第一、词汇学习

1 deserve vt.应受（奖赏﹑ 特殊待遇等）; 应得

范例：She deserves a reward for her efforts.

她积极努力, 应得到奖赏。

He richly deserved all that happened to him.

他得到这一切确是受之无愧。

2 threaten vt. 恐吓或威胁某人

范例：The boss is always threatening an employee with dismissal.

老板总是以开除要挟雇员。

My attacker threatened me with a gun.

攻击我的人用枪威胁我。

3 chase vt. 露骨地向某人求爱

范例：He's always chasing after women.

他不断地追逐女人。

4 feed vt. 给（人或动物）食物

范例：She has a large family to feed.

她要养活一大家人。

What do you feed your dog on?

你用什么喂狗?

第二、短语学习

1. beg for：乞求，乞讨

范例：May I beg for an interview?

我可以求见吗？

She lifted up her paws to beg for mercy.

她举起她的双掌祈求怜悯。

The proud man said he would starve rather than beg for food.

那个骄傲的人说他宁愿饿死也不愿讨饭。

2. chase away：赶走，驱逐

范例：What can we do to chase her gloom away?

我们有什么法子能消除她的抑郁呢?

She opened the windows to chase the smell of cigarettes away.

她打开窗子驱散香烟气味。

They began to chase me away and I finally had to flee the country.

他们开始赶我走,最后我不得不逃离这个国家。

Let's chase the bees away.

我们一起把蜜蜂赶到远处去吧。

3. be sent to prison：送进监狱

范例：At the thought of being sent to prison, he shook with fear.

他一想到被送进监狱，就吓得发抖。

He was sent to prison for damaging public property.

他因破坏公共财产被处监禁。

She was let off with a fine instead of being sent to prison.

没让她入狱, 而是罚款了事。

He certainly deserves to be sent to prison.

他确实应该被送去坐牢。

第三、写作语汇

1. send their dogs after him：放出狗去追他

2. outside a pub：在酒馆外，在酒吧外

3. keep a door：看门，守门

第四、语法点拨

If they had not given him some food, he surely would have died like his mother.

要点解析：这个句子是非真实条件虚拟句。主句和从句都使用了虚拟语气。从句是have not given，主句是would have died。因为是表示对过去的事情的相反的事实，所以主句用的是would+过去完成时，从句用的是过去完成时。