e.g. board a plane
搭乘飞机
boarding I’m _________with a friend. 我向朋友提供食宿. 与board相关的短语： on board (a ship /a train) 表状态 go on board (a ship /a train) 表动作 将在会上讨论 on the board board of honor 光荣榜
adapt ＆adjust ※ adapt (oneself) to “适应，适合” You should adapt yourself to the new environment. 你应该适应新环境。 adjust “适应” “调整”、“调节”使之适 应 ※ adjust (oneself) to =adapt (oneself) to “适应” He adjusted his tie before entering the hall.
admission qualification 入学资格
physical qualifications 身体条件
And your highest education qualification? 你的最高学历是什么？ Even after qualification job is hard to find.
Unit 5 Traveling aints for Reading I Language points for Reading II
1. How difficult do you think it is to adjust to the customs of another country? adjust to sth/ adjust oneself to sth 适应,调整: make oneself suitable for; get used to sth, especially by changing your behaviur or your ideas 适应…。例如: adjust vi. 适应 He adjusted quickly to the heat of India. adjust vt. 调整 He adjusted his tie before entering the hall. adjustable adj.可调整的 adjustment n.调整
当于一个副词)
It’s time for sth. 该做某事了。
It's time that...中, that从句中的谓语动词 用过去时或用"should+动词原形"(should 不能省略)。 e.g. It's time we started. =It's time we should start.
即使取得了资格，工作还是很难找到 的。
7. She is halfway through the preparation year, which most foreign students complete before entering a degree course. preparation n. 准备 The boy was very lazy. He did little preparation for the exam. 这男孩很懒，他对考试几乎没有事先 准备。
8. Xie Lei highly recommends the course.
highly adv. 1) 高度的 a highly developed economy /高度发达的经济 2) very 很，非常 highly skilled/intelligent /十分熟练/聪明
辨析: highly和high high表示空间高度, 通常指物；highly表示 程度，相当于much。 The plane was flying high. I think highly of your opinion.
这句话的意思是: “第一次和她见面时, 我就认 为她诚实。” “第一次”英语为the first time, the first time I met her相当于when I first met
her。for the first time的意思是 “作为第一次”。
如: He cast his net for the first time. 他撒了第一 网。for the first time的作用相当于一个副词。 It’s time for sth. 该做某事了。 It's time that...中, that从句中的谓语动词用过去 时或用"should+动词原形"(should不能省略)。
5. It was the first time she had ever left her motherland.
这是她第一次离开祖国。 the first time 的用法：该句使用了句型 "It is+ the+序数词+time+ that从句", that从句中的谓语常用现在完成时。 He cast his net for the first time. 他撒了第一网. (for the first time的作用相
It's time we started.
(It's time we should start.)
6. Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our
university to complete a business qualification.
qualification: 资格; 资格证明
省略，类似的单词有: suggest/
insist /recommend/propose/
require/request/demand
They demanded that the right to vote be
given to every adult.
We insisted that Mr. Brown chair the
辨析: the first time与for the first time the first time第一次作n. 或conj. for the first time作为第一次介词短语用 作状语 . Practice: I thought her honest ___ I met her. A. first time B. for the first time C. the first time D. by the first time
3. Chinese student fitting in well.
中国学生适应能力强 这是 A Chinese student is fitting in well 的省略形 式。在英语标题中，为了简介需要，通常只出现 诗词，而把虚词，冠词，介词，助动词，连词等 略去，省略是英语新闻标题的一大特点。 fit in (with …): get alone (with); be in a suitable relation (with) 相处融洽；适应。例如: It is necessary for us to fit in with the times. 我们必须与时俱进。
meeting.
9. It’s not just study that’s difficult. 困难不仅仅在学习方面。
It is (was) 被强调部分+ that (who) +句子其他部分。 此结构强调的成分仅限于主语，宾语和状语。 It is from the sun that we get light and heat.
recommend vt. 1) 推荐，赞许 He recommended a book to his
students.
2) 劝告，建议
后接doing 不接to do不定式作宾语。
I recommend buying that pen.
The doctor recommend his patient to go out for a walk. 类似用法的单词还有: allow/advise/forbid/permit等. 3) recommend 表示主观判断，推测，建议， 命令，要求的动词，通常引起虚拟语气的宾 语从句，从句谓语动词常用should+ v.原形， 且should可以省略
Although he was disabled when he was only ten years of age, yet he aimed ________, for which his classmates spoke ________ of him. A. high; high B. highly; highly C. highly; high D. high; highly D
4. Six months ago, Xie Lei said goodbye to her
family and friends in China and boarded a plane
for London.
六个月以前，谢蕾告别中国的家人和朋友，登 上了飞往伦敦的飞机。
board n.&v. 1) 上（船或别的交通工具） 2) n. 木板,纸板,董事会,委员会 3) 供食宿
keep it up: continue doing or trying 不松劲，坚持 下去。在这个短语中，it 本身词义模糊，只是帮 助构成习语。例如： If only he could keep it up, he would break the world record. 又如，在take it easy (别着急)，so it seems. (好像如此。)等习语中，it 也没有实际意义。
注意 adapt(oneself) to 的to是介词，后跟名词或 动词-ing形式。类似的词组有： be (get) used to 习惯于 be related to 与……相关 lead to 带领,导致,通向 devote oneself to 献身于 contribute to 为……作贡献 access to 接近/进入(某地的)方法