1 he had once tried it , but had chanced to strike the Riviera during one of its carefully unadvertised cold spells .
?? the chances are 用于口語表達(dá)陈轿，表示大概是笙僚，很可能是上遥，可以替代：its likely that....
eg: The chances are that I will be looking for a new job soon.
造句：The chances are that he will not come her this afternoon.
??Spell?(某種活動、天氣等的)一段短暫時間尘分，一陣
?a spell of warm/dry weather??
?a?cold / hot / wet / bright, etc. spell? 一段寒冷融涣、炎熱、多雨、晴朗等的日子?
造句：There has been a long cold spell in Manchester, which gives me a chill
I do not like the long spell of dry weather.
spell 可以替代period, 這個小詞匯很好用１鹩妗！＞寤ァ哎媚！
2 表示除了的詞匯有：
apart from, except, besides, on top of, rather than, save? --save,可以做介詞也表示除了，口語很少用,比較正式
3 Sometimes they tired him,
tire 可以做動詞喊儡，他們把我累著了
造句： If writing the dissertation tires you, watch a movie to chill out.
that had quite exhausted him
Five minutes walk tires/exhausted me.
The trip to Poland has tired/exhausted me physically. --I was exhausted by the trip.
無窮無盡 可以用exhausted
4 there’s a lot of flu about
there’s a lot of flu [flu: ] about 流感很流行拨与。 flu influenza [ ? ?nfl? ' enz? ] 的簡略語，流行性感冒艾猜，是口語买喧。 about （疾材砻酢）流行；是副詞淤毛。
5?‘Ah, that accounts for it
解釋的通 = make sense
6? been there, done that.
我已去過某處或經(jīng)歷過某事（表示沒興趣再聽）
7 rank and fire （團(tuán)體今缚、公司等的）普通成員，普通職員
需要注意的發(fā)音：
1 everywhere （注意where 的 e的讀音）
2 Breathing 低淡， breath /br?θ/ 需要區(qū)別這兩個的發(fā)音姓言，很容易讀錯
3 usual
4 cambridge /?kembr?d?/?發(fā)的是ei的音
5 timidity?/t??m?d?t?/? 注意重音位置?
6 Measles?/'miz?lz/
