adapt v．适应；适合；改编；改写

　　(教材P55)If you can adapt to something，you can change in order to make the situation better.

　　如果你能对某事适应，你可以改变以使情况更好。

　　(1)adapt (oneself) to (使自己)适应......

　　(2)adapt...from... 根据......改编

　　adapt...for... 改编......为......之用

　　①The author is going to adapt his play for TV serial.作者将把他的剧本改编成电视剧。

　　②The good thing about children is that they adapt very easily to new environment.

　　孩子们很容易适应新环境，这是一件好事。

　　③When you go to a new country，you must adapt yourself to new customs.

　　当你到一个新的国家，你必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。

　　 die out　灭绝；(风俗等)逐渐消失；熄灭

　　(教材P56)Perhaps too much fighting caused the dinosaurs to die out.

　　也许太多的争斗使恐龙灭绝。

　　①Nowadays，many old customs are gradually dying out.

　　当今，许多旧风俗正在逐渐消亡。

　　(1)die of/from... 死于......

　　(2)be dying for/to do　 渴望得到/做......

　　②They lost their way in the desert and died of thirst.

他们在沙漠中迷路渴死了。