驚訝
surprise
astonish
astound
shock

kidnap v. 綁架
kidnap sb. for ransom
kidnapper n. 綁架者
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 200 million dollars.
綁架者要求一筆2億美元的贖金

considerable adj. 數(shù)量 程度巨大 可觀的
The chance was considerable.
He has a considerable influence on young musicians. 他對年輕音樂家有著巨大影響

orderly adj. 整齊的
an orderly room
The tools are arranged in orderly rows.
工具被整齊的擺放著一排

disappearance n. 失蹤 消失
sb’s disappearance
appearance n. 出現(xiàn) 外貿(mào)

Police are investigating the woman’s disappearance.
Don’t judge people / tree by their appearance / bark. 不要以貌取人

anonymous adj. 匿名
the anonymous donor of a large sum of money. 一大筆錢的匿名捐贈者
donation n. 捐贈
donor n. 捐贈者

cardboard n. 硬紙板
a cardboard box n. 紙箱

withdraw v. 退回 取錢
I want to withdraw $1000 from my US account.
The injury forced him to withdraw from the competition. 受傷迫使他從比賽退出

astound v. 驚訝
She was astounded by the price. 她被這個價格驚呆了
The concert was an astounding success. 這場音樂會取得了驚人的成功

富有
rich
wealthy
prosperous
affluent adj. 富足的
He made his pile in the business.
He has deep pockets.
He is loaded

the chance is very considerable 相當(dāng)大的機(jī)會
considerable形容抽象的事物
flat 英式 apartment 美式
lead an orderly life 過著什么生活
orderly adj.

take a short walk

be home by
fail to arrive
got very worried got系動詞

in safe hand 借代
pay a ransom of 贖金
be instructed to 被指示去做XX
go to the police 報警
-the letter …- 插入語
follow the instruction 按照指令
keep his word 遵守承諾
sure enough 果然
though 盡管
half a bottle of milk
be dear to sb. 對某人來說很重要
is important for sb to do
in more ways than one