1．witness vt. 当场见到；目击 vi. 为……作证(to) n. 目击者；证人；证据
[教材原句] I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.
当时我以为这只不过是一个故事罢了，但是后来我亲眼见过很多次。
(1)witness sth./that... 目击……
witness to(doing) sth. 证实/证明(做)某事
(2)a witness of/to sth. ……的目击者/见证人/证明/证据
单句语法填空
①The late twentieth century ________(witness) the rapid development of China's economy.
②The worker witnessed to ________(see) the accused near the scene of the crime.
③What the police did first was to interview all the ________(witness) to the accident last week.
完成句子
④With the advent of the Internet，we __________________the most important change in our lifestyles in the past 100 years.
随着网络的出现，我们在过去的100年里见证了生活方式最重要的变化。
[答案] ①witnessed ②having seen ③witnesses ④have witnessed
[方法规律] 在短语witness to中，to为介词，其后要跟名词、代词或动名词。
