人教版課程標準實驗教材（英語 選修7第4單元）Sharing知識講解

  you can’t see through the telescope until you adjust it to your eyes.
my camera can be adjusted to take pictures in cloudy and sunny conditions.
the desks and chairs can be adjusted to the height of any child. he had become better adjusted to the rolling of the ship.
18 prepare （v）準備 prepare sth   準備某物 prepare for sth 為…做準備  prepare sb for sth 使某人為為某事做好準備 get/ be prepared to do sth …為。。。做準備 be well prepared for sth 為。。。做好準備 make preparations for …為。。。做準備  in preparation 在準備中 mother is preparing supper and we are preparing for supper.
  please prepare the table for dinner.   he is preparing himself for the coming examination.
  you must be well prepared for the worst . 你必須對最壞的情況有思想準備。
  the teachers are preparing the papers and they are preparing for the exams.
what’s that terrible noise ? –the neighbors __for a party . a have prepared b are preparing c prepare d will prepare
  the secretary worked late into the night , __ a long speech for the president.
a to prepare b preparing c prepared d was preparing
  __ a long speech for the president the secretary had to worked late into the night.
a to prepare b preparing c prepared d was preparing
19 soft （adj） 柔軟的，柔和的，細膩的，不嚴厲的，同情的，腦子發昏的，不夠勇敢的  softness (n)  softly (adv)
  be soft on sth  對某事心腸軟的/不夠嚴厲的  be soft with sb 對某人心腸軟的/不夠嚴厲的
  that teacher is too soft _- his class ; they are out of control.  a with b at  c on  d to
20 (1)it’s time/it’s high time/ it’s about time that sb did sth =it’s (high/about ) time (for) sb to do sth 是該做…的時候了。
  it’s time (for me) to get up. = it’s time that i got up .  it’s time to go home . = it’s time that we went home.
 (2)  it/ this/ that is the first (second…last ) time that sb have done sth 某人第一次（第二次。。。最后一次） 做某事（that 可省略， 若前面為it was… 后面的時態須用過去完成時）        this is the first time that i have come to beijing.
  that was the last time that i had been to the great wall.   it is the second time that i have seen the film.
 (3) the first (second ) time 本身可用作連詞用來引導時間狀語從句。the first time i saw her, i was struck by her beauty. 
  it’s the second time that i __ to shanghai.  what great changes! it’s ten years since i __ it last time.