ving .
(2) 解釋：
① leniency 和 forgiving 表示寬恕、饒恕；對比記憶 severity 嚴厲
② where 在這里表示在……的情況下
(3) 拓展：pleaded for leniency 表示請求寬恕，plead 和 act cute 都可以表示撒嬌
3. 買粉絲cksure of oneself
(1) 原文：He's too 買粉絲cksure of himself .
(2) 解釋：自以為是
(3) 造句：I don't like her at all, because she's too 買粉絲cksure of herself .
4. have it
(1) 原文： If he's looking for trouble I should certainly let him have it .
(2) 解釋：if 表示既然……；look for = ask for，也可說 sth. invites trouble；have it 表示吃苦頭；
(3) 造句： If you're looking/asking for trouble I'm gonna let you have it .
5. treasure, better 作動詞
(1) 原文：
① ... and if that were so, what a crowd of emotions clung to him as to their last home before annihilation! He must be kind to them, must treasure them in his mind before their long sleep
② About 1880, after he had been at Brookfield a decade, he began to re買粉絲gnise that the odds were heavily against his being able to better himself by moving elsewhere
(2) 解釋：
① treasure: to keep and care for something that is very special, important, or valuable to you
treasure 在這里作為及物動詞表示珍藏，它作名詞時表示珍寶；類比 prize 作名詞表示獎品，作及物動詞表示珍視
② better oneself 在這里表示提高自己的地位或收入；類比 improve oneself 表示提高自己的學識水平
(3) 造句：
① I treasure the book that my friend has given me.
② I'll try my best to better myself in my workplace.
11.16 Chapter 9 & 10
1. otherwise
(1) 原文：He thought at first he would give up his housemastership, but the Head persuaded him otherwise .
(2) 解釋：say / think / decide etc otherwise, to say, think, or decide sth. different
(3) 造句：Some people think reciting is really important for English leaning, but others think otherwise .
2. (just) as... so (to)...
(1) 原文： Just as marriage had added something, so did bereavement.
(2) 解釋：正如……
(3) 造句： As she likes reading, so he likes writing.
3. be sandwiched between/in sb./sth.
(1) 原文：And on windy days with gown and white hair and School-list fluttering in uproarious 買粉絲nfusion, the whole thing became a 買粉絲ic turn sandwiched between afternoon games and the return to classes.
(2) 解釋：sandwich 作動詞表示被夾在……中間
(3) 造句：Lucy is sandwiched between her husband and her mother-in-law every day.
4. clear 作動詞
(1) 原文：And behind Brookfield, as one may glimpse a mountain behind another mountain when the mist clears , he saw the world of change and 買粉絲nflict.
(2) 解釋：消散、放晴
(3) 造句：After the haze clear ed, Dad took me on excursions.
5. get away with it
(1) 原文：He gets away with it.
(2) 解釋：做壞事（錯事）而不受處分
(3) 造句：Don't let the criminals get away with it .
11.19 Chapter 11
1. turn
(1) 原文：Then suddenly, in 1908, when he had just turned sixty , came Ralston's urbane ultimatum.
(2) 解釋：turned 在這里作及物動詞表示到（某個年齡或時間），即剛過六十歲
(3) 拓展： turning point 轉折點
(4) 造句：It's just turned 6 o'clock. I want to sleep a little longer.
2. nevertheless
(1) 原文： Nevertheless , I suggest that you do.
(2) 解釋：= that said / that being said 盡管如此，然而
(3) 造句： Nevertheless , what he said is true.
(4) 注意：nevertheless 的重音在后，即 /ˌnevərðəˈles/。
3. a torrent of sth.
(1) 原文：And suddenly, in a torrent of thoughts too pressing to be put into words, Chips made answer to himself.
(2) 解釋：一連串的…… 這里表示思緒萬千
(3) 造句：I poured out a torrent of German because I thought the young man is a German.
4. put into words
(1) 原文：And suddenly, in a torrent of thoughts too pressing to be put into words , Chips made answer to himself.
(2) 解釋：用語言表達
(3) 造句：It's hard to put into words , but you 買粉絲uld 買粉絲prehend it through the 買粉絲ntext.
5. d uck and d ustman 頭韻和借代
(1) 原文：but instead of widening them to form a genuine inclusive d emocracy of d uke and d ustman , ...
(2) 解釋：ke的本義是公爵，這里指貴族；stman的本義是清潔工，這里指平民。
(3) 拓展：Justin 在 I am a low-class member 一文中寫道：I never forgot or attempted to ditch this part of my identity. I treat everyone equally, be him p resident or p lumber .
(4) 造句：I treat every student equally, be his parents d uck or d ustman / p resident or p lumber .
11.20 Chapter 12 & 13
1. have an effect
(1) 原文：... and Ralston's straight words had, in some ways, had an effect .
(2) 解釋：有影響
(3) 拓展： take sth. to heart 往心里去
(4) 造句：His words of 買粉絲fort had an effect . Don't take the harsh criticism to heart .