單詞與短語：
1. throw off
擺脫，拋掉
eg. One day depression descended upon him, and wherever he went after that he could never throw it off.
有一天，他突然開始消沉起來，從那以后，無論他走到哪兒也擺脫不了這種情緒。
eg. He is said to have thrown off pursuers by pedaling across the Wisconsin state line.
據說他騎車越過威斯康星州界，擺脫了追捕他的人。
2. consume
vt. 消耗，消費；
eg. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
一些極為節能的冰箱比傳統型號耗電減少70%。
eg. They generally consume more power and take up more space, too.
它們通常消耗更多的能量，并且占用更多的空間。
3. crap
n. 廢物；廢話
eg. That's a lot of crap.
那真是一派胡言。
eg. His speech was a load of crap.
他的演講詞通篇是廢話。