hear about/of　　　　 　听到关于......的消息；听说

　　hear sb.do sth. 听见某人做了某事

　　hear sb.doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事

　　hear that ... 听说......

　　①Have you heard from Charles recently? I miss him.

　　你最近收到查理斯的来信了吗？我想他了。

　　②I have never heard of a man with the name John.

　　我从来没听说过一个名叫约翰的人。

　　③He's got a great voice - you should hear him sing．

　　他的嗓音太棒了，你应该听听他唱歌。

　　[点津]　hear from后面只能接表示人的名词或代词，不可接letter作它的宾语。hear from sb.相当于receive sb.'s letter"收到某人的来信"。

　　2．I know you're dying to hear all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about. (P29)

　　我知道你急于了解我在这儿的生活情况。我在信中附有几张照片，能够帮助你想象出我所谈到的地方。

　　★(be) dying to do sth. 渴望做某事

　　(1)表示"渴望做某事"的常见短语还有：

　　to do sth.

　　(2)表示"渴望得到某物"的常见短语有：

　　be dying/anxious/eager/thirsty for sth.

　　①There is no doubt that all of us are dying to live a peaceful life.

　　毫无疑问，我们所有人都渴望过安宁的日子。

　　②She was dying/anxious/eager/thirsty for a holiday to relax herself.

　　她非常渴望一个假期来放松一下自己。

　　③Out of curiosity, I'm eager to know (know) the truth.

　　出于好奇，我渴望知道事情真相。

　　3．The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! (P29)

有一天，我正给孩子们做每周一次的化学实验的演示，我还没有明白怎么回事，混合剂就到处冒气泡了！