重点讲解：
1. speed up
（使）（某一过程或活动）加快；
eg. Federalists are convinced this will speed up european integration.
联邦主义者相信这会加速欧洲整合的速度!^uaJ8=WLIw4~hW17。
eg. Nothing I do or say to the insurers seems to speed up this process.
无论我对保险公司做了或说了什么，似乎都不会加快他们办事的进程5IiHO-j4wVqulM#。
2. be incompatible with
不能和谐相处的；不协调的；不一致的；
eg. Late hours are incompatible with health.
熬夜则不会健康xop3SLfn%Nbqn!e^。
eg. That's not the only time I've found my education incompatible with real life.
我不仅一次发现我所受的教育与现实生活是有很大矛盾的j[vVg5-0aWN.dF。
3. break down
（机器或车辆）出毛病，损坏；
eg. Men are left idle when machines break down.
机器坏了时，工人们便无事可做了JUONNx7~s;St;smY|7_。
eg. If the car should break down on the way, you would have to walk back.
万一汽车中途抛锚，你就得走回来SMlriT+*lzkVEJ,。
4. all in all
总的说来；从各方面来说；总之；
eg. We both thought that all in all it might not be a bad idea.
我们两人都认为总的说来它或许不是个坏主意YHBNqw#dHXTO-N1b。
eg. All in all, it appeared that a pretty depressing summer awaited Jones.
总之，等待琼斯的似乎是一个相当令人沮丧的夏天,GGbub^duoU4U。