重点讲解：
1. quit doing sth.
停止；退出；放弃做某事；
eg. I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
当时我正在努力戒烟。
eg. You are never a loser unless you quit trying.
你永远不会失败，除非你停止尝试。
2. by the way
顺便地；附带说一句；
eg. Oh, by the way, there is a telephone message for you.
噢，对，有你一个电话口信。
eg. By the way, I'm going to clean out all the old files by tomorrow.
顺便说一下, 我将在明天把所有的旧文档都清理掉.
3. sure enough
果真，果然（尤用在讲故事时）；
eg. Peter had his head in a tar barrel sure enough.
不出所料，彼得陷入了困境。
eg. Sure enough, it did develop.
的确如此，事情有了发展。
4. do one's nuts
大发雷霆；极端恼火；
eg. I told him what she had said about him and he did his nut.
我把她议论他的话告诉了他，他大发雷霆。
eg. We heard your sister doing her nut.
我们听到你妹妹在大发脾气。
5. be ready to do sth.
准备好做某事；
eg. The research group is ready to start its work.
这个研究小组已准备好随时开始工作。
eg. At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
在大多数人都退休的年龄，他却准备好面对新的职业。
6. couldn't resist doing sth.
忍不住做某事；不禁做某事；
eg. I couldn't resist telling him the secret.
我忍不住把那个秘密告诉了他。
eg. I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer.
我不由得偷看了一下抽屉里面。
7. shut up
（使）住口；（使）闭嘴；
eg. Shut up. I'm trying to think.
别说了，我在想问题。
eg. A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up.
对她冷嘲热讽是让她闭嘴的唯一方法。