3. surrounding (常用作复数)周围的事物；环境

比较：environment

to grow up in beautiful surroundings 在美丽的自然环境中长大

to grow up in a happy environment 在快乐的生活环境中长大

surroundings 指一个地方或一个人周围的具体东西；而environment指周围的一切，尤其指环境对人心情及发展的影响

拓展：surrounding adj. 包围的；周围的

例题：

______________________ by green hills on the north and south and a blue sea on the east, this city really enjoys nice surroundings.

2. impression n. 印象；感想

be under the impression that…认为；觉得

make/ leave an impression on sb. 给某人留下印象

make no impression on 对……无影响/效果

give sb. a favourable impression给某人以好的印象

First impressions are most important.

拓展：impress vt.

impress sb. with使(人)印象深刻；使铭记

She impressed me with her passion for work.

impress sth. on sb. 使某人铭记

His words are strongly impressed on my memory.

例题：

---What’s your ___________________ of my uncle?

--He is a handsome young man, but what ___________________ me most is his sense of humor. (impress)

1. private adj.

(1)私人的；属于个人的

private property私人财产

private school 私立学校

(2)不公开的

a private door便门

Don’t say anything about what we’re discussing anyone; it’s private.

(3)安静的；不惹人注意的

Is there a private corner where we can sit and talk by ourselves?

拓展：

in private私下里

in public公开地；在公众场合

(三)根据括号内所给的提示翻译下列句子。

We often think of future. We often wonder ____1_the world will be like a hundred years’ time.

　　 Think of ____2___ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon _____3___ (set up). Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as _____4___. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, _____5___ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting _____6____ planets. Great progress will have been made _____7___ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.

　　 _____8_____ the world will have been developed-even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities, _____9____ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities ____10____ the sea.

6. 只要你答应归还，你就可以把这本书借走。

You may borrow this book ___________________.

5. 正如我们所料，只有很少人来参加音乐会。

Only a number of people came to the concert,　 _________________.

4. 我小时候，常和伙伴们一起玩捉迷藏游戏来取乐。

_________________, I often played hide-and –seek games with my little friends to amuse ourselves.

3. 由于我经验不足，所以我不能独自驾车出去。

_______________________, I can’t drive out on my own.

2. 尽管他不是个小孩子， 他凭借他的表演天赋已获得一些名气。

_______________________________, he has gained some popularity through his talents for acting.　

1. 对于学生而言， 电脑和英语是同样重要的学科。

For us students, ___________________________________________________.