6. (Page 43 Lines 22-24) It turns out that the ash covered the people who failed to flee the city, their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash.

▶ turn out原来是，结果是

It turns out that ...

As it turns out, ...

(sb./sth.) turn out (to be) ...

【练一练】

(1) 结果证明她最终没有找到工作。

It turned out that she didn't get the job in the end./As it turned out, she didn't get the job in

the end.

(2) 我们在车上碰到的售票员原来是Maria的朋友。

The conductor we met on the bus turned out to be Maria's friend.

(3) 这项工作比我们原先想的要艰难。

The job turned out to be harder than we thought.

▶ flee vt./vi. fled, fled, fleeing

　flee to/into ... 逃到...... flee (from) sp从......逃离 flee away逃跑

【练一练】

(1) 他在欧洲待了两个月，然后逃到了亚洲。

He spent two months in Europe before fleeing to Asia.

(2) 他从不一见困难就畏缩。 He never flees away at the first sight of difficulty.

▶ break down（机器或车辆）出故障，坏掉； 被搞垮，垮掉；崩溃；（谈判等）失败

(1) News reports say peace talks between the two countries ____ with no agreement reached.

　　A. have broken down B. have broken out C. have broken in D. have broken up

(2) You should relax yourself, otherwise you will _____ in time.

A. break off B. break into C. wear out D. break down

▶ leave + O + OC

(1) The moment I got home, I found I had left my jacket on the playground (把夹克丢在操场上).

(2) Don't leave the water running (run) while you brush your teeth.

(3) They went away, leaving their work unfinished (事情未完成).

(4) Why don't you just mind your own business and leave me alone (让我一个人呆着)?

(5) A good story does not necessarily have to have a happy ending, but the reader must not be left

______.

　A. unsatisfied B. unsatisfying C. to be unsatisfying D. being unsatisfied

(6) We hurriedly ended the meeting, leaving many problems to be settled (留下了很多问题等待