Warming-up and pre-reading
1. character n.人物，角色；特性，特征；性格；人格，品性；（漢）字，字體
a. It is a good story, but I find some of the character rather unconvincing(不令人信服).
b. They are twins but they have quite different characters
c. He is a man of good character.
d. A Chinese character 一個(gè)漢字
2．Fiction n. 1)小說(shuō)（總稱）；虛構(gòu)的文學(xué)作品
2）編造；想象；虛構(gòu)；捏造
Fact/Truth is stranger than fiction. [諺語(yǔ)]事實(shí)比小說(shuō)更離奇。
短語(yǔ)：legal fiction 法律上的假定 light fiction 通俗小說(shuō)
pure fiction 純粹的謊言；十足的謊言 science fiction 科幻小說(shuō)
3．Desire vt.1)渴望；希望（做某事）desire to do sth.
2)要求某事（sth.）
3)要求【請(qǐng)求】某人做某事desire that-do/should do
desire sb. to do sth.
a. I desire an immediate answer of yours.
b. We desire to have a good result.
c. Please desire him to come in.
d. They desire that you should come at once.
n. 愿望；欲望；要求；食欲；情欲；向往的東西
短語(yǔ)：at one’s desire照某人的希望 get one’s desire 得到所希望的東西
meet one’s desire 滿足某人的欲望 have/feel a great desire for 渴望―――
nurse a desire for 懷有――的欲望
leave much to be desired 有許多改進(jìn)/不足的地方
leave nothing to be desired 盡善盡美；完全中意
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4.satisfaction n.(opp.dissatisfaction)1）滿足；滿意；舒服；
2）令人滿意的事物
I heard the news with great/much satisfaction.
He smile with satisfaction.
短語(yǔ)：
It will be a great satisfaction to you to know that---你如果聽(tīng)到――一定很滿意
Feel/find satisfaction at (in) 對(duì)――感到滿意
Give satisfaction to 使――滿足（滿意，稱心）
Take satisfaction in 對(duì)――感到滿足（滿意）；樂(lè)于――
To one’s satisfaction = to the satisfaction of 使――滿意的是
Express one’s satisfaction with(at) 對(duì)――表示滿意
5. test vt&n. 檢驗(yàn)；考查；測(cè)驗(yàn)；考試；考驗(yàn)
let’s use another method to test for its pulling force.
詞語(yǔ)搭配：an achievement test 成績(jī)測(cè)驗(yàn) a live test(火箭)載人試驗(yàn)
a nuclear test 核試驗(yàn) a test in physics 物理測(cè)試
a test paper一份試卷 a blood test 血液檢查
短語(yǔ)：test out 考驗(yàn) take a test 參加考試
put-to the test 將――加以化驗(yàn)，檢查
6。asent adj.(opp. Present) 1)不在的；缺席的；缺勤的
2）缺少的；無(wú)
He is absent on business.
He was absent in his mind then.
Long absent soon forgotten. 離久情疏
短語(yǔ)： be absent from a friend 和朋友分離
be absent from (home,school,office)不在（家）；缺（課）；缺（席）；缺（勤）be absent without excuse 擅自缺席
7．Alarm n.警報(bào)；驚慌
The fire caused much alarm.
短語(yǔ)：
1） give the alarm = raise an alarm 發(fā)警報(bào)；向――告急
2） take (the) alarm at 對(duì)――感到吃驚
3） a fire alarm 火警
4） in alarm 驚慌；擔(dān)心
5） sound the alarm 響警報(bào)；吹警笛
vt.使警覺(jué)；驚動(dòng)；使驚慌 Don’t alarm yourself.
7)be alarmed at(the news)被（那消息）嚇一跳
8）be alarmed for (the safety of--) 放心不下；擔(dān)心（――的安全）
8．Smooth adj. 平坦的；平滑的；順利的
The course of true love never did run smooth.戀愛(ài)無(wú)坦途/好事多磨。
The way is now smooth.
Vt. 使――光滑，平坦或順利
短語(yǔ)：
1）make smooth 弄平滑；掃除障礙 2)smooth out 弄平；鋪平；解決
3）smooth away/over 使容易；排除；解決（困難等）
4)smooth the way for 鋪平道路；排除障礙；使容易做
5)smooth down （使）平靜下來(lái)；弄平
9.embarrass vt. To cause to feel ashamed, uncomfortable or anxious 使困惑；使局促不安
The decline of sales embarrassed the company.
Be/feel embarrassed in the presence of strangers
短語(yǔ)：embarrass sb. with sth./by doing sth. 做――使某人尷尬/害羞/窘迫
Don’t embarrass them with(by asking) personal questions.不要問(wèn)隱私，會(huì)讓他們覺(jué)得不好意思。
Embarrassed adj. 尷尬的，難堪的，害羞的
I was embarrassed by his comments about my clothes.
Embarrassing adj.使人尷尬的；令人難堪的
What has been your most embarrassing moment？
10.sympathy n.同情；同感；同情心
Out of sympathy for the homeless children he gave them shelter for the night.
短語(yǔ)：1）express sympathy for 慰問(wèn)
2）feel sympathy for, have sympathy for 同情
3）in sympathy with 同情；贊成；跟著；和――一致
11.accompany 伴隨；陪伴；同時(shí)存在或發(fā)生
I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain.
12. ring(sb.)up = call (sb.) up 給某人打電話
打電話的相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：
1) give sb. a call/ring 2)make a (telephone) call
3) call sb. on the telephone 4) phone/telephone sb.
掛斷電話的相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：ring off ring off the telephone
回電話的相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：call bake ring back
13.turn around 轉(zhuǎn)身；回轉(zhuǎn)；旋轉(zhuǎn)
When the teacher turned around, they began to whisper.
All of a sudden he turned around/about and saw me.
短語(yǔ)：trun about轉(zhuǎn)身；轉(zhuǎn)向；調(diào)向 turn against背叛；反抗；使對(duì)抗
turn away 把（臉）轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)去；拋棄 turn off解雇；關(guān)掉；使失去興趣
turn on打開(kāi) trun out結(jié)果是；證明是；生產(chǎn)（產(chǎn)品）
14．There stood-此句為存在結(jié)構(gòu)，常用于這種結(jié)構(gòu)的動(dòng)詞有：stand, seem to be, happen to be, be likely to be; live, come, enter, lie 等；
There happened to be nobody in the room.
Once there lived an old fisherman in a village by the sea.
15. declare vt.宣布；聲明；表明；說(shuō)明；宣稱
1) declare + n.宣告 They will declare the results of the election soon.
2) declare + n + (to be)n./ adj. 宣布――為――
The judge declared him (to be) the winner of the competition.
I declared this conference (to be) open.
3) declare + (that)從句 宣稱；聲稱
She declared (that) she was right.
短語(yǔ)：
Declare oneself 發(fā)表意見(jiàn)，表明態(tài)度 declare war on/upon 對(duì)――宣戰(zhàn)
Declare against 聲明反對(duì) declare for (in favour of )聲明贊成
16．Envy vt.& n.嫉妒；羨慕
1) envy +sb. (for sth.) 2)envy sb. Sth.
How I envy you！ They envied us for our success.
I envy you your good fortune.
短語(yǔ)： be in envy of one’s success 羨慕某人的成功
Out of envy 出于嫉妒/羨慕
17．Leave--- alone 不管；別惹；讓――獨(dú)自待著；不打擾
Leave my book alone. 不要?jiǎng)游业臅?shū)。
Let me alone to do it. 由我做吧。
Using language
18. explanation n. (其后常跟of, for ) 解釋，注釋；說(shuō)明
She’s giving an wxplanation of how the machine works.
1) by way of explanation 作為說(shuō)明，以解釋的方式
2) come to an explanation with sb.與人交談后消除了誤會(huì)
3) In explanation of 解釋，說(shuō)明
I had better say a few words by way of explanation.
I’ve come to an explanation with them about the matter.
Have you anything to say in explanation of your conduct?
19．Take ---seriously 嚴(yán)肅對(duì)待；認(rèn)真對(duì)待
You can’t take his promise seriously; he never keeps his word.
20.divorce n. 離婚；斷絕關(guān)系 vt. 與――離婚； 使――離婚；脫離
1)The judge divorced the couple.
2)He got divorced from his wofe last month.
3)He is divorced from societ.
4)Life and art cannot be divorced.
短語(yǔ)： get/obtain a divorce 獲準(zhǔn)離婚
a divorce between thought and action 思想與行動(dòng)脫節(jié)
divorce oneself/be divorced from one’s spouse 和自己的配偶離婚
Learning tip
21. set aside 將――放在一邊；保留；儲(chǔ)蓄（時(shí)間；金錢(qián)）；忽視/不顧（要求、感受）
So set aside some time each day to write, even if it is only five minutes.
I’ve set aside some money for the journey.
She always sets aside my feelings.
短語(yǔ)：set about 著手；開(kāi)始 set--against 使――和――為敵/對(duì)立
Set apart = set aside 留出；撥出