重點講解：
1. allow sb. to do sth.
允許；容許；準許某人做某事；
eg. The children are not allowed to watch violent TV programmes.
兒童不準收看含暴力內容的電視節目。
eg. The Government will allow them to advertise on radio and television.
政府將準許他們在廣播和電視上做廣告。
2. ball-and-chain
束縛；帶著腳鐐手銬
eg. The steady accumulation of small debts was a ball and chain to his progress.
不斷累積的小債務妨礙了他的發展不斷累積的小債務妨礙了他的發展。
eg. Mr Frankin always referred to his wife as his ball and chain.
弗蘭肯先生一直把妻子看作是自己的拖累。
3. get out of
擺脫；逃避
eg. She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.
她要靠運氣才能擺脫那樣的困境。
eg. It's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes.
人們為逃稅而做出的種種事情令人吃驚。