A．at sea　　B．at ease C．at a loss D．at risk

　　5)Soon his warm smile put me ______，and we spent the next two hours talking freely.

　　A．at dusk B．at present C．with ease D．at ease

　　答案：1)with ease　2)ill at ease　3)put/set；at ease

　　4)B　5)D

　　3．There are unhappy smiles，such as when someone "loses face" and smiles to hide it.

　　还有不愉快的微笑，比如当某人"丢了面子"就会用微笑来掩饰。

　　剖析：本句中有两个smiles，第一个是名词复数，第二个smiles是动词的第三人称单数形式。

　　考点 lose face 丢脸

　　He said he would never do it，because to do so would be to lose face.

　　他说他决不会做这种事，因为这么做会很丢脸。

　　When he failed to beat his opponent he felt he had lost face with his friends.

　　他未能打败对手时，他认为在朋友们面前丢了脸。

　　归纳：lose face常与介词with 连用，表示"在......面前丢脸"。

　　拓展：含face的常用短语：

　　face to face面对面

　　in the face of面对着；在......的情况下

　　make a face做鬼脸

　　pull/wear a long face板着脸

　　save (one's) face 保全面子

　　I want to talk with him face to face.

　　我想和他面对面谈谈。

　　Don't be frightened in the face of danger.

　　在危险的情况下不要害怕。

　　He made a face in class to make the others laugh.

　　他在课堂上做鬼脸逗其他人大笑。

　　The boy is wearing a long face all the day.

　　这个男孩一整天都板着脸。

　　To save his face，he lied to the officer.

为了保全面子，他向警官撒了谎。