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重点讲解：
1. put sth. to the test
使经受检验；对…进行试验；
eg. The Liverpool team are now putting their theory to the test.
利物浦队此时正在验证他们的理论。
eg. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
到了火车站，为了检验自己对当地的了解程度，我请教了一个出租车司机。
2. set up
创建；建立；安排；组建；
eg. They set up a tent near the seashore.
他们在海滨附近搭起了一个帐篷。
eg. We decided to set up a cooperative.
我们决定开办一家合作社。
3. lag behind
落后；赶不上；
eg. We still lag behind in this respect.
在这方面，我们还比较落后。
eg. It often happens that thinking lags behind reality.
思想落后于现实的事是常有的。
4. take over
接收，接管（公司）；
eg. You are to take over one of the subdivisions.
你将接管其中一个分部。
eg. There are now more than 20 big companies waiting in the wings to take over some of its business.
现有20多家大公司随时准备接手其部分业务。
5. participate in
参与；参加；
eg. I intend to participate in a kungfu tournament next year.
我打算明年参加一个功夫联赛。
eg. He participated in the design of the big bridge.
他参与了那座大桥的设计。
6. be set to do sth.
做好准备的；可能的；
eg. We are all set to go when the telephone rings.
我们都准备好要走时电话铃响了。
eg. The price of cigarettes is set to rise again.
香烟又要涨价。