• When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. • 1)turn…into… = change sth. into … 把……变成…… • 热使水变成蒸气 • Heat turns water into vapor. • 2) get 作不及物动词时可以表示“变得”: • 天气变得越来越暖和了。 • It is getting warmer and warmer.
3)adj. 浓的,深的; <雨、雪等> 大的 浓雾 a thick fog 一片漆黑 thick darkness 4)adv. 厚,浓 别把奶油涂得太厚 Don't spread the butter too thick.
• Signal • 1)n. 信号 • 我们住的离城里太远, 不能收到清晰的电 视图像。 • We live too far from the city to get a strong television signal. • 2)V. 发信号 • 他作手势要侍者拿菜单来。 • He signaled the waiter to bring the menu.
• Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.