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【Oral English】
1.a good friend said the thing that set me off
一个好朋友说了一句让我印象深刻的话
set off连在一起的时候，有“ to begin a journey 出发；动身；启程”的意思，
例如：What time are you planning to set off tomorrow?
你打算明天几点钟启程?
set somebody off (doing something) ：意思是“使某人笑（或哭、说等）起来”
如：Her imitations always set me off (laughing).
她模仿别人的动作，每次都把我逗得哈哈大笑。
set something ↔off 1. 使（炸弹等）爆炸 2. 使（警报）响起；拉响（警报） 3. 引发；激起
如：Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.
这些烟火要格外小心，稍有火星就能引起爆炸。
2.Anger has a way, though, of hollowing out your insides.
愤怒有一种掏空你所有心思的力量。
hollow out：If you hollow something out, you remove the inside part of it.
1. 挖空（某物）；挖出（孔、洞） 2. 挖洞（成某物）
如： "hollow out a tree trunk" 挖空一个树干
3.You have victories but your defeats outnumber them by far, and you remember the names and faces of those who lost.
你会有所收获，但是你的失败更多，而你记住的往往是那些让你失望的。
outnumber:to be greater in number than somebody/something （在数量上）压倒，比…多
如：Men outnumber women here in the ratio of three to one.
此地男子数量以三比一超过女子。
by far……的多
如：It is quicker by far to go by train.
乘火车要快得多。
outnumber…by far 多的多
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