语言点：
1. Down on my luck 真倒霉！（What rotten luck! Just my luck!）
2. get laid off/sacked 被解雇
3. flat broke 一贫如洗（英式stony broke）
※ fall flat (on one's face) 完全失败 △ I can't believe I fell flat on my face.
4. on/make minimum wage/pay 拿最低工资
5. get by 勉强过活
△ Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money.
6. ˈtell me about it 你算说对了
△ ‘I get so annoyed with Steve!’ ‘Tell me about it. He drives me crazy.’
( ※ You can say that again.)
7. cash-strapped 缺钱
△ cash-strapped universities
※ money is tight
8. explore all avenues/every avenue 尝试所有办法
9. back on your feet 恢复健康，振作起来
10. grunt work 乏味的工作 （grunt名词指工作乏味收入低的人）
※ 复习1月晨读
怎么形容job/work？
menial job 报酬低又枯燥的工作
decent job 体面的工作
demanding job 艰苦且要求高的动作
rewarding job 高回馈的工作
cushy job 美差，轻松的工作
plum job 称心的工作
taxing job 繁重，伤脑筋的工作
dead-end job 没前途的工作
11. beggars can't be choosers 要饭就不能嫌馊；叫花子就别挑肥拣瘦；给什么就得要什么; 白吃馒头别嫌面黑。
△ Like it or not, remember, beggars can't be choosers.
12. cover 钱足以支付，够付
△ Joel has agreed to lend his cash-strapped son $5000 to cover his rent for the next few months.
13. 最近过的咋样？ How is life been treating you？
回答：Can't complain. 还行吧 。 I've been better.不咋地。
14. go through a rough/bad/difficult/sticky patch 经历一段艰难的岁月，痛苦的日子
※ purple patch 红运，成功的时期
15. split up 断绝关系，分手 (复习split the difference)
△ I split up with my boyfriend last year.
16. no such ˈluck （所希望的事情没有发生而失望）没那么走运
17. be beside oneself with XX 非常，极度
△ Cathy was beside herself with excitement.
△ He was beside himself with rage when I told him what I had done.
18. on the road to XX 开始... （联想※ back on track ）
19. stop by 短暂拜访 （swing by，drop by）
20. cheat on sb 乱搞，不忠 to have romantic relations on the side
※ 复习on the side
这个表达，可以表示配菜或者酱料：
We were served salmon with rice and grilled vegetables on the side.
也可以表示兼职：
She sells insurance on the side.
还可以表示偷偷摸摸的：
He's married but he has a girlfriend on the side.
21. If you ever want to talk, just give me a call. I'll be here for you. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
语音点
1. flat ˈbroke 重音在后
2. ˈcash-strapped 重音在前，当中不用重新启动
3. no such ˈluck
4. ˌminimum ˈwage