to one's astonishment_______________ be astonished________因/得知...吃惊

astonishing adj.___________ ; ____________ n. 惊异; 惊愕; 惊奇

______astonishment 愕然, 吃惊地 She stared at me in astonishment.

练习(1)It was an ______ performance for such a young musician.

　 A. astonish B. astonishing

C. astonished D. astonishment

(2)To our __________ (astonish), they arrived on time.

(3)We were ____(astonish)to hear that their team had won the championship．

4.fortunate adj _____________/lucky，反义词_____________;adv___________

be fortunate (enough) to do 或be fortunate____doing ......很幸运

It is fortunate that we got there in time.

___________ n. 机会; 命运; 运气 fortune-teller n.________ make a fortune ____________ Fortune favors fool.

5.Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off ...

___________穷的；处境差的；缺少的 worse off 境况更差；

更穷困 __________富裕；处境好____________境况更佳 ;

be badly off for sth __________________

I am quite badly off recently.

His health is worse off than before.

The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food.

练习(1)Though he was , he looked down upon those who had a lot of money.

A. well of B. rich

　　　C. badly off D. well-known

(2)We shouldn't complain about being poor because many families are much__

A.better off B. badly off

　　　C. well off D. worse off

6.No one was ever bored watching him his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

entertaining adj. _______vt.&vi._______;____(中文)n_______;_________

He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.

We were all entertained by his humorous stories.

entertain sb.with sth. _______ entertain sb__ sth.用......招待/款待某人

I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays.

7.The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes

1) homeless adj. 无家可归的 -less是表示否定意义的形容词后缀;类似的如：

Help /care/ child/ harm/count+less

2) worn-out adj__________ (worn-out shoes ) ;adj ________(She looks worn-out.)

8.This character was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination