be overwhelmed by grief伤心已极 At the age of forty, he was overwhelmed with work, illness and family problems Here overwhelmed is a past participial phrase. A past participial phrase, usually one of a transitive verb, can function as adverbial modifying the main verb of the sentence to indicate cause. time. condition concession. etc e.g. Greatly interested, Ben s father began to ask him how to play this computer game Given better attention, these flowers could have grown better Ask students to do ex vl 2. he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey: he went to Hoe Farm,a quiet place in Surrey, with his family他同家人一起退隐到萨里郡的一个乡间居处--耘锄农 retire--vi. go away; leave a group of people, so as to be on one's own e.g. He retired to his study upstairs She agreed to dance for us and retired to put on her costume The guests retired to the living room after dinner retreat-n.I) a place into which one can go for peace and safety隐居处 2)撤退;避难 e.g. a summer retreat /a weekend retreat Mike used to go alone to his comfortable retreat by the lake Enemy soldiers are now in full retreat vi. move back or leave a center of fighting or other activity撤退;退避 e.g. The attacker moved towards her and she retreated onto the balcony(aa) Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat from the city 3. The muse of painting came to my rescue: The goddess of painting helped me when I was in difficulty.绘画女神拯救了我 muse--n.1)( in Greek mythology) one of the nine goddesses of poetry, musIc,etc.缪斯(希腊 神话中司文艺的九位女神之一) 2) a force or person that inspires st. to write, paint,etc.创作灵感 o/ come to the(orsb. s)rescue- help sb. when he/ she is in danger or difficulty解救某人,救 助某人 e.g. We were about to close down the business, but the bank came to our rescue I was embarrassed as I couldn,'t remember his name, fortunately Mary came to my rescue They went to the rescue of the drowning man Translation No 4: After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty Para. 3 l. chance upon: meet by chance; find by chance偶然碰见;偶然发现 e.g. I chanced upon an old school-mate in the street yesterday He chanced upon the solution to that problem She chanced upon some old love letters her husband kept in the back of the drawer３ be overwhelmed by grief 伤心已极 Fear overwhelmed me. At the age of forty, he was overwhelmed with work, illness and family problems. Here overwhelmed is a past participial phrase. A past participial phrase, usually one of a transitive verb, can function as adverbial modifying the main verb of the sentence to indicate cause, time, condition, concession, etc. e.g. Greatly interested, Ben's father began to ask him how to play this computer game. Given better attention, these flowers could have grown better. Ask students to do Ex.VII. 2. he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey: he went to Hoe Farm, a quiet place in Surrey, with his family 他同家人一起退隐到萨里郡的一个乡间居处----耘锄农 场 retire -- vi. go away; leave a group of people, so as to be on one's own e.g. He retired to his study upstairs. She agreed to dance for us and retired to put on her costume. The guests retired to the living room after dinner. retreat -- n. 1) a place into which one can go for peace and safety 隐居处 2) 撤退；避难 e.g. a summer retreat / a weekend retreat Mike used to go alone to his comfortable retreat by the lake. Enemy soldiers are now in full retreat. vi. move back or leave a center of fighting or other activity 撤退；退避 e.g. The attacker moved towards her and she retreated onto the balcony (阳台). Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat from the city. 3. The muse of painting came to my rescue: The goddess of painting helped me when I was in difficulty. 绘画女神拯救了我 muse -- n. 1) (in Greek mythology) one of the nine goddesses of poetry, music, etc. 缪斯（希腊 神话中司文艺的九位女神之一） 2) a force or person that inspires sb. to write, paint, etc. 创作灵感 go/come to the (or sb.’s) rescue -- help sb. when he/she is in danger or difficulty 解救某人，救 助某人 e.g. We were about to close down the business, but the bank came to our rescue. I was embarrassed as I couldn't remember his name; fortunately Mary came to my rescue. They went to the rescue of the drowning man. Translation: No.4: After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty. Para.3 1. chance upon: meet by chance; find by chance 偶然碰见；偶然发现 e.g. I chanced upon an old school-mate in the street yesterday. He chanced upon the solution to that problem. She chanced upon some old love letters her husband kept in the back of the drawer