1 he had once tried it , but had chanced to strike the Riviera during one of its carefully unadvertised cold spells .
the chances are 用于口语表达，表示大概是，很可能是，可以替代：its likely that....
eg: The chances are that I will be looking for a new job soon.
造句：The chances are that he will not come her this afternoon.
Spell (某种活动、天气等的)一段短暂时间，一阵
»a spell of warm/dry weather
»a cold / hot / wet / bright, etc. spell 一段寒冷、炎热、多雨、晴朗等的日子
造句：There has been a long cold spell in Manchester, which gives me a chill
I do not like the long spell of dry weather.
spell 可以替代period, 这个小词汇很好用！！！！
2 表示除了的词汇有：
apart from, except, besides, on top of, rather than, save --save,可以做介词也表示除了，口语很少用,比较正式
3 Sometimes they tired him,
tire 可以做动词，他们把我累着了
造句： If writing the dissertation tires you, watch a movie to chill out.
that had quite exhausted him
Five minutes walk tires/exhausted me.
The trip to Poland has tired/exhausted me physically. --I was exhausted by the trip.
无穷无尽 可以用exhausted
4 there’s a lot of flu about
there’s a lot of flu [flu: ] about 流感很流行。 flu influenza [ ˌ ɪnflʊ ' enzə ] 的简略语，流行性感冒，是口语。 about （疾病）流行；是副词。
5 ‘Ah, that accounts for it
解释的通 = make sense
6 been there, done that.
我已去过某处或经历过某事（表示没兴趣再听）
7 rank and fire （团体、公司等的）普通成员，普通职员
需要注意的发音：
1 everywhere （注意where 的 e的读音）
2 Breathing ， breath /brɛθ/ 需要区别这两个的发音，很容易读错
3 usual
4 cambridge /ˈkembrɪdʒ/ 发的是ei的音
5 timidity /tɪˈmɪdətɪ/ 注意重音位置
6 Measles /'mizəlz/