(1)astonish vt.　　　　　 使惊讶

　　(2)astonished adj. 对......感到吃惊的

　　be astonished at/by 对......感到惊讶

　　be astonished that.../to do... 惊讶于....../做某事感到惊讶

　　(3)astonishment n. 惊异；惊讶

　　in astonishment 吃惊地(用作状语)

　　to one's astonishment 令某人吃惊的是

　　 (多用作插入语)

　　①We were astonished at the news of his failure.

　　他失败的消息使我们震惊。

　　②We were_astonished(astonish) that their football team had won the champion.

　　听到他们的足球队获得了冠军的消息，我们很惊讶。

　　③I looked around in astonishment (astonish)．

　　我惊愕地环视四周。

　　[语境助记]　

　　To my astonishment，they weren't astonished at the astonishing news，so I looked at them in astonishment.

　　让我吃惊的是，他们听到这个令人惊讶的消息时并不吃惊，于是我惊讶地望着他们。

　　 badly off穷的；缺少的；境况不好的

　　(教材P18)Unfortunately his father died，leaving the family even worse off...

　　不幸的是他的父亲去世了，使得他的家境更加艰难......

　　(1)be worse off　　　　 更穷的

　　be badly off for... 缺少......

　　(2)be well off 富裕；情况很好

　　be better off 更富裕；情况较好