A doctor for animals

    he made up his mind to catch up with his classmate.
    he has made up his mind that he will be a doctor for animals when he grows up.
    the students in class 4 all made up their minds to study hard.
    decide 表示在幾件事或幾個人當中經過選擇。
    make up one’s mind 是指下定決心做某事，不可改變
    she decided to be a teacher instead of an engineer.
    once he has made up his mind, he won’t change it.
  4. before long / long before
    a. before long “不久以后”相當于soon, a little later.
    i hope to see you before long.
    我希望不久能見到你。
    before long i met her in the hotel again.
    不久我在賓館遇到了她。
    b. long before“很久以前”相當于long long ago.
    once, once upon a time 等常用于講故事的開頭。
    long before there lived a king.
    i heard of it long before.
    i had heard about her long before i saw her.
  5. heal / treat
    a. heal是及物動詞，“治愈、醫好，”指結果，作不及物動詞，“傷口愈合、痊愈，”后接over或up
    b. treat指治療的過程
    which doctor treated you for your illness?
  6. regard …as/ treat …as / have / take …as
    a. regard …as思想上、感情上“將…看成是，暗含說話人”
    根據外部情況所得出的估價。
    he is regarded as the best doctor in the town.
    we regard him as a hero.
    b. treat …as“看待、對待”
    my mother treated my proposal as a joke.
    c. have / take …as“把…看成是…”，指經過考慮得出
    she took what he said as praise.
    neither beasts nor birds would have the bat as their friend, so he was afraid to leave his home.
  7. as if 好像、似乎
    it looks as if we’ll be late.
    he talked as if he knew all about it.
    she stood up as if to leave.
    he acts as if a fool.
    the boy looked about as if in search of something.
    表示感嘆語氣，用來對某項建議、假設和推測表示不贊成、驚訝、不滿和厭惡等。
    as if anyone would believe that story!
    好像有人竟會相信那樣的事！
    as if we were stupid and he alone clever!