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第一、重點詞匯
1. trend
雙語釋義：a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
時尚；趨勢；趨向
詞性：及物動詞
典型例句：My rich mother is always following the latest trends in fashion
我那有錢的媽媽總是追求最新的流行款式。
The trend of prices is still upwards.
物價仍有上漲趨勢。
2. column
雙語釋義：part of a newspaper regularly dealing with a particular subject or written by the same journalist
（報紙的）專欄（文章）
詞性：可數名詞
典型例句：Do you pay any attention to the correspondence columns of “The Times” ?
你關注過《泰晤士報》上的通訊專欄嗎？
I always read her column in the local paper.
我經常在當地報紙上看她的專欄文章。
相關短語：the fashion/motoring/financial column 時裝﹑汽車﹑財經等專欄
3. ineptitude
雙語釋義：lack of skill
無能，不稱職
詞性：不可數名詞
典型例句：They joked about his ineptitude.
他們取笑他的笨拙。
He finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
他一年來工作不稱職，最后還是在年尾被解雇了。
4. rub
雙語釋義：(cause sth to) press against (a surface) with a to-and-fro sliding movement
（用某物）擦, 磨, 揉, 搓（另一物）
詞性：及物動詞
過去式和過去分詞：rubbed rubbed
語法用法：~ (sth) (with sth)
典型例句：If you keep rubbing, the paint will come off.
你再多擦擦顏色就能掉了。
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
他撫摩著下巴陷入沉思。
5. trump
雙語釋義：to beat sth that sb says or does by saying or doing sth even better
戰勝，勝過
典型例句：They were trumped by another firm that made a lower bid.
其它：
1. vote：n. 選票
2. toss：vt. 投擲
3. tail：n.后部
第二、重點短語
1. on one’s personal call：打私人電話
講解：on one’s call就是指“打電話”，在call前面加上personal就是打私人電話的意思。其變異短語有：make a personal call，make a personal call to sb.
例句：He has been being on his personal call to my parents at work.
他在上班時間一直給他的父母打私人電話。
Staff is not allowed to be on his personal call during office hours .
在上班時間，工作人員不準打私人電話。
2. get promoted：得到晉升
講解：在美語中很常見這樣的結構：get+動詞的過去分詞，意思就是和這個過去分詞的原形的意思相同，get promoted意思就是promote。類似結構的短語還有：get killed ( =be killed )，get divorced ( =divorce )等。
例句：He failed to get promoted for lack of resolution.
他因缺乏果斷力而未能得到提升。
She wised me about how to get promoted.
她教我一套如何爭取提升的辦法。
3. have knowledge of：對......有了解，知道，懂得
講解：在knowledge前可以加一些修飾詞語，表示了解，知道的程度深，例如：have very little knowledge of（一竅不通），have a thorough knowledge of（完全知道），have detailed knowledge of（詳細了解）等。
例句：In the west of England, more than six in 10 have knowledge of another language.
而在英國西部，則有60%以上的人懂得一門外語。
I have very little knowledge of mathematics.
我對數學幾乎一無所知。
A person may have thorough knowledge of his subject,and yet unable to get it over to an audience.
一個人或許對他的專業了解得很徹底,可他卻不能對別人解釋清楚。
4. in one’s face：在某人眼前，公眾地
例句：When I asked him for longer time to pay back the loan, the boss just laughed in my face.
當我要求緩期歸還貸款時，老板當即輕蔑地拒絕了我。
Whoever disagrees, please speak out right in my face.
誰要是不同意，就請當面談出來。
5. for a reason：由于......的原因
講解：這個短語可以獨立做狀語，也可以在reason的后面接定語或者同為與從句，for a reason that...
例句：The student quit school for a reason that only he knew.
那個學生退學了，原因只有他自己知道。
Everything happens for a reason.
凡事皆事出有因。
6. have an argument：進行爭論，進行爭吵
講解：表示與某人進行爭論，發生爭執，用介詞with，再進一步說為某事和某人爭吵即用這個結構：have an argument with sb about sth。
例句：They are have an argument about whose turn tt be.
他們正在爭論這回該輪到誰了。
Whenever they have an argument, Mary has the worst of it.
只要他們一辯論，瑪麗總是慘敗。
7. march into：直接沖入
講解：這個短語表示進入的意思有“迅猛”的意味。
例句：Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state.
Hawkwood帶領士兵進入某個城邦。
8. once and for all：徹底地，一勞永逸地，永遠地
例句：See if you can handle this young trouble-maker once and for all.
看看你能不能把那個小搗亂分子一勞永逸的打發走。
He was going to expose their triviality once and for all.
他將徹底暴露他們的淺薄無能。
I intend to set the matter at rest once and for all.
我打算把這件事徹底搞清楚。
9. right now：立刻，馬上，現在，就在此刻
例句：I am doing nothing right now.
我現在沒做什么事情。
I cannot give you our quotation right now.
現在我不能給你我們的報價。
10. make a decision：做出決定
例句：We'll kick some ideas around and make a decision tomorrow.
我們先醞釀一下，明天再作決定。
I don't want to put pressure on you to make a decision, but we haven't much time left.
我并不想催你做決定，只是我們剩下的時間已經不多了。
We must be practical and work out the cost before we make a decision.
我們應該實事求是地先把費用算出來，然后再做決定。
11. would love to：樂意，愿意，想要
例句：This baby would love to have you sing her to sleep.
這個孩子就喜歡你用催眠曲把她送入夢鄉。
I would love to show you some of the things we are doing here.
我很高興能為你展示我們正在進行的事業。
其它：
1. cut the intro：刪掉簡介
2. the look on one’s face：臉上的表情
