6. Excited by his move to London, Pip can hardly wait to begin his new life.

搬到伦敦让皮普兴奋不已，他迫不及待地开始了他的新生活。

▲ excited 形容词作原因状语；adj或adj 短语还可以做伴随状语，表状态。

Frightened, she asked me to go with him.

Thanks to the police, the little girl returned home safe and sound. (安然无恙地)

▲ can hardly/not wait to do sth. 迫不及待地做.....

I can hardly wait to leave this place behind. 我迫不及待地想离开这个地方。

7. Pip dislikes it when Joe comes to visit him in London. 当乔来伦敦看他时，皮普并不喜欢。

▲ 句型: like / dislike /enjoy / hate + it +when 从句

I like it when she smiles.

I hate it when people talk with their mouths full. 我讨厌人们嘴里吃着东西说话。

▲ I'd appreciate it if you would like to teach me how to use the computer

8. be bent on sth/doing sth 一心想要做，决心要做

He is bent on winning at all costs. 他决心不惜一切去争取胜利。

She seems bent on making life difficult for me. 她似乎专门和我过不去。

9. settle vi/vt 解决(问题)； 定居；(飞鸟) 落在...上；停息;

The question will be settled tonight.

She settled in London after her father's death.

　The butterfly settled on the flower.

　I settled my daughter on the sofa and put a blanket over her.

11. abuse vt./n. 虐待，滥用，辱骂

▲ shout abuse at sb 大骂......

　It's strange that the mother should abused her own child.

　真奇怪这位母亲竟然虐待自己的孩子

　What she did was an abuse of her position as manager. 她的所作所为是滥用经理职权。

　Journalists covering the case have been threatened and abused.

　报道此案的新闻记者遭到了恐吓和谩骂。

12. resist vt./vi. 抵抗，抵制，反抗 resist doing sth.

The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates. 银行强烈反对降低利率。

He tried to pin me down, but I resisted. 他试图制服我，但我奋力反抗。

Jim couldn't resist making jokes about his baldness. 吉姆忍不住拿他的秃顶开玩笑。

　　▲ resistance n. 抵抗，对抗

　　▲ resistant adj. 有抵抗力的

　　▲ be resistant to 对...有抵抗力

The plant is resistant to cold weather.

13. at the sight of 看到，一看到

catch sight of 看到，一看到