找到两张beagles的图片，很可爱！这么小的狗狗，能对主人那么忠心确实令人感动！

Key to Exercises:

A In other work

1. gloomy: almost dark or cloudy/having or giving little hope or cheerfulness

2. plunge: v. drop, fall, descend suddenly

3. drown: v. to die by being under water for a long time, unable to breathe

4. scare: v. to cause sudden fear to; frighten

5. ominously: adj. with a sign that sth. bad is going to happen in the future

6. furiously: adv. in a very angry manner

7. yelp: v. to make a short sharp high cry, as of pain or excitement

8. admit: v. to allow, confess. to permit

9. tumble: v. to fall suddenly or helplessly; roll over or down quickly or violently

10. drench: v. (passive) to make thoroughly wet   

be drenched with rain被雨淋得湿透

flowers drenched with sunlight沐浴在阳光下的花朵 （figuratively）

I was drenched to the skin. 我浑身湿透了。

11. comfort: v. to give sympathy, kindness etc. to a person who is suffering

12. miraculously: adv. in a very wonderful state, seeming to be caused by a miracle

13. room: n. U  space

14. crumble: v. to decay; come to ruin

1. plunged  2. yelped  3. tumble  4. comfort  5. miraculously 

6. crumbled 7. ominously  8. gloomy 9. spotted  10. drowned

11. room  12. furiously  13. drenched/sodden  14. admitted  15. scare

B.

1. …has increased in proportion to---keeps/gets level with…

2. …planned to---intended to…

3. got on his way---set out to

4. …found that he was too short to reach the bird nest up in the tree.---… found that the bird nest up in the tree was out of reach.

5. …uses up --- run out of …

6. …eventually---in the end…

7. …drive slowly---…slow down

8. The audience laughed hilariously. --- The audience roared with laughter.

  (In a slip of tongue: 无意中说错话 cf.  L89. A Slip of Tongue , New Concept English II )

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