They adopted my suggestion.他们采纳了我的建议。

The poor child was adopted by the couple. 那个可忴的小孩被那对夫妇收养了。

Practice

Put the following sentence into English.

1. 我们学校采纳了一种新的教学法。

________________________________________.

2. 保尔不是他们的亲儿子。他是被收养的。

________________________________________.

Key for reference

1. Our school has adopted a new teaching method.

2. Paul isn't their real son. He is adopted.

5. aim

(1) vi. vi. to choose the place, person etc. that you want to hit and carefully point your gun, etc. towards them.; to try to achieve something以......为目标；打算；意欲 aim sth at sth 用某物瞄准某物

I aimed at the door but hit the window. 我瞄准门却打中了窗户。

The program is aimed at young teenagers. 这个节目是面向青少年的。

I aim to be a top student in our class.我立志要在班里做一个优秀的学生。

He aimed the gun at the dog.他用枪瞄准狗。

(2). n. [c] 目的，目标 [u.] 瞄准

What's your aim in working so hard? 你如此努力地工作，目的是什么？

The main aim of the course is to improve students' communication skills.

这个课程的主要目的是提高同学们的交流技巧。

He took careful aim at the target.他小心地瞄准目标。

构词解析：

aim vt. vi. 以......为目标；打算；意欲n. [c] 目的，目标 [u.] 瞄准 aimless adj.无目标的 aimlessly adv. 无目标地 aimlessness n. [u] 无目的

Practice

Multiple choice

1. He aimed the ball ___ the goal, but missed.

A. at B. in C. to D. upon

2. My son aims ___ a doctor.

A. being B. having been C. to be D. to have been

Key for reference

1 A . aim 作"瞄准"讲时，无论是动词还是名词，都与at搭配；作名词"目标"解时通常与of, in搭配，如：the aim of the book这本书的目的；his aim in life他的人生目标。

2.C

6 realize vt. to know and understand the importance of something; to achieve something that you were hoping to achieve认识到；了解；实现

e.g.

He didn't realize his mistake until the next day.. 直到第二天，他才认识到自己的错误。

He realized that he was going to lose his best friend for ever.

他意识到就要永远失去最好的朋友了。

We didn't realize how important it was at that time.