重点单词：
1、sick
n. 病人
adj. 厌恶的，病态的，不舒服，渴望的，恶心的
相关短语：
feel sick 觉得要呕吐
sick of 对…厌恶
get sick 生病；患病
They surrounded the sick girl with every comfort.
他们尽量使生病的女孩感到舒适。
She got up and was sick in the sink.
她起身往水池里呕吐起来。

2、luxury
n. 奢侈，奢华，奢侈品，享受
adj. 奢侈的
She is rolling in luxury.
她过着奢华的生活。
He could not afford luxury food on his pay.
凭他的薪水，他吃不起奢侈的食品。

3、spend
v. 度过，消磨（时光），花费，浪费，用尽
We should not spend our fortune.
我们不能浪费钱财。

4、contempt
n. 轻视，蔑视，耻辱
He interpreted the silence as contempt.
他把这沉默看做轻蔑的表示。

重点短语：
1、pick up
捡起，获得，收拾
With this in mind, the next time you need a bit of time to yourself, pick up a book.
记住这个方法，下次当你需要一点自我放松的时间时，你则可以挑选一本书来阅读。
Where did you pick up your English?
你是在哪儿学得英语？

2、be born to
天生注定
They may be born to perform certain things and as such they're duty bound to follow them.
他们天生的职责不同,所以他们的义务肯定会不同。

3、as soon as
一…就…
Now as soon as we start talking about things like the dominant, we are also aware of the evanescence of dominance.
说到支配性，我们就必须认识到支配并不是不变的。

考考你：

1、你真不该在这件事上花费这么大的精力。

2、她正要去父母家为奥斯卡取几件干净的衣服。

3、我给他打了个电话，让他能尽可能快地到来。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：
1、You can hive off some of the work to us if necessary.
2、He always twists the facts to suit his own purpose.
3、To be honest, almost nothing.