詞匯提煉：

hearth：爐床

alarmed：驚恐的，憂慮的

advertisement：廣告

solicitor：事務(wù)律師

inquire：打聽(tīng)，詢問(wèn)

resolve：解決，解答

certainty：確信，確實(shí)

employer：雇主，雇傭者

concerning：關(guān)于

merely：僅僅，只不過(guò)

heiress：女繼承人

worth：值得的

commit：犯罪

scarcely：幾乎不，簡(jiǎn)直不

aghast：驚駭?shù)模瑖槾舻?/p>

desperately：極嚴(yán)重地

shock：使震驚

free：使自由，使解脫

confused：困惑的

isolation：孤立，隔離

wealthy：富裕的

reluctant：不情愿的，勉強(qiáng)的

contrary：反面，相反

重點(diǎn)詞匯精講：

Alarmed

Usage:~ (at / by sth)

Exp. anxious or afraid that sth dangerous or unpleasant might happen

驚恐的，憂慮的

Eg. She was alarmed at the prospect of traveling alone.

一個(gè)人去旅游，她有點(diǎn)害怕。

Eg. Alarmed by the noise, the birds flew away.

那聲音把鳥(niǎo)嚇飛了。

Eg. I'm rather alarmed to hear that you're planning to leave the company.

聽(tīng)說(shuō)你打算脫離這個(gè)公司，我有些擔(dān)心。

Inquire

Usage:~ sth (of sb)

Exp. ask to be told sth (by sb) 詢問(wèn)

Eg. She inquired of me most politely whether I wished to continue.

她非常有禮貌地問(wèn)我是否想繼續(xù)下去。

Eg. We inquired the way of a boy.

我們向一個(gè)男孩問(wèn)路。

Resolve

Exp. solve or settle (problems, doubts, etc)

解決（問(wèn)題﹑ 疑問(wèn)等）

Eg. resolve an argument, a difficulty, a crisis

解決爭(zhēng)端﹑困難﹑危機(jī)

Eg. Her arrival did little to resolve the situation.

她來(lái)后也未能解決什么問(wèn)題。

Concerning

Exp. about sth; involving sb/sth

Eg. He asked several questions concerning the future of the company.

他問(wèn)了幾個(gè)關(guān)于公司未來(lái)情況的問(wèn)題。

Eg. All cases concerning children are dealt with in a special children's court.

Worth

Exp. having a certain value 有某種價(jià)值

Eg. Our house is worth about 60000.

我們的房子約值60000英鎊。

Eg. I paid only 3000 for this used car but it's worth a lot more.

我只花了3000英鎊就買(mǎi)下了這輛舊汽車(chē)，其價(jià)值遠(yuǎn)不止這些。

Eg. What's the old man worth?

這個(gè)老先生的財(cái)產(chǎn)值多少錢(qián)?

Aghast

Usage:~ (at sth)

Exp. filled with horror or amazement 驚恐; 驚奇

Eg. He stood aghast at the terrible sight.

他被那可怕的景象嚇呆了。

Eg. He stood aghast at the sight of so much blood.

看到這么對(duì)血，他給嚇得站在那里一動(dòng)不動(dòng)。

Eg. He stood aghast on hearing the news.

他聽(tīng)到這消息嚇呆了。

Eg. The robbers stood aghast at the sudden appearance of the policemen.

警察人員的突然出現(xiàn)，使那幾個(gè)盜賊大驚失色。

Reluctant

Usage:~ (to do sth)

Exp. unwilling and therefore slow to co-operate, agree, etc

不情愿的; 勉強(qiáng)的

Eg. a reluctant helper, recruit, admirer

勉強(qiáng)來(lái)幫忙的人﹑ 勉強(qiáng)入伍的新兵﹑ 勉強(qiáng)說(shuō)好話的人

Eg. She was very reluctant to admit the truth.

她很不情愿地承認(rèn)了這事實(shí)。

Eg. He's reluctant to begin, but when he does you should see him go into action.

他不愿意開(kāi)始，但他一旦開(kāi)始了，你就會(huì)看到他干得十分賣(mài)力。

Eg. I was reluctant to do over the stitching in the dress.

我不愿意把衣服上的線腳拆了重縫。

Eg. He gave a reluctant promise.

他勉強(qiáng)答應(yīng)下來(lái)了。

Isolation

Usage:in isolation (from sb/sth)

Exp. separately; alone 單獨(dú)地; 獨(dú)自地; 個(gè)別地

Eg. Looked at in isolation, these facts are not encouraging.

孤立地看, 這些事實(shí)并不樂(lè)觀。

Eg. They examined each piece of evidence in isolation.

他們分別審查每一證據(jù)。

Eg. His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others.

他的孤立使他對(duì)別人的感情木然無(wú)知。

Free

Usage:~ sb/sth of/from sth

Exp. take away sth unpleasant, unwanted, etc from sb/sth; rid sb/ sth of sth

使令人不快的﹑不需要的一類事物離開(kāi)某人某事物; 使某人某事物擺脫某事物

Eg. Relaxation exercises can free your body of tension.

放松運(yùn)動(dòng)可以松緩身體的緊張。

Eg. Try to free yourself from all prejudices.

盡量消除一切偏見(jiàn)。

短語(yǔ)提煉：

inquire of：打聽(tīng)，探聽(tīng)，詢問(wèn)

resolve one’s suspicion into certainty：將疑問(wèn)確定為事實(shí)

write to：寫(xiě)信給

ignorant of：不知道

commit a murder：犯罪

find out：發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到

be miserable about：對(duì)......感到痛苦，難受

sit down：坐下

owe debt to sb：欠某人的債務(wù)

accept as：認(rèn)作.....，接受...... 為......

on the contrary：反而，相反地

重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)深化記憶：

inquire of

Eg. I will inquire (of him) about the schedule.

我要問(wèn)他關(guān)于時(shí)間表的事。

Eg. Write without delay to inquire of him the reason for his absence from the conference.

立即寫(xiě)信向他問(wèn)清楚缺席會(huì)議的原因。

ignorant of

Eg. He is ignorant of what happened.

他不知道發(fā)生了什么事。

Eg. He's quite ignorant of things abroad.

他對(duì)國(guó)外的事情很不了解。

Eg. He confessed himself to be totally ignorant of their plans.

他承認(rèn)自己對(duì)於他們的計(jì)劃一無(wú)所知.

Eg. Are you acting a part, or are you really ignorant of the rumor?

是裝糊涂還是真的不知道那個(gè)謠言呢？

on the contrary

Eg. On the contrary he was the most ruthless person I have ever known.

相反，他是我所見(jiàn)過(guò)的最冷酷無(wú)情的人。

Eg. On the contrary, I took up another resolution, which was more safe, though more laborious.

相反地，我作了另外一個(gè)決定，雖然比較費(fèi)勁，卻比較安全。

Eg. You're quite free now, I think. On the contrary, I have tons of things to do!

我想你現(xiàn)在一定很空。正相反,我有一大堆事要做!

Eg. It doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary I think it's rather beautiful.

我覺(jué)得它并不丑, 恰恰相反它挺美.