accuse 控告；控诉

charge 指控，指责，刑事指控

blame 指责，责怪
记忆方法accusation n. 谴责，指控

excuse12 vt.①宽恕，原谅②免除，免去n.借口，理由

经典例句A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.

不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。

考点提要excuse sb. for doing 原谅（某人）

词汇辨析excuse，pardon，forgive：

excuse “原谅”，语气较轻，一般指小小的过失，pardon “原谅，宽恕”，指宽恕的意思较严肃，如赦免罪犯等，如：Their mistakes shouldn’ t be pardoned；

forgive “原谅”，强调个人情感的色彩，如：She forgave him for breaking his promise.

Before

before prep. （时间/顺序/位置在……之前）

经典例句Be just before you are generous. 要慷慨必先求公正。

一句双雕An hour ago I called my cousin, but my aunt told me she had left for America two days before.一个小时前我给表姐打电话，阿姨告诉我她两天前去美国了。

fore adj. 在前部（的）

记忆方法fore比较级former 最高级foremost

forecast vt.& n. 预测，预报

经典例句But economists forecast a rebound this summer, as the effects of strong growth filter through to prices.但是随着高速增长的影响渗透到商品价格，经济学家们预测，通货膨胀今夏会有反弹。

forehead n.额，前额

经典例句Every one’s faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。

词根记忆fore(前面，预先)+head(头)?forehead(前额)

foremost1adj. 首要的，最重要的

记忆方法first and foremost首要的是，首先

former 6 adj.先前的，以前的

经典例句There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔；而其结果，后者总是战胜前者。

考点提要the former…the latter…前者……后者

forwardadj. 向前的，前进的；vt. 转送，发送

经典例句We look forward to the dawn of better days.我们期待好日子的来临。