(2)lose one's breath喘不过气来，呼吸困难

(3)take a deep breath深吸一口气

(4)out of breath上气不接下气

14．apologize vi.道歉；辩白→apology n．道歉；辩白

(1)apologize to sb.for (doing) sth.因(做)某事向某人道歉

(2)make/offer an apology to sb.for (doing) sth.因(做)某事向某人道歉

(3)owe sb.an apology应向某人道歉

15．set的短语：

(1)set off出发，动身(for)；使爆炸；引起，激起

(2)set about (doing sth.)开始，着手(做某事)

(3)set aside把......放到一旁；省出，留出(钱或时间)

(4)set out出发(for)；陈述；(怀着目标)开始工作(to do)

(5)set up创建；建立；创办

16．remind vt.提醒；使想起

(1)remind...of...使......想起......

(2)remind sb.that...提醒某人......

(3)remind sb.to do sth.提醒某人做某事

17．forgive vt.原谅；饶恕

(1)forgive sb.sth.原谅某人某事

(2)forgive sb.for (doing) sth.原谅某人(做)某事

18．obvious用法归纳：

It was obvious that...很明显......，显然......，在此句型中it为形式主语，that引导的句子是真正的主语。

常用于这种结构的形容词还有：strange，certain，important，possible，natural，surprising，interesting，likely，unusual等。

注意：在英语中，形式主语或形式宾语只能用it，不能用this，that或其他代词。

An Interesting Festival

　　The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day.It is not a worldwide 1.celebration(celebrate)．Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin.

Long ago，humans' ancestors were bad.They fooled and played 2.tricks(trick) on each other and never kept their word.So God turned 3.up and drowned all their crops.Humans starved day and night,4.weeping(weep)．In order to gain God's forgiveness，a woman poet set