points of view.

重点词汇

1.She found it difficult to settle and calm down in the hiding place...

她觉得在藏身的地方难以安定和平静下来......

(1)settle vi.定居；安家；停留；vt.使定居；安排；解决

settle down (使)安定；安居

settle in/into安顿下来；习惯于；适应

settle down to (doing) sth. 开始认真(做)某事

(2)settlement n.定居；协议

(3)settler n.移居者；殖民者

(1)It's time you settled/should settle your differences with your father.

现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。

(2)When are you going to get married and settle down?

你们什么时候结婚安定下来？

(3)Having settled in/into a beautiful village，he settles down to his research.

在美丽如画的乡村安顿下来后，他着手认真进行他的研究。

(4)After a long discussion，the two sides reached a settlement(settle).

在长时间的讨论之后，两方达成了协议。

2.She suffered from loneliness，but she had to learn to like it there.

她忍受着孤独，但是在那儿她不得不学着喜欢它。

(1)suffer vt.& vi.遭受，蒙受；受苦；感到疼痛

suffer from遭受；忍受；患病

suffer loss/pain遭受损失/痛苦

(2)suffering n.痛苦，疼痛；苦难；折磨

(3)sufferer n.患病者；受苦者

[易混辨析]　suffer，suffer from

※suffer指"遭受苦痛、损失，忍受侮辱"等，其宾语通常为pain，loss，damage，punishment，defeat，hardship，discouragement，disappointment等抽象名词。

※suffer from指"遭受战争、自然灾害等带来的苦难及患病之苦"，其后常接表示疾病或造成不幸或痛苦的事物的名词。