John was eager for us to come to the party .

　　We are eager that the project should be started early .

　　They listened to the lecture with eager attention .

　　2 . disturb 常用作及物动词，意为“妨碍，打扰 ( 睡眠、工作等 ) ；扰乱…，搞乱…；使 ( 人 ) 心神不宁”。例如：
　　
　　The noise in the street disturbed my study .

　　Tell me if I\'m disturbing you .

　　A light wind disturbed the smooth surface of the lake .

　　She was disturbed to near of her mother\'s sudden illness .

　　3 . fortunate 用作形容词，意为“幸运的，运气好”，其名词形式为 fortune , 副词形式为 fortunately。fortunate 后通常跟 in doing sth , to do sth . 或 that 从句。例如：
　　
　　She is fortunate in having a good husband .

　　I\'m fortunate to have good health .

　　It was fortunate that he was saved by the passing boat .

　　Fortunately , they returned safely .

　　4 . suffer 既可用作及物动词，意为“遭受 ( 痛苦、损害等 ) ”；也可用作不及物动词，意为“受苦，苦恼，患病，遭受损害”。例如：
　
　　The city suffered serious damage from the earthquake .

　　They suffered a great deal in the war .

　　I\'m pleased to know that you didn\'t suffer much pain while you were ill .

　　His health suffered terribly from the heavy drinking .

　　suffer from 常用作短语，意为“苦于……；患……病”。例如：

　　The village is suffering from depopulation .
　　
　　Last week I suffered a bad cold .

　　5 . doubt 既可用作名词，也可用作动词，意为“怀疑”。例如：

　　I have some doubt about his words .

　　There is no doubt of his success .

　　There is some doubt whether he is the best man for the job .

　　I have no doubt that he will pass the examination .

　　I doubt the truth of the news .

　　I doubt whether he will keep his work .

　　I don\'t doubt that our team will win .

　　单元词组思维运用

　　1 . let in 意为“让……进来”。例如：

　　You must keep the door closed , don\'t let the dog in .

　　Windows let in light and air .

　　Will you please let Mr Smith in by opening the door?

　　He has a key to the front door so he will be able to let himself in .
　
　　2 . in public 意为“公开地；公然地；当众地。”例如：

　　It\'s bad manners to spit in public .

　　The little girl does not like to speak English in public .

　　Don\'t make so much noise in public .

　　3 . sentence…to death 意为“将……判处死刑”。例如：

　　The murderer was sentenced to death last week .

　　The robber has been caught and was sentenced to three year\'s imprisonment .

　　4 . take the place of 意为“代替；取代”，这一短语也可以用 take sb\'s place 来代替。

　　I will take the place of your teacher .

　　Electric trains have now taken the place of steam ones in our country .

　　Mr John take your manager\'s place .

　　Your manager is very ill , so Mr John is taking his place .

　　5 . keep silent 意为“保持沉默”。例如：

　　When the teacher questioned the students , some of whom kept silent .

　　Don\'t keep silent when you are asked to answer the question .

　　6 . fall in love with ( = lose one\'s heart to ) 意为“爱上”。例如：