（4）It took me a few weeks to get used to my new ______.

　　3．That afternoon aboard the train，the cousins settled down in their seats.

　　那天下午表姐妹俩才登上火车落了座。

　　考点一：aboard prep.& adv. 在船、飞机、公共汽车或火车上

　　①All the passengers have gone aboard the plane.

　　所有的乘客都已登机了。

　　②The plane crashed killing all 157 passengers aboard.

　　飞机坠毁，机上157名乘客全部遇难。

　　③All aboard！The flight is about to take off.

　　请大家登机！航班马上就要起飞了。

　　考点延伸 （1）阅读下列句子，指出aboard的词组及含义。

　　④They were the last two to go aboard the ship.

　　他们是最后两位上船的。

　　词组：________　含义：______________

　　⑤The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.

　　飞船上的6名宇航员将在太空度过10天。

　　词组：________　含义：______________

　　（2）阅读下列句子，指出黑体词组的含义。

　　⑥I'm very glad to have such a chance to go abroad.

　　我很高兴有这次出国机会。

　　含义：________

　　考点二：settle down定居；平静下来；专心于

　　⑦After graduation，he settled down in New York.

　　毕业后，他在纽约定居下来。

　　⑧It always takes the class a while to settle down at the beginning of the lesson.

　　上课时同学们总得过一会才能安静下来。

　　考点延伸 （1）阅读下列句子，指出黑体词组的含义。

　　⑨We couldn't settle down to our study with so much noise outside.

　　外面噪音那么大，我们不能专心学习。

　　含义：______

　　（2）阅读下列句子，指出黑体词的词性及含义。

　　⑩One of his forefathers was an early settler in America.

　　他的祖先之一是美洲的早期移民。

词性：______　含义：______