雅思詞組1:sell out賣完;賣掉(商店等)，出售(股份);(尤指為了錢)出賣原則(或朋友)

Tickets are already selling fast. The Friday and Saturday performances sold out almost immediately and, in fact, now there are only tickets for Monday and Thursday.
票賣得很快，星期五和星期六的演出票幾乎馬上就售罄了，實際上，現在只剩星期一和星期四的票了。

be out of stock, be unavailable

雅思詞組2:semi-detached house半獨立式住宅

A semi-detached house with five bedrooms is for sale.
出售一幢帶五個臥室的半獨立式住宅。

雅思考試中常見的“家庭住宅”:
apardnent/flat公寓
villa別墅
bungalow平房
house獨立住宅
cottage村舍

雅思詞組3:send out發出，發送;派遣

The demand for bikes there is enormous, which makes them very expensive locally. So we sell them for 75% of the normal price. But in order to continue operating we need to have a constant supply of bikes which we send out every six months.
那里對自行車的需求量很大，因此自行車在當地極其昂貴。所以我們的價格是平常價格的75%。但為了持續運作，我們需要長期的自行車供應，每六個月就要發貨一次。

雅思詞組4:senior citizen老年人

Senior citizens should be deemed as a treasure to our country. They have worked hard all their lives for the development of the nation as well as the society.
老年人應該被視為我們國家的一筆財富。他們為國家和社會的發展辛苦工作了一輩子。

在西方，senior citizen作“老人”講時是委婉語，因為很多人對自己的年齡比較敏感，為了表示尊重，一般稱老人為senior citizeno

雅思詞組5:serve...with向…提供，把…交給

This hotel offers an impeccable service, serving guests with welcoming sweetmeats
這家旅館為顧客提供至善至美的服務，還有迎賓甜品。

supply...with

雅思詞組6:service charge服務費，手續費

A: Ann, do you know the service charge of this bank?
A: 安，你知道這家銀行的服務費嗎?

B:Sorry, I have no idea.
B:對不起，我不知道。

雅思詞組7:set aside(為某種目的)留出，撥出;節省;對…不予考慮，置于一旁;取消，駁回，宣布…無效

Fears of the new round outbreak of bird flu have not been fully set aside.
人們對爆發新一輪禽流感的恐懼尚未完全消除。

雅思詞組8:set back耽擱(或阻礙)…的進展，使受挫，延緩;使花費，使破費

It would be easy to say the company had invested too heavily, or at the wrong time, but in fact the signs were good and what they were set back by was high interest rates.
我們可以很輕松地說是這個公司投資過度，或是投資的時機不對，但實際上，征兆是好的，導致他們失敗的是高利率。

hinder from

雅思詞組9:set down停下讓(乘客)下車;制訂，規定，記下

A:And how many times have been set down for the tutorials, do you have that information?
A:已經確定下來的輔導課有多少次啊，你知道嗎?

B:That's a very well-attended course so there's a number of tutorial times.
B:那門課很受歡迎，所以會有很多次輔導課。

雅思詞組10:set out陳列，擺放，安排;出發，動身，開始;陳述，闡明

He set out his objections to the plan.
他陳述了對這個計劃的反對意見。

The several students are setting out on an American tour this summer.
這幾名學生今年夏天要去美國旅行。