Unit 9
Vocabulary
world
世界
The world is very big.
I want to travel the world.
globe
地球仪；地球（globe 更多指地球仪这个模型，或者"全球"的概念）
The globe is on the teacher's desk.
The news spread across the globe.
planet
行星
Earth is a planet.
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
silence
安静、寂静（没有任何声音的状态）
The room fell into silence.
Please keep silence in the library.
stillness
静止、一动不动（不动的状态，比 silence 更强调"不动"）
The lake is in stillness at dawn.
There was a deep stillness in the forest.
calmness
平静、镇定（内心平静，不慌张）
He faced the problem with calmness.
Take a breath and find your calmness.
disguised
伪装的
He disguised himself as an old man.
She was disguised with a hat and glasses.
concealed
隐藏的（把东西藏起来让别人看不见）
He concealed the key under the mat.
She concealed the truth from her parents.
erupted
喷发
The volcano erupted and ash filled the sky.
The mountain erupted suddenly.
shattered
粉碎（玻璃掉在地上摔得粉碎就是 shattered）
The glass shattered on the floor.
His hopes were shattered by the news.
tattered
破旧的、破烂的
He wears tattered clothes.
The old book had tattered pages.
dazzling
耀眼的、令人惊叹的
She gave a dazzling performance.
The dazzling lights lit up the stage.
muffled
声音被压低的、沉闷的
I heard muffled sounds from the next room.
His voice was muffled by the mask.
hushed
安静的、小声的
They spoke in hushed tones.
The crowd fell hushed as the speaker began.
whizzed
飞快经过
The car whizzed past us.
The ball whizzed by his head.
fictitious
虚构的、假的
The story is fictitious.
The character in the book is fictitious.
coincidental
巧合的
Meeting him there was just coincidental.
It was coincidental that we wore the same shirt.
Phrases
in the pink of health
非常健康
She is in the pink of health after her vacation.
All that glitters is not gold
闪光的不一定是金子（外表不一定真实）
Don't trust everything you see — all that glitters is not gold.
work on
努力做某事
He is working on his English every day.
disappointed at
对某人感到失望
She was disappointed at him for lying.
Grammar
过去式（Past Tense）
动词 + -ed
表示已经发生的事情，大多数动词末尾加 -ed
The volcano erupted yesterday.
特殊过去式变化（e 结尾的动词）
动词（e 结尾）去掉 e 再加 -d
如 disguise→disguised，assure→assured，dazzle→dazzled
She assured me that everything was fine.
Easily Confused
silence
stillness
没有声音，强调安静
没有动作，强调静止不动
Silence fell over the room.
There was a stillness in the air.
disguised
concealed
改变外表让别人认不出来
把东西藏起来，让别人看不见
He was disguised as a police officer.
She concealed the letter in her bag.