2. 1. It was wonderful to hear from you. hear from sb. = receive a letter from sb. 收到某人的信 hear of,hear from & hear about Have you _____________ Charles recently? I have never _____________ a man with the name Tom. I have ________ much ________ Beckham. heard from heard of heardabout

3. 2. I know you’re dying to hear all about my life here. be dying to do / for sth. 渴望做某事；迫切想要 “ 渴望 ” 的类似说法 be thirsty for sth. desire to do sth. have a strong desire for sth. long to do/ for sth. (1) 我极想出国。 ______________________ I am dying to go abroad. (2) 他很渴望喝点酒。 ______________________________ He was dying for a little wine.

4. 3. sometimes up to two hours, to get to the school. up to = as many as/ as much as He can earn up to $50,000 a year. up to 还可以表示 (1) up until 一直 She lived at home right up to / until she got married. (2) good enough for sth. 胜任 I am not sure if she is really up to that job. (3) 由 …… 负责 It’s up to her to decide whether or not to go on the course.

5. 4. Adjust vi.& vt. 调整；使适合 e.g. She adjusted the seat to the height of her children. adjust… to … 根据 …… 调整 …… e.g. We must adjust ( ourselves) to the new life as soon as possible. adjust sb./oneself to… 使某人、自己习惯 于 …… ；适应......

6. 注意： adjust (oneself) to 的 to 是介词，后跟名词或 动词 -ing 形式。类似的词组有： be used to 习惯于 lead to 导致 / 通向 devote oneself to 献身于 contribute to 为 …… 作贡献 access to 接近 / 进入 ( 某 地的 ) 方法 look forward to 盼望 pay attention to 注意 be accustomed to 习惯于 be addicted to 沉溺于 adapt to 使适应

7. 5.Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students. wonder wh- 词 + to do 想知道 …… wonder wh- / if + 从句 想知道 …… I was wondering where to spend the weekend. I wonder if you are free this afternoon. It’s no wonder + (that) 从句 难怪，怪不得，不 足为奇 No wonder that he has passed the examination.

8. relevant adj. “ relevant adj. “ 有关的 ，有实际价值 ( 重要性 ) 的 ” relevantly adv. 反义词 ： irrelevant ★ be relevant to “ 与 …… 有关 ” = be connected with have sth to do with 这种工作与性别无关 。 The work of this kind is not relevant to sex. I wonder _____ you would mind ______ me a favor. A. if, to do B. whether, to do C. whether, doing D. when, doing C

9. 6. I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boys’ lives at all. make a difference 有影响, 有作用, 有差别 make no/ a little/ much/ some difference e.g We should make a difference between right and wrong. tell the difference between 说出 … 的差别 be different from 与 … 不同 make a difference between 区分 …

10. 7.Tombe’s father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof. stick out 伸出 stick out for sth 坚持要求某事物 stick to sth 不放弃 She _________________ ( 伸出脚 ) and tripped him over. stuck out her foot

11. 8. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night so the food is dried up in the can. dry out ( 使 ) 变干 ; 干透 Water the plant regularly, never letting ________________( 让土壤干枯 ) the soil dry out

12. dry up ( 河流，湖泊等 ) 干枯；弄干、晒干、变干 ; ( 供应、思路 ) 枯竭 (1) During the drought, the river dried up. (2) The writer’s long separation from social dried up his imagination. (3) 太阳很快就会把马路晒干的 _______________________________ The sun will soon dry up the roads.

13. 9. privilege “ 殊荣 ” It was a privilege to know you. 能认识你真是荣幸之至。 privilege 还表示 “ 特权 ” 、 “ 权利 ” ★ have the privilege to do sth = have the right to do sth “ 有特权 ( 权利 ) 干某事 ” the privilege of citizenship/ equality 公民权 / 平等权

14. A) adv. in another or a different way; B) adv. in other or different aspects; C) conj. if not Replace “otherwise” with the suitable phrases ① I’m not feeling very well today-otherwise I would do it myself. ② You obviously think otherwise. ③ The rent is high, but otherwise the house is fine. (A) (B) (C) 10...., otherwise it is easy to catch a cold. 用别的方法， 不同地 在其它方面 否则； 不然

15. 11....bring hope for a better future to a community in need. 1) need 名词, 意思是 “ 需要、必要 ” 。其 复数形 式是 “ 必需品 ” 。 我们需要水。 __________________________ We are in need of water. 2) need 用作不可数名词时, 还有 “ 贫穷、不幸、 逆境、困难 ” 等意思。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

16. 12. purchase 1) vt. 购买 采购； 努力取得 a. 他把两年前买的那幢房子卖了。 He sold the house he had purchased two years before. They purchased life at the expense of honour. b. 他们以牺牲名誉为代价换得了生命。 返回 2) n. 购买 购得物 如果你对所购之物不满意，我们将全额退款。 _________________________________, we’ll give you a full refund. If you are not satisfied with your purchase

17. 13. participate vi. 参加 参与 1) participate in sth. 他没有参加讨论。 He didn’t participate in the discussion. 2) participation n. 参加 参与 This is a show with lots of audience participation. 3) 参加： take part in participate in join 后接 “ 竞赛 ” “ 比赛 ” 等 比较正式 也 =take part in join the party / club / league join sb. in (doing) sth./join in sth.

18. 1.The football team began to sing the National Anthem and soon everyone else __ them. A. joined B. joined in C. participate in D. attend 2. When did you ____the Party? 3. Would you like to ____me in a walk? 4. In the year of 2008 thousands of athletes from all over the world will ___________ the Olympic Games in Beijing. 5. We are talking about how to improve our spoken English. Would you like to ______our discussion ? A join participate in join in 返回

19. 14.donate vt. : give sth. to a person or an organization in order to help them We should donate more tents to the people. donate A to B They donated money to the poor. 献血 donate blood a blood donation n.