重點講解：
1. be/get out of control
失去控制；不受控制；
eg. The fire is burning out of control.
熊熊燃燒的大火正在失去控制。
eg. I'm dealing with customers all the time who have let their debts get out of control.
我成天和那些負債累累、無力償還的顧客們打交道。
2. start sb. off
使（某人）開始（做某事）；
eg. Her mother started her off acting in children's theatre.
她母親先是讓她在兒童劇院里演出。
eg. Don't for Heaven's sake start him off on his golf stories.
千萬不要讓他開始講他打高爾夫球的故事。3. as much as
差不多；多達；和……一樣多；
eg. I'll help as much as I can, but there is a limit to what I can do.
我會盡力幫忙，但我所能做的也是有限度的。
eg. The organisers hope to raise as much as ￡6m for charity.
組織者希望能募集到高達600萬英鎊的善款。
eg. I had to fall in with her wishes as much as possible.
我不得不盡量順從她的意愿。

名人簡介：
個人生活：
2001年波諾的父親包伯因為癌癥去世，波諾與父親之間的冷戰關系成了波諾永遠修復不了的破洞。波諾作〈Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own〉懺悔與父親的關系，并且在葬禮上演唱這首歌曲，波諾曾在這首歌的音樂錄音帶注明：“我真希望能更了解他就好了。”