那位富人厌倦了城市生活，因此他愿意生活在乡下。

　　②Andy is content with the toy． It is the best he has ever got．

　　安迪对这个玩具很满意，这是他得到的最好的玩具。

　　③He contents_himself_with what he owns．

　　他满足于自己所拥有的。

　　④We can swim in the river to our hearts' content．

　　我们可以在河里尽情地游泳。

　　3．You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk．(P18)

　　你可能会感到惊奇，查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌，他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞了。

　　★astonishing adj．令人感到惊讶的

　　(1)astonish vt．　　　　　使惊讶

　　what astonishes sb． is ．．．令某人吃惊的是......

　　(2)astonished adj． 对......感到吃惊的

　　be astonished at/by 对......感到惊讶

　　be astonished that ．．．/to do ．．．

　　惊讶于....../做某事感到惊讶

　　(3)astonishment n． 惊异；惊讶

　　in astonishment 吃惊地(用作状语)

　　to one's astonishment 令某人吃惊的是(多用作插入语) 　　①It was astonishing that she should accept such a challenging job．

　　令人吃惊的是她竟然接受这么具有挑战性的工作。

　　②Much to my astonishment (astonish), she still remembered my name!

　　使我万分惊讶的是，她仍然记得我的名字！

　　③But result will come, and you will be astonished at the changes．

　　但是一定会有结果的，而且你一定会对这些变化感到诧异。

　　4．Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother．(P18)

　　不幸的是他的父亲去世了，这使得他的家境更加贫寒，因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

　　★badly off穷的；缺少的

　　(1)be badly off for sth．＝be short of/be lacking in

　　某物短缺；不够　　　　

　　be worse off 更穷的

　　(2)be well off 有钱；富裕；境况良好

　　 be well off for sth． 某物充裕

　　be better off 境况较好 　　①We are not that badly off to beg．

　　我们还没穷到去乞讨的地步。

　　②The victims in this earthquake are badly_off_for blankets, and even worse_off_for food．

　　这次地震的受害者需要毯子，更需要食物。

　　③If he had worked hard when young, he would be_well_off now．

　　如果他年轻时努力工作，现在就能过得舒服些。

5．No one was ever bored watching him - his subtle acting made everything