雅思词组1:entertainment industry娱乐业
In 1968, a s妙，talented pop singer made his mark on the global entertainment industry.
1968年，一名害羞却很有天分的流行歌手在全球娱乐业上写下了属于他自己的一笔。

雅思词组2:even though即使

There was no hesitation and Sebastian George bought the house immediately, for #9,300, even though the house had no bathroom, no running water upstairs, and no electricity.
塞巴斯蒂安·乔治毫不犹豫地以9300英镑的价钱买下了这幢房子，尽管屋里没有浴室，楼上没有自来水，也没有电。

even if

雅思词组3:every walk of life各行各业

In my spare time I prefer to hang out with my friends, and going to a bar for a couple of beers is one of my favorites. Through this I can expand the circle of my social relations, as I meet people from every walk of life in the bar.
闲暇时，我喜欢和朋友泡在一起，去酒吧喝几杯啤酒是我最喜欢的一件事。通过这种方式，我能在酒吧里遇见各行各业的人，拓宽社交面。

all kinds of occupations

一些常见的“行业”:
sales industry钻售行业
Indus甸保险行业
food industry食品行业
power industry电力行业
Internet industry互联网行业
TV industry电视产业

雅思词组4:evolve into发展成，进化成

The professor told us how the early football evolved into its modern form.
教授告诉我们早期足球是如何发展成现代足球的。

develop into

雅思词组5:exceptfor除了

A:Would you be willing to attend any of our special promotions for the new channel?
A:您愿意参加新频道的任何特别推广活动吗?

B:Yes,I'd be very happy to, as long as they're held here in卿area
B:是的，我很愿意，只要在我住的这个地区举办就可以。

A:OK,I'll make a note of that. And finally, may we put you on our mailing list?
A:好的，我会记下来的。最后一点，我们能把您添加到我们的邮件发送列表中吗?

B:Well,I'd prefer not...except for the information about the promotion you mentioned.
B:最好还是不要了……除非是接收与你刚才提到的推广活动有关的消息。

雅思词组6:excess charge超重费用

Just bring the necessaries with you, then you can avoid an excess charge at the airport.
只带上必需品，这样你就能避免在机场行李超重了。

雅思词组7:exchange rate汇率

The exchange rate was looking healthy, but when I went to the teller, they told me the computer system was temporarily down.
汇率看起来很稳定，但是当我到银行职员那时，他们却告诉我计算机系统暂时出故障了。

When did China begin to use a floating exchange rate?
中国是什么时候开始使用浮动汇率的?

受全球金融危机(fnancial crisis)的影响，各国汇率大幅下调。与“货币”相关的表达有:
coin硬币
unit货币单位
dollar美元
yen日元
Penny便士
value/worth面值
euro欧元
nickel(美、加的)五分硬币
franc法郎
pound英镑

雅思词组8:exchange student交换生

It is the university's policy to give priority in the allocation of residence places to three categories, and those are: visiting students, exchange students and new postgraduate students.
大学政策规定，三种学生可以优先选择住处:访问生、交换生和研究生新生。

雅思词组9:expand one's knowledge开阔眼界

The female candidate needs to expand her knowledge of national and global issues.That was a significant weakness in the 2004 campaign, for which she was obviously insufficiently prepared.
这位女性候选人需要拓宽在国内及国际问题上的知识面。在2004年的竞选中，她在这方面极其薄弱，显而易见她并没有为此次竞选做充分的准备。

雅思词组10:expect...to do希望/期望/预计…做

The professor experts his students to finish reading all the references he listed within one month.
教授期望他的学生能在一月内读完他列出的所有参考书。

anticipate...to do