Through all his changing fortunes, he never lost courage. 任凭命运变换，他从不丧失勇气。

It is also believed that it will bring good fortune in the coming year.

而且，据说放鞭炮还能为人们在新的一年里带来好运气。

Fortune smiled on him. 他万事如意。

make a fortune / make one's fortune 发财致富

seek one's fortune 找出路

try one's fortune 碰运气

7. desperate adj. 绝望的

e.g. The missing man's family are getting increasingly desperate. . 失踪者的家人越来越绝望。

adj. 孤注一掷的

　e.g. In a desperate attempt to escape, he killed the guard.

他孤注一掷想逃走，便杀死了警卫。

adj. 极需要的；及向往的

　desperate for

　e.g. They were sold by families desperate for money to buy food.

　　　它们是由极需要钱来购买食品的家庭出售的。

be desperate to do sth.

e.g. He was desperate to see her again. 他非常想再见到她。

adj. 非常严重的

e.g. Parts of this school are in desperate need of repair. 这所学校的一些地方急需维修。

　desperately adv. 绝望地；拼命地；非常；很

8. civil adj. 有教养的，文明的，公民的，国内的

e.g. Be civil to the headmaster. 对校长要礼貌些。

　　　Keep a civil tongue in your head! Don't speak rudely! 说话要文明有礼!

be civil to 对......有礼貌 say sth. civil说奉承［恭维］话

9. bent adj. 决意的，极想的，下决心......的