單詞：

setback：挫折

dame：該死的

once：一旦

considering：就......而論

重點單詞精學：

Setback

例句：He has pulled in his horns since that setback.

碰了釘子以后，他收斂些了。

Considering

例句：She's very active, considering her age.

就她的年齡來說, 她是夠活躍的。

Considering he's only just started, he knows quite a lot about it.

考慮到他只是剛剛開始, 他對此的了解已經不少了。

You've done very well, considering the adverse circumstances.

考慮到不利的條件因素, 你已經做得夠好的了.

短語：

keep an eye on：密切注意

play out：上演

out of the picture：不相干的【這里表示跟公司脫了干系】

a matter of time：時間問題

for the taking：免費奉送

重點短語精學：

keep an eye on

例句：But we'll keep close enough to keep an eye on things.

但是我們得小心注意每一件事。

play out

例句：A tired diplomatic ritual will play out once again.

一場疲憊的外交儀式將再次上演。

out of the picture

例句：In talking about this, you could hardly keep the housing problem out of the picture.

談到這一點,就不可能不談及住房問題。

for the taking

例句：Public schools are free for the taking.

上公立中學免學費。

口語句型：

Considering the way that...鑒于這樣的情況......

It seems to sb that...某人看來好像......