1．be moved 被感动
I was moved by his story.
我被他的故事所感动。
moving意为“感人的”。如：
①His story is moving.
他的故事是感人的。
②I was moved by his moving story.
我被他感人的故事感动了。
2．remind 提醒；使想起
remind作及物动词时，意为“提醒；使想起”。
(1)常用remind sb.＋that 从句/what 从句，意为“提醒某人去做某事；使某人想起去做某事”。如：
①Would you please remind him that we will put off the meeting?
请你提醒他我们将推迟会议好吗？
②This reminds me what we did together during our holidays.这使我想起了我们在假日里一起做的事。(2)remind sb.of/about sth.意为“使某人想起某事；提醒某人某事”。如：
①The river reminds me of my childhood.
这条河使我想起我的童年时代。
②I want to remind you of the rules for school parties.关于学校派对，有几个规定我想提醒你们。
(3)remind sb to do sth. 意为“提醒某人做某事”。如：
Please remind me to buy some milk tonight.请提醒我今天晚上买点牛奶。
3．a little bit silly 有点愚蠢
(1)a little 修饰不可数名词或者形容词
a little hungry 有点饿
a little time一点时间
(2)a bit 修饰形容词，如：
a bit hungry 有点饿；但修饰名词时，要加of，如：
a bit of time一点时间。
a little bit和a bit的用法一样。
4．become/be interested in
对……感兴趣
in是介词，后面跟名词、代词或动名词。This book is so interesting that all the students in our class are interested in it.这本书如此有趣以至于我们班所有的学生都对它感兴趣。
5．Western
西方国家的；欧美的；西方的
①As we know, there are many differences between Western culture and Chinese culture.正如我们所知，西方文化和中国文化有很多不同。
②Xinjiang is in the western part of China.新疆在中国的西部。
注意：west 是名词，表示方位，前面要加定冠词the，如：
in the west of China 在中国的西部。
句法精析
1．This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.这是因为他能对他的形状和大小做出72种变化，把自己变成不同的动物和物体。
(1)This is because...意为“这是因为……”，后面跟的是原因或理由。如：
He failed the exam. This is because he did not study hard.他考试不及格。这是因为他不努力学习。
(2)This is why...意为“这就是为什么……”，后面跟的是结果。如：
Tom overslept this morning. This is why he was late for work.
汤姆今天早上睡过头了。这就是他上班迟到的原因。
2．But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard!但是这个故事试图向我们说明，只要你努力，任何事情都有可能！
anything is possible意为“任何事情都有可能”，相当于nothing is impossible(没有什么是不可能的)。