7. They said the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks. 他们说这份工作和从新的南非政府领到的薪水是对我多年为黑人的平等权利而战的回报。

reward n;v

noun [C] 报偿;酬金;赏金;奖赏

(1)There's a reward for whoever finishes first. 第一个完成的人有奖赏。

(2)The police offered a big reward for any information about the robbery. 警方为获得抢劫案的线索而重金悬赏。

verb: 奖赏;给(某人)报酬

(1)The company rewarded him for his years of service with a grand farewell party. 公司用一个盛大的告别会来回报他多年的服务。

(2)All his hard work was rewarded (= was made worth it) when he saw his book in print. 当他看到自己的书出版时，他所有的辛苦都得到了回报。

rewarding adj. 值得做的，有益的;令人满意的

It is a rewarding job. 这是个值得做的工作。

8. The scientist from whom … never lost heart when he was in trouble. 那位科学家在困难时从不灰心丧气。

(1)heart短语

lose heart 灰心, 泄气

lose one’s heart to 爱上, 喜欢

at heart 从内心来说

heart and soul 全心全意

break one’s heart 使心碎

put one’s heart into 把全部心思放在…

learn / know by heart 记熟

例句：①Please don’t lose heart. You still have more chances.

②She lost her heart to him as soon as she saw the handsome soldier.

③It breaks my heart to see him crying. 我看见他哭，感到很难过。

④He devoted himself heart and soul to his work. 他全心全意致力于工作。

(2)trouble短语

in trouble 有麻烦

ask for trouble 自寻麻烦

make trouble 制造麻烦

take trouble to do sth. 费心做某事

get into trouble 遇到麻烦

have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难

save / spare trouble 省去麻烦

短语填空：① He never came except when he was ________________ (有麻烦).

② Don’t imagine that you’re the only person ________________ (不幸).

③ The boy _________________ (出事了) when he left home to live in London.

④ That’s none of your business. Please don’t ___________________ (自寻麻烦)

⑤ No trouble was ____________________(节省) to ensure your comfort.

Keys:

① in trouble ② in trouble ③ got into trouble ④ ask for trouble ⑤ saved/spared

9. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison. 这件事很危险，因为如果我被抓住，我可能会被投进监狱。

prison 短语

be in prison 在狱中

go to prison 入狱

put…in prison / send…to prison / throw…into prison 把…投入监狱

be taken to prison 被关进监狱

break prison 越狱, 从狱中逃走

注意: 以上短语prison前不带冠词, 常见的这类名词有：

bed，university，sea，class，school，hospital, home, town等，常构成固定搭配如下：

go to school去上学 go to bed去睡觉 go to market去市场

go to church去做礼拜 in prison坐牢 in hospital住院

in class上课 at table进餐 at school上学

考题： While he was at ______ college, he took part in political activities, and was soon thrown into ______ prison. A. the; / B. /; the C. /; / D. the; the

答案是C。第一空表示上大学，第二空表示入狱，都不要冠词。