away.

我們一起把蜜蜂趕到遠處去吧。

3. be sent to prison：送進監獄

范例：At the thought of being sent to prison, he shook with fear.

他一想到被送進監獄，就嚇得發抖。

He was sent to prison for damaging public property.

他因破壞公共財產被處監禁。

She was let off with a fine instead of being sent to prison.

沒讓她入獄, 而是罰款了事。

He certainly deserves to be sent to prison.

他確實應該被送去坐牢。

第三、寫作語匯

1. send their dogs after him：放出狗去追他

2. outside a pub：在酒館外，在酒吧外

3. keep a door：看門，守門

第四、語法點撥

If they had not given him some food, he surely would have died like his mother.

要點解析：這個句子是非真實條件虛擬句。主句和從句都使用了虛擬語氣。從句是have not given，主句是would have died。因為是表示對過去的事情的相反的事實，所以主句用的是would+過去完成時，從句用的是過去完成時。