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　　①Once married, Jo devoted her whole life to looking after children and being a full­time homemaker.

　　②Society even praises "burning the candle at both ends" as a sign of our_devotion (devote) to work and family.

　　句式升级

　　 The young lady devotes herself to teaching the deaf children, so she has little time to care for her own daughter.

　　→③Devoting_herself_to_teaching the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.(现在分词作状语)

　　→④Devoted_to_teaching the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.(过去分词作状语)

　　[写美]　补全句子

　　⑤我将尽一切努力照顾好我的家庭，特别是我年迈的祖父，因为他把一生中的大部分时间都用来养育两代人。

　　I will make every effort to take good care of my family, especially my aged grandfather because he_has_devoted_most_of_his_life_to_bringing_up_two_generations.

　　[联想]　devote ...to ...中的to是介词，其后常接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。类似短语有：

　　adapt ... to ...　　 使适应；使配合

　　adjust ... to ... 调节......以适应

　　addicted to ... 对......上瘾

　　apply ... to ... 把......应用于......

　　attach ... to ... 把......附在......上

　　2．equal adj.相等的；平等的；同等的；胜任的vt.等于；抵得上 n．同等的人；相等物

　　[记牢]

　　(1)be equal to sth./doing sth.　　 等于/胜任(做)某事

　　equal sb./sth. in (doing) sth. 在(做)某事上比得过、

　　 敌得过某人/物

　　without equal＝have no equal 无与伦比

　　(2)equality n. 平等；相等

equally adv. 相等地；同等地；公平地；同样地