重點講解：
1. single-handedly
獨自地；單獨地；無人幫助地；單槍匹馬地；
eg. I brought up my seven children single-handed.
我獨自一人撫養了 7 個孩子。
eg. She changed the face of British politics almost single-handed.
她幾乎是一手改變了英國政治的面貌。
2. back off
（為避免問題或沖突而）后退，避讓，退縮；放棄，收回（主張、要求、承諾等）；別插手；別干涉；
eg. They backed off in horror.
他們心懷恐懼地退縮了。
eg. The union has publicly backed off that demand.
工會已經公開撤回了那項要求。
eg. Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
你別管，媽媽，我已經能夠自己作決定了！
3. blame sb. for sth.
因某事責怪某人；
eg. The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities.
委員會理應譴責軍隊的諸多暴行。
eg. She blamed him for the failure of their marriage.
她把婚姻的觸礁歸咎於他。
4. keep up with
（與…）齊步前進；不落后（于…）；跟上；了解；熟悉；
eg. Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work...
為了把活兒干完，彭妮常常午飯時間也要工作。
eg. She did not bother to keep up with the news.
她不愿花時間去了解最新消息。
5. soap opera
肥皂劇；
eg. What a sensational story! It has all the elements of a soap opera.
多么聳人聽聞的事！具備連續劇的一切要素。
eg. His divorce this year gripped the nation like a soap opera.
今年他的離婚事件像肥皂劇一樣吸引了全國的關注。