詞匯提煉：

1. elevator: 電梯

2. empanada: 肉餡卷餅

3. bunny: 巴尼兔

4. blender: 攪拌機

5. stick: 刺入

6. blender: 攪拌機

7. probably: 也許

8. tough: 艱難的

9. fault: 錯誤

10. quit: 辭職

11. fire: 解雇

12. fault: 錯誤

13. business: 事情

14. lowly: 地位低下的

15. assistant: 助理

16. screwup: 弄糟事情的人

17. reflect: 影響

18. badly: 嚴重地，極度地

19. pain:痛苦

20. embarrassment: 難堪

21. hurt: 傷害

22. cause: 給......帶來

23. unretoughed: 未經處理的

重點單詞精講：

歸類講解一：動詞

Stick

Usage: ~ (in sth)

Exp. be or become fixed in one place and unable to move 卡在某處不能移動

Eg. This drawer sticks badly.

這個抽屜卡得死死的。

Eg. The key stuck in the lock.

鑰匙在鎖中卡住了。

Eg. The bus stuck in the mud.

公共汽車陷在泥里了。

Cause

Usage: cause sth for sb /cause sb sth/cause sth

Exp. to make sth happen, especially sth bad or unpleasant 造成（某事物）; 使發生

Eg. Do they know what caused the fire?

你們知道是什么引起火災的嗎？

Eg. Are you causing trouble again?

你又惹麻煩了？

Eg. Doctors say her condition is causing some concern.

醫生說她的身體情況要要引起注意了。

Eg. The bad weather is causing problems for many farmers.

惡劣的天氣農民帶來很多麻煩。

歸類講解二：形容詞

Tough

Exp. violent 粗暴的; 兇惡的

Eg. It is one of the toughest areas of the city.

該市治安最壞的一個地區。

Eg. He is a tough criminal.

她是個兇暴的罪犯。

Lowly

Exp. low in status or importance 地位低的; 卑微的

Eg. He was a gentle, lowly, and unassuming man.

他是個溫和、謙卑、不擺架子的人。

Eg. He was not ashamed of his lowly origins.

他并不以自己出身低微為恥。

歸類講解三：名詞

Business

Exp. matter; affair 事情; 事務

Eg. That plane crash was an awful business.

那架飛機墜毀了, 真是件糟糕的事。

Eg. What's this business I hear about you losing your job?

聽說你丟掉了工作, 究竟是怎么回事?

Eg. What a business it is moving house!

搬家這件事真夠受的!

Eg. I'm sick of the whole business.

我覺得整件事都很討厭。

Embarrassment

Usage: ~ (to / for sb)

Exp. a situation which causes problems for sb 困窘, 尷尬, 難堪的處境

Eg. Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.

他的辭職將會讓政黨出于困窘的境況。

Eg.His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.

他在餐桌上舉止粗魯，在座的人頗為難堪。

歸類講解四：副詞

Badly

Esage: used to emphasize how serious a situation or an event is 非常地

Eg. badly damaged / injured / hurt

Eg. The country has been badly affected by recession.

國家受到經濟衰退的嚴重影響。

Eg. Everything's gone badly wrong!

一切都非常糟糕。