Unit 5 Nelson Mandela—a modern hero (主题语境：人与社会——名人)
1 devote vt. (与to连用)献身；专心于
【经典例句】He devoted all his spare time to helping his students with their
English.
他把所有的业余时间都用来帮助他的学生学习英语。
( 把……奉献给……；专注于……
devote onelf to 致力于；献身于
(2)devoted adj. 忠实的；深爱的
be devoted to 专心于；致力于
(3)devotion n. 关爱；奉献
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
(1)From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and _devotion (devote)．
(2)You will never gain success unless you are fully _devoted (devote) to your work.
(3)_Devoted (devote) to his rearch work, the professor cared little about any other things.
[能力提升]——完成句子/句式升级
(4)一心投入到教育失聪儿童，这位年轻女士很少有时间照顾她自己的女儿。
①普通表达：
The young lady _devotes_herlf_to_teaching the deaf children, so she has little time to care for her own daughter.
②高级表达：
_Devoting_herlf_to_teaching the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter. (现在分词短语作状语)
③高级表达：
_Devoted_to_teaching the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter. (过去分词短语作状语)
2equal v. 等于；抵得上
adj. 相等的；胜任的；平等的
n. 同等的人；相等物
【经典例句】Men and women must be treated equally in education and employment.
在教育和就业方面男女应该得到平等的对待。
(1)be equal to sth./doing sth. 等于/胜任(做)某事
A equals
A在……方面比得上B/与B相匹敌
without equal 无与伦比
(2)equality n. 平等
equally ad v. 相等地；同等地；均等地；同样地
[基础练习]——单句语法填空
(1)I don't think he is equal to _doing (do) this kind of work, so I can't hire him.
(2)Learning to deal with the social world is _equally (equal) important.
[能力提升]——一句多译
(3)尽管他年轻，但是约翰却能胜任这项重要的工作。
①Young as he was, John _was_equal_to the important task. (equal)
②Although he was young, John _was_fit_for the important task. (fit)
③Young as he was, John _was_qualified_for the important task. (qualified)
3escape vi. & vt. 逃脱；逃走；避开
n. 逃跑；逃走
【经典例句】During the earthquake some miners were trapped in the mine, and they couldn't escape without rescue.
地震时矿工被困在矿井中，没有救援他们不能逃脱。
