8.acquaintance n. 相识; 了解

我懂得这门语言.

I have some acquaintance with the language.

我很久以前已经认识他了.

I made his acquaintance long ago.

make one's acquaintance / make the acquaintance of sb. 结识某人

be familiar with / be acquainted with对...熟悉

acquaint sb. with使某人了解

9. a handful of 一把，少数的（人）

我给了那个男孩一把糖。

I gave the boy a handful of sweets.

我们邀请了12人，但只有几个人来。

We invited 12, but only a handful of them came.

a basketful一篮子 a bagful of一书包

a mouthful of一口 a pocketful of一袋

10. in amazement 惊讶地

当她撕烂那张合同然后仍掉的时候,我们都惊讶地望着她。

We watched in amazement as she tore up the contract and threw it.

to one's amazement 使某人惊奇的是

使我惊奇的是，我得了一等奖。

To my amazement I got the first prize.

11.a fortune! 一笔财富

(1) [U] success; good luck 成功;好运,幸运

1) Fortune smiled on him. 他事事顺利.

2) By good fortune he was not hurt.

(2) [C] 未来的命运;运道;运气

3) What will be our fortune?

4)One day good fortune befell him.

(3) [C] 财富

5) He received a large fortune when his father died.

Fortunate adj. 幸运的 fortunately adv. 幸运地

短语: make a fortune 发财 seek one's fortune 外出找出路

try one's fortune 碰运气

be fortunate to do sth./ in doing sth. 幸运地做某事

12. Generally speaking, people are more polite to those whom they think are of higher social class.

总的来说，人们对那些他们认为属于较高社会阶层的人更礼貌一些。

(1)本句中的of 表示"从属"关系。例如：

物以类聚，人以群分。

Birds of a feather flock together.

(2) be of + 形容词+抽象名词=be +副词+与该抽象名词同根的形容词。例如：

我所说的非常重要。

What I said is of great importance.

= What I said is very important.