重點講解：
1. be scheduled to do sth.
計劃；安排；
eg. The movie is scheduled to wrap next week.
這部片子計劃下周殺青MlK!.Ut4vEz0。
eg. The meeting is scheduled to last three days.
會議為期三天6-,uXm&%Dvw。
2. even though
即使；
eg. Even though I take medicine, I feel worse than I do yesterday.
雖然吃了藥，卻好像比昨天更嚴重Ytekh0DddIm&。
eg. He stuck out the race even though he finished last.
盡管他是最后一名他還是堅持跑完了全程WEAuP24^c6m。
3. lay off
解雇；
eg. The store had to lay off a number of clerks because sales were down.
由于銷售業績下滑，商店不得不裁掉一部分店員B)QpWTzhF]VGvj。
eg. They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
一個月來一輛汽車都賣不出去，他們只好裁員Sk=aB.!0c,[)S]nS。