New Words:

upon [ə'pɔn] prep. 在 ... 上
once upon a time 以前,从前,那时候;很久以前


Sample Sentences:

He climbed upon his horse.
How much it costs depends upon how much you buy.

Once upon a time there was no tea at all in England.
Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.


New Words:

accidental [.æksi'dentl] adj. 意外的, 偶然的
accidentally [.æksi'dentəli] adv. 偶然地, 意外地


Sample Sentences:

Breaking the vase was purely accidental; she did not mean to do it.
I didn't think our meeting was accidental ─ he must have known I would be there.

Did he break it accidentally? No, on purpose.
As I turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face.


New Words:

drawbridge ['drɔ:.bridʒ] n.吊桥
glass bead [bi:d] 玻璃珠


Sample Sentences:

They raised the drawbridge, I have no way out.
The knight rode over the drawbridge into the castle.
She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.


accidentally [.æksi'dentəli] adv. 偶然地, 意外地

New Words:

grand [grænd] adj. 重大的, 豪华的, 宏伟的, 壮丽的
phrase [freiz] n. 短语;词组;习语;成语


Sample Sentences:

He lives in a grand house.
How grand the mountains look in the early evening!

Which words or phrases do you like best?
Our teacher told us to make sentences with these phrases.


New Words:

ruin ['ruin]
n.破产;毁灭;破坏;废墟;遗迹
v.毁灭;破坏;毁坏;糟蹋


Sample Sentences:

The flood ruined the crops.
The heavy rain ruined our holiday.
The country was ruined by the war.

The old castle is now little more than a ruin.
They have created a new factory out of an old ruin.