一、 重点单词
1. admirer：爱慕者；赞赏者；钦佩者
同义词：adorer 、worshipper
例句：
He was an admirer of her grandfather's paintings.
他是她祖父画作的一个仰慕者。

2. contemplate：沉思；注视；思忖；预期（后接动词ing形式）
同义词：behold、consider
例句：
I couldn't contemplate doing such an exposing thing myself, and I'm twice her age.
我自己倒不打算做这种暴露自己缺点的事，毕竟我的年龄比她大一倍。

3. grapevine：小道消息；葡萄树；葡萄藤
同义词：hearsay、bamboo telegraph
例句：
I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
我已经私下听说他对我们的工作十分挑剔。

4. associates：联合公司（associate的复数形式）；同伴；合作人；准零售工
同义词：allied corporation
例句：
Be sure to get help from the sales associates before buying.
在购买前一定要得到准销售人员的帮助。

5. funky：时髦的；畏缩的；恶臭的
同义词：fashionable、modern
例句：
There were dirty clothes everywhere, and they all had that funky overripe smell.
到处都有脏衣服而且它们都有那种腐烂的恶臭气味。

二、 重点短语
1. set your own course 走自己的路
同义短语：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，而不是随波逐流。

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；暂时外出
例句：
Everyone stepped out, only I was in.
家里只留下我一个人，别人都出去了。

4. make do 凑合，将就
例句：
We'll have to make do with the little material we've got.
只好就这块料子做了。

5. public servant 人民公仆；公务员；公用事业公司或其员工
例句：
We must uphold the honorable conduct of public servant.
我们必须秉持一种公仆精神。

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!
但是就在你们中间，却站着一个人，他的罪孽和耻辱并不为你们所回避！

7. Do you have any sense that…？ 你知道，你认为……？
例句：
As someone who lives and works internationally, do you have any sense that there is now an international design aesthetic?
作为一个工作和生活在不同地方的国际人，你认为目前是否存在国际设计美学？

三、实用口语
1. Actually, it's the furthest thing from my mind.
事实上我完全没这个打算。

2. Listen, I've got to go.
我得挂了。

3. I really can't say.
真的不好说。