adapt v. 使...适应，改编This novel has been adapted for radio from the Russian original. 这部小说已由俄文原著改编成无线电广播节目。

adopt v. 采用，收养，接受Having no children of their own they decided to adopt an orphan.

他们因没有亲生儿女，所以决定领养一个孤儿。

【练习】用adapt与adopt的正确形式填空。

1). You must ________ to the norms of the society you live in.

2). Paul' s mother had him _________ because she couldn' t look after him herself.

3). This machine has been specially _________ for underwater use.

4). These styles can be _________ to suit individual tastes.

5). We should _________ the consumers' suggestion.

2. ignore / neglect / overlook

【解释】

ignore v. 忽视，不理睬，指有意识地拒绝 [+sb/sth]；

neglect v. 忽视，忽略，疏忽，指无意识地忽视或忘记 [+sb/sth][+to do]；

overlook v. 忽略，疏漏，指有意识地或无意识地忽略、遗漏或不采取行动。

【练习】选择neglect，overlook，ignored填空。

1). She saw him coming but she _______ him.

2). He _______ to make repairs in his house.

3). The mother _______ her little boy' s bad behavior.

3. luck / fortune / destiny / fate

【解释】

luck意为"命运，运气"。

fortune意为"命运"，多含变幻无常的意味。

destiny强调命中注定，是天意。

fate多比喻不幸或死亡，含宿命的意味。

【练习】选择luck，fortune，destiny，fate填空。

1). She told my _______ by reading my palm.

2). I hope this charm will bring you _______.

3). A meeting to decide the _______ of the factory is to be held today.

4). _______ drew us together.

Ⅱ.词性变化（旨在提供语法填空所需材料）

1. comfort n. 舒适；安慰 vt.使舒适；安慰，慰问 comfortable adj.舒服的uncomfortable adj.不舒服的，不自在的 comfortably adv.舒适地uncomfortably adv.不舒服地；难受地

2. classify vt. 把......分类，

把......分级 classification n.分类，分级；类别，级别

3. betray vt. 出卖；背叛 betrayal n.[u]出卖，辜负，暴露 betrayer n. 出卖者

4. superior adj.上级的，较

高的 n.上级，长官 superiority n.优越(性) ，优等

5. trouble n. 麻烦，困难

vt.麻烦 vi.费力 troublesome adj. 令人烦恼的，麻烦的

6. pronounce vt.发音；宣布 pronunciation n.发音

【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。