①看到孩子们在返校时遭遇车祸的消息，家长们很害怕。

②看到大火，社区的居民发出警报。

答案：①The parents took (the) alarm at the news that their children caught a traffic accident when returning the school.

②The residents in the community raised the alarm when seeing the great fire.

3. accompany

vt.陪伴

常用结构：

accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去某地

accompany sth. with/by sth. 与……同时存在

He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see what’s wrong with his stomach.

他陪他的老父亲去医院查看胃部出了什么问题。

Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common.

这个季节，雷鸣常常伴有大雨。

高手过招

翻译句子 (原创)

①总统出现了,被六个健壮的保镖护随着。

②回到家乡，他的老同学们陪着他参观了这个城市。

答案：①The president appeared and was accompanied by six strong bodyguards.

②When returning hometown, he was shown around the city accompanied by his old classmates.

4. envy

n.&vt. 妒忌;羡慕

常用结构：

envy sb. doing/for sth. 忌妒或羡慕某人做某事

with envy 羡慕地;忌妒地

be the envy of 是令人羡慕/忌妒的事物

out of envy 出于妒忌

I envy you having such a good friend!

我羡慕你有这么一位好朋友!

They looked at her new car with envy.

他们羡慕地看着她的新车。

He was filled with envy of me at my success.

他十分羡慕我的成功。

They only say such unkind things about you out of envy.

他们纯粹出于忌妒才说你这些坏话。

联想拓展

envious adj. 羡慕的; 妒忌的

be envious of 妒忌……;羡慕……

高手过招

翻译句子 (原创)

①她出于忌妒说了关于你的这些话。

②汤姆妒忌他哥哥事业上的成功。

答案：①She said these words about you out of envy.

②Tom was envious of his brother’s success in business.

重点短语

5. reach for

伸手碰到/去拿/够到……

He reached for his gun when he heard the enemy’s sound.

当他听到敌人的声音时就伸手去拿自己的枪。

He reached into his pocket for his keys.

他把手伸到口袋里找钥匙。

联想拓展

reach to 达到;触到

within/out of/beyond one’s reach 在某人伸手可及/够不到的距离

高手过招

单项填空

I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s

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A.Reach B. Hand C. Hold D. Place

解析：选A。考查固定搭配。out of one’s reach意为“在某人伸手够不到的距离”;符合句意“孩子够不着”。

6. test out

考验;试验

This model had been tested out before it was put into production.这个型号经过试验后才进行大批量生产。

Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment.

上课前，这个教授习惯先将整个实验试验一番。

联想拓展

test on sb./sth. 在……(身上)做实验/试验

have/take a test in 参加……考试

高手过招

翻译句子 (原创)

①成千上万的人们将参加这周日的公务员考试。

②那个咨询顾问总是先将新的政策在他自己的公司里进行实验。

答案： ①Tens of thousands of people will take an entrance test for government officers this Sunday.

②The consultant always testing the new policy on his own company first.

7. ring up

打电话给……

On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was OK.

一到达机场，他就打电话给母亲报平安。

联想拓展

ring back 回电话

ring off 挂断电话;停止讲话

ring a bell 唤醒(经常是模糊的记忆)

ring up the curtain 开始(一场演出，一个事件或一次行动)

I have to ring off now because my friend is waiting for me.

我朋友在等我，我得挂电话了。

高手过招

翻译句子 (原创)

①今早他刚起床就有人给他打电话了。

②见到老板进来，他赶紧挂断电话假装在工作。

答案：①The moment he got up this morning, someone rang him up.