What is happiness to you

describe …as…把……描述成
he _describes/described his school life __as__ interesting and exciting.
9. even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.
1). even though=__even__ __if__  即使
2). devote ( time/ energy/ oneself) to sth/doing sth 獻(xiàn)身；專心于；專注于
don’t devote too much time to games. __________________________________
he gave up his job to devote more time to his family. ______________________
she devoted herself to ____fighting__ (fight) for the rights of the blacks.
devoted adj. 摯愛(ài)的；忠誠(chéng)的；全心全意的 be devoted to sth/doing sth
she devoted herself to her children.
= she __was __ ___devoted__ __to__ her children.
to my comfort, i often found my daughter ___devoted___( devote) to reading.
3). apart from =separately from “離開(kāi)”; 還有 besides/except for的意思
_apart___ __from___ my parents, i have no one to communicate with.
_apart____ __from__ honesty, a good student should also be ready to help others.
apart from a house in nanjing, they also have one in beijing. (=___besides___)
apart from a few words, i don’t know any french at all.  (= except_ _for__)
the writer lives apart from his family. ______________________
she keeps herself apart from other people. _______________________
10. in 1998, a small accident could have cost her her future happiness.
1.)情態(tài)動(dòng)詞復(fù)習(xí)
must have done _____________  may/ might/ could/can have done _____________
can’t/ couldn’t have done ______________ should(not) have done ________________
needn’t have done ____________________
---there were already five people in the car, but they managed to take me as well.
---it __d__a comfortable journey
a. can’t be     b. shouldn’t be   c. mustn’t have been   d. couldn’t have been   
---- what do you suppose happened to him?
----i don’t know. he ___c___ lost.
   a. might  get     b. can have got      c. may have got   d. will get
he knows so much about the film. he must have seen the film, ____c____?
a. mustn’t he    b. didn’t he    c. hasn’t he     d. has he
2). cost: to lead to the loss of something  使……付出代價(jià)；花費(fèi) 
that one mistake almost ____cost him his life_______（使他失去生命）.
the closure of the factory will cost 1,000 jobs. ___________________________
at the cost of 以…為代價(jià)   at all costs =at any cost 不惜任何代價(jià)，無(wú)論如何