重点讲解：
1.up sticks 不告而别；迁居别处
例句：Unlike workers or businesspeople, homes cannot up sticks and leave.
与工人或商人不同，房子属于不动产，是移不走的。

2.meet up with 偶遇；偶尔碰见；碰面
例句：Oh, I'm going to meet up with him.
哦，我正打算与他汇合。

3.hard to do 很难做到
例句：As a journalist who writes for a wire service, I realize that this would be hard to do.
身为一个为通讯社写稿的记者，我察觉这确实不容易。

4.take the lives of 夺走...的生命
例句：Should doctors be allowed to take the lives of others?
医生应该被允许去结束他人的性命吗？