Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk (that) she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.

think of… ^{考虑，思考}

• Have you ever thought of settling down in this town?
• She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland.
• Harrison had thought of everything except the weather. 

take a risk（of doing） ^冒…风险

• This is such a big risk that it will probably make you never want to take a risk again. ^{这是一个很大的风险，它可能会让你再也不想冒险了。}
• Vimala guessed what was wrong, so she decided to take a risk.^{维玛拉猜出了问题所在，所以她决定冒险一试。}

run after ^{追赶；追随；追求}

• The police are running after a thief.
• Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves.

* They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.

rush up to sb. ^{迎面冲向某人}

• You still choose to rush up to your ambitions, running at the fastest speed.^{坚守信念，勇往直前}

have a picnic ^{野餐 = picnic v.野餐}

• She will have a picnic. ^{她要去野餐。}
• Jack, let's have a picnic after school. ^{杰克，放学后我们去野餐吧。}

at the edge of ^{在…的边上}

• The park lies at the edge of the town.
• He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.^{他停步在一个陡坡的边上。}

* In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.

in one's possession = in the possession of sb. ^{为某人所拥有…}

• I went out of the book shop with book in my possession.
• The house used to be in my possession, but now it is in the possession of an old lady.
• with the bag in their possession ^{直译：伴随着包落入了他们的手里}

start doing sth. = start to do sth. ^{开始做某事}

• When do you usually start doing your homework?^{你通常什么时候开始做作业？}
• The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.^{细胞会很快开始吸收水份。}

Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.

 got angry ^变得生气

• Don't cry or get angry. ^{不要哭或者生气。}
• She got angry and socked him in the mouth.^{她生气了，照着他的嘴巴就是一拳。}

She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.

out of breath ^{上气不接下气，喘不上气}

• Tom ran to the shop to get some salt for his mother. When he reached there, he was quite out of breath.
• She was soon breathless, …

continue to do sth. = continue doing sth. ^接着做…

• …, but she continued running.
• They'll continue to fight injustice.^{他们将继续与不公正的现象抗争。}
• Continue doing a lesson a day.^{学习不能间断，一天一课。}

When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.

4个连接词 = 5件事

1. She caught up with them. ^{她追上了他们。}
2. She saw. ^她看见
3. They had sat down. ^{他们坐了下来}
4. They were going through the contents of the bag.^{他们正在检查包里的东西。}
5. She ran straight at them ^{她径直向他们跑去}

catch up with … ^{赶上…；追上(强调结果)}

• Hurry, or you can't catch up with the group. ^{快点，不然你赶不上队伍了。}
• He stopped and let her catch up with him.^{他停下了，让她赶上自己。}
• Most late developers will catch up with their friends.^{绝大多数发育晚的人都将赶上他们的朋友们。}

run (straight) at ^{（at 强调瞄准,一般与straight 相连都用 at）}

• Then I realised my son was there. It flew straight at him, but he managed to run away.^{然后我意识到我儿子还在那儿，它直朝他飞过去。不过儿子最后还是跑出来了。}
• Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door.^{与此同时，狼径直跑到奶奶家，敲了敲门。}
• I ran straight out of the goal and at Marcelo.^{我径直冲向球门，朝马塞洛跑去。}

go through sth.^{（仔细地）搜查，在…中搜寻，浏览，翻看(速度较快的看)}

• She went through her bag, but she couldn’t find her key.
• He goes through my package.^{他检查了我的包裹。}

The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.

got a fright ^{受到惊吓：突然感到害怕或惊讶，通常是由于突发的事件或意外情况引起的。}

• Mrs. Medlock did get a fright then.^{梅德洛克太太当时确实吓坏了。}
• Both Liu and Ji got a fright.^{刘备、纪灵都吓了一跳。}
• I get stage fright every time I'm going to teach a new class.^{每到要教新课的时候，我都会怯场。}
• She got a fright and dropped the book.^{她吓了一跳，把书都扔了。}

such / so... that ... ^{so 通常位于形容词、副词之前，而 such 只能位于名词之前。}

'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

need doing sth. ^{主动表被动(源于省略)}

• The windows need cleaning.
• The paintwork will need doing over soon.^{需要尽快重新油漆一遍。}
• Something need me doing?^{有什么需要我做的吗?}