要說。
He has no room to live in．
他沒有房子住。
23．First of all，it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class．
起初，對我來說聽懂老師在班裏講話都不是件容易的事。
▲first of all 最初，首先
First of all she just smiled，then she started to laugh．
最初她隻是笑，後來才放聲大笑。
▲It is／was adj. for sb to do (句式)對某人來說做某事…… 例如：
It is difficult for me to learn physics well．
對我來說學好物理很難。
It is important to learn English.
學英語很重要。
24．To begin with，she spoke too quickly，and l could not understand every word.
一開始，她說得太快了，我不能聽懂所有的話。
▲to begin with = to start with 首先，一開始，第一
To begin with he had no money，but later he became quite rich．
他起初沒錢，可是後來相當富有了。
▲not…every 可數名詞單數 = not all 複數名詞表示部分否定“並非所有的”又如：
You don’t have to remember every word．
你沒必要記住所有的字。
Not all the students live far away from school．
不是所有的學生都住得離學校遠。
25．Later on，I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word．
後來，我意識到如果有些詞聽不懂沒關係。
▲later on 後來，以後
At first things went well，but later on they ran into trouble．
起初事情進展地很順利，但後來他們遇到了麻煩。
▲realize vt. 意識到，認識到(有一個逐漸認識的過程)，不用於進行時和被動語態。例如：
One day you’ll realize that you are wrong．
總有一天你會意識到你錯了。
▲that引導的是realize的賓語從句，在賓語從句中又出現了if引導的條件狀語從旬。例如：
It doesn’t matter ff you can’t drive a car．
如果你不會開車沒關係。
26．Also l was afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might laugh at me。
我還害怕在班裏發言，因為我怕同學會嘲笑我。
▲be afraid of sth／to do／of doing sth 害怕／不敢／恐怕做某事
I used to be afraid of the dark．
我過去常常怕黑。
She’s afraid to go／of going out alone at night．
她害怕夜晚獨自出去。
▲might 表示可能性
He might know her telephone number，but I’m not sure．
他可能知道她的電話號碼，但我不確定。
▲laugh at sb 嘲笑
It’s bad manners to laugh at people in trouble．
嘲笑陷入困境的人不禮貌。
27. 1 think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good language learner．