单词讲解

forest n.森林
woods 树林,林地
jungle 丛林,密林
risk n.危险,冒险
The soldiers are at risk every day.(处于危险当中)
The firefighter put his life at risk.(冒生命危险)
The young man saved the boy’s life at the risk of his own.(冒着…的危险)

v.冒着…的危险,冒险于…
The soldier risked his own life to save the boy.
Don’t risk repairing the car yourself.

picnic n.野餐
have a picnic.
edge n.边缘
the edge of the table
The two countries are on the edge of war.(处于…的边缘)
strap n.带,皮带
bag strap
possession n.拥有,占有
William is in possession of the house.
It is truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in prossession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
He lost all his possessions in the war.(财产)
breath n.呼吸
I was out of breath after running for the bus.
Hold your breath when you dive.(屏住呼吸)
His success took my breath away.(使某人大吃一惊)
contents n.(常用复数)内有的物品
The guard examined the contents of the bag.
Sally put the contents of the box on the floor.
mend v.修理,修补
The fishermen are mending their nets.

语法讲解

Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk…
think of
I can’t think of his name.
Jim is thinking of a way to help his brother.
… the risk she was taking…
take the risk 冒险
What will you lose if you take the risk?
take the risk of doing… 冒险…
Frank will not take the risk of saying “no” to his wife.
… when she ran through a forest after two men.
run after
Tom is always running after Jerry.(追赶)
We hear that Nick is running after Angela.(追求)
They had rushed up to her…
rush up to sb. 追到某人前面
up to … 一直到…
up to now 到目前为止
Ryan walked up to the waiter.
at the edge of… 在…的边上
Mr.Johnson’s farm is at the edge of the village.
… and tried to steal her handbag.
steal sth. 偷了某物
The lady stole an expensive bag from the shop.
rob sb of sth 抢劫了某人某物
… with the bag in their possession,…
in one’s possession 为某人拥有
The castle is in his possession.
in the possession of sb 为某人拥有
The castle was in the possession of a rich family in the past.
Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she…
so + adj./adv. + that … 如此…以至于…
比较 :
The men got such a fright that they…
such + n. + that… 如此…以至于…
When she caught up with them…
catch up with : 赶上
…and were going through the contents of the bag…
go through : 仔细检查,搜查
… so she ran straight at them.
straight adv.笔直地,直接地
He went straight to the manager’s office.
at prep. 对着;朝…的方向
Mary shouted at her boyfriend.
“The strap needs mending,”…
need doing = need to be done
The strap needs to be mended.
The vase needs cleaning.
The vase needs to be cleaned.

知识扩展

动名词
动名词作主语,宾语
动名词作表语
His hobby is playing football.
Playing football is his hobby.
动名词作定语
The reading room is large and bright.
There is a swimming pool in the school.
need, want, require 后跟动名词和不定式的区别
当need,want,require表示”需求”的时候,后加动名词主动式等于加不定式的被动式.
The room needs cleaning.
The room needs to be cleaned.
be worth + 动名词, “值得做…” 表示被动的意义
The museum is worth visiting. 这个博物馆值得参观.
be worthy of + n.
The museum is worthy of a visit.