第一、词汇学习

1 seize vt. 抓住

范例：She seized me by the wrist.

她抓住我的手腕。

He seized the bag and ran off with it.

他把那个包抢跑了。

2 violently adv. 猛烈地，剧烈地

范例：She had never thought he'd blow up so violently.

她从来没有想到他会生这样大的气。

His heart was beating violently.

他的心跳得很厉害。

3 remain v. 仍然是; 保持不变

范例：He remained silent.

他保持沉默。

Let things remain as they are.

一切保持现状吧。

In spite of their quarrel, they remained the best of friends.

他们尽管吵过架, 却仍不失为最好的朋友。

第二、地道表达

1. with emotion：激动地，感动地

例句：When I heard this news I was overcome with emotion.

听了这消息，我激动极了。

His voice shook with emotion as he announced the news.

他宣布这一消息时, 声音因激动有些颤抖。

2. with anger：气愤地

例句：Her face flushed with anger under the cross fire of her parents.

她在父母的交相指责下，气得满脸通红。

We burned with anger at their brutalities.

对他们的暴行，我们万分气愤。

3. die of：死于

例句：I didn't want them to die of love.

我不想让他们深陷情网。

Nowadays many people die of cancer.

现在有很多人死于癌症。

4. fall out：脱落，跌落，掉落

例句：If you turn the envelope upside down, the key will fall out.

你如果把信封倒过来, 钥匙就会掉出。

I give my purse a shake, and a coin fall out.

我摇了一下钱包，掉出一枚硬币。

5. feel sorry for：同情......

例句：I feel sorry for famous people who live their lives in the full glare of publicity.

我同情那些生活在众目睽睽之下的名人。

A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him.

一个流浪汉可能向你讨钱，但他决不要你同情他。

6. wake up：觉醒，醒悟

例句：We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

我们醒悟了，我们知道我们原是相亲相爱的。

Only then did the other men wake up to his presence.

直到那时，其他的人才发觉他的到来。

7. end up：结束，告终

例句：I never thought I 'd end up working in a dump like this .

我从未想到，我最后会在这样污秽的场所工作。

All reactionaries invariably begin by making trouble and end up in defeat.

一切反动派都以捣乱开始，以失败告终。

8. in prison：在狱中，被囚禁

例句：He spoke without reserve of his time in prison.

他毫无保留地述说了他在监狱中的事。

After 10 years in prison, he was given his freedom.

他坐了10年监狱以後又得到了自由。

9. jump up：跳起来

例句：The girls jump up and down together, cheering when the team has played well.

球队表演出色时，女孩子们一齐跳上跳下为他们加油。

10. hit somebody with something：用某物打某人

例句：His master kicked him and hit him with a stick.

它的主人踢它，并用棍子打它。

I hit him with the flat of my hand.

我用手掌打他。

第三、写作语汇

1. a broken heart：伤心的心，破碎的心

2. seize one’s throat：掐住喉咙

3. roll down one’s cheek：沿着脸颊滚落下来

4. knock sb. to the ground：一拳把某人打到在地上

5. bright red：通红，红彤彤的

第四，语法点拨

1. She was so bad it was lucky she died...

要点解析：这个句式是主语+谓语+so+形容词+that+补语从句。在这个句子中省略了由that引导的补语从句。

2. ... and shook the older boy so violently that his teeth nearly fell out.

要点解析：这个句式是主语+谓语+so+副词+that+从句。That引导的从句是结果状语从句。

3. ...his face going red with emotion．

要点解析：go在这里是系动词，介词with在这里表示原因。

4. His face bright red with anger...Oliver jumped up...

要点解析：划线部分为独立主格结构，做伴随状况状语。

5. ... and she should have ended up in prision, or hung.

要点解析：划线部分是情态动词虚拟语气的用法，should have done表示过去应该做的事情而没有做。