詞匯精講：

Aware

Usage:~ (of sth) ~ that

Exp. having knowledge or realization of sb/st

h對某人[某事物]知道﹑ 明白﹑ 覺察到﹑ 意識到

Eg. Are you aware of the time?

你知道是什麼時候了嗎?

Eg. It happened without my being aware of it.

事情在我不知不覺中發生了。

Eg. I'm well aware that very few jobs are available.

我很清楚工作職位非常少。

Eg. She became aware that something was burning.

她發覺有東西燒著了。

Eg. I don't think you're aware (of) how much this means to me.

我想你還不知道這對我多么重要。

Elegant

Exp. tasteful and stylish in appearance or manner

（相貌或儀態）優雅的, 文雅的, 高雅的

Eg. woman：文雅的女人 an elegant coat：高雅的外衣

an elegant style of writing：優美的寫作風格 elegant manners：優雅的儀態

Duet

Exp. piece of music for two players or singers 二重奏曲; 二重唱曲

Eg. a duet for violin and piano

小提琴和鋼琴的二重奏曲

Harmony

Exp. agreement (of feelings, interests, opinions, etc)

（感情﹑ 興趣﹑ 意見等）相符, 一致

Eg. We should work towards harmony in international affairs.

我們應該致力使國際事務協調一致。

Eg. They are living together in perfect harmony.

Proposal

Exp. suggestion or request, esp from a man to a woman, that the two should marry

求婚（尤指男向女）

Eg. She had had many proposals (of marriage) but preferred to remain single.

許多人向她求過婚, 但她愿過獨身生活。

Splendid

Exp.(infml 口)very fine; excellent 極好的; 絕妙的

Eg. a splendid dinner：美餐 idea, achievement：極好的主意

a splendid piece of writing：極好的文章

Match

Exp. marriage 婚姻; 匹配

Eg. She made a good match when she married him.

她嫁給了他，成就了美滿姻緣。

fare-you-well：告別

Eg. Mary and John left without a far-you-well at the party.

瑪麗和湯姆不辭而別。

短語提煉：

send for：召喚

go away：離開，走掉

after breakfast：吃完早餐后

a great favorite of one’s：某人最喜歡人或物

give a party：舉行宴會，舉行酒會

sing a duet：唱一曲二重唱

made a harmony：和諧

make a proposal：求婚

hae no fortune：不富裕，沒有錢財

in every other way：在其他方面，初次之外

make a splendid match：天生的一對

be likely to：可能

go off：消失

go off to：消失而去了......

so much as：甚至，幾乎

without a fare-you-well：沒有道別

make up the bed：鋪床

重點短語精學：

send for：召喚

Eg. He was so ill that we had to send for a doctor.

他病得很重，我們只好給他請醫生了。

Eg. If there arise any difficulty, send for me.

有什么麻煩找我好了。

go away

Eg. To go away without telling your father is most irregular.

不跟你父親打個招呼就走是非常不合適的。

Eg. Mischiefs come by the pound, and go away by the ounce.

災來如山倒，災去如抽絲。

make a proposal

Eg. He was working up to a proposal to Helen.

他在逐步發展到向海倫求婚。

Eg. He made a proposal to her on the spur of the moment.

他一時沖動之下向她求婚了。

in every other way

Eg. I believe strongly that we can maintain our rank, economically and in every other way.

我堅信，法國能夠保住自己的地位，無論是經濟方面還是其它任何方面。

Eg. In every other way, however, they were very similar to black raspberries.

在所有其他方式，但他們均十分相似黑樹莓。

be likely to

Eg. Armed conflict is likely to break out between the two countries.

這兩國間有可能發生武裝沖突。

Eg. His radical ideas are likely to produce fireworks at the meeting.

他的激進思想很可能在會上引起激烈的爭論。

go off

Eg. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off.

防盜警報器一響，盜賊立刻逃走了。

Eg. Hamlet goes off stage left.

哈姆雷特從舞臺左側退下。

so much as

Eg. It is not the boy that talks so much as the girl.

這個男孩并不像那個女孩說那樣多的話。

Eg. It is not his parents that influence him so much as his teachers.

他的父母并不像他的老師對他那樣有影響。