I.Words
1. furnish v. ①為。。配備家具，裝家具于。。=supply with furniture, put furniture in a house / room;
②提供（所需的東西）
①We furnished our house with new curtains.
②We are renting a furnished house.
The publishing house furnished new books to a library.=
③The publishing house furnished a library with new books.
2.worthy adj.(做表語)值得的，配得上的；（做定語）有價值的，可敬的,優(yōu)秀的
①He did a worthy job.
②The park is worthy of a visit.
of being visited.
to be visited.
Cf:
①The park is worth a visit.
visiting.
②The book is worth 10 yuan.
3.burden vt.使挑重擔；使負重
n.重擔；負荷
burden sb with sth.
be burdened with sth.
He is only twenty-two, but he has to be burdened with a family.
4.approve vi.贊成 approve of sth.
vt.批準
①They don’t quite approve of the plan.
②The minister approved the building plan.
II.Phrases
1.attend to 注意，專心pay attention to ；照料=look after；處理，對付=deal with
①I wish I had attended to what she said.
②She has a great deal to attend to today.
③He was called in to attend to a wounded boy.
Cf: attend （on/upon）伺候
The queen was attended on by a number of servants .
2.go far (貨幣)值錢，耐花；大有幫助，其很大作用；大有前途/成就
①He has an income of 500 yuan per month. It doesn’t go far for his family.
②Your suggestion will go far towards solving the problem.
③A man with courage and confidence will go far.
3.take pride in= be proud of
He takes pride in his furnished house.=
He is proud of his furnished house.
4.do up把（頭發(fā)）向上盤；梳妝，打扮= dress up；扎，捆，扣=fasten/tie；收拾，整理tidy up/clean up
①After she hesitated for a minute , she quickly did up her hair.
②The little girl did up the buttons the wrong way.
③Can you do me the favor to do up the room?
④She has done herself up for the party.
5.let down 使失望；使丟臉；不支持；放下
①I’m depending on you to support me. Don’t let me down.
②Let down a rope so that I can climb up.
6. fix sth on/upon sth/sb.=①stare at sb/sth. ②全神貫注于
He sat on the couch , with his eyes fixed on the set of combs.
He fixed /focused/ concentrated /centered his attention on listening to the news.
7．at length最后，終于=at last；詳盡地=in detail; 長久地=for a long time
III.Sentence patters
1. [In the hall below] was a mailbox into which no letter would go.
[Down ] flowed the brown cascade.
Many happy hours had she spent , planning for something nice for him.
2. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present.=
…she had only $1.87 with which she could buy Jim a present.
3.It was not anger, nor surprise, nor a look showing that he did not approve, nor horror, nor any of the feelings that she had been prepared for.
not …nor…不。。。也不。。。（連接并列成分或句子）
①I will not do it, nor consider it.
②I don’t know where he has gone, nor do I care.
4.The dull precious metal seemed to flash, as if reflecting her bright spirit.
as if /as though
She stood as if rooted to the ground.
She stared at the girl as if seeing her for the first time.
She opened her mouth as if to speak.
5.Let’s forget about it now and have our dinner, shall we?
Let us have dinner, will you?