3.....hopefully in the next few months his body will accept the hand as his own.

希望在接下来的几个月里，他的身体对于这只手没有排异反应

句中accept 意为"[医] 无反应地接受.....进入人体"。Accept 的其他用法

（1） 接受 （2）同意；认可 （3）接纳（+sb. as/ into）

eg. Please accept our sincere apologies.

请接受我们真诚的道歉

Are you gong to ______________________?

你会接受他们的邀请吗？

There is nothing we can do about it so we will just have to accept it.

对此我们没有办法，只好认同。

The children gradually began to accept her _____________.

孩子们逐渐接纳她为家中的一员。

辨析receive/accept

receive 指客观上"收到"，accept 指主观上（愿意）"接受"。客观上receive,主观上不一定accept.

Eg. He ______ a gift, but he did not ____ it.

他收到一件礼物，但他没有接受。

4."My goodness," Sandy whispered, as she stepped back.

"天啊！"他边后退边低语。

Whisper vt. ＆vi. 低声说，耳语 cn. 耳语

Whisper (sth.) to sb. 对某人小声说（某事）

Whisper about sb./sth. 密谈某人/某事

whisper (to sb. ) that （对某人）小声说

It is whispered that...有人私下说

In a whisper/ in whispers 低声说

Eg. What are you tow whispering about?

你们两人在低声说些什么？

She whispered to me that she felt afraid.

她小声对我说她觉得害怕。

It _____________ that he would soon die and he did.

有人私下说他将不久于人世，他果然死了。

They are speaking __________.

他们在低声说话。

提醒：

whisper 后面不能接双宾语

误：whisper sb. sth.

正：whisper sth. to sb= whisper to sb. sth.

Exercise

一 单词拼写

1. Study well and make p_____ every day.

2. There is a shortage of donors for liver t______.

She has found a ______ (临时的) job.