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重点讲解：
1. turn down
关小；调低；
eg. She turned down the volume on the radio.
她关小了收音机的音量。
eg. We usually turn down the heat before going to bed.
睡觉前我们通常把暖气调低一些。
2. in other words
换言之；换句话说；也就是说；
eg. The mobile library services have been reorganised — in other words, they visit fewer places.
流动图书馆服务重新作了安排——换句话说，他们去的地方减少了。
eg. I ask you to leave — in other words, you are fired.
我请你走人，也就是说，你被解雇了。
3. account for
（数量或比例上）占；
eg. Studies indicate that nonfarm earnings now account for more than 20 percent of total household income.
研究资料表明，目前非农业收入占整个家庭收入的20%以上。
eg. CFS 65, account for 6.4 percentage.
慢性疲劳综合征65人，占6.4%。
4. in addition to
另外；加之；除…之外；
eg. In addition to the main question, there are secondary matters to talk about.
除主要问题之外，还有些次要问题讨论。
eg. In addition to all of the above, she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980.
除上述外，她还在1980年获得普利策奖,。
5. embark on
着手；开始做；
eg. Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
裁员促使很多人开始从事新事业。
eg. Some forethought and preparation is necessary before you embark on the project.
你着手进行这个项目之前必须有所考虑，有所准备。
6. so as to
（用于引出原因）为了；以便；
eg. He was pounding away at the job so as to finish it before dark.
他在拼命地干，以便在天黑前把工作做完。
eg. The test questions are kept secret, so as to prevent cheating.
为了防止作弊，考试的题目是保密的。
7. in all
总共；合计；
eg. I have two brothers and a sister: three siblings in all.
我有两个哥哥和一个妹妹: 共有三个兄妹。
eg. In all, she has eight costume changes.
她总共换了8次演出服。