sentence:
  What horrible weather./That is a terrific idea.
  Let's give him a big hand./I'm easy to please.

key words and expressions:
  shyness       羞怯,胆怯        get together   收集,聚集
  crash         碰撞,坠落          put together   把...加起来,整理
  pole          棒,极                  the South/North Pole 南/北极
  persuade      说服,劝说       run into       撞上,偶遇,达到
  sack          大袋,麻袋         endless        无止境的,无穷的
  clear         越过,清除          explorer       探险家,探测器
  aircraft      航行器               craft          工艺,手艺
  get over      熬过,克服        at one point   在一个时候/地方
  lie[lay,lain] 谎话,位于,躺    therefore      因此,所以
  plain         平原,简单的      terrific       令人恐怖的
  though        虽然,尽管

Pattern:
  I ran into an old friend of mine the other days.
  At this point he was interrupted.
  For the first time in my life I've got a flat of my own.
  Have u got over your cold yet?/U will soon get over your shyness.
  The horse No.8 easily cleared every fence./The high jumper cleared 2.32 meters.  //越过
  I missed the train by five mins./He is taller than his father by a head.  //by表示差多少...

Syntax:
  be able to 其优于can的地方为可以有任何时态..
  He was able to leave Europe before the war began.
  Will u be able to come tomorrow?
  He didnot agree with me at first,but in the end I was able to persuade him.
  I have not been able to go to work for 3 days.
  only....if....  只有....才... /不...除非...
  I'll only tell u this if u promise to keep it a secret.
  It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10000 feet.