3. almost, nearly

　 (1) almost一般指事实的陈述，而nearly则带有一定

　 的感情色彩。

　 The book cost me almost 30 yuan. (只陈述事实)

　 The honk costme nearly 30 yuan. (指嫌贵的意思)

　 (2) almost 后可跟never, no, none, nobody, nothing

　 等具有否定意义的词，而nearly不能。

　 Almost noone got to school on time yesterday.

　 (3) 在more than, any, too之前通常用almost，而不

　 用nearly。

　 Almost more than ten students failed in the exam.

　 不及格的学生几乎不止十个。

　 (4) nearly之前可用very, not, pretty修饰，而almast

　 则不能。

　 It's very nearly dark. Let's go home.

　 灭怏黑了，咱们刚家吧!

　 [注意] 有时almost与nearly町以互换，但如果要表

　 达“差一点儿”，还足用almost确切。

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2. alone, lonely

　 (1) alone 既可用作形容词，又可用作副词，意为“独

　 自的(地)，单独的(地)”，侧重于说明独自一个人，没

　 有同伴或助手，指的是客观情况。

　 ① alone 用作形容词时，一般与be动词连用，在句中

　 作表语。例如：

　 She is alone at home. 她一个人在家。

　 He is not alone in this idea.

　 有这种想法的不只是他一个人。

　 ② alone 用作副词时，修饰动词，放于动词后面作状

　 语。

　 Han Mei was reading alone when the teacher came into

　 the classroom.

　 ③ alone用作副词也可作定语，意为“只有，仅仅”，但

　 必须置于它所修饰的名词或代词之后。

　 He alone was in the street.

　 This year alone, we've already planted ten thousand

　 trees.

　 (2) lonely只用作形容词，它在句中既可作定语，又可

　 作表语，表示“孤独的，寂寞的”意思，该词带有浓厚

　 的感情色彩，具有“渴望得到同伴”的含义，其比较级

　 形式为lonelier。

　 ① lonely 用作定语时，意为“孤单的，无伴侣的，荒凉

　 的，偏僻的”。

　 At heart, I'm a lonely man. 内心深处，我很孤独。

　 That's a lonely island. 那足个孤岛。

　 ② lonely用作表语时，可以表示“孤寂的，寂寞的”意

　 思。

　 We never feel lonely in America.

　 在美国我们从不觉得孤独。

　 I was alone, but I didn't feel lonely.

　 我独自一人，但我并不感到孤独。

1. jommey, voyage, tour, travel, trip

　 (1) journey n. “旅行，旅程”，指陆地的远程旅行。

　 At first I was afraid the long joumey was too much for

　 her.

　 I wish you a good journey. 祝你一路平安。

　 (2) tour n. 常指观光、考察等的环游旅行。

　 They fire on a wedding tour. 他们正在新婚旅行。

　 (3) trip n. “旅行”，指来往有定的短距离旅行。

　 I enjoy our trip to the seaside.

　 I can't afford a trip to Korea．

　 (4) voyage n.“旅行”，指距离较长的漫长旅行，也可

　 指空中旅行。

　 He made a long voyage t0 Africa．

　 (5) travel泛指旅行各地，表示“旅行的路途远，时问

　 长”。

　 He came home after years 0f foreign travel.

　 多年在旧外旅行之后他回来r。

7. It is the bad weather that __ the goats' life in

　 this area.

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6. At last they　　　　　 in the west of America and

　 started their hard life.

5. A group of tourists from Taiwan ____ the view

when it began to rain.

4. I only ____ that I have too little money to buy a

　 house for you.

3. The company my cousin ____ was closed last

　 year, leaving a lot of debt.

2. --Jackie won't come to see you this afternoon.

　 -- But he ____.

1. The noise was so great that most of the children

　 couldn't ____.