重點講解：
1. step down 辭職；下臺；讓位；
He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.
他已拿定主意：他不想令運動陷入困窘的境地，因此決心辭職Ci&89pC@gTx3x。
2. hand over （把…）移交（給…）處理；
The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
現任領導層必須決定是否應退居二線，把重任移交給更為年輕的一代@M#-^(;TmShjxY。
3. took over 接替；接任；接手；
Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
接替他工作的首要人選是瑪格麗特·拉姆齊j83B-aKjMsAm~CTd。
4. in spite of 盡管；不顧；雖然；
Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.
盡管她從未在舞臺上演唱過，國家歌劇院的約瑟夫·克里普斯還是聘用了她m|g8^e~8&,rj。