重点讲解：
1. in control
掌控；控制；
eg. The managing director appears to be in control.
总经理似乎能控制住局面。
eg. It is the force of thought that is in control.
思想的力量掌握控制权。
2. bother doing sth.
费心做某事；
eg. Don't bother taking him to any more hospitals.
用不着再把他送到别的医院。
eg. Don't bother running after the bus.
别费劲去追赶那辆公共汽车了。
3. point out
指出，说出（事实或错误）；
eg. We all too easily point out our mothers' failings.
我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
eg. I must point out that delay is unwise.
我必须指出拖延是不明智的。
4. trap into
诱骗；使上当；使中计；
eg. Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission?
你刚才是想诱使她供认吗？
eg. The woman trap him into give away the business secret.
那女人用计让他吐露了商务秘密。
5. worse off
处于困境的；境况不佳的；缺钱的；贫穷的；
eg. The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off.
日本每周平均工作时间为42。3小时，和英国的每周41。6小时相比，他们的情况并不算太糟。
eg. It is outrageous that people doing well-paid jobs should moan about how badly off they are.
那些有着高薪工作的人竟然还抱怨自己多么缺钱，真是过分。
6. eat away
侵蚀；使消耗殆尽；
eg. Rot is eating away the interior of the house.
房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。
eg. The recession is eating away at their revenues.
经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
7. correspond to
相类似；相关；相对应；
eg. The goods do not correspond to the samples you sent me.
这些货和你寄来的样品不一样。
eg. The discussion questions below correspond to the readings for this course.
以下的问题讨论与本课程之相关阅读资料相呼应。
8. start up
开始；
eg. Gas begins to start up in the shops.
店铺里的煤气灯点亮。
eg. It's very enterprising of them to start up a business like that.
他们那样去开创生意是很有魄力的。