(3)alarming adj.引起恐慌的；令人担忧的

[语境助记]

(1)Everybody was alarmed at/by the news that war might break out.

大家听到战争可能爆发的消息都感到恐慌。

(2)I don't want to alarm you，but I think there is a serious problem.

我不想吓唬你，但是我认为有个严重的问题。

[题组训练]

(1)单句语法填空

①She turned around alarm when the door opened.

②The birds were (alarm) by the noise and flew away.

③For most of the villagers，it was really (alarm) news.

(2)完成句子

这个男孩看到熊走向他，很是惊慌。

The boy the bear walking to him.

3．Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.

克莱尔觉得，机器人向她表示同情，这有点荒唐可笑。

[归纳拓展]

sympathy n．同情(心)

have/feel sympathy for sb.同情某人

in sympathy with赞同，支持；同情

with sympathy同情地

out of sympathy出于同情

[语境助记]

(1)I have a lot of sympathy for him；he brought up his two children on his own.

我非常同情他，他独自把两个孩子养大。

(2)We are in sympathy with your stand on lower taxes.

我们支持你关于减税的立场。

(3)Out of sympathy，Mrs Black gave some money to the old man.

出于同情，布莱克夫人给了老人一些钱。

[题组训练]

完成句子

(1)我非常同情那些无家可归的人们。