1．(教材P8)Classics are far from disappearing.

　　经典著作绝没有消失。

　　far from 远非；几乎相反

　　①I'm far from (being) happy in my present job.

　　我一点也不满意我目前的工作。

　　②This is far from the truth today.

　　这与今天的现实情况几乎相反。

　　[名师点津]　far from 后可跟形容词、名词、分词或从句。

　　as far as ...　　就......而言

　　by far ......得多

　　far away 远离

　　so far 迄今为止

　　③Which seems better, as_far_as you are concerned?

　　对你来说哪一个更好？

　　④The scientist is doing experiments no one has so_farattempted.

　　科学家们正在做一项迄今为止没人尝试过的实验。

　　2．(教材P9)Fagin and his group of criminals find him and drag him back into the life of crime, pressuring him with the threat of violence if he resists.

　　费金和他的犯罪同伙们找到了他并迫使他回到原来的犯罪生活中去，如果他反抗，他们就用暴力威胁来给他施加压力。

　　threat n．威胁，恐吓

　　(1)threaten vt.　　　　威胁，恐吓

　　threaten to do sth. 威胁要做某事，扬言要做某事

　　threaten ... with ... 以......威胁......

　　(2)threatening adj. 带有威胁的

　　threatened adj. 受到威胁的

　　①The teacher told you not to make threats against him.

　　老师叫你不要对他进行威胁。

　　②His boss threatened to_fire (fire) him if he disclosed the truth.

老板威胁要开除他，如果他揭露真相的话。