as far as ...　　　　　就......而言

　　by far ......得多

　　far away 远离

　　so far 迄今为止

　　②Which seems better, as_far_as you are concerned?

　　对你来说哪一个更好？

　　③The scientist is doing experiments no one has so_far attempted.

　　科学家们正在做一项迄今为止没人做过的实验。

　　[名师点津]　far from 后可跟形容词、名词、分词或从句。

　　2．(教材P9)He pities Oliver, takes him home, and tries to reform him.

　　他同情奥利弗，把他带回家，想让他改过自新。

　　reform vt.& vi.& n. (使)改过自新；改造；改革，改良

　　①We should try to reform criminals rather than punish them.

　　我们应该尽力改造罪犯，而不是惩罚他们。

　　economic reform　　　　　　　　经济改革

　　the reform of the educational system

　　 教育体制的改革

　　②Both students and teachers have benefited from the_reform_of_the_educational_system.

　　学生和老师都在教育体制改革中受益了。

　　3．(教材P9)Fagin and his group of criminals find him and drag him back into the life of crime, pressuring him with the threat of violence if he resists.

　　费金和他的犯罪团伙找到了他，把他拽回到了犯罪的生活中去，如果他反抗，他们就用暴力相威胁迫使他这样做。

　　threat n. 威胁，恐吓

　　①The teacher told you not to make threats against him.

　　老师叫你不要对他进行威胁。

(1) threaten vt.　　　 威胁，恐吓