【Level 08】U06 Good Feeling L4 The surprising event

Word Preparation

sadden: 使悲伤

to make someone feel sad

It saddened him that they no longer trusted him.
他们再也不信任他了，这让他很伤心。

My mom was saddened by the loss of her wedding ring.
妈妈的婚戒丢了，她很伤心。

heartwarming: 感人的

(especially of an event, action, or story) seeming to be something positive and good and therefore causing feelings of pleasure and happiness

I want to watch a movie that will be heartwarming.
我想看一部感人的电影。

All of the books he reads to his children are very hartwarming.
他给孩子们读的书都很感人。

extraordinary story: 离奇的故事

not a common story

Have you heard the extraordinary story of Peter Parker?
你听说过关于Peter Parker的离奇故事吗？

How he won a million dollars is really an extraordinary story.
他如何赢取到百万美金的故事非常离奇。

must-read: 必读书目

written material that many people want to read

I would say that Peace Child is a must-read.
我认为《和平之子》是一本必读的书。

She gave her students a list of must-reads.
她给了学生一个必读书目的列表。

quite surprising: 非常令人吃惊

very surprising

The fact that he can’t swim is quite surprising.
他不会游泳，这让人非常吃惊。

It’s quite surprising that you don’t know how old you are.
你不知道自己年龄这事非常令人吃惊。

more than a little interested: 很感兴趣

used to express an increased desire

I am more than a little interested in American history.
我对美国历史非常感兴趣。

Andrew is more than a little interested in science.
安德鲁（Andrew）对科学非常感兴趣。

Grammar

surprise, surprising, surprised的区别

surprise即可用作动词，也可用作名词。作动词时是及物动词，意为“使（某人）吃惊或惊奇”。作名词时，意为“吃惊，惊奇”。例如，

• The bad news didn’t surprise him.
• in surprise (惊奇地)； to one’s surprise (使某人感到惊奇的是)

surprised 和 surprising 都是形容词，其用法区别在于：surprised 表示“对…感到惊奇“，主语常常是人，且其后多接介词 at; surprising 表示 “使人惊奇的”，作表语时主语通常是某事。

• To my surprise, the dog was still alive.
• I was surprised at his answer.
• Your success is surprising.