新概念英语第三册笔记第36课教学教材

新概念英语第三册笔记第36课

Lesson 36 A Chance in a Million 百万之一的机会

New words and expression 生词和短语

credulous ['kredj?l?s] adj.轻信的（always believing what you are told, and therefore easily deceived）

(往往是形容人,表示一种不满的评价,也可以形容物,比如时代age.) 近义词 na?ve能够看出Credulous a.轻信的，易于相信的。

She was credulous when she listened to the salesman and bought the car for too much money. credible ['kred?b(?)l a.可信的，可靠的（多形容物，也可形容人）。（to be able to be believed or trusted）

a credible friend 一个值得信赖的朋友但形容人更多用reliable trustworthy

the student told the teacher a credible story that she missed classes because she was sick.

gullible ['g?l?b(?)l] adj.轻信的，容易上当受骗的 gullible tourists 轻信的旅游者

naive: 天真的 not having much experience of how complicated life is so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen。 naive girls 天真的女孩

reliable adj. 十分可靠的

a reliable source of information 有可靠来源的信息

incredulous 怀疑的，不轻信的

incredible 难以置信

eg. An incredible story of 5 days living on a desert island

unbelievable: extremely surprising 极端令人惊讶的

fabulous: things that are mentioned in stories but do not really exist 不可思议的

dragons and other fabulous creatures 龙和其他一些不可思议的动物

improbable[?m'pr?b?b(?)l] adj.不大可能的（不大可能发生的）（2、奇怪的、奇异的、荒谬的）

（需要说明possible和probable的区别，possible是客观准确的意义，完全能够实现，而probable是存在实现或发生的可能性，impossible和improbable同样道理，IMPOSSIBLE means no one can do it.it just simply can’t be done on the other hand, IMPROBABLE means that something is unlikely to happen。improbable是不大可能会发生，只是正常情况下概率小，但并没有完全杜绝，也可能发生小概率事件，灰天鹅，白犀牛）

improbably 不可能发生地

improbability 不可能性

probable 主语不能是人 possible 主语不能是人 likely 主语可用人类似certain的主语只能是物

说的是事物的属性

Possible一般用于客观上有发生的可能性，但暗示这种情况的可能性较小（即说话者对事件发生的可能性不抱有太大希望）。 It is not possible to finish the task tomorrow.

Probable表示事物的可能性有充分的依据或者理由，让人有理由相信。It is probable that he has forgotten the date.

eg. It is possible for him to win the game. eg. He is likely to win the game.

the only possible solution 唯一可能的解决方式

the most probable result 最可能的结果

the most likely story 最可能发生的事

obscure [?b'skj??] adj.不起眼的（无名的不起眼的，默默无闻的）

1) not at all well known and not very important不起眼的，不出名的

an obscure village an obscure poet an obscure teacher

2) difficult to understand 晦涩的，难懂的，朦胧的，昏暗的（because it involves so many parts or details）

obscure legal phrases 难懂的法律词条

obscurity [?b'skj??r?t?] n. 默默无闻（鲜为人知的状态） 2、难懂性; 难懂之物

live in obscurity 默默无闻的生活注意介词in表示人处于某种状态

remain in obscurity 始终保持默默无闻

eg. Daniel Mendoza retired from boxing boring ring and died in obscurity.

dim, unclear, vague, obscure, ambiguous这组词都有“模糊”的意思，其区别是：

dim a.光线暗淡的，看不清的；记忆力模糊的；不大可能的。（暗淡，可能性低）

Don't work in dim light.不要在昏暗的光线下工作。

His changes of recovery from illness are dim.他康复的可能性十分渺茫。

unclear a.指句意、字迹不清楚，使人难以看懂；不肯定的。（不清晰，不明朗）

Unclear writing is difficult to understand.模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。

It is unclear whether the economy will get better.经济是否好转仍不明朗。

vague [ve?g] a.含混的，含糊的，不清楚的，多用于比喻意义，用来表示因逻辑关系不清、言辞笼统而导致的意义不清楚，说明不清，该词也可表示轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。

eg. what he said is vague.

obscure a.用于表达因光线不足而使人看不清楚。该词的引申意义可以表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而使人看不懂和无法理解。

ambiguous [?m'b?gj??s] a. 模棱两可的，有歧义的，指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。

His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take. maidservant['me?ds??v(?)nt] n.女仆，女佣（中国叫婢女，丫鬟）同义词：housemaid maid n. 女仆；少女，姑娘 vt. 侍候；做新娘的女傧相 vi. 当女仆

bridesmaid 伴娘 bestman（groomsman）伴郎

servant n. 仆人，佣人；公务员（public officer）；雇工

civil servant 国家公仆

presume [pr?'zju?m]v.假定(指根据过去的经验或某些现实的感觉把某事认为事实（以在概率为基础的情况下进行假定），虽然还没确定的证据) take sth. as true 经常用的表达方式presume that

接续[V] I presume so [VN We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt [V (that)] [VN-ADJ] presumed dead [also VN to inf] 注意宾补

1) to accept sth as true until it is proved wrong 认定某事已发生（假定某事为真）

be presumed innocent 以为无辜

eg. The kid was missing, presumed dead.

2) to think you can be sure of sth because it is likely, although there is no proof (预先)假定assume [?'sju?m]（正式）指把一件尚未证实的事作为事实或真相（在没有证据的情况之下假定），含有较强的武断成分。

eg. Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture.

we can safely assume that…完全可以肯定

eg. We can safely assume that he will win the game.

作为假设/认为的意思, 一般情况下两者可以通用，而两者的区别是

根据过去的经验或感觉作出推断

assume是主动性的，有目的的，1、武断的，2、甚至与事实相反。是要用assume的东西来得出别的结论

pressume是被动性的，被presumed的本身是要得出的结果，是在缺少足够信息的情况下presumed.

这个主动被动不是说语法上的主动被动，而只是说语气。

比如 let us assume that he is not coming, and so we will not prepare for him.

you didn't tell me anything, so I presumed that you are not coming.

suppose 最普通的用词猜想\陈述自己的看法 I suppose that it was my fault.

resume: [r??zju?m; ?r?zj?me?] start again after a pause v. （中断后）重新开始，继续；重新回到，恢复（席位，地位或职位）；（停顿或被打断后）继续说；重选，重穿，重新占用eg. Resume the exercise of sovereignty of Hong Kong. 对香港恢复行使主权 ['s?vr?nt?] n. 主权；主权国家

wickedly ['w?k?dli] adv.心眼坏地，居心叵测地

wicked ['w?k?d] adj. 坏心眼的（adj. 邪恶的；恶劣的；不道德的；顽皮的）

the wicked stepmother

malignant [m?'l?gn?nt] adj. 恶性的[医学]；恶毒的

a malignant tumor 恶性肿瘤

a benign tumor 良性肿瘤 benign [b?'na?n] adj. 良性的；和蔼的，亲切的

a malignant look 凶恶的眼神

vicious ['v???s] adj. 凶残的，恶毒的

vicious rumor 恶毒的谣言 vicious attack恶意的攻击

evil adj.罪恶的，邪恶的

evil thoughts 邪念 evil deeds 罪恶行径

sinful adj.罪孽深重的 sin 罪过; 罪孽；违背道德原则的行为 sinner 罪人

devious ['di?v??s] adj.卑鄙的（人），不正直的（人）（不光明正大的）

a devious man

plot [pl?t] v.密谋（n. 情节；图；阴谋vt. 密谋；绘图；标绘vi. 密谋；策划；绘制）

to make a secret plan to harm a person or organization , especially a political leader or government v.密谋一人或多人秘密谋划伤害他人. eg. The criminals were plotting to rob the bank.

plot our revenge 谋划复仇计划

plot against the government 阴谋推翻政府

plot to do sth with sb 和某人密谋要作…事情

scheme [ski?m] vt 图谋，策划（密谋，表不满） n 表示计划（中性，尤其是政府或机构的大规模的）

scheme to get one’s revenge 图谋复仇 Ponzi scheme 庞氏骗局

intrigue：[?n'tri?g]（书面语）n. 阴谋；诡计 vt. 用诡计取得

intrigue against the tyrant 密谋推翻暴君

conspire [k?n'spa??] v.(贬)图谋不轨（一般是合谋）不止一个人，conspiracy 阴谋诡计conspire with sb to do sth

eg. Conspire to overthrow the government.

downfall ['da?nf??l]n.倒台，垮台

complete loss of your money, moral standard, social position etc., or the sudden failure of an organization

eg. The scandal led to the family’s downfall. 丑闻使这个家庭瓦解了。

eg. Gambling and drink brought about his downfall 酗酒与赌博毁了他。

eg. Laziness was his downfall 懒惰是他失败的原因。

downpour 一场大雨

eg. The downfall of rain has flooded the tiny village.大雨淹没了整个小村。

snowfall 大雪

waterfall 瀑布

na?ve adj.天真的 (天真的；纯朴的；幼稚的)

naively ADV 幼稚地

naivety [na?'i?vt?; nɑ?'i?vt?] n. 天真，天真、无邪的行为 your naivety is beyond belief. unacceptable adj.不能接受的

accepted fact 被大众所接受的事实

conspire V-T/V-I.(事件)巧合促成（积极时则为协力促成If events conspire to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result.）许多事，情况或人凑在一起造成了…注意主语还可是events

Things happen at the same time and lead to sth bad

Conspire (with sb) to do sth 合谋（阴谋），协同往往是to do

eg. The bad weather and car trouble(a ditty hotel) conspired to spoil my vacation.

eg. Poverty and illness conspired to throw him into despair.贫穷与饥饿让他陷入绝望之中。conspiracy 阴谋；共谋；阴谋集团 description描写，prescription处方

关于conspire to

(有一种这样的含意：许多事，情况或人凑在一起造成了……) 后接V

1) Events conspire to bring about great difficulties for government

2) They conspire to bring about the meeting of the two people.

b) conspire to bring about 可写成 conspire towards(合力促成)

conspire against(凑在一起反对)

例：一切事情都和我作对All things conspire against me.

一切因素都促成那种结果。All things conspire towards that result.

incredible [?n'kred?b(?)l] adj.难以置信的（难以置信的，极好的，非常的）

incredibly ad

同义词：tremendous , unbelievable , spectacular [spek't?kj?l?] 壮观的, fabulous，magnificent 壮丽的

resemblance [r?'zembl(?)ns] n.相似（相似；相似之处；相似物；肖像）

bear a resemblance to sb bear a strong resemblance to 长得特别像

/bear a striking resemblance to /bear a close resemblance to

bear a little resemblance to 长得不像

look like 长得像

take after 长得随

likeness 普通用词，指人或物从外观看去，有很明显的相似之处，或完全相似。（总体而言）

similarity 指不同的人或事物在外表、特征、程度或性质等方面（某些具体方面）有某些相似之处。

Be similar to sb/ sth be familiar with sb

resemblance 指外观或性质有相似之处。

Resemble [r?'zemb(?)l] V-T If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other. 像

（状态动词，不用于进行时）像，看起来像，显得像

Eg: She closely resembles her sister

alike adv.一样地

= similarly adv.同样地, 类似于 = equally adv.同样地, 相等地, 平等地

= as well 也, 又, 同样 = in the same way adv.同样地

I learned a lot from teachers and students alike we think alike the sun shines all alike

2、adj相似的，相同的（一般做表语）

their opinion are very alike the two brothers look very much alike look alike be alike

likely 什么意思？可能的 be likely to do….很有可能

Scorn [sk??n] n.嘲弄，挖苦 the feeling that sb is stupid

（v&n鄙视，蔑视; 看不起you feel or show contempt for them）动词是vt，另外还有第二个意思，摒弃

pour scorn on==look down upon 瞧不起，蔑视

eg. Don’t pour bitter scorn on those in miserable conditions. 不要恶意嘲弄那些境遇窘迫的人。eg. The press poured scorn on his private collection of paintings. 媒体对他的私人藏画展不屑一顾。

pour laughter on sb 嘲笑

pour curses on sb 恶意咒骂

pour ridicule on sb不屑一顾 ['r?d?kju?l] n. 嘲笑，奚落 v. 嘲笑，奚落

sniff at 不屑，轻蔑，嗤之以鼻

eg. The eccentric sniffed at the snobbish.

pour money into education 把钱投入教育

/pour dollars into education

pour cold water on 给…泼冷水

pour oil on the flames 火上浇油

eg. Despite all the scorn I was poured on, I followed my own path. 注意被动

acquaint v.使了解（非常正式的用语）

to know sb or sth especially because you have met once or twice before

be acquainted with sth/sb

get fully acquainted with sth/sb对某事、某人十分熟悉

/become fully acquainted with sth/sb

eg. I have been fully acquainted with him since I was in my college.

eg. I became acquainted with the news over the radio. 我通过广播得知这一消息。acquaint sb with sth告知某人某事（也有acquaint sb with sth，但with更常见）eg. I acquaint my boss with my ideas. 我告知老板我的意见。

make a person acquainted with sb:介绍某人同另一个人认识

Let me make... acquainted with you.

acquaintance . n. 熟人；相识；了解；知道

make sb’s acquaintance认识了某人（初次见面时） to meet someone for the first time eg. It’s my great privilege to make your acquaintance.能认识您真是三生有幸。

have a passing acquaintance with 与某人只有点头之交，没有深交

/have a nodding acquaintance with

have only slight knowledge or experience of sth

reunite v.使团聚

be reunited with重新团聚 /get reunited with

eg. The long-lost brothers got Reunited after having been separated for so many years.

unite v. 联合，统一起来

the United Front 统一战线

united adj.结合的，联合的，和谐的

make a united effort 共同努力

a united family 和谐的家庭

re- 再度，再次

reschedule vt重新排定日程；重订时间表；重新计划 redraft 重新起草 reemployment 再就业（中国）

revive the hope 重新燃起希望 [r?'va?v] vi&vt（使）恢复，复兴，苏醒，复活

return to family home 重返家园

assume v.假定，认为（1、武断推测或2、不合逻辑的推理）

If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. 假设（假定肯定某事）

presume 侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。

suppose 最普通的用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。

guess 常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。

assume 指有很少或完全无根据的1、武断推测或2、不合逻辑的推理。

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a chance in a million one chance in a thousand可能性小

eg. It is a chance in a million to meet you here.在这儿见到你可真是不容易呀

a million典型的夸张,目的是加强语气

one in a million 百里挑一，那得的

a wife in a million 难得的好妻子

a teacher in a million 难得的好老师

a writer in a million 难得的好作家

eg. I'm so tired that I think I could sleep a year.我太累了，我觉得我能睡一年。

----He let out a scream that must can be heard in Peru. [p??ru?]

make my ears bleed 震耳欲聋

eg. A single piercing scream that must have been audible in Peru. 一声刺耳的尖叫，肯定在秘鲁都能听到。

We are less credulous than we used to be.

这是明显现在与过去的对比

eg. We are less credulous than we used to be. 我们不再像以前那样轻信于人了。

are 表示现在的情况 / used to be 过去的情况

eg. We are not so honest as we used to be.我们不像过去那么诚实了.

谓语动词是be动词的时候用used to be,而不用used to

谓语动词是使役动词的时候用used to

eg. He works less hard than he used to.

In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion be presenting his readers with a series of coincidences – most of them wildly improbable.

19世纪的小说家通过给读者们提供一系的巧合事件结束…..

破折号后面的语句是对前作者的一个观点。

Them 指一系列的巧合而其中大部分的巧合事件发生的机率是极小的

bring sth. to a conclusion 使…结束eg. They decided to bring the meeting to a conclusion. bring sth. to a close (比较正式的)eg. It was ...who brought meeting to a close.

eg. They made a united effort to bring the work to a good conclusion. 他们共同努力使该项工作得以顺利完成。

come to an end结束

come to a close 接近尾声

come to a stop停下来

come to an agreement达成共识

arrive at an agreement 达成共识

draw a conclusion得出结论

draw a distinction between 划清界限

jump to a conclusion贸然下了断言

present sb. with sth. 给某人提供…

present sth. to sb.

Coincidence n 巧合

by coincidence 巧合==by accident偶然

eg. I am fond of writing, and by a funny coincidence, so is he!

not a coincidence 不是偶然的巧合== more than a coincidence不是偶然的巧合

…most of them wildly improbable. 独立主格结构

wild adj.（本意是野性的，野生的，狂野的）strong feeling or expressing uncontrollably引申出强烈的

go wild with sth/run wild with sth 因为某事而变得的狂野和狂喜起来

eg. The crowd went wild as soon as Jackson stepped onto the stage.

eg. The small boy ran wild with his father's promise to buy him a new toy. 这一句分析一下动词怎么跟形容词？

become wild with joy 变得欣喜若狂起来

wilderness n.荒野

in the wilderness 退出政界的，下野的

the Outs 在野党 the Ins 在朝党

the ruling party 执政党

Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maid-servant was really the hero’s mother.

A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero’s downfall.

Fact的同位语从句，注意really副词的位置。

a long- lost brother

a long-faced wife

long-lived king

a long-lasting love 持久的爱情

long-life batteries 耐用的电池

presume的接续

[V] I presume so [VN We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt [V (that)]

[VN-ADJ] presumed dead [also VN to inf] 注意宾补

and的并列，preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby, slid off the back of the vehicle and on to to road.

And plotting是和前面的was并列

wickedly plotting to… ------居心叵测的密谋把这个英雄搞下台来……

bring about:产生,引起eg. Modern science has brought about great changes in life.

Set up==Led to== give rise to== cause

And so on. Modern readers would find such na?ve solutions totally unacceptable.

现在的读者已经不愿意接受这样的结尾

find such naive solutions totally unacceptable觉得这种解决办法很天真不能够被接受

find sth. interesting 觉得什么有意思

find sb. beautiful 觉得某人漂亮

Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible. *牢记此句

do—加强语气,really

…circu mstances do sometimes conspire to bring about…

circumstances n.情况，情势；环境，场合

under no circumstances 无论如何（也不）/in no circumstances

eg. Under no circumstances can you betray your country.

be in easy circumstances 在安逸的境遇中

surroundings n.周围，（建筑物），周围环境

eg. It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings.

situation n.某一时期的形势，局势，周遭环境

the economic situation 经济环境 the political situation 政治局势 the financial situation 财务状况

eg. Our new apartment is in a charming situation.

environment (抽象，生态)环境

eg. A more competitive economic environment 竞争日益激烈的经济环境 eg. Protect the environment

settings n.环境，背景，背景

eg. Children brought up in privileged settings 在特权环境里长大的孩子们

eg. an old farm house in beautiful settings 周围环境优美的一间农舍

…anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

anyone but: except除了

anything but: not at all一点都不，绝不

no other than正是 nothing else than正是

eg. They didn't tell the secret to anyone but their wives. 除了他们的妻子外，这个秘密他们没有对任何人讲。

eg. He is anything but anxious about his missing son. 这一句写一下

eg. Tramps will give up anything but freedom. 这一句写一下

nothing but 只不过是，不外是

eg. What he told me was nothing but a lie.

nobody but 只有

eg. He told nobody but me！他只告诉我！

nothing if not 极其（除了什么之外，语义强烈）注意这些短语都是出自but除了这层意义eg. The young man who is making speech is nothing if not smart.

last but one/last but two 倒数第二，第三

eg. He lives in the last but one in this street. 他的房子在这条街倒数第二栋。这一句写一下but adv.只，仅仅

eg. You can but try.你只能拼一拼。

eg. If I could, I but have come sooner. 如果我能我肯定早就来了。

…would find incredible. Which本身是定语从句，在从句中是关系代词作为find的宾语，incredible做宾补

When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman , found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.

How做真正的宾语，me是间接宾语，动作的方向

who was thought……. who 所引导的定语从句修饰brother

who做什么成分？主语，不定式是主补。常见的补语是宾语，当该宾语成为主语时，即变成主补了。

Twenty years before 能否改成ago？之前也遇到过，我顺带的提了一下，还有印象吗？

Ago的标准是以现在为尺度。而before可以以过去为标准。

While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman.

on a walking tour 在作徒步旅行途中

on a six-nation tour on a fishing trip on a sea journey

While on a walking tour with his wife…While引导的状语从句的省略。

省略了he was, 在表示时间，地点，等等状语从句中，如果主句和从句中的主语相同（或是无意义的it），且以be为谓语动词，或从句中的谓语部分包含助动词be时，常可将从句中的主语和谓语动词be或谓语部分的助动词be省略。

eg. While on his way home, he met an old friend of him.

eg. She hurriedly left the room as if angry.

After they had gone on , Mrs. Bussman commented on the workman’s close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother.

comment on sth就...作出评论\评价--remark on

Bussman夫人对工人作出评价说长得和他的兄弟很像，甚至暗示说就是他的兄弟…comment v./n. 评论，评价 to express an opinion about sth

comment on

eg. Analysts commented on the present economic situation. 分析家对目前的经济形势发表评论。comment that

eg. Some critics have commented that the film is violent.

comment n.

make a comment on 就…发表评论 /make a comment about

no comment 无可奉告

commend [k?'mend] v.表扬（1、表扬，称赞的正式用语 2、推荐的正式用语commends sb/sth to）

commend sb for sth 因某事而表扬某人

eg. The brave soldier is commended for his bravery. 这位英勇的战士因其英勇的行为而受到嘉奖。

…and even suggeste d that he might be his brother…

suggest:

1）to tell someone your ideas about what they should do etc. 建议

suggest doing sth 建议别人去走…事情

eg. He suggested going for dinner. 他说出去吃饭。

suggest sb for 推荐某人任职

eg. He was suggested for the post of manager. 他被推荐就任经理一职。

Suggest that （虚拟语气）

2）indicate (不用虚拟语气)暗示，暗含，表明

eg. There was nothing to suggest that she intended to commit a suicide.没有任何迹象表明她要自杀。

Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war.

Pointing out现在分词作伴随状语

同时注意时态，本句中有一般过去式，现在分词，过去完成时

Though Mrs. Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right.

…..她认为有百万分一的机会证明她所说的是正确的……..

though Mrs Bussman was fully acquainted with this story…让步状语从句

be fully acquainted with 十分熟悉

/be familiar with /know well about

know the inside story of 了解内情

be in the know 知道，了解

第二个that是同位语从句，同的chance

A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say , the man’s name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz’s long-lost brother.

…Needless to say…不必说，肯定是

it goes without saying 后话自不必说

sure enough 果不其然，不出所料==/as expected

When the brothers were re-united, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. ……explained how it was…..汉斯解释说他依旧活着是怎么一回事。

how 引导宾语从句，it 为形式主语，that为该宾语从句的逻辑主语

eg. The man described to his family how it was he deserted his army.

eg. He explained to his boss how it was that the cargoes were lost.

After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit.

After介词引导的时间状语

Towards介词，临近

…he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit.

separate v. 1、（使）分离，分开，分隔；2、分辨出，区分出 vi 分居a. 分开的; 单独的separate sth（the two teams） separate sth from sth men and women have ~ rooms eg. Theories should never be separated from practice. 理论不应该和实践相分隔。

eg. The child was separated from its mother during the war. 这个孩子在战争中和他的母亲失散了。

eg. All of his family were separated in the bombing.

lose touch with sb 失去联系

be scattered 失散 scatter ['sk?t?] 1、V-T撒 2、V-T/V-I使散开; 散开

have no news of 对…已经音信皆无了

get lost in the war/be lost in the war 在战争当中失散了

The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot.

Make one’s way…力尽艰辛……….

…Hans had made his way back into Western Germany…

make his way：很慢的速度前往而且伴随着很多困难-辛苦的前行to move towards somewhere slowly or with difficulty

eg. After having been separated from his family, he made his way from his hometown to the countryside.

make one’s way to bed: （复杂化了，看到要知道是去睡觉）go to bed

make one’s way：（引申出的）成功，有出息

eg. Only hard work can lead you to success if you want to make your way in the world.

make for

1）朝着，向…走去==head for==leave for eg. I make for school.

2) 有助于，造成（某种关系程度）对…有好处

eg. The books make for very enjoyable reading. 这些书很适合阅读。

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