生詞：

changeful adj. 易變的, 不安定的, 富于變化的

abrupt adj. 唐突的，魯莽的

accustomed adj. 習慣于…的，適應了的

partly ad.在一定程度上，部分地

painful adj.痛苦的

allowance 考慮

短語：

make allowances：體諒；考慮進去

grow accustomed to：變得習慣，適應于

family troubles：家庭問題

painful memories：痛苦不堪的記憶

重點短語：

make allowances

【釋1】諒解，體諒

You must make allowances for him because he has been ill. 你應該體諒他, 因為他一直病著。

We must make allowances for his ignorance. 我們對他的無知必須諒解。

【釋2】考慮

Whatever you do you should make allowances for its effect.不管你做什么，你都該考慮它的效果。

If you didn't make allowances for the age of the small boys working for you their strengh would be exhausted. 如果你不考慮為你工作的孩子們的年齡，他們非累壞不可。

grow accustomed to

He would need, then, to grow accustomed before he could see things in that upper world. 這時，他需要時間適應，使自己能夠看清上面世界的事物。