【正文】 Lydia burst into song . Everyone in the room burst out laughing. 7. envy v. / n. 嫉妒；羨慕 常用詞組： envy sb sth 嫉妒 （ 羨慕 ） 某人某事 feel envy at 對(duì) … 感到嫉妒 with envy 羨 慕地 out of envy 出于嫉妒（羨慕） be in envy of one’s success 羨慕某人的成功 eg: She envied her friends their success. I feel envy at your beauty. They looked at the young man with envy. 8. 對(duì)比 ： on board / on the board / on the boards (1) on board 在 （ 車 ， 船 ， 飛機(jī)等 ） 上 ， 后 表 示交通工具的名詞 on board the ship / the plane (2) on the board 在木板上 on the notice board 在布告板上 on the diving board 在跳水板上 (3) on the boards = on the stage 當(dāng)演員 eg: The beautiful girl has been on the boards since she was 5 years old. 9. but for = without 如果不是 ， 要不是 but for 短語相當(dāng)于一個(gè)虛擬條件句 ， 句中 的謂語動(dòng)詞要用 虛擬語氣 eg: But for your help, I would not have succeed. = If I hadn’t had your help, I wouldn’t have succeed. But for the rain we should have had a pleasant journey. = If there hadn’t been the rain, we should have had a pleasant journey. 10. be on the point of doing sth = be about to do sth 正要去做某事 后面