英语口语:学会用“Turn to”寻求帮助

When you are upset and have no one to turn to,give me a call. My phone ison for you 24 hours.6. 你难过不知道打给谁或是周围朋友都很忙的时候，请一定打给我，我的手机24小时都在为你开着。

重点词汇：Turn to

turn to在句中表示“寻求帮助/建议”。通常用法是turn to somebody (for something)：

The intern came across a problem in her project,so she turned to me foradvice and help。实习生做项目时遇到了问题，于是向我请求建议和帮助。

Afraid of his strict father,the little boy always turns to his mother forhelp whenever he gets in trouble。小男孩害怕他严厉的'父亲，每当遇到麻烦，总向母亲求助。

You can turn to the dictionary when you're not sure about the meaning of aword。当你遇到意思不确定的单词时，你可以查字典。

Since their problem could not be solved by negotiation,they turned tolaw。谈判无法解决问题，他们便诉诸法律。

事实上，turn to有很多不同的用法，它的基本意思是“转向”，既可以指具体的将身体转向某个方位，也可以指抽象的话题、注意力等的转移。例如：

They turned to the valley and was amazed at the breathtakingscenery。他们转向山谷，为那令人窒息的美景感到惊讶。

He is a super football fan. If you talk to him,your topic will turn tofootbal in no more than 3 minutes。他是个超级足球迷。如果你和他聊天，不出三分钟，你们的话题就会转向足球。

He soon turned his attention to the difficult problem。他很快把注意力转到这个难题上。

turn to还有一个常见的意思是“变成”：

A foul morning may turn to a fair day。阴霾的早晨可能变成晴朗的一天。

Green summer leaves turn to gold in autunm。夏天青翠的叶子在秋天变得金黄。