三、Vocabulary Exercises
Fill in the following blanks with the words listed below in their proper forms.
satisfying considerable consider complain of
tense worry about at times take note of
let alone hostile
1. Some conservatives have gone so far as to be hostile to any change.
2. I left quietly and nobody took note of my leaving.
3. The patient complained of headache caused by overwork.
4. The sun was high in the sky， and the heat is considerable.
5. At times I feel I want to give up smoking.
6. In those hard times， we couldn't send our children to middle school， let alone college.
7. Don't worry about us； we are old enough to take care of ourselves.
8. I saw his face tense with pain.
9. No student can give the teacher a satisfying answer.
10. Red colour is generally considered to be active and exciting.
要点概述：
1.核心词汇
embarrass、staff、control、considerable、consider、emotion、satisfying
2.核心短语
lack in；So far；worry about；apart from；let alone；take note of
3.结构
1）staff 作为集合名词的时候的用法：如果表示整体，注意 staff 后面不加“s”；如果表示个体，staff 后面要加“member”。
2）pretty 做副词的时候意思是非常、相当、十分，可以修饰形容词；
3）The chances are that 意思是很有可能……。
