widen / broaden [expand one's view 开阔视野] 4. precise / exact [at that precise moment 就在那时]

二、 1. being abandoned [① 放弃 ② 遗弃 ③ 离弃 abandon sb / sth to舍弃某人 / 某物而被 (别人) 取得] 2. to [witness 在课文中作动词，意为"目击"，本句中作名词，意为"目击者；证人；见证人"； (a) witness to ......的目击者；......的见证人] 3. to [a monument to sth 对 (某人业绩﹑ 成就等的) 永久性纪念物] 4. for [feel sympathy for sb 对某人表示同情] 5. crying [burst out doing sth 突然做某事] 6. discouraged 7. to learn [be eager to do sth 渴望做某事] 8. more 9. on [restrictions on sth 对某事的限制]

三、1. exists [occur ① [正式用语] 发生 ② 出现；存在] 2. shook [tremble ① 颤抖；哆嗦 ② (轻微地) 摇晃；摇动] 3. impressive [awesome ① 引起敬畏的；可怕的 ② [尤用于美语，非正式用语] 极好的；了不起的] 4. collected [gather ① (使) 聚集；(使) 聚拢 ② 搜集；采集；[正式用语] 收 (庄稼) ③ 渐增；积聚] 5. particular [specific ① 明确的；详细的 ② [只用于名词前] 特有的；特定的] 6. serious [severe ① 严重的 extremely bad or serious ② 严厉的；苛刻的 ③ 严峻的；激烈的] 7. annoying 8. difficult [awkward ① 尴尬的；别扭的 ② 使用不便的；难以应付的 ③ 不方便的]

四、1. particular → particularly 2. on → in 3. gradual → gradually 4. the → a 5. characteristic → characteristics [characteristic在课文中作形容词，意为"典型的；特有的"，在本句中作名词，意为"特征；特色；特点"，常用复数]

五、1. knocked over 2. block out 3. split up 4. came across [come across ① 偶然遇到；碰见 (meet) ② 被理解] 5. held up [① 举起；抬起；支撑 ② 支持住；承受住 ③ 使停顿；停下来] 6. count on 7. figure out [弄清楚；弄明白；计算出] 8. end up [end up with ... 以......结束] 9. put up with

六、1. To his horror 2. have fallen victim to 3. a sense of loss 4. vivid imagination 5. the former 6. precious memories 7. now (that) / since

七、1. These eighteenth-century oil paintings have been / are preserved so well that the visitors are greatly amazed / impressed. 2. They're both uncertain about what to do next. [be uncertain about 对......没把握] 3. We should applaud good behavior. 4. We have made a major / significant breakthrough in computer technology. 5. Our earth is suffering severe damage. 6. For no apparent reason, the work seemed to be more difficult to do.

Book 6 Unit 17 Laughter

基础训练一 (Warm-up - Lesson 1)

一、1. harmony 2. forgetful 3. delay

二、1. 轶事 / 趣闻；政治家 2. 荒谬的 / 可笑的 3. 旅行社 4. 签证 5. 提取 6. 成熟的 7. 澄清 / 讲清楚 [英文释义：to make sth clearer and easy to understand] 8. 柜台服务人员 9. 身份证明 (文件) 10. 晒黑的 / 晒伤的 11. 惊险电影 / 恐怖电影 12. 鼻青眼肿 13. 锦标赛 / 联赛

三、1. made ... laugh 2. amazing 3. miss 4. afraid [be scared of 害怕......] 5. quickly

四、1. response [make no response to 对......不作回答] 2. at [yell at sb to do sth 大声叫某人做某事] 3. messy 4. queuing

五、

1. burst out laughing / burst into laughter 2. cash a cheque 3. queued / lined up或waited / stood in line / a queue