知识点：be proud of "为......感到骄傲或自豪"。相当于：take pride in

proud adj. 骄傲的 pride n. 骄傲；引以为自豪的事。

例题：We the prosperity of our country.

A. are proud B. are pride of C. take pride in D. take proud in

3. I'm going to try to go to either Montreal or Ottawa University, as both are supposed to have good Physical Departments.

知识点：be supposed to do sth. "应当，理应......"

(1) 当主语是"人"时，意为"应该......"，"被期望......"，可以用来表示劝告、建议、义务、责任等，相当于情态动词should。如：

Teachers are supposed to treat all the students alike.

　　　　教师应该对所有学生一视同仁。

(2) 当主语是"物"时，意为"本应，本该......"，用于表示"某事本应该发生而没有发生"。如：

The train was supposed to arrive half an hour ago. 火车本应在半小时前到达。

　　(3) 其否定结构：be not supposed to...，常用于口语中，"不被许可，不应当......"

翻译句子：你不应该在公共汽车上吸烟。

4. My parents are astonished.

知识点：astonished adj. 吃惊的；惊愕的

常见短语：be astonished at/by sb. (sth.) "对......感到惊异"

派生词：astonishing "令人感到惊讶的" astonishment n. "惊讶"，不可数。常见于以下短语中： ①in astonishment "惊讶地"

②to one's astonishment "令某人感到惊讶的是......"（放在句首作结果状语）

例题：用astonish的正确形式填空：

(1) From her looks, we saw that she hadn't expected we had returned so early.

(2) To my it had completely disappeared.

III.【知识巩固】-- 基础题

(一)阅读Cultural Corner中的文章，回答下列问题。(★)

1. When did Mark Kendon enjoy science?

A. Before he changed schools. B. After he changed schools.

C. When he was a child. D. When he was in Primary school.