詞匯提煉：

1. worthless：沒有用的，無價值的

2. scream：尖叫

3. deserve：應受，應得

4. essential：本質的，基本的

5. pledge：保證，許諾

6. honor：榮譽

7. part：分開，分離

8. fidelity：忠誠，忠實

9. deceive：欺騙

10. cowardly：膽小的

11. appeal：訴請

12. vice：道德敗壞

13. unchaste：不貞的，無節操的

14. ripen：使成熟

15. cruelty：殘酷行為

16. check：阻止

17. chain：束縛

18. madhouse：精神病院

19. inmate：（精神病院的）收容者

20. cage：關進籠中

21. bait：故意激怒

22. spare：赦免

23. earnestly：認真地

24. pity：同情，憐憫

25. offend：冒犯，得罪，傷害

26. respect：尊重，尊敬

27. bend：使彎曲

28. reed：蘆葦

重點詞匯精講：

Essential

Exp. relating to sb's/sth's basic nature本質的

Eg. His essential decency makes it impossible to dislike him.

他十分正派，使人不能不喜歡他。

Pledge

Usage: ~ sth (to sb/sth)

Exp. promise solemnly to give (support,etc); give (one's word, honour, etc) as a pledge

保證給予（支持等）; 以（誓言﹑ 名譽等）作擔保

Eg. He pledges allegiance to the king.

他發誓效忠國。

Eg. My father has pledged a donation to a charity.

我的父親承諾向慈善機構捐獻。

Eg. Mary was pledged to secrecy

Mary誓守秘密。

Appeal

Usage: ~ (to sth) (against sth)

Exp. take a question to a higher court where it can be heard again and a new decision given

（向上級法院）上訴

Eg. I've decided not to appeal.

我決定不上訴。

Eg. She appealed to the high court against her sentence.

她不服判決而向高等法院上訴。

Deceive

Usage:~ sb/oneself (into doing sth)

Exp. make sb believe sth that is not true (so as to make him do sth); deliberately mislead sb

欺騙某人（去做某事）; 使自己信以為真（去做某事）; 故意使（某人）誤解

Eg. You can't pass exams without working, so don't deceive yourself into thinking you can.

不努力是考不及格的, 因此不要欺騙自己以為可以及格。

Eg. We were deceived into believing that he could help us.

我們受騙了, 還以為他能幫助我們。

Eg. His friendly manner did not deceive us for long.

他那熱情的樣子并沒把我們欺騙多久。

Check

Exp. hold (sth) back; restrain (sth/oneself)

阻止?。呈挛铮? 抑制（某事物）; 克制（自己）

Eg. I am not unable to check my laughter at the moment.

我在那時候忍不住笑。

Eg. Mary was not unable to check her tears and anger when she was told that his boyfriend will part her.

當Mary得知男友要甩掉他的時候，他控制不住淚珠和憤怒。

Spare

Exp. refrain from hurting, harming or destroying (sb/sth); show mercy to

不傷害（某人某事物）; 饒恕; 寬容

Eg. Please spare me!

請饒了我一命吧!

Eg. They killed the men but spared the children.

他們把男人都殺了, 但放過了孩子。

Eg. The woodman spared a few trees.

伐木工人留下了幾棵樹沒砍掉。

Bait

Exp. torment (sb) by making cruel or insulting remarks 以侮辱性言辭折磨（某人）

Pity

Exp. feel pity for (sb) 對（某人）感到同情或憐憫

Eg. Pity the poor sailors at sea in this storm!

可憐可憐在這場風暴中在海上航行的那些倒霉的水手吧!

Eg. Survivors of the disaster who lost their relatives are much to be pitied.

災難中喪失親人的幸存者很值得同情。

Offend

Exp. cause (sb) to feel upset or angry; hurt the feelings of

觸怒, 冒犯（某人）; 傷（某人）的感情

Eg. She was offended at/by his sexist remarks.

他那些性別歧視的話把她惹惱了。

Eg. She may be offended if you don't reply to her invitation.

她請你, 你要是不回個信兒就可能把她得罪了。

Bend

Exp. force (sth that was straight) into an angle; make crooked or curved 使彎曲

Eg. It's hard to bend an iron bar.

把鐵棒弄彎很不容易。

Eg. The mast was bent during the storm.

桅桿在風暴中變彎了。

Eg. The heat of the fire has bent these records.

火把這些唱片烤翹了。

Eg. Touch your toes without bending your knees.

用手夠到你的腳趾, 膝蓋別彎曲。

短語提煉：

1. scream at：朝著......尖叫

2. a hail of ：一陣，一大堆

3. a hail of fire：一大堆火

4. be of：具有

5. no use：沒有用

6. do sb part：使分離

7. what of ：......的情況怎么樣

8. the truth：真相

9. want sb for sth：為......需要......

10. speak with：和......說話

11. spring up：發生

12. be chained to：給......束縛

13. for life：終生

14. set foot in：進入，踏入

15.at least：至少

16. offend by：以（方式）得罪，傷害

17. drive sb to madness：逼近精神病院

18. break human law：打破世俗的法規

19. respect oneself：自重

20. get at：得到

21.come of ：由......引起，是......的結果

22. free will：自由意志

重點短語深化記憶：

scream at

Eg. She should be desolate, broken hearted, ready to scream at fate.

她本該感到凄涼，傷心，發出絕望的喊叫。

a hail of

Eg. There was a hail of applause when the speaker mounted the platform.

演講人走上講臺時爆發出一陣掌聲。

Eg. They asked me a hail of questions.

他們向我問了一大堆問題。

Eg. He was dead, killed in a hail of bullets.

他在一陣彈雨中中彈身亡。

Eg. A hail of fire from us sent the enemy troops fleeing helter skelter.

我們一陣炮火打得敵軍狼狽逃竄。

what of

Eg. You say your father's very rich.Well, what of it?He wouldn't accept any help from your father, even if it were offered.

你說你爸爸很有錢。那又怎么樣？即使你爸爸提出幫助，他也不會接受。

Eg. What of the homeless children?

無家可歸的小孩怎么辦?

Eg. What of this case of Henry Sweet?

斯威特的情況怎么樣呢?

Eg. Drouet had gone, but what of it?

杜洛埃走了，但是這又怎么樣呢？

spring up

Eg. A little town will spring up on the hills around the meadow.

圍著草地的小山上會興起一個小小的城鎮來。

Eg, Doubts have begun to spring up in my mind.

我突然起了疑心。

Eg. New official tongues spring up at an increasing rate.

新的官方語言日益增長，不斷涌現出來。

be chained to

Eg. Too many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.

很多婦女覺得自己被拴在了廚房的洗滌槽上。

Eg. The prisoners were chained to the wall.

囚犯們被鐵鏈鎖在墻上。

Eg. I'm chained to my desk in London.

我被套在倫敦的辦公室里了。

Eg. I'm sorry I have no time; I'm chained to my work

對不起我沒時間，我工作忙得脫不開身。

for life

Eg. Prison has branded him for life.

坐牢使他一生在心上留下了烙。

Eg, A good education should equip you for life.

有良好的教育能受用終生.

Eg. Are you sure that you want him for your partner for life?

你肯定要他做你的終生伴侶嗎

The accident lamed her for life.

那次事故使她終身殘廢了。

set foot in

Eg. I did not set foot in your room.

我沒有進你房間。

Eg. You must be the simplest fellow that ever set foot in the city of London.

你準是到倫敦城來的最老實的人了。

Eg. I left him, determined never to set foot in that house again.

我離開了他，決心再也不進那個房子了。

Eg. The rich never set foot in these districts before liberation.

解放前，有錢人是從不到這個地區來的。

offend by

Eg. I hope I did not offend you by talking about you to John.

我希望我對約翰談到你，不會冒犯你。

Eg. But at the same time they could not afford to offend him by sticking up for Owen.

可也都不敢替歐文說話，怕得罪了他。

get at

Eg. Paul always wanted to get at him and be friend with him.

保羅常常想接近他，和他交朋友。

Eg. The files are locked up and I can't get at them.

卷宗鎖起來了, 我無法取出。

come of

Eg. Nothing but trouble will come of this plan.

這個計劃只能帶來麻煩.

Eg. We don't know if anything good will come of your decision.

我們不知道你的決定是否會帶來好處。

Eg, No good will come of all these violation activities.

這些違法行為都不會有好結果的。

Eg. Will good come of your actions ?

你的行動會帶來好處嗎？