9. Something terrible must have happened if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did. 要是李昌不像往常那样到他店里吃饭，那问题一定严重了。

10.be tired of sb./doing sth.对......感到厌倦;

be tired with ...因......而劳累

be tired from doing 因...而疲倦;be tired out筋疲力尽的。

I am tired of eating the same food for lunch.我厌倦了午饭都吃一样的东西。

I'm tired of your empty words.

我听厌了你的空话。

You may be tired with reading,but you should not be tired of it.

阅读可能会使你疲惫，但是你不应该厌倦阅读。

tired,tiring的用法区别

tired意思为"疲惫的、累的"，用于描述人，通常用 be tired,look tired等结构;tiring意思为"令人厌倦的、使人疲劳的"，指某事或者某人使人厌倦，情感上不再予以理睬而回避。tiring只修饰物。This is a tiring marriage.这是一个令人讨厌的婚姻。

填空

(1)Some of the students got ______ (tire) of living abroad and decided to return to the motherland by plane as soon as possible.

(2)The manager's lecture was very ______ (tire),even if he mentioned a new product of his company,no one was very curious.

(3)Although we are ____ (tire) out after a long journey,yet we go on to finish the extra work on time.

答案：(1)tired　(2)tiring　(3)tired

11. lose weight 减肥

12. Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside. 王鹏受到好奇心的驱使，走了进去。

curiosity 好奇心、求知欲，后面常跟介词about作后置定语。

Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them.儿童对周围的世界有天然的好奇心。

Just out of curiosity,how old are you? 出于好奇，请问你有多大？

satisfy one's curiosity满足好奇心 idle curiosity多余的好奇心

burning with curiosity非常好奇 out of curiosity出于好奇

选择填空

- _____do you think of the film?

-Oh,very excellent.We never thought everyone in my village had a curiosity _____ this kind of book.

A.What;about B.What;in C.How;about D.How;of

解析：后句是对前句的应答，说电影非常好，看见前句应是问对电影的评价，要用What do you think of来问。be curious about 意思是"对......好奇"，使用名词形式curiosity不改变介词about的使用，选 A项。

13. be amazed at ...对......感到吃惊 amazed adj.(人)惊讶的;感到惊讶的，多修饰人。

My mother looked amazed at my news.母亲听到我的消息后，感到惊讶。

amazing adj.可惊讶的;令人大为惊异的，多修饰物。

His victory was really amazing.他的胜利真叫人吃惊。

There is more amazing news.还有更惊人的消息。

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