Unit 10 The world around us

     比較：be dangerous “危險的，有危害的”。
     mum told me t keep away from david who was dangerous.
     媽媽讓我遠離大衛這個危險人物。
  2. die out
     1) (of families, species, etc) no longer have any members left alive（指家族、物種等）死滅絕
     the habitat of the species is being destroyed and has nearly died out.這一物種因棲息地遭到破壞，幾乎滅絕了。
     2) (of a custom, practice, ideas, etc) no longer be common（指習俗、做法、觀念等）消失過時
        the old traditions are dying out.舊傳統正在消失。
     3) (of a fire) to lose force or power （指火）熄滅
        it took a long time before the big fire died out.過了很長一段時間那場大火才漸漸熄滅。
  3. as a result  因此; 結果 "as a result, there is often trouble in american families."
     "因此,美國家庭中常常會出現麻煩事。"
  4. lead to .導致, 通向 the path leads to the village. 這條小路通到那村莊。
  5. take measures “采取措施”
 the government has taken measures to deal with sars.政府已采取措施來對付 “非典”。
  6. adapt to sth / adapt oneself to sth適應（新環境等） (become adjusted to new conditions, etc)。例如：
    generally speaking, the species that are able to adapt to the change of the environment
   will survive, while the others will die out.一般來說，能夠適應環境變化的物種會繼續生存下去；而那些適應性差的物種就滅絕。
   when you are abroad, you must find ways to adapt yourself to the culture and custom there.你到國外后，要設法使自己適應那里的文化和風俗習慣。
    adapt 改編、改寫
    the film farewell my concubine was adapted from the novel of the same title by hong kong
   novelist li bihua. 電影《霸王別姬》是根據香港作家李碧華的同名長篇小說改編的。
7. devote （oneself / sth）to（sb / sth）致力于、把……奉獻給、把…..專用于。例如：
   he has devoted his whole life to science.他把一身都獻給了科學事業。
     devoted adj.
    1) 忠實的，慈愛的，恩愛的
       she is a devoted wife and mother.她是位賢妻良母。
    2) 獻身……的, 專心于……的, 專用于……的, 熱心的。
       the newly married couple living next door to us are devoted to sports.住在我們隔壁的那