He doesn't approve of smoking.

I thoroughly approve of what the government is doing.

Note: The opposite is disapprove.

5. I am an old man now, but I still have an ambition to travel to Beijing one day. (P41) 现在我已经是个老人了，但我仍渴望有一天去北京旅行。

ambition

n. [C or U] a strong desire for success, achievement, power or wealth:

She's got a lot of ambition.

[+ to infinitive] His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.

He has already achieved his main ambition in life - to become wealthy.

ambitious

adj. having a great desire to be successful, powerful or wealthy:

an ambitious young lawyer

He's very ambitious for his children (= He's anxious that they should be successful).

第二部分：练习

1. If he ______ finished his dinner a little sooner, he wouldn't have missed the 8:30 train.

　A. would have B. was C. had D. had been

2. Helen couldn't go to France after all. That's too bad.

I'm sure she would have enjoyed it if ______.

　A. she's gone B. she'll go C. she'd gone D. she'd go

3. Were it not for the friction (磨擦力)exerted between the tires and the road, the vehicle ______ started.

　A. can not even be B. could not even be C. should even be D. be not even

4. What would happen, if you ______ the rules of the road?

　A. not observed B. do not observe C. did not observe D. observe not

5. The manager of the hotel requests that all the guests ______ after the mid-night.

　A. don't make loud noise B. couldn't make any noise

　C. not to make low noise D. shouldn't make loud noise

6. ______ for your help, we'd never have been able to get out of trouble.

A. Had it not been B. If it was not