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Section Ⅱ Starting out & Understanding
ideas—Language points
[对应学生用书P152]
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set foot on踏上;登上;进入,到达
Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 20 July 1969,people have become accustomed to the notion of space travel.
自从1969年7月20日尼尔·阿姆斯特朗首次登上月球以来,人们已习惯于太空旅行这个概念。
►情境探究
①The explorers failed to set foot on the land of Antarctica due to extreme weather.
由于极端天气,探险者未能踏上南极大陆。
②She said she would never set foot in that house again.
她说她再也不会踏入那所房子了。
►要点突破
set foot in意为“进入,踏入”。与set foot on用法类似,只不过介词in强调进入某个空间,介词on强调踏上某个物体的表面。
►学以致用
[完成句子]
①我不会去那个饭店的,服务太差了。
I wouldn't set_foot_in_that_restaurant—bad service.
②二十年后,他终于踏上了他的故土。
He finally set_foot_on_his_homeland twenty years later.
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become accustomed to习惯于(做)某事
Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 20 July 1969,people have become accustomed to the notion of space travel.
自从1969年7月20日尼尔·阿姆斯特朗首次登上月球以来,人们已习惯于太空旅行这个概念。
►情境探究
①It took him a while to accustom himself to the idea.
他过了一段时间才习惯这个想法。
②I was accustomed to being the only child at a table full of adults.
我已经习惯了作为唯一一个小孩坐在一桌大人中间。
③She had not yet become accustomed to the fact that she was graduated.
她还不太适应自己已经毕业的事实。
►要点突破
①accustom vt.使习惯,使适应
accustom oneself to doing sth.使自己习惯于做某事
②accustomed adj.习惯的,惯常的
be accustomed to (doing) sth.
=be used to (doing) sth.习惯于做某事(状态)
get/become accustomed to (doing) sth.
=get/become used to (doing) sth.习惯于做某事(动作)
unaccustomed adj.不习惯的,不同寻常的
►学以致用
[单句填空]
①The students quickly accustomed themselves(they) to the new timetable,which excited the teachers.
②As we all know,English people are accustomed to driving(drive) on the left.
③This was a long journey of unaccustomed(accustom) hardship and surprising recovery.
[句式升级]
④I am accustomed to living/accustom myself to living in the countryside,and I always find it hard to live in the city.
→Accustomed_to_living_in_the_countryside,I always find it hard to live in the city.(过去分词短语作状语)
→Accustoming_myself_to_living_in_the_countryside,I always find it hard