3.embarrass:.V.cause to feel ashamed or socially uncomfortable使窘迫，使尴尬 e.g.The article describes the author's most embarrassing moment as a reporter. It embarrasses many people to walk into a room full of strangers. 4.burst into:suddenly begin tocry,to laugh,.ctc.爆发：突然…起来 e.g.The whole class burst into laughter. It was so annoying that the boy kept bursting into tears. 5.toone's astonishment\the astonishment of sb.:to one's great surprise,to the great surprise ofsb eg.To the astonishment of her colleagues,she resigned. in/with astonishment惊讶地 express astonishment表示惊讶 astonishment at 对…惊讶 6.That was more than any of them had done,and if it was"just plain dumb luck,"that was fine with me (1)What do the two"that"refer to respectively? The first"that"refers to"I'd sold my first thing I'd ever written". The second“that”refers to“dumb luck”. (2)Paraphrase the sentence. What I had done was much better than what they'd made.If someone said that I was a lucky dog.I agreed and was satisfied with it. 7.dozensof:a group of e.g.There are dozensof people waiting in the line scores of,hundreds of,thousands of,tens of thousands of.. 8.I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. Grammar:"Filled""published"are both past participles used as an attributive to modify“scrapbook'”and“work”.过去分词短语和过去分词分别作前置和后置定 .For example:Those elected as committee members will attend the meeting. 9.But sometimes you do find a friend who supports your dreams. Grammar.Here"do"is meaningless.It is used just for emphasis More examples: 3. embarrass: v. cause to feel ashamed or socially uncomfortable 使窘迫，使尴尬 e.g. The article describes the author’s most embarrassing moment as a reporter. It embarrasses many people to walk into a room full of strangers. 4. burst into: suddenly begin to cry, to laugh, etc. 爆发；突然…起来 e.g. The whole class burst into laughter. It was so annoying that the boy kept bursting into tears. 5. to one’s astonishment\ the astonishment of sb.: to one’s great surprise, to the great surprise of sb. eg. To the astonishment of her colleagues, she resigned. in/with astonishment 惊讶地 express astonishment 表示惊讶 astonishment at 对…惊讶 6. That was more than any of them had done, and if it was “just plain dumb luck,” that was fine with me. (1) What do the two “that” refer to respectively? The first “that” refers to “I’d sold my first thing I’d ever written”. The second “that” refers to “dumb luck”. (2) Paraphrase the sentence. What I had done was much better than what they’d made. If someone said that I was a lucky dog, I agreed and was satisfied with it. 7. dozens of: a group of e.g. There are dozens of people waiting in the line. scores of, hundreds of, thousands of, tens of thousands of… 8. I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. Grammar: “Filled” “published” are both past participles used as an attributive to modify “scrapbook” and “work”. 过去分词短语和过去分词分别作前置和后置定 语。For example: Those elected as committee members will attend the meeting. 9. But sometimes you do find a friend who supports your dreams. Grammar: Here “do” is meaningless. It is used just for emphasis. More examples: