重點講解：
1. dare to do sth.
敢做某事；
eg. Since he was stuck in a lift a year ago he hasn't dared to get back into one.
自從一年前被困在電梯里之后，他就再也沒敢乘過電梯。
eg. He has also dared to take unpopular, but principled stands at times.
他有時也會大膽堅持不受歡迎、但卻有原則性的立場。
2. in the face of
面對；在…面前；
eg. We should compose ourselves in the face of fear.
我們在危險時要保持鎮靜。
eg. In the face of difficulties, he's completely unafraid.
他在困難面前毫不怯懦。
3. give birth to
使產生；使誕生；
eg. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
1980年，列寧造船廠的罷工致使團結工會得以成立。
eg. Heavy traffic lives to townsman of quality carried high yield to give birth to negative effect.
交通擁擠對于城市居民生活質量的提高產生了負影響。
4. waste time (in) doing sth.
浪費時間做某事；
eg. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
生命短暫，所以不要把時間浪費在憎恨別人上面，
eg. There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them.
原因可能有很多，他不打算浪費時間對此妄加猜測。