重點講解：
1. lighten up
使人感到精神振奮；放輕松；
eg. She tried to lighten up her speech with a few jokes.
她講了幾個笑話以使講話輕松愉快些。
eg. I wish mark would lighten up a little. He takes things too seriously sometimes.
我希望馬克能放松一點，他有時候看待事情太認真了。
2. come true
（夢想、愿望或預言）成真，成為現實；
eg. Many of his predictions are coming true.
他的很多預言正成為現實。
eg. Owning a place of their own is a dream come true for the couple.
這對夫婦擁有了自己的房子，終于夢想成真了。
3. be filled with
充滿；裝滿；
eg. The baby was filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise.
在黑暗和嘈雜的聲音中，嬰兒飽受驚嚇。
eg. Steiner lives in an apartment filled with art.
斯坦納住在一個充滿藝術氛圍的公寓里。
4. cut down on
削減；減少使用；
eg. We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved.
我們正在努力降低有關此事的文書工作量。
eg. He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.
他不得不減少吃肉。
5. get-together
（非正式的）社交聚會，聯歡會；
eg. With two entrepreneurs in the family, get-togethers at the Davich household can sometimes resemble business meetings.
由于家中有兩位創業者，戴維奇一家人的家庭聚會有時候更像是商務會議。
eg. They held many get-togethers with their foreign friends.
他們和外國朋友舉行了多次的聯歡會。
6. except for
除了；除…之外；唯有；
eg. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books.
我把我所有的東西都賣掉了，只剩下汽車和書。
eg. Except for the ticking of the clock, the room was very still.
屋里異常清靜，只有鐘擺滴答地響著。