Use the verb + noun/ adj. Or adj. + noun collocation

　　改变主意 to change one's mind参加葬礼 to attend the funeral喃喃自语 to mutter to oneself自言自语 to talk to oneself认养孩子 to adopt a child发起进攻 to launch an attack刺骨寒风 biting wind倒毙在地 to drop dead砰然关门 to crash the door shut 干瘦的身躯 skinny body褪色牛仔裤 faded jeans智商与情商 I.Q. and E.Q.

　　use the “ useful expressions”

　　1 音乐突然停止，播音员几乎是叫了起来：“警报！注意隐蔽！”

　　The music stopped short， and the announcer almost shouted： “Alert！ Take cover ！”

　　2 火车突然刹车，杯子和盘子都滚落在地上。

　　The train come to a sudden stop， and all glasses and plates dropped to the floor.

　　3 身为主任，他的任务是组织实验室的工作，他很少亲自做实验。

　　As a chief， his task is to organize the work in the lab. He seldom does experiment in person.

　　4 许多年以后，他仍能回想起飞机失事时的惨景。

　　Many years later， he could still see the terrible scene of the air crash in his mind's eye.

　　5 我当小学徒上四，压力大，工作很辛苦，但我从不把这些告诉父母。

　　When I was a young apprentice， I worked very hard and under great strain， but I said nothing about it to my parents.

　　6 搬进新办公楼那天，我们搞了一次庆祝活动。

　　The day when we moved in the new office building we had a celebration.

　　7 晚饭后克里夫把书本摊在面前开始复习功课。

　　After supper， Cliff spread out his books before him to start reviewing his lessons.

　　8 就我所知，彼得的父亲在遗嘱中给彼得留下了至少2.5万英镑。

　　As far as I know， Peter's father left Peter at least 250，000 in his will.

　　9 鲍勃发现几则广告很怪，他就在报纸档案堆进行调查。

　　Bob found several advertisements very strange and went about investigating in the newspaper files.

　　10 医生指出，此种药物对婴儿有害。

　　Doctors point out that medicine of this type is harmful to babies.

　　Use drive，forget and drop.

　　1 我忘了带我的字典了。我能用一下你的吗？

　　I forgot to bring my dictionary. May I use yours？

　　2 电话突然响了，他吓了一跳，书也掉到地上。

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