一、 重點單詞
1. admirer：愛慕者；贊賞者；欽佩者
同義詞：adorer 、worshipper
例句：
He was an admirer of her grandfather's paintings.
他是她祖父畫作的一個仰慕者。

2. contemplate：沉思；注視；思忖；預(yù)期（后接動詞ing形式）
同義詞：behold、consider
例句：
I couldn't contemplate doing such an exposing thing myself, and I'm twice her age.
我自己倒不打算做這種暴露自己缺點的事，畢竟我的年齡比她大一倍。

3. grapevine：小道消息；葡萄樹；葡萄藤
同義詞：hearsay、bamboo telegraph
例句：
I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
我已經(jīng)私下聽說他對我們的工作十分挑剔。

4. associates：聯(lián)合公司（associate的復(fù)數(shù)形式）；同伴；合作人；準零售工
同義詞：allied corporation
例句：
Be sure to get help from the sales associates before buying.
在購買前一定要得到準銷售人員的幫助。

5. funky：時髦的；畏縮的；惡臭的
同義詞：fashionable、modern
例句：
There were dirty clothes everywhere, and they all had that funky overripe smell.
到處都有臟衣服而且它們都有那種腐爛的惡臭氣味。

二、 重點短語
1. set your own course 走自己的路
同義短語：go one's own way
例句：It is that you must set your own course ,but not go with the stream that makes your life different.
只有走自己的路才有所不同，而不是隨波逐流。

2. step up挺身而出；提高；增加；走近
例句：
The governments need to step up.
政府需要出面。

3. step out 走出去；暫時外出
例句：
Everyone stepped out, only I was in.
家里只留下我一個人，別人都出去了。

4. make do 湊合，將就
例句：
We'll have to make do with the little material we've got.
只好就這塊料子做了。

5. public servant 人民公仆；公務(wù)員；公用事業(yè)公司或其員工
例句：
We must uphold the honorable conduct of public servant.
我們必須秉持一種公仆精神。

6. in the midst of 在……中
例句：
But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!
但是就在你們中間，卻站著一個人，他的罪孽和恥辱并不為你們所回避！

7. Do you have any sense that…？ 你知道，你認為……？
例句：
As someone who lives and works internationally, do you have any sense that there is now an international design aesthetic?
作為一個工作和生活在不同地方的國際人，你認為目前是否存在國際設(shè)計美學？

三、實用口語
1. Actually, it's the furthest thing from my mind.
事實上我完全沒這個打算。

2. Listen, I've got to go.
我得掛了。

3. I really can't say.
真的不好說。