重點講解：
1. speed up
（使）（某一過程或活動）加快；
eg. Federalists are convinced this will speed up european integration.
聯邦主義者相信這會加速歐洲整合的速度yb-v|x[m8hpw5r[URi。
eg. Nothing I do or say to the insurers seems to speed up this process.
無論我對保險公司做了或說了什么，似乎都不會加快他們辦事的進程,@Xupa99pMn92z4。
2. be incompatible with
不能和諧相處的；不協調的；不一致的；
eg. Late hours are incompatible with health.
熬夜則不會健康vAnSIE,=Iq^j;4。
eg. That's not the only time I've found my education incompatible with real life.
我不僅一次發現我所受的教育與現實生活是有很大矛盾的|&yrcJAk(3I;5;1Bt。
3. break down
（機器或車輛）出毛病，損壞；
eg. Men are left idle when machines break down.
機器壞了時，工人們便無事可做了Y2.i1-!q~1n%VjQ。
eg. If the car should break down on the way, you would have to walk back.
萬一汽車中途拋錨，你就得走回來K@U14I4LG9I。
4. all in all
總的說來；從各方面來說；總之；
eg. We both thought that all in all it might not be a bad idea.
我們兩人都認為總的說來它或許不是個壞主意J].n+,F++njTnHE。
eg. All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.
總之，等待瓊斯的似乎是一個相當令人沮喪的夏天!aas+%t|twI)E7x4,wr]。