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eal name is Anthony Williams.2. No. He looks like a Scottish noble, softspoken and wealthy.4. He stole more than eight million pounds over eight years and poured about five million pounds into the village.6. He used the money to buy an estate, a beautiful home, and a dozen noble titles. But most of all, he sunk his dishonest gains into the village, buying multiple cottages, a pub and a rundown hotel and turning them into very goodlooking places.8. Because in the eyes of some villagers Williams is a helper, pouring most of his stolen money into the village and giving jobs to 43 people.10. suspicion2. considerate4. furnish6. substantial8. To his embarrassment he discovered2. strike deals with4. falls upon dark days6. captured the heart of the little boy with8. economy2. campaign4. survey6. lessons8. welladvised (明智的)2. wideeyed (眼睛睜大的)4. bigheaded (妄自尊大的)6. wellmeant (用意良好的)8. airconditioned2. thunderstruck4. databased6. custombuilt8. Wellmeant as it was, the decision spoiled the peace talk in the Middle East.2. Poor as he was, she gave up the idea to marry him.4. Suspicious as she was of him, she never came to the idea that the wealthy, softspoken, wellmannered man was a criminal.《讀寫教程 Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅸ., p. 121. Now (that) I’ve heard the music, I understand why you like it.3. Now that the criminal turned out to be one of their own, the London police missioner publicly apologized for poorly supervising his department.5. My thanks go to those who still stuck by me when I fell upon dark days.2. The police said that their suspicions were aroused because the girl had other marks on her body.4. Hard as the road for these students after school will be, their prospects are bright.6. He is fully justified in criticizing the police missioner for poorly supervising his department.8. 周六晚,在“牢騷酒吧”,村民依舊樂意向 “威廉斯勛爵”祝酒,盡管這個(gè)頭銜現(xiàn)在只能引來陣陣笑聲。 improvement。 warmheartedness, kindness。 depth: the state of being deep。 truth: the state or quality of being true。 length: the measurement from one end to the other or of the longest side of something。 breadth: distance from side to side, broadness。 the quality of being wide 8. exposure2. disclosures4. mountaineers6. profiteers8. did he realize that the task was a little too difficult for the new secretary to finish on her own2. will all the employees know the result of their performance evaluation4. did I get to know what happened in the end to the main characters《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. IX, p. 1331. His hardship in the pany is over, yet so is his job.3. The Greens are going to buy a house in the suburbs, yet the Smiths are going to sell their house in the suburbs.5. Mrs. Clark lies in bed motionless, and I wonder briefly if she is still alive.2. These soldiers have received very strict training and been well equipped to fulfill the new task.4. Time seems to stand still. Mrs. Clark and I both bee aware that she is dying, leaving this world.6. It seemed that the little boy could read my mind, and he quietly gave me some newspapers of that day.8. 克拉克夫人將頭稍稍轉(zhuǎn)向我,微微睜開眼。3.4.留下 為這位迅速走進(jìn)又很快走出我生活的陌生人,我心間涌起了一股感情。7. They have wired the Earth and sea to detect movements.2. They are killed by falling buildings.4. They should regularly check and reinforce their homes, place heavy objects in low positions, attach cupboards and cabinets to walls, and fasten doors so that they will not open accidentally during an earthquake.6. To have all of the family members call to check in w