第一、精講詞匯

1. unbreakable

雙語釋義：An unbreakable rule or limit must be obeyed.

[adj.] 必須遵守的

典型例句：One unbreakable rule in our school is that no child can be tested without written parental permission.

我們學校必須遵守的規定是：沒有家長的書面允許不能給孩子做測試。

2. detach

語法用法：~ (sth) (from sth)

雙語釋義：to remove sth from sth larger; to become separated from sth

[vt.] 使分離, 拆卸

典型例句：He detached a link from a chain.

他從鏈子上拆下一個鏈環。

3. engage

雙語釋義：(of a person or two people) having agreed to marry

[Vt.]（指一人或兩人）已訂婚

語法用法：~ (to sb)

典型例句：She's engaged to Peter.

她與彼得訂了婚。

They're engaged to each other.

他們倆訂婚了。

4. sole

雙語釋義：one and only; single

[adj.] 唯一的; 單獨的

典型例句：It is the sole cause of the accident.

這是事故的唯一原因。

Mary is the sole survivor of the crash.

那次車禍的唯一幸存者。

第二、泛講詞匯

1. horribly adv. 極其地

2. settlement c.n. 協議

3. term c.n. 條款

第三、精講短語

1. take a moment

講解：take在這里的意思是“花費”，a moment是一會兒的意思，take a moment意思是“花費一點兒時間”，指花費的時間不多。

例句：It won't take a moment to ease the ladies of their jewellery.

要劫去婦女們的珠寶首飾是不費時的。

Please take a moment to explain yourself. I'm sure we are interested in your ideas.

請費心解釋一下，我們對你的想法很感興趣。

2. go on：做事干活

例句：As long as you are here, go on.

你既然已經來到這里，就干吧。

3. on one’s death

講解：one one’s death是介詞短語表示時間，是指逝世者死亡的當天，在中文中通常說為“死亡后”。

例句：On his death the land was divided equally among his sons.

他死后這土地就平分給了他的幾個兒子。

On his death, the farm will pass to his son.

他一死，這農場就傳給他兒子。

On his death, the farm will pass into the hands of the state.

他一死，這田地就歸政府管轄了。

4. the heir to

講解：這是名詞性短語，意思是.......的繼承人。注意表示......的繼承人這個意思時，heir的后面的介詞是to，不要用of。

例句：The king's eldest son is the heir to the throne.

國王的長子是王位繼承人。

He was the true heir to the estate.

他是這個莊園的合法繼承人。

He is the legitimate heir to the property.

他是這宗財產的合法繼承人。

The righteous man is the rightful heir to the riches.

那個正直的人是財富的合法繼承人。

5. set aside

講解：柯林斯詞典解釋道：If you set something aside for a special use or purpose, you keep it available for that use or purpose.翻譯為中文為：留作…之用，留出…用于。

例句：Some doctors advise setting aside a certain hour each day for worry.

一些醫生建議每天留出一點時間來解決煩心事。

£130 million would be set aside for repairs to schools.

將劃撥1.3 億英鎊用于學校的修繕。

6. owing to：因為，由于

例句：Owing to the bad weather, we didn't go to the park.

由于天氣不好，我們沒有去公園。

Owing to the help from his comrades, he has made rapid progress.

由于同志們的幫助, 他進步很快。

7. go down

講解：這是一個固定短語，意思有很多。例如：下降，減少；沉沒，(日)落。在這里的意思是指（船只）沉沒或者是（飛機）降落。柯林斯詞典解釋道：If a ship goes down, it sinks. If a plane goes down, it crashes out of the sky.

例句：Their aircraft went down during a training exercise.

他們的飛機在一次訓練中墜毀。

8. put on

講解：柯林斯詞典解釋道：When people put on a show, exhibition, or service, they perform it or organize it. 翻譯成中文為：上演；舉辦；展出。

例句：The band are hoping to put on a UK show before the end of the year.

那個樂隊希望年底之前在英國舉辦一場演出。

British Airways is putting on an extra flight to London tomorrow.

英國航空公司明天將增加一班到倫敦的航班。

We put it on and everybody said it's a brilliant production.

我們把它搬上舞臺，大家都說真是一部了不起的作品。

第四，重點短語回顧

1. be supposed to：應該

2. be unjust to sb：對于某人來說不公平

3. do sb a favor：幫助某人

4. tie the knots：打結

5. talk about the business：談論業務，談論事務

6. one’s topic of conversation：話題