雅思詞組1:entertainment industry娛樂業
In 1968, a s妙，talented pop singer made his mark on the global entertainment industry.
1968年，一名害羞卻很有天分的流行歌手在全球娛樂業上寫下了屬于他自己的一筆。

雅思詞組2:even though即使

There was no hesitation and Sebastian George bought the house immediately, for #9,300, even though the house had no bathroom, no running water upstairs, and no electricity.
塞巴斯蒂安·喬治毫不猶豫地以9300英鎊的價錢買下了這幢房子，盡管屋里沒有浴室，樓上沒有自來水，也沒有電。

even if

雅思詞組3:every walk of life各行各業

In my spare time I prefer to hang out with my friends, and going to a bar for a couple of beers is one of my favorites. Through this I can expand the circle of my social relations, as I meet people from every walk of life in the bar.
閑暇時，我喜歡和朋友泡在一起，去酒吧喝幾杯啤酒是我最喜歡的一件事。通過這種方式，我能在酒吧里遇見各行各業的人，拓寬社交面。

all kinds of occupations

一些常見的“行業”:
sales industry鉆售行業
Indus甸保險行業
food industry食品行業
power industry電力行業
Internet industry互聯網行業
TV industry電視產業

雅思詞組4:evolve into發展成，進化成

The professor told us how the early football evolved into its modern form.
教授告訴我們早期足球是如何發展成現代足球的。

develop into

雅思詞組5:exceptfor除了

A:Would you be willing to attend any of our special promotions for the new channel?
A:您愿意參加新頻道的任何特別推廣活動嗎?

B:Yes,I'd be very happy to, as long as they're held here in卿area
B:是的，我很愿意，只要在我住的這個地區舉辦就可以。

A:OK,I'll make a note of that. And finally, may we put you on our mailing list?
A:好的，我會記下來的。最后一點，我們能把您添加到我們的郵件發送列表中嗎?

B:Well,I'd prefer not...except for the information about the promotion you mentioned.
B:最好還是不要了……除非是接收與你剛才提到的推廣活動有關的消息。

雅思詞組6:excess charge超重費用

Just bring the necessaries with you, then you can avoid an excess charge at the airport.
只帶上必需品，這樣你就能避免在機場行李超重了。

雅思詞組7:exchange rate匯率

The exchange rate was looking healthy, but when I went to the teller, they told me the computer system was temporarily down.
匯率看起來很穩定，但是當我到銀行職員那時，他們卻告訴我計算機系統暫時出故障了。

When did China begin to use a floating exchange rate?
中國是什么時候開始使用浮動匯率的?

受全球金融危機(fnancial crisis)的影響，各國匯率大幅下調。與“貨幣”相關的表達有:
coin硬幣
unit貨幣單位
dollar美元
yen日元
Penny便士
value/worth面值
euro歐元
nickel(美、加的)五分硬幣
franc法郎
pound英鎊

雅思詞組8:exchange student交換生

It is the university's policy to give priority in the allocation of residence places to three categories, and those are: visiting students, exchange students and new postgraduate students.
大學政策規定，三種學生可以優先選擇住處:訪問生、交換生和研究生新生。

雅思詞組9:expand one's knowledge開闊眼界

The female candidate needs to expand her knowledge of national and global issues.That was a significant weakness in the 2004 campaign, for which she was obviously insufficiently prepared.
這位女性候選人需要拓寬在國內及國際問題上的知識面。在2004年的競選中，她在這方面極其薄弱，顯而易見她并沒有為此次競選做充分的準備。

雅思詞組10:expect...to do希望/期望/預計…做

The professor experts his students to finish reading all the references he listed within one month.
教授期望他的學生能在一月內讀完他列出的所有參考書。

anticipate...to do