1. 这是什么词？
词：commonplace
英英释义：happening often or often seen or experienced and so not considered to be special
例句：Spelling errors are commonplace in Donald Trump’s tweets.
2. 为什么选这个词？
“commonplace”既是名词也是形容词，今天我们学习它作形容词表示“平常的” “不足为奇的”用法。我们可以用它来替换 not special，usual，在口语和写作中都很实用。
美国总统特朗普的推特中常有拼写错误，我们就可以说：
Spelling errors are commonplace in Donald Trump’s tweets.
这句还可以用我们刚刚学过的 prone 来改写：
Donald Trump’s tweets are prone to spelling errors.
我们在描述某个流行的现象时就可以用到 commonplace。比如在中国移动支付系统已经非常普遍，我们就可以说：
Mobile payment systems are already commonplace across China.
《经济学人》在一篇特别报道中就用到了 commonplace：
Households with just one child have become commonplace in Europe and the more prosperous parts of Asia, including China. That means each child has more time, money and energy invested in it, but misses out on the hustle and bustle of a larger household.
除了可以从这句话中学习 commonplace 的用法，我们还可以学习 “xx has become commonplace. That means…”这种简单实用表达结构，在雅思托福等考试中可以使用。
3. 怎样学会使用这个词？
1）使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“commonplace”，了解它作为形容词时的常用搭配。
a. [搭配]VERBS
be, seem 平凡；似乎平凡
become 变得平凡
regard sth as 认为…很普通:
Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war. 这样的行为被认为是战争期间常有的事。
b. [搭配]ADV.
very 非常普通
almost 几近寻常
enough, fairly, quite, rather 十分平常；相当普通:
Her situation sounded commonplace enough. 她的情况听起来很一般。
c. [搭配]PREP.
among/amongst
在…中间很平常:
These ideas are commonplace among teenagers. 这些观念在十几岁的人中间很常见。
2）翻译下面的句子：
去国外度假已经变得越来越平常。
（参考翻译：Foreign vacations have become increasingly commonplace. 或 Holidaying abroad has become increasingly commonplace.)
3）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。
场景1 ：情人节送花没有什么新奇的。
造句：Sending flowers on Valentine's Day is a commonplace now.
场景2：现在微信交流很普遍。
造句：We now accept communications on WeChat as a commonplace of everyday life.
情景3：100年前，人们很难想象可以通过电话直接和很远的地方的人们讲话或者看到他们。但是现在它是一个那么司空见惯并习以为常的事。
造句：It was unimaginable that one could talk and see another person in far distant lands by phone 100 years ago. Now it's a reality so commonplace that we take it for granted.
例句：Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms. 计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。
It is a commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity.
We now accept cell phones and laptop computers as commonplaces of everyday life.
The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow.今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。
That was once an implausible, distant, dream; now it's a reality so commonplace that we take it for granted. 这在以前是不可想象的遥远的梦想；但现在它是一个那么司空见惯并习以为常的事
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