Unit 8 Learning a foreign language, twice as hard?

adopt: (1) 采用；采取（計劃、方法、措施等）；采納(議案、意見等）；吸取，采用（外國語詞）。
our school has adopted a new teaching method.
we’d like to adopt your idea.
(2)收養（某人） they are not my real parents, i am adopted./ (adopted son/daughter 養子/ 養女)
 regardless of their theories , …(p67.para1)
he says what he thinks, regardless of other people’s feeling. 他想到什么就說什么，毫不考慮別人的感受。
the coal boss risked making money regardless of workers’ safety.
 the less anxious and more relaxed the learner, the better their language acquisition. …(p67.para4)
the+比較級……,the+比較級……,越…...就越…… the easier the text is, the happier they will be.
the more novels you read, the more you want to read./ the harder you study, the more you can learn.
 .we may find that learning a foreign language does not have to be twice as hard as learning our mother tongue. …(p67.last para.)
 but it is enough to broaden your horizons and improve your understanding. …(p71.para2)
 many parents worry about the safety of their children and may also be concerned about the cost.
1) concern oneself about/for sth.某人（為……)擔心
sb be concerned about/for sth.某人（為……)擔心. she is concerned about her son’s future.
2) concern + oneself + with/in 使（某人）與……有關系；使關涉；使參與
sb be concerned in sth.某人與……有關：某人參與 ……
she concerns herself with/in social welfare. / he is concerned in the new project.
3) as (so) far as…be concerned 就……而言。as far as i am concerned, i cannot object to your marriage.
4) .concerning prep. 關于 he likes to refer to something concerning chinese history.
(5) concerned adj. “關心的，關切的，憂 愁的”， a concerned expression憂愁的表情
“有關的”，放在被修飾詞之后 the authorities concerned 有關當局
step 5 homework
1.word study exx1&2 in language study on page 68&69.
2.vocabulary exx1&2 in the wb on page203&204.