settle down 平静下来；定居；适应起来；专心于

　　【巧记提示】 settle（安放;定居;解决）+down（向下;在下面）

　　【经典例句】 Please settle down to think carefully.

　　请静下心来仔细想想。

　　【考点聚焦】 1）意为"适应"。如：

　　Have you settled down in your new job yet?你适应新工作了吗？

　　2）意为"平静下来"。如：

　　Wait until the excitement has settled down.

　　等到兴奋的情绪镇静下来再说。

　　3）其动词settle 意为"定居；安顿;决定；解决"。如：

　　They settled the dispute among themselves.

　　他们自己把这个争论解决了。

　　have a gift for... 有......天赋

　　【巧记提示】 have（有）+a(一)+gift（天赋）+for（为）

　　【经典例句】 She has a gift for music.

　　她有音乐天赋。

　　【考点聚焦】 主干词gift意为"礼物"。

　　This was given me as a birthday gift.

　　这是给我的生日礼物。

　　gift还可以指"天赋;天资；才能"。

　　He is a man of many gifts.他是一个多才多艺的人。

　　figure out 合计为；计算出；解决；领会到

　　【巧记提示】 figure（数字、外形、轮廓）＋out （出来）

　　【经典例句】 I couldn't figure out who the lady with the sunglasses was.

　　我想不出那位戴太阳镜的夫人是谁。

　　【考点聚焦】 和figure有关的其他搭配：

　　figure sb./sth.out意为"理解某人（某物）；弄明白"。如：

　　I've never been able to figure him out.我一直不理解他。

　　figure on 意为"料想；估计"。如：

　　I figure on meeting their representative in Hilton on Tuesday afternoon.

　　我打算周二下午到希尔顿酒店去见他们的代表。

　　That figures!不出所料！

　　as far as 远至，一直到

 【巧记提示】 as（同样地）+far（远）+as（和......一样）

　　【经典例句】 You can see as far as the coast.

　　你可以一直看到海岸。

　　【考点聚焦】 1）as far as在此含有路程之远，时间之长之意。如：

　　The group of children walked as far as the foot of the mountain.

　　这群孩子一直走到那座山的山脚下。

　　2）as far as=so far as 还有"就......而论，据......"的意思。如：

As/So far as I know,he is still working as a policeman.