New words:

1.1)aid & help 相同点:

a)aid –vt. to give support to; 援助；帮助

=help

   to aid/help sb with sth.(money)

b)aid—n. help; support; assistance帮助，援助

come / go to one’s help/ aid = come/ go to the help/ aid of

He went to the aid of the hurt man.

with the aid/help of

    2.drown—vi 溺死 vt.使淹死；淹没

die by drowning

be drowned by 被。。。淹没

There are many streets and houses drowned by the floods.

3.bleed/bled/ bleeding—v.

1)vi. to lose blood 流血；出血

Your nose is bleeding.

My heart bleeds for(=I feel very sorry for) those poor unhappy children..

(比喻)对那些不幸的穷孩子我心里感到难过。

2）vt. to make (sb.) to pay too much money 榨取某人的钱财；敲某人的竹杠：

    He bled them for every penny they had.

4.choke –vi.

1)struggle to breathe or (cause to) stop breathing 窒息；使停止呼吸

Water went down his throat and he started to choke.水进入喉咙，他开始噎住了。

I choked him to death.我把他扼死了。

2）fill（a pace or passage） completely 阻塞(同 up; with连用)

The roads were choked up with traffic.路上交通阻塞。

The pipe was choked with leaves.管子被树叶堵住了。

5.electrical—concerned with or using electricity

an electrical engineer 电机工程师

an electrical fault 电力故障

electric – producing or worked by electricity 发电的；电的；电动的

an electric clock/light / an electric fan / electric power 电力

electrify /electrified /electrifying –v.使带电

electricity -n. [u]

7.calm—adj. n.

1)free from excitement; quiet; untroubled 镇定的；无忧无虑

Even after the accident she was calm.

2)(of weather) not windy 平静无风 (of water) not rough;; smooth（水）静的；无风浪的：

After the storm it was calm.风雨过后，天气平静。

The sea was calm. 海上风平浪静。

   calm—v. to make calm （使）平静下来；（使）沉着：

She calmed her child by giving it some milk.

   calm down –become or make calm变平静

The excited girl quickly calmed down.

It is difficult to calm my brother down.

8.panic--sudden uncontrollable fear or terror恐慌，惊慌

There was a panic when the fire started. 火烧起来的时候曾引起一片惊慌。

panic/ panicked/panicked—vt.vi feel panic 使感到恐慌(at)

The crowd panicked at the sound of the guns.

The thunder panicked the house.

9.1)response   n. 回答，答复

answer

reply

make/ give no response/answer/reply (to one’s question)

  

have no answer/reply/response to…

in response/reply (to)回答，响应，作为反应

in answer to 作为回答，听（接）到。。。后就。。。，响应

In answer to my shouts people ran to help.人们听到我的喊声后跑来帮忙。

2)v. respond to/reply to/ answer sth.

Would you respond to / reply to/answer my question?

They still haven’t responded to/reply to/ answer my letter.

I spoke, but he didn’t answer/ reply/ respond.

10.conscious –adj.

1)神志清醒的，有意识的，有知觉的unable to think，feel, awake

He hurt his head in the accident, but he is still conscious.

   He was conscious he must do all this.

11.slight---adj.

1)not great; not considerable 微小的；不足道的

   a slight pain/ improvement

2)not strong looking; thin 脆弱的，纤细的

   a slight old lady

12.sudden –adj. 突然

all of a sudden

   suddenly

   all at once

   立刻 at once/immediately/right away/without delay

13.explanation --.explaining[c; u]

   give an explanation of

       explain sth. to sb.

     explain to sb. that/why/ how