4. search vt. 尋找 賓語一般為地點 search for : look for賓語是要尋找的東西

　　search sb. / sp 搜某人的身或搜查某處 search for sb. / sth. 搜尋某人或某事物

　　search sb/sp for sth在某人身上/某處搜查某物 search out 搜出、 探出

　　比較：They searched him.他們搜他身; They searched for him.他們在找他

　　search n. in search of / in one’s search for

　　They went out in search of water.= They went out, searching for water.

　　It was lucky for them in their search for gold.

　　( D )--- The police have been __________ the area for quite a long time?

　　--- I’ve also noticed that. What have they been ________ ?

　　A. searching; searching B. searching for; searching

　　C. searching for; searching for D. searching; searching for

　　5. due to : ① because of, caused by 做表語，狀語

　　他沒被大學(xué)錄取是因為他的英語太差。

　　He wasn’t admitted to college due to his poor English.

　　我們的一切進步歸功于老師的幫助。

　　All the progress we have made is due to our teacher’s help.

　　由于糟糕的天氣，運動會不得不被推遲了。

　　Due to/ As a result of/ Owing to /Because of/On account of the bad weather, the sport meeting has to be put off.

　　② be due to do 定于(某時)做某事

　　他兒子定于三點到。His son is due to arrive at 3pm.

　　6. witness n. 目擊者; 見證人 v. 目睹; 目擊; 見證

　　1) I was a witness to their quarrel.

　　2) 誰目擊了這場車禍? Who witnessed the accident?

　　3) The successful launch of Shenzhou VIII is a powerful witness to our country’s increasing prosperity. 神舟八號的成功發(fā)射是我們偉大祖國日益強盛的有力見證。

　　7. see +sb./sth+ do/ doing/done: watch, look at, hear, listen to , notice, feel , observe, have(使，讓)等動詞與see有這種相同用法。

　　1) I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside .

　　我拉開窗簾看見一個巨大的宇宙飛船正在外面飛行。

　　2) 我看見他進了那家飯店。 I saw him go into the restaurant.

　　3)有人看見他一小時前離開了。He was seen to leave an hour ago.

　　4)看到兒子在托兒所受到很好的照顧, 我很高興。

　　I’m very glad to see my son taken good care of in the nursery.

　　8. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.

　　倒裝句，句子主語太長，為保持句子平衡該句采用了倒裝語序。

　　結(jié)構(gòu)是：doing+ be+主語 引導(dǎo)的完全倒裝

　　= Lots of creatures with white skin and large black eyes were standing inside.

　　Standing over there was a girl. Seated at the table was Tom.

　　Gone are the days when we used foreign oil.

　　Sitting at the back of the room was a shy girl with two big eyes.