eager adj.热切的；渴望的；热心的

　　(教材P34)We went there on our second day in Paris because my aunt was eager to see the works of Claude Monet.第二天我们去了巴黎，因为我姑妈想去看看克劳德·莫奈的作品。

　　(1)be eager for/about sth. 渴望得到......

　　be eager to do sth. 渴望做某事

　　be eager for sb.to do sth. 渴望某人做某事

　　(2)eagerly adv. 热切地，渴望地

　　(3)eagerness n. 热切；渴望

　　①The poor girl is eager knowledge.

　　这个贫穷的小女孩渴求知识。

　　②Each week I (eager) counted my growing savings increased by extra work here and there.

　　每周，我都热切地数着通过到处做额外工作而逐渐增长的储蓄。

　　【答案】　①for　②eagerly

　　[明辨异同]　eager/anxious

eager 强调对成功的"渴望"，希望进取的热情，含有积极向上的意思。 anxious 强调"担心"，"焦虑"，感到不安。 　　

　　　eager，anxious

　　③The student is to know the result of the exam，because he's

to be admitted into a key university.

　　【答案】　③anxious；eager

　　 shadow n．阴影，影子；阴暗处

　　(教材P35)With Impressionism, the painter abandons the idea of representing things exactly as they look in a photograph, but seeks to show movement and the feelings of the moment, through the use of colours, light and shadows.

在印象派时期，画家摒弃了把事物展示的就跟照片上一样的想法，想通过