(2)这里的噪音是我无法入睡。

答案： The noise here made me awake.

(3)昨晚我在半夜还毫无睡意。

答案：I was wide awake at midnight yesterday.

2. event n. 大事，事件；项目

Please collect the chief events of that year.

请收集一下那年的主要大事。

拓展：event, accident, incident 与 affair的区别

event 一般指发生的或历史上的大事件，也可以指比赛的项目。

incident 一般指不重要的小事或政治上的事件。

accident 指偶然发生，出乎意料的事故。

affair 是个普通名词，可以表示：大事，小事，政治事件，家务小事。

运用： 用event, accident, incident 与 affair填空

1) The report deals with the most important____ of 2007.

答案：events

2) Ten children were hurt in the car____.

答案：accident

3) After they had been punished, nobody mentioned the ____ again.

答案： incident

4) He isn't prepared to discuss his financial ______ with press.

答案： affairs

3. swallow vt.

1) 吞下,咽下

I swallowed the pills with a cup of water.

我用一杯水吞下了这些药丸。

2)淹没,吞没;吞并 (+up)

The waves swallowed up his little boat yesterday.

昨天波浪吞没了他的小船。

3) 耗尽,用尽 (+up)

The increase in food costs swallowed up our pay increase.