He can play on several musical instruments .
10 . obtain, gain, get, acquire, earn, achieve
〖明晰〗(1)obtain得到，获得(指经过巨大努力，较长时间而获得了想往以久的东西)。如：
They realized only through struggle could they obtain their freedom and rights .
How they wish to obtain some first-hand information .
(2)gain取得，得到，获得；加快速度；增加体重。在表“获得”时gain有引起别人的注意而获得知识、尊敬、垂青之意。如：
gain his respect，gain five pounds
(3)get是常用词，可指以任何方式得到，不一定经过努力。
(4)acquire取得，获得。(常跟抽象名词，含通过努力或经过一定过程而得到某物)。 By self-teaching, he has acquired a good knowledge of space .
(5)earn作“获得，赚钱，谋生”讲，含经过艰苦努力而得到报偿。如：
earn one\'s/ a living by teaching
earn enough to support one\'s family .
11. First , remember that a fax can be read by anyone , so be careful what you send !
〖明晰〗be careful with = be careful in doing小心做……。be careful about对……小心。be careful of注意，珍重。be careful + 名词性从句。
You should be more careful how you spell English words .
【妙文赏析】
Devote some of your leisure , I repeat , to cultivating a love of reading good books . Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers . For book-lovers have some noteworthy advantages over other people . They need never know lonely hours so long as they have books around them , and the better the books the more delightful the company . From good books , moreover , they draw much besides entertainment . They gain mental food such as few companions can supply . Even while resting from their labors they are , though the books they read , equipping themselves to perform those labors more efficiently . This albeit they may not be deliberately reading to improve their mind . All unconsciously the ideas they derive from the printed pages are stored up , to be worked over by the imagination for their future profit .
我想再来说一遍。把你的一部分空闲时光用来培养阅读好书的习惯吧。那些设法把自己培养成为真正爱好读书的人，确实是幸运的。因为爱读书的人比之别人有着明显的好处，只要手头有书，他们就从来不知寂寞，书越好，读来越是津津有味。他们从好书中不但得到乐趣， 而且受到很多教益，他们从中获得的那种精神食粮，从其它地方是很难得到的。即使是在工余休息时，通过读书，他们的工作效率也能显著提高，尽管他们未必有意识地想到读书是为了提高才智，但在全然不知不觉之中，他们将从书中吸取的知识积累了起来，这些知识经过想象力的加工，对他们的未来大有好处。
—— 亨利•爱丁顿•布鲁斯
【思维体操】
容易望文生义的英语词组(2)
1 . put forward提出 ( 建议，提议等 ) 2 . teach sb . a lesson 给某人一个教训 3 . hear from sb .收到某人的来信 4 . help oneself 随便吃 ( 拿 ) …… 5 . hold on 别挂电话 6 . at large逍遥自在 7 . laugh at嘲笑 8 . lend sb . a hand帮助某人 9 . at length 最后 10 . lose weight减肥 11 . take some measures采取措施 12 . be not quite oneself 身体不太好 13 . pick out 挑选出 14 . take pictures of拍……的照片 15 . reach for伸手去够 16 . rise up 起义、反抗 17 . by road 乘汽车 18 . talk rubbish胡说八道 19 . in short 简言之 20 . show off炫耀 21 . shut up住口 22 . stand for代表，象征 23 . stay up 熬夜 24 . take some steps采取一些措施 25 . turn out结果是 26 . no wonder 27 . have words与某人争吵 28 . keep watch放哨