Unit 12 Art and literature
be in the habit of doing sth. = have a/the habit of doing sth.
she is in the habit of listening to music while studying. 她有邊讀書邊聽音樂的習慣。
fall/get into the habit of doing sth. = form the habit of doing sth.養成做……的習慣
get out of the habit of doing sth. 改掉做……的習慣
he got out of the habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸煙的習慣。
8）compare v.比較；相比；比喻
compare…with… 把……和……相比較；compare…to…把……比喻成……；
例：compare one thing with another 將一物與另一物比較
walking can't compare with flying. 走路比不上飛行。
living in a town can't compare with living in the country in many respects.
在許多方面城市生活比不上在鄉村生活。
man's life is often compared to a candle. 人生常被喻為蠟燭。
the poet compares his lover to a rose in his poems.
詩人在他詩歌中把他的情人比作玫瑰花。
compare常指為了找出兩種事物或現象的異同點而進行比較， 如：if you compare marx's works with hegel's, you'll find many differences. 如果你把馬克思的著作同黑格爾的著作相比較， 就會發現許多不同之處。
contrast 指兩者之間的“對照”、“對比”， 著重指“通過兩種事物或現象的對比， 突出地指出它們的不同”， 如：contrast farm life with city life 對照一下城鄉生活。
2. 語言要點
1）it is a world of magic and wonders, a world where anything can happen. 這是一個存在著魔法和奇跡的世界，是一個任何事情都可能發生的世界。
本句中 “a world where anything can happen” 做同位語，而本身又包含一個where引導的定語從句。下文中的 “a boy with a scar on his forehead and a secret past” 也是同位語。
2）…，but they can still be friends if they share the same goals, hopes and dreams. 但是如果他們有著同樣的目標、愿望和同樣的夢想他們仍然可以成為朋友。
share (in) sth. 分享
share sth. with/between/among sb. （和某人）共同分享
we shared the sweets. 我們分吃了糖果。
they share their joys and sorrows. 他們同甘共苦。
bill and bob shared the work equally between them. 比爾和鮑勃兩人把工作平分了。
3）the lady in the picture had such strange eyes that it was almost as if the woman in the picture was watching them. 畫中女人的眼睛非常奇怪，就好像在窺視他們一樣。
as if = as though 似乎是，好像是
例：she always talked to me as if/though she was my sister. 她總是以我妹妹的口氣和我說話。