8. ... found themselves united peacefully

"find +宾语＋宾补( adj; adv; v-ing; pp; 介词短语；不定式）"

e.g. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found smoking in the kitchen.

e.g. You'll find him easy to get along with.

e.g. They found themselves trapped by the bush fire.

e.g. When I woke up, I found myself in hospital.

e.g. I called on him yesterday, but I found him out.

9. leave out省去,遗漏

[典例] 1) You have left out the most important word in this sentence.

你在这一句中遗漏了最重要的一个单词。

2) Don't leave me out when you invite people to your party.

当你邀请人们去参加晚会时，别把我漏掉了。

[重点用法] leave for 动身到(某处) leave alone不管;撇下...一个人

leave aside搁置 leave behind遗忘;遗留

[练习] 请填人适当的介词或副词：

1) They were left ______ in the wilderness.

2) He was asked to make up the information left ______ by the leader.

Keys: 1) alone 2) out

10. break down损坏，跨，压倒，分解

[典例]

1) The bridge broke down. 桥塌了。

2) The engine broke down. 发动机坏了。

3) He has broken down from overwork. 他因工作过度而累垮了。

4) Water can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen. 水可以分解为氢和氧。

5) The plan to build another chemical work has broken down because it will cause serious pollution.

再建一个化工厂的计划失败了，因为这将引起严重的污染。

[词汇激活]

break away from摆脱，脱离

break in闯入；插话

break into闯入；破门而人；打断(谈话)

break off中止；折断；打折

break out爆发；突然发生

break through突破；冲垮

break up分解；(使)结束;分开,分离

[练习] 请填人适当的介词或副词：

1)To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it ___________ into pieces.

2) The elevator broke _______.