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1. fear vt. (1) 害怕，畏惧 She fears speaking in public.
(2) 恐怕，猜想（比be afraid要正式）
I fear that she has lost her way in the forest.
2. 动词draw的一些短语
动词draw的主要含义之一是“拉”、“拖”，它与不同的小品词连用可以有不同含义。
(1) draw in 使......进入，吸入：
The smell of flowers in the shop drew us in.
(2) draw back 后退，后缩，收回，撤回
If you take part in the race, you mustn't draw back.
(3) draw up 停住，使......停住，起草，制订，拟订
Have any new agreements been drawn up between the two countries.
(4) draw off 撤走，离开
The villagers had to draw off because of the flood.
课文注释：
1. a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel. 建造一条长21英里的隧道的计划。 twenty-one-mile作tunnel的修饰语，注意mile为单数。plan for + 名词/动名词表示“......的计划”：
He came with a plan for (building) a bridge over the river.
2. serve as,充当，起......的作用（也可以说serve for)
The books on the floor may serve as/for a carpet.
3. a better plan was put forward, 提出了一项更好的计划。
put forward为固定短语，可分开用，其含义之一是“提出（计划、建议等）”：
