1.?be getting on in years ?漸漸老了，上年紀(jì)

原文：When you are getting on in years(but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape.

造句1：My grandfather is getting on in years, but he is still sprightly and has a clear mind.

造句2：When our parents?are getting on in years, we should take more care of them.

?2.?否定副詞?rarely 放在句首，主謂倒裝

(1) Rarely did he?read?more than a page of it before sleep came swiftly and peacefully, more like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world.

(2) 正常語序：He rarely read(/red/) more than a page of it...

(3) 造句：Rarely would we say like this in Chinese.

3.?die?a really natural death

die 除了有死亡的意思，還可以表示以...方式、狀態(tài)死亡（后面可以接名詞短語、形容詞）。

例如：

He died rich/happy/young/unmarried

He died a poor man/a painful death.

die a hero （光榮犧牲），這個(gè)表達(dá)更簡潔，不用說“He was a hero when he died."

4. take up

(1) 原文：Take up a firm attitudefrom the beginning, that's the secret of it.

(2) 解釋和造句

① 采?。篒 should?take up?a positive attitude from the beginning.

② 接受：I'd like to get up at six every day to?take up?a challenge in the morning reading group.

5.?the scowl he?assumed?to cover his inward nervousness

assume 除了有假定、認(rèn)為的意思，還可以表示表現(xiàn)出（某種表情），裝出（某種樣子）。

造句：My brother assumed a look of indifference but I knew he loved the present I bought for him.

6.??That's the most fatal?complaint of all.

complaint 除了表示抱怨之外還可以表示疾病（尤其指不嚴(yán)重的疾?。┛梢源钆洌?/p>

a chest/heart/stomach complaint

common/mild/minor complaint

suffer from/ have a complaint

7.??There's nothing?the matter?with him. (wrong)

8. You are?full?young.

full 在這里做副詞，意思是 very/extremely，例如 I'm full well。

full 作副詞還可以表示 entirely，straightly/directly。

9.?I gather that discipline was not always your strong point at Melbury.

gather 在這里可以用 suppose/guess/assume 來替換。

10.??The waves of humor and sadness?swept?over him very often.

sweep 在這里的意思是（感受）突然襲來

造句：Having been working continuously for 8 hours, a wave of tiredness swept over me.