make adjustments to对…作调整

Joe decides to make some adjustments to his sleeping habits to become healthier.

“给…做演讲”既可以用address的vt形式表示，也可以用“deliver an address to…”表示

Joe delivered a commencement address to students in his university alma mater（母校）last Monday.

valedictorian= a student, typically having the highest academic achievements of the class, who delivers the valedictory（告别演说）at a graduation ceremony，致告别演说的最优生

Joe had been dreaming of being the valedictorian to deliver a speech at the graduation ceremony since the first day he’d come to university and today he made it.

Bask=lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure.沐浴阳光，vi

Joe wants to bask in a sunny glow（光亮，只用单数）on the beach of a tropical island on his next vacation.

barrel除了作名词表示“桶（可数）”外，还可以作vi表示“高速行驶”= drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.

Highly charged particles are barreling toward Earth due to solar flares.

power outage停电，可数

This village had a big power outage last night.

envision= visualize，想象，vt

When Joe was a kid, he envisioned him becoming a popular Oscar-winning actor. 

On board还可以作prep

Astronauts on board the international space station are gearing up (gear up [使]…为..做好准备, vt或vi都可）for the upcoming solar storm.

shelter作vt是“为…提供庇护”的意思，作vi则是“躲避”的意思

Joe built a makeshift cabin to shelter homeless dogs.

Joe shelters under a pavilion during the heavy downpour.

reward sb with sth以某物来酬谢某人，注意和award的用法区别（award sb sth），意义二者近似，后者偏奖励

Joe was rewarded by his company with a bonus（奖金）due to his excellent service to customers.

Joe’s company awarded Joe the prize of the most hard-working employee.

floaty= an inflatable object on which a person may sit or recline（倚靠，vi）while floating in water，充气漂浮物，可数

Joe’s kid is riding a unicorn floaty in the pool.

backscratcher= a rod terminating in a clawed hand for scratching one’s back（背部使用的）痒痒挠

Joe once bought a backscratcher for his girlfriend and she was very angry.