12. It was changed to a museum about 70 years ago. 大约在七十年以前，它被改成了博物馆。
★change用作及物动词，意为“改变”“变化”“使改变”。如: ① He changed his name and address. 他更改了他的姓名和地址。 ② The wind has changed direction. 风改变了方向。
③ Leaves change colour in autumn. 秋天，树叶改变了颜色。 ④ Information technology has changed the way people work. 信息技术已改变了人们的工作方式。 【注】过去分词可作表语或定语。如:
① Yes, she was utterly changed. 是的，她有了非常大的变化。 ② She was a changed girl. 她完全变了一个人。
★change用作及物动词，意为“换(衣、药、钱等)”“交换”。如: ① She likes changing her clothes when she wants to go out. 她想要出去时，喜欢换换衣服。
② Remember to change their dressing in time. 记得及时给他们换药。 ③ Yesterday they changed their seats with the children in the cinema. 昨天在电影院里，他们和孩子们调了一下座位。
④ Can you change the dollars into RMB? 你能把这些美元换成人民币吗? ★change用作不及物动词，意为“改变”“变化”“换衣”“换车”。如: ① Pudong has changed a great deal. 浦东发生了巨大变化。 ② Mike hasn?t changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school. 迈克一点没有变，他和上学时一模一样。
③ I went into the bedroom to change. 我走进卧室更衣。
④ Where do I get off to change to Bus 14? 换十四路公共汽车在哪儿下? ⑤ Passengers for Xian change at Zhengzhou. 到西安的旅客在郑州换车。 ★change用作名词，有“变化”“改变”“转变”“更改”的意思。如: ① Great changes have taken place since he left. 他离开后变化很大。 ② We must make a change in the plan. 我们应该对计划作一点更动。 ★change用作不可数名词，有“找头”“零钱”的意思。如: ① I have no change about me. 我身边没有零钱。
② I don?t have any small change to leave as a tip. 我没有零钱留下来付小费。 13. You will be attracted by its beautiful design, and the clothes and furniture that the emperors used in the past.
你会被它美丽的设计、过去皇帝穿的衣服和用的家具所吸引。
★attract是动词，表示“吸引”“引起”兴趣、关注、赞赏等，后面的宾语可以是人，也可以是sth.。如:
① He was attracted by her smile. 他被她的微笑所吸引。
② I guess it was her eyes that attracted me first. 我想是她的眼睛先迷住了我。 ③ What attracts me most to the job is the chance to travel. 这份工作最吸引我的是有旅行的机会。
④ Her new book has attracted a lot of attention. 她的新书吸引了许多人的注意。
⑤ It was so noisy that he had to shout to attract attention. 太吵闹了，他不得不高声叫喊以吸引他人的注意。
⑥ The story has attracted a lot of interest in the media. 该报道引起了传媒的广泛关注。
【注】attract后接sb.作宾语时，常可与介词to连用，attract sb. to sth.意为“吸引某人到某事物上来”，如句③;attract后接sth.作宾语时，作宾语的名词通常为attention, interest等，如句④、⑤和⑥。表示吸引某人的注意力可以说attract/invite/draw/call one?s attention;表示“注意别人或其他事物”应说pay attention to sb./sth.，两者意思相反，如:Her sweet voice attracted other?s attention. (她甜美的声音吸引了人们的注意。)
★动词attract还可以表示“招引”“吸引”“引诱”的意思。如: ① A magnet attracts iron. 磁石吸铁。 ② Flowers attract bees. 花招引蜜蜂。
③ The company is trying to attract good college graduates. 这家公司试图吸引优秀的大学毕业生。
④ They?re trying to use low rents to attract more new business to this area. 他们试图用低租金来吸引更多新企业到这一地区来。
★attraction是动词attract的名词形式，意为“引力”“吸引力”“诱惑力”“吸引或诱惑人的人或物”。如:
① The attraction of the moon for the earth causes the tide. 月球对地球的吸引力引起了潮汐。
② Being your own boss is one of the attractions of owning your own business. 自己当老板是拥有自己的企业的吸引力之一。 ③ The beautiful beaches are the island?s main attraction.
美丽的海滩是这个岛吸引人的主要之处。
14. Just next to the Forbidden City is Tian? anmen Square. 紧挨着紫禁城的是天安门广场。
★just作副词，意为“正好”“恰好”，作此意解时通常只用于肯定句中。如: ① It is just two o?clock. 现在正好两点钟。 ② This is just the point. 问题就在这里。
③ I was just going when she came in. 她进来时我正要走。
【注】just意为“正好”“恰好”，表示强调，是副词，作状语，修饰形容词、动词、副词等。如:
① That is just long enough. 那正够长。
② He was just standing when the bell rang. 铃响时他正要站起来。 ③ She was sitting just here. 她那时就坐在这儿。 ④ That?s just what I wanted. 我要的正是那个。 ★just作副词，可表示“仅仅”“只是”。如:
① Just a line to let you know that I have arrive in Shanghai. 略写几句告诉你，我已到达上海。 ② He is just a child. 他只是个孩子。 ★just作副词，还可表示“刚才”“方才”。如: ① He was just here. 他刚才还在这儿。
② He just told me about it. 他刚才才告诉我这件事。 ③ He has just left here. 他刚离开这儿。
【注】just意思是“刚才”“方才”，英国英语中常与现在完成时连用，置于助动
词和动词之间;just now表示“片刻之前(= a moment ago)”，与过去时连用，不与完成时连用。在美国英语中，just常被置于动词前，与过去时连用。如: ① I have just seen her. 我刚刚见过她。 ② I saw him just now. 我刚才见到了他。 ③ The train has just arrived. 火车刚刚到了。 ④ The train jus arrived. 火车刚刚才到。
★just用作副词，常与only连用，意思是“勉勉强强地”“差一点就不能”“好不容易才”。如:
① We could just see the roof. 我们勉强能看到屋顶。
② I only just caught the last bus. 我差一点赶不上末班公共汽车。 ③ I just managed to finish the work. 我好不容易才完成工作。
★just用于祈使句句首，以加强说话人的语气，意思是“试请”“且请”。如: ① Just think of the result! 就请考虑一下后果吧! ② Just a moment, please. 请稍等片刻。 ③ Just feel it! 你摸摸看! 15. peace一词的用法
★peace作不可数名词，意为“和平”“安静”“平静”。如: ① We love peace but we are not afraid of war. 我们热爱和平，但我们也不怕战争。
② After the war, there were ten years of peace. 战后有十年的和平时期。 ③ Here is peace in the countryside at night. 农村夜间是安静的。 ④ A man who is wanted by the police can have little peace of mind.