重点讲解：
1. single-handedly
独自地；单独地；无人帮助地；单枪匹马地；
eg. I brought up my seven children single-handed.
我独自一人抚养了 7 个孩子。
eg. She changed the face of British politics almost single-handed.
她几乎是一手改变了英国政治的面貌。
2. back off
（为避免问题或冲突而）后退，避让，退缩；放弃，收回（主张、要求、承诺等）；别插手；别干涉；
eg. They backed off in horror.
他们心怀恐惧地退缩了。
eg. The union has publicly backed off that demand.
工会已经公开撤回了那项要求。
eg. Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
你别管，妈妈，我已经能够自己作决定了！
3. blame sb. for sth.
因某事责怪某人；
eg. The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities.
委员会理应谴责军队的诸多暴行。
eg. She blamed him for the failure of their marriage.
她把婚姻的触礁归咎於他。
4. keep up with
（与…）齐步前进；不落后（于…）；跟上；了解；熟悉；
eg. Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work...
为了把活儿干完，彭妮常常午饭时间也要工作。
eg. She did not bother to keep up with the news.
她不愿花时间去了解最新消息。
5. soap opera
肥皂剧；
eg. What a sensational story! It has all the elements of a soap opera.
多么耸人听闻的事！具备连续剧的一切要素。
eg. His divorce this year gripped the nation like a soap opera.
今年他的离婚事件像肥皂剧一样吸引了全国的关注。