小屋内很黑，因此眼睛要过好一阵才能适应过来。

　　adjust ... to ...　　　　调整......以适应......

　　adjust to (doing) ... 适应于......

　　adjust oneself to ... 使自己适应于......

　　①Adjust your language to the age of your audience.

　　要根据听众的年龄使用相应的语言。

　　②It took her a while to_adjust_to living alone.

　　她过了一段时间才适应独自生活。

　　③We must adjust ourselves to the new life as soon as possible.

　　我们必须尽快适应新生活。

　　(1)adjustable adj.　　　可调整的；可调节的

　　(2)adjustment n. 调节；调整；校正

　　make adjustments to 对......做出调整

　　④One advantage of the car is that the height of its seat is adjustable.

　　这辆车的一个优点是它车座的高度可以调节。

　　⑤We must make some adjustments to our original plan because of emergencies.

　　由于紧急情况，我们必须对我们最初的计划做一些调整。

　　3．participate vi.参与；参加

　　[教材原句]　I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though I could not participate in the conversation.

　　我喜欢听一家人用他们的语言轻声细语地交谈，虽然我无法参与到他们的对话中去。

　　①Everyone in the class is expected to participate actively in these discussions.

　　全班同学都应该积极参与这些讨论。

　　②She participated with her friend in his sufferings.

　　她分担朋友的痛苦。

　　③participate in　　　　 参加

　　④participate with sb.in sth. 与某人分担某事

　　attend, join, take part in, participate in

attend 出席会议、学术活动，参加婚礼、典礼、葬礼，上课等 join 加入党派、团体或组织并成为其中的一员 take part in 参加某项活动，突出参加者在其中发挥一定的作用 participate in 正式用语，指参加团体活动，暗示以一个积极的角色参加