重点词汇词组：

Laurie¹quickly realized² that Jo was keeping a secret³ which she refused to tell him⁴, but he⁵ guessed⁶ the secret was about Meg and Mr Brooke⁷, and was annoyed⁸ that his tutor had said nothing⁹.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语从句+4定语从句+5主语+6谓语+7宾语从句+8谓语+9宾语从句

析：①宾语从句：that Jo was keeping a secret

宾语从句的时态是过去进行时，表示过去在某一时间段或某一段时间内正在发生或进行的动作或状态。

②定语从句：which she refused to tell him

修饰先行词secret，关系代词which在从句中作宾语，可以省略。

③宾语从句：that his tutor had said nothing

宾语从句的时态是过去完成时，表示had said在was annoyed之前发生的，即“过去的过去”。

1. keep a secret 保守秘密

例：Can you keep a secret?

你能保守秘密吗？

【常见短语】

make no secret of 毫不掩饰

例：She makes no secret of her dislike of her father.

她毫不掩饰自己对父亲的反感。

【相关俚语】

in secret 秘密地，暗地里

例：The negotiators were meeting in secret for several months before the peace agreement was made public.

在和平协议公布以前，谈判秘密地进行了几个月。

2.own 自己（的）

例：She makes all her own clothes.

她的衣服全都是自己做的。

【常见短语】

(all) on your own 独自，一个人

例：I like living on my own.

我喜欢独自一个人生活。

【相关俚语】

①for its own sake 因为其本身（有意思或好玩）的缘故

例：I believe in education for its own sake, not just to get a good job.

我主张学习本身的乐趣，而不仅仅是找到一份工作。

②come into your own （在某种情况下）所长得到充分的发挥，显出自己的本事

例：Eileen really comes into her own in a crisis.

艾琳在危急时刻真正显示出了自己的价值。

3.come over sb. 突然影响……，使……表现失常

例：I'm sorry! That was a stupid thing to say--I don't know what came over me.

对不起！我说了傻话——我不知道自己是怎么了。

【常见短语】

①come at sb. 向……逼近；扑向……

例：He came at me with a knife.

他拿着刀向我冲来。

②come back to sb. 记起，想起

例：I can't think of her name--it'll come back to me later.

我想不起她叫什么了——过一会儿我会想起来的。

【相关俚语】

come and go 来来去去；时有时无；忽隐忽现

例：The pain in my leg comes and goes.

我的腿时而疼时而不疼。

4.mistake 错误

例：This letter's full of spelling mistakes.

这封信满是拼写错误。

【常见短语】

①by mistake 错误地

例：I've paid this bill twice by mistake.

我弄错了，把这张账单付了两次。

②make a mistake/mistakes 犯错

例：It's easy to make a mistake.

犯错误很容易。

【相关俚语】

make no mistake (about it) 没有半点怀疑，完全可以肯定

例：Make no mistake, this decision is going to cause you a lot of problems.

毫无疑问，这个决定会给你带来许多问题。

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