[佳句赏析]他的下个月要出版的第一本书基于一件真事。

　　His first book to be published next month is based on a true story.

　　2．[教材原句]Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken.

　　数以百万计的人们在电视上观看了首次登月，他们的心提到了嗓子眼儿，因为他们十分清楚它是多么艰难、多么危险，也知道要冒多么大的风险。

　　[句型点拨]独立主格结构。

　　[佳句赏析]天空乌云密布，很快就要下雨。

　　Dark clouds in the sky, it is going to rain soon.

　　3．[教材原句]An ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was married with two children, was to be the first civilian in space.

　　一位37岁的普通教师克里斯塔·麦奥里菲将要成为第一位进入太空的普通公民，她已经结婚并有两个孩子。

　　[句型点拨]be to do sth.结构表示"按照计划或安排将要做某事"。

　　[佳句赏析]他们明天上午十点钟将一起去拜访老师。

　　They are to pay a visit to the teacher together at ten tomorrow morning.

　　4．[教材原句]The world was in shock - maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane.

　　全世界都震惊了--也许他们原本都认为这次太空飞行跟乘坐飞机一样没什么危险。

　　[句型点拨]no＋比较级＋than"同......一样不......"。

　　[佳句赏析]他与她一样不聪明。

　　He is no clever than her.

　　1．Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people have become accustomed to the idea of space travel. (P58)

　　自从尼尔·阿姆斯特朗在1969年7月21日首次踏上月球以来，人们对太空旅行这一概念已经非常熟悉。

　　★accustomed adj.习惯的

　　①She took her accustomed place at the end of the table.

　　她坐在她习惯坐的桌子的那头。

(1)be accustomed to (doing) sth. 习惯于做某事(状态)

get/become accustomed to (doing) sth. 习惯于做某事(动作)

(2)accustom vt. 使习惯于

　accustom oneself to (doing)sth.　　 使自己习惯于(做)某事 　　②She was a person accustomed to having (have) eight hours' sleep a night.

　　她是那种习惯每晚睡8小时的人。

③It took a while for me to accustom_myself_to all the new rules and regulations.