.核心单词1.desire n. 渴望vt. 想要常用结构：desire sth. 渴望得到某物desire to do sth. 希望/渴望做某事desire that sb. (should) do 要求……have a desire for sth./to do sth. 渴望得到某物/希望做某事at one’s desire 照某人的希望We all desire happiness and health.我们都希望幸福健康。
Everyone has a desire for success, but not everyone desires to get rich.每个人都渴望成功，但并非人人都渴望金钱。
He desires you to go to see him at once. =He desires that you should go to see him at once. 他要求你马上去见他。
翻译句子（原创）①他想接受大学教育。
②他们要我快点回来。
③我请他立即回信。
④她要你立即见她。
⑤她应邀演奏了一曲。
解析：①He desired a college education.②They desire me to return soon.③I desire an immediate answer of his.④She desires that you (should) see her at once.⑤She played a piece at others’desire/by desire.2.alarm n.警报vt.使……惊恐We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest. 森林失火使我们大为惊慌。
常用结构：give /raise the alarm 发警报ring the alarm 敲警钟sound the alarm 发警报; 吹警报号take (the) alarm at 对……感到吃惊; 因……而惊恐be alarmed at ... 被……吓一跳As soon as he saw the smoke, he sounded the alarm. 一看见烟雾，他就鸣响了警报。
翻译句子①看到孩子们在返校时遭遇车祸的消息，家长们很害怕。
②看到大火，社区的居民发出警报。
答案：①The parents took (the) alarm at the news that their children caught a traffic accident when returning the school.②The residents in the community raised the alarm when seeing the great fire.3.accompany vt. 陪伴常用结构：accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去某地accompany sth. with/by sth. 与……同时存在He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see what’s wrong with his stomach. 他陪他的老父亲去医院查看胃部出了什么问题。
Word 文档Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common.这个季节，雷鸣常常伴有大雨。
翻译句子①总统出现了,被六个健壮的保镖护随着。
②回到家乡，他的老同学们陪着他参观了这个城市。
答案：①The president appeared and was accompanied by six strong bodyguards.②When returning hometown, he was shown around the city accompanied by his old classmates.4.envy n.& vt. 妒忌；羡慕常用结构：envy sb. doing/for sth. 忌妒或羡慕某人做某事with envy 羡慕地；忌妒地be the envy of 是令人羡慕/忌妒的事物out of envy 出于妒忌I envy you having such a good friend! 我羡慕你有这么一位好朋友！They looked at her new car with envy. 他们羡慕地看着她的新车。
He was filled with envy of me at my success. 他十分羡慕我的成功。
They only say such unkind things about you out of envy. 他们纯粹出于忌妒才说你这些坏话。
联想拓展envious adj. 羡慕的；妒忌的be envious of 妒忌……；羡慕……翻译句子①她出于忌妒说了关于你的这些话。
②汤姆妒忌他哥哥事业上的成功。
答案：①She said these words about you out of envy.②Tom was envious of his brother’s success in business.重点短语5. reach for 伸手碰到/去拿/够到……He reached for his gun when he heard the enemy’s sound.当他听到敌人的声音时就伸手去拿自己的枪。
He reached into his pocket for his keys.他把手伸到口袋里找钥匙。
联想拓展reach to 达到；触到within/out of/beyond one’s reach 在某人伸手可及/够不到的距离单项填空I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s_______.（2010·01·检测）A. reachB. handC. holdD. place解析：选A。
考查固定搭配。
out of one’s reach意为“在某人伸手够不到的距离”；符合句意“孩子够不着”。
6. test out 考验；试验This model had been tested out before it was put into production.这个型号经过试验后才进行大批量生产。
Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment.上课前，这个教授习惯先将整个实验试验一番。
联想拓展test on sb./sth. 在……(身上)做实验/试验have/take a test in 参加……考试翻译句子①成千上万的人们将参加这周日的公务员考试。
②那个咨询顾问总是先将新的政策在他自己的公司里进行实验。
答案：①Tens of thousands of people will take an entrance test for government officers this Sunday.②The consultant always testing the new policy on his own company first.7. ring up 打给……On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was OK.一到达机场，他就打给母亲报平安。
联想拓展ring back 回ring off 挂断;停止讲话ring a bell 唤醒(经常是模糊的记忆)ring up the curtain 开始(一场演出，一个事件或一次行动)I have to ring off now because my friend is waiting for me.我朋友在等我，我得挂了。
翻译句子①今早他刚起床就有人给他打了。
③见到老板进来，他赶紧挂断假装在工作。
答案：①The moment he got up this morning, someone rang him up.②Seeing his boss coming, he hurried to ring off and pretended to be working.8. leave ...alone 不打扰Leave him alone and he will produce. 别打扰他，他会写出来的。
You shouldn’t have left Andy alone in the mountains, it was very dangerous.你不该将安迪一个人留在山上，因为那样非常危险。
联想拓展leave behind 留下,遗留leave aside (把某事)搁置一边leave for 出发前往leave out 省去;遗漏;不考虑He was asked to leave for another city in 24 hours.他被要求24小时离开到另一个城市去。
The teacher required us to leave out some unnecessary words in our essays.老师让我们将论文中一些不必要的词语省去。
翻译句子①老板携款潜逃了，只留下一间空厂房。
②听到警报，警察丢下家人冲出去看发生了什么事。
答案：①The boss escaped with all his fortune and left an empty factory behind.②Hearing the alarm, the policeman left his family behind and rushed out to see what happened.9. set aside 将……放到一边；节省或保留（钱或时间）；暂时不考虑He set all offers aside. 所有的提议他都置之不理。
联想拓展set down 记下，写下set off 动身;爆炸set out 出发；开始做……set up 创立，建立；竖起He set off for work. 他动身去上班。
单项填空Try to ______at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary. （2010·01·检测）A. set off B. set out C. set aside D. set down解析：选C。