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