雅思詞組1:slow down(使)減速，(使)慢下來

Business slows down at this time of year.
每年此時生意就會漸趨清淡。

反義詞組是speed up，指“(使)加速”。

雅思詞組2:snap up搶購，搶先弄到手

Products in the center of an aisle are snapped up and manufacturers pay a lot for these areas which are known in the trade as hotspots. Naturally everyone wants their products to be in a hotspot.
擺放在通道中心的商品經常被顧客一搶而空，因此制造商們不惜為這些區域花重金，這些區域在貿易上叫做“熱點區域”。很自然，每個人都希望自己的產品被擺放在熱點區域。

雅思詞組3:so forth等等

A:Good morning. I'm interested in the children's workshops and fd like a little more information, please.
A:早上好，我對兒童工作坊很感興趣，想多了解一點。

B:Do you mean the Art and Craft workshops?
B:你是說藝術手工作坊嗎?

A:Yes. A friend of a friend mentioned them-the children do painting and make models and so forth.
A:是的，一個朋友的朋友提起過它們，就是孩子們畫畫、做模型，等等。

雅思詞組4:soak up吸收

Many scientists believe global warming might get worse in ten years if the oceans soak up less of the greenhouse gas.
很多科學家相信如果海洋不能吸收那么多溫室氣體，那么十年內全球變暖問題就會惡化。

draw in

雅思詞組5:social interaction社會交往

Social interaction is a great way to broaden your circle of friends.
社交是擴大朋友圈的好方法。

雅思詞組6:social welfare社會福利

The local government provides social welfare to the poor and the jobless.
當地政府向貧困人群和失業人員提供社會福利。

常見的“社會福利”:
pension退休金，撫恤金
public housing fund住房公積金
insurance保險
medicare醫療保險

雅思詞組7:soft drink(不含酒精的)軟飲料

"Dream" is the name of a soft drink made by the drink company. "Dream”
是這家飲料公司生產的一種軟飲料的名字。

雅思詞組8:soil conditioner土壤調節劑，土壤改良劑

Over a third of the waste paper can't be used in the recycled paper, leaving the question of what to do with it. One firm, Paper Save, currently sells this to farmers as a soil conditioner, though this practice will soon be banned because of transport costs and smell, and the company is looking into the possibility of alternative uses.
超過1/3的廢紙不能被回收利用，給人們留下一個難題。現在有一家名為“節約紙張”的公司把這些廢紙作為土壤調節劑售給農民，盡管這種做法由于廢紙的運輸成本和氣味很快將被禁止，但該公司正在尋找廢紙其他可能的用途。

conditioner的其他搭配:hair conditioner護發素

雅思詞組9:solar energy太陽能

New cars powered by solar energy have become popular in this city.
以太陽能為能源的新型汽車已經在這座城市里流行了起來。

隨著化石燃料(fossil fuel)的枯竭和環境污染(environmental pollution)的加劇，人類正在不斷尋求新能源，如太陽能、水能(water energy)、核能(nuclear energy)和風能(wind energy)等。

雅思詞組10:sort...out挑選;處理，解決;澄清;使情緒穩定

If you're planning to live off campus, you've got to sort the problems out earlier.
如果你想住在校外，就應該早點解決這些問題。