1. feed v. 喂养；为……提供食品

Have you fed these chickens today？

你今天喂这些鸡了么？

Whoever feeds the man is his master.

任何给这个男人提供食物的人都是他的主人。

搭配：

（1） feed sb/sth （on） sth 喂人或动物食物

Feed the cattle （on） barley. 喂这些牛大麦。

（2） feed sth to sb/sth 给人或动物喂食物

Feed barley to the cattle. 给这些牛喂大麦。

feed on 以……为食；因……而壮大

That kind of butterfly feeds on the flowers of garden plants.

那个品种的蝴蝶以园林植物的花为食。

2. serve v. （为……）工作；（给……）提供；端上（饭菜等）

She has served the company for fifteen years.

她已在这家公司服务了十五年。

Breakfast is served between 7：30 am and 9：00 am.

早饭供应时间是从早上7点半到9点。

搭配：

（1） serve sth with sth 某物和某物被一起端上

Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.

羊肉要配新鲜土豆和青豆一起上。

（2） serve sth to sb 提供某物给某人

They served a wonderful meal to more than ten delegates.

他们招待十多位代表吃了一餐美味佳肴。

（3） serve sb sth 提供某人某物

His mother served us a delicious lunch.

他的妈妈招待我们吃了一顿可口的午餐。

3. whisper v. 低声地说；耳语；私语

n. 低语（声）；耳语（声）；私语（声）

My son whispered to me that he was afraid.

儿子低声对我说他害怕。

Dont you know its rude to whisper at the meeting？

难道你不知道在开会时窃窃私语是不礼貌的吗？

Her voice dropped to a whisper while her baby was sleeping.

当她的宝宝睡觉时，她压低声音小声说话。

4. support n. 支持；帮助；支撑物

v. 支持；帮助；支撑；养（家），维持（生活）

Her families and friends have given her lots of support.

家人和朋友给了她很多帮助。

When my father died， I became the real support.

我父亲死后，我成了真正的顶梁柱。

If you raise the question at the meeting， Ill support you.

如果你在会上提出这个问题，我将支持你。

Nowadays there are many different organizations that support people with different diseases.

现在有很多向各种疾病患者提供援助的各种组织。

in support of （作状语）支持……

Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.

只有几个人表示支持这一提议。

5. seize v. 抓住；捉住（机会等），理解（意思）；夺

He seized her by the arm.

他抓住她的胳膊。

Seize the chance， otherwise you will regret.

捉住机会，否则你要后悔的。

She was quick to seize the meaning of his words.

她快速地理解了他的話的意思。

seize on/upon sth 抓住（可利用的事物）

The rumors were eagerly seized upon by the local newspapers.

当地报纸迫不及待地对这些传闻加以炒作。

6. hang v. 绞死，吊死；悬挂，吊

Where are we supposed to hang our washing up to dry？

我们该把洗好的衣物晾在哪里晒干？

hang up （on sb） 挂断（某人的）电话

Dont hang up on me — we must talk！

别挂断电话 —— 我们一定得谈谈！

注意：

当hang为动词“绞死、吊死”，其过去式为hanged，过去分词为hanged；当hang为动词“悬挂、吊”，其过去式为hung，过去分词为hung。

7. lock v. 用锁锁（起来）

n. 锁

She locked her passport and money in the safe.

她把自己的护照和钱锁在保险柜里。

This door doesnt lock. 这门锁不上。

搭配：

be locked in/into sth 陷入，卷入（困境、争论等）

The two sides are locked into a bitter dispute.

双方陷入了激烈的争论。

8. scream v. 尖叫；高声喊叫

n. 尖叫；尖锐刺耳的声音

Women were screaming； some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire.

女人们在尖叫；离桥最近的几所房屋起火了。

The boy let out a scream of pain.

那个男孩疼得大叫一声。

搭配：

（1） scream （out） in/with sth 以……狀态尖叫

The kids were screaming with excitement.

孩子们兴奋地喊叫着。

People ran for the exits， screaming out in terror.

人们惊恐万状，尖叫着奔向出口。

（2） scream （out） for sth/sb 为某事/某人高声喊叫

Someone was screaming for help.

有人在喊救命。

9. escape v. 逃跑；逃脱

n. 逃跑；逃脱

The report said that two prisoners had escaped.

新闻报道两名囚犯逃走了。

When he was a child he often escaped into a dream world of his own.

小时候他常常躲进自己的梦幻世界中。

The doctor said I had a narrow escape.

医生说我是死里逃生。

escape from... 从……逃跑；从……逃脱

I got the news from his mother that he escaped from prison last night.

我从他母亲那得到消息，他昨天晚上越狱了。

escapee n. 逃亡者；逃脱的动物；（尤指）逃犯

escaped adj. 逃跑了的

10. in astonishment 惊讶地，吃惊地

He stared in astonishment at the stranger.

他惊愕地盯着陌生人。

I looked at my clever 5-year-old son in astonishment.

我惊讶地看着我5岁大聪明的儿子。

to sbs astonishment 使某人惊讶，吃惊

To my utter astonishment， she remembered my name.

她记得我的名字，这使我万分惊讶。

11. in a...voice 用……声音（说）

Please speak in a loud voice in order that we can hear what you say.

请大声说话，以便我们能听见你说的。

He smiled sadly and replied in a weak voice.

他悲伤地笑了笑，用微弱的声音回答。

（1） be in good voice 嗓音良好

She was in good voice at the concert tonight.

她在今晚的音乐会上唱得不错。

（2） give voice to 表达

After watching the film， he gave voice to his discontent.

看完电影后，他表达了他的不满。

（3） lose sbs voice 某人的嗓子哑了

He was suffering from flu and lost his voice.

他患了流感，嗓子哑了。

12. no sooner...than... 刚一……就……

No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.

她刚一说完，泪水就夺眶而出。

He had no sooner wanted to sleep than the telephone rang.

他刚一想睡，电话就响了。

hardly/scarcely...when... 刚一……就……

We had hardly/scarcely sat down at the table when the phone rang.

我们刚在桌子旁坐下，电话就响了。

13. bring sth to the attention of sb 使某人关注某事

She says that many times the school nurse is the first one to bring health problems to the attention of parents.

她说，很多时候，学校护士是第一个使家长关注到健康问题的人。

I did the thing with the hope that the media would report on it， and bring cultural discrimination to the attention of the public.

我做这件事是希望媒体报道这件事，并使公众关注文化歧视。

（1） pay attention to 注意

Dont pay any attention to what they say.

别在意他们说的话。

（2） draw attention to 吸引注意（某事物）

I tried not to draw attention to the weak points in my argument.

我尽量不使人察觉到我论证中的软肋。