Section Ⅱ　Introduction & Vocabulary and Reading-Language Points

abandon vt.放弃；抛弃；放纵

　　(教材P72)The situation on Omaha Beach was so bad that the US army commanders thought about abandoning the invasion.

　　奥马哈海滩的形势非常严峻，以至于美军司令官都考虑放弃攻击。

　　(1)abandon oneself to sth./doing sth. 沉溺于......，放纵

　　abandon sb./ sth.to sth./sb. 把某人/某物遗弃给某人/某物

　　abandon...for... 放弃......而从事......

　　with abandon 尽情地；放纵地

　　(2)abandoned adj. 放纵的，沉溺的

　　①Don't abandon yourself to despair.不要悲观失望。

　　②The fans cheered with abandon when their football team won.

　　当他们的足球队踢赢时，球迷们便疯狂的欢呼起来。

　　[语境助记]　

　　The boy was abandoned by his parents when he was a baby, so he tended to abandon himself to despair when meeting trouble in life and abandoned himself to playing computer games.

　　这个男孩从小就被父母遗弃，所以在生活中遇到困难时他很容易陷入绝望，而且，他迷恋上了网络游戏。

declare war on向......宣战

(教材P72)In September 1939，Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland.