1．alive adj.有活力的；有生气的；活着的；仍然存在的
[教材原句] It was a bad accident—they're lucky to be alive.
这是一起严重事故——他们能活着实属幸运。
come alive 变得活跃起来
bring... alive 使……变得活跃
keep... alive 使……有活力/仍然存在
选择以上短语填空
①He's being ____________ on a life－support machine.
②His humourous story ________ the atmosphere of the meeting really ________.
③It was as if she ____________ when she sat down at the piano.
[词义辨析]
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alive
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作表语、补语或后置定语。除了表示“活着的”外，还表示“有活力的；有生气的”
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live
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表示“活的”，通常作前置定语修饰动物。除了表示“活的”外，还表示“现场直播的”
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living
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作表语或定语。指“所有的生物”要用“all living things”；表示“活着的人”，要用“the living”
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选用以上单词填空
④I watched a ________ TV program. There was a boy liking all ________ things. He kept a ________ fish in a small jar. Later on he decided to free it and kept the fish ________ in the river.
[答案] ①kept alive ②brought; alive ③came alive ④live; living; live; alive
2．adopt vt.采纳；采用；收养
[教材原句] Art movement means a style of painting adopted by a group of artists.
艺术运动指的是一些美术家共同采纳的一种绘画风格。
(1)adopt one's suggestion/advice 采纳某人的建议
adopt sb. as 收养某人为……
(2)adopted adj. 领养的
adoption n. 采用；收养
单句语法填空
①She treated her ________(adopt) son as if he were her own child.
②If you cannot have children of your own, why not consider ________(adopt)?
补全句子
③Would you like to ______________________________?
你愿意收养他当你的儿子吗？
④As a result, the boss decided to ________________________
to cut the costs.
结果，老板决定采纳他的建议来降低成本。
⑤The young couple had no children of their own, so they ________ an orphan. After a few months, the child came to ________ to his new life.
这对年轻夫妇没有他们自己的孩子，于是他们领养了一名孤儿。几个月过后，这个孩子渐渐适应了他的新生活。
[答案] ①adopted ②adoption ③adopt him as your son ④adopt his suggestion/advice ⑤adopted; adapt
[方法规律] adapt与adopt词形相近，但adapt意为“适应；改编”。
