eg: He stared at the girl, trying to remember who she was.

stare at表示因吃惊、害怕或深思而张大眼睛看，常译作“盯着看;凝视”; glare at表示由于气愤张大眼睛用强烈的目光看，常译作“怒目而视”。如：

Suddenly he saw two eyes glaring at him out of the darkness.

7. fault n. 缺点，毛病

eg: She failed the test but it was her fault. She didn’t do any work.

It’s your fault to make such a mistake.

He lost his job, but it was his own fault for telling lies.

He is always finding fault with me. 挑剔

It was impossible to fault her performance. vt. 对…挑毛病

8. spot vt. & n.

1) n. eg: How did you get that spot on your face? 斑点，污点

I don’t know the exact spot where it happened. 地点，场所

The problem was solved on the spot. 当场，立即;到场，在现场

2) vt. 认出;发现,句中的spot是及物动词，表示“发觉;找出”，其后可接that从句，也可以用spot sth doing sth。

eg: The thief was spotted by the police as he was entering the bank. 发现

I easily spotted him in the crowd because he was very tall.

Neighbours spotted smoke coming out of the house.

9. account n. & v.

1) n. eg: The accounts show that business is improving. 账目，账户，户头

Give us an account of what happened. 报告，叙述

2) v. account sb. to be/ as + adj./ n. 把…看做，认为…

account for 导致，为…做出解释，是…的原因

eg: The imported goods account for 40%. 总计有

I account myself not so well-paid as you said. 认为

Bad weather accounted for the long delay.

She could not account for her mistake.

He studies hard, which accounts for his rapid progress.

10. seek v. (sought, sought) 寻找，寻求;寻求，征求;企图，试图

eg: They sought shelter from the rain.

We sought an answer to the question, but couldn’t find one.

You should seek advice from your lawyer on this matter.

They sought to punish him for his crime but he escaped.

We are always seeking to improve our English level.

11.patience表示“忍耐力;耐心”，是不可数名词。with patience表示“耐心地”;have no patience with…表示“对……忍无可忍”。如：

I will be through with it in a little while. Have a little patience.

After waiting for half an hour, he was beginning to lose patience.

patient是其形容词形式，常用搭配be patient with sb，表示“对某人有耐心”。

Tom is very naughty and his mother is not patient with him.

12. on the contrary

eg: It wasn’t a good thing; on the contrary it was a huge mistake.

You didn’t bother me. On the contrary, I like your company.

II.Sentence patterns:

1. Well, towards nightfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong wind.

find oneself 发现自己来到某处，发现自己处于某种境地

eg: When day broke, we found ourselves in a small village at the foot of the mountain.

When he came to himself, he found himself in hospital.