第一、固定搭配短语:
1. work hard:努力学习,努力工作
典型例句:If you want to pass the exam, you must simply work hard.
假如你要通过考试,你只有努力学习。
If you work hard, you shall have a holiday on Saturday.
如果你努力工作,你星期六可以休假。
2. go to heaven:上天堂
典型例句:You will live with us now, and one day you will go to heaven.
你现在就跟我们同住,有一天你会上天堂的。
3. in tears:泪流满面地
典型例句:She was in tears as she told the story of what had happened.
她一边流泪一边讲事情发生的经过。
4. rise to the occasion:应付自如,有随机应变、克服困难、完成任务等的能力
典型例句:We must rise to the occasion in order to win this game.
为了赢得这场比赛,我们必须灵机应变。
You can depend on him to rise to the occasion.
你可依靠他来应付这个局面。
第二、写作描述:
1. get a few shillings:得到几个先令
2. sell our horses for cat's meat:卖掉马换一点点钱
注解:cat's meat是指“猫食”,比喻“很少的钱”。
3. the following day:接下来的一天
注解:following是形容词,意思是“接着的”。
4. work hard in digging a grave:卖力地挖坟墓
注解:表示具体做某事很努力,卖力,在work hard的后面加上介词in,即:work hard in doing something。