6. participate　vi.参加,参与(常用搭配：participate in)

No professionals participated in the contest. 没有职业选手参加这一比赛。

5. sense 意识，观念，感官，官能

She has no sense of time.　她没有时间观念。

Your brother has a good sense of humor.　你兄弟很有幽默感。

4. get used to 习惯于

She is used to hard work.

她习惯于艰苦工作。

注意：在be/get used to 句型中，to 是介词，所以后面一定要用名词或动词的-ing 形式。

3. adjust to vt. 调节;改变...以适应 ,校准;调整

She must learn to adjust herself to English life. 她必须学会适应英国的生活。

vi. 适应(常用搭配：adjust to sth)

Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness. 宇航员在飞行中得适应失重状态。

2. gifted a.有天资的,有天赋的

He is a gifted athlete.他是个有天赋的运动员。

1. ability n. 能力;才能(常用搭配：ability to do sth)

She did the work to the best of her ability. 她已尽了力去做那件工作了。

4. clothing　 n. (总称)衣服,衣着

Our clothing protects us from the cold. 衣服帮我们御寒。

Clothing, clothes, cloth，dress的区别：

cloth是物质名词，意为"布"，没有复数形式，而clothing是指衣物的总称，也没有复数形式。clothes是指衣服，但没有单数形式，如：

This clothing is needed in warm countries.在温暖的国家需要这种服装。

Her clothes are made of fine cloth. 他的衣服是由高质量的布制成。

英文中的dress则指较正规的服装，如：a school dress 校服，an evening dress晚礼服。

5　　　　 in turn 转而，反过来，轮流

The girls called out their names in turn. 女孩们逐个报出自己的名字。

Listening to English as much as possible can improve one’s hearing, which in turn can improve his speaking. 尽可能多听英语可以提高听力能力，转而提高口语能力。

6　　　　 have an effect on 对。。。有影响

As is known to all, pollution has a bad effect on the city. 众所周知，污染对城市有坏影响。

Unit 17　 Disabilities

Teaching aims: Vocabulary revision

　　　　　　 Grammar revision

Teaching main-points: Vocabulary and grammar revision in the process of the integration between the teacher and the ss

Teaching Crux: 1) SS’ explanation about the vocabulary and grammar

　　　　　　 2) Teacher’s further explanation and supplement

Teaching materials & focuses:

3. insist　 vt. 　坚持;坚决认为

She insisted that he was wrong. 她坚持认为他错了。

vt. 坚决主张;坚决要求

Jane insisted that he be present. 珍坚持要他出席。

vi.. 坚持,坚决认为;强调

He insisted on/upon my going with him. 他坚持要我跟他一起去。

I insist on seeing it. 我一定要见到它。

2. vain a. 　爱虚荣的,自负的,炫耀的

She is vain and extravagant. 她既爱虚荣又奢侈。

徒然的,无益的

They made vain attempts to reach the mountaintop.

他们几次徒然尝试想攀登山顶。

in vain 无结果，徒然

All our work was in vain. 我们的工作全都白干了。

1. aim vt. 把...瞄准;把...对准掷向[(+at)]

He aimed the gun at the door. 他把枪对准那扇门。

vi. 瞄准,对准，致力于, (常用搭配：aim at aim to do sth)

The hunter aimed at the lion and fired. 猎人瞄准了狮子开火。

We aim at doubling our production. 我们的目标是将生产增加一倍。

n.目标,目的

It is now our aim to set up a factory. 我们现在的目的是创办一座工厂。