e)navigate a course沿着方向走
f)chart a course 制定方向
g)Policy as "stay the course." is not a stay-the-course policy. “按既定方针办”实际上并不是如此。
h)reverse its own course 完全改变方向，180度的改变，His instruction has reversed the course by 180 degree. 他的指示带来了一个180度的转变。
1822.After the Bell is an after-school program for elementary school students. “课余补习”是专为小学生放学后所设的一个计划。after the bell 指下班铃声，特别是指华尔街的最后的铃声，表示收市。又可称为closing bell.
1823.yield 屈服，投降 Our nation will never yield to the imperialist pressure.我们民族绝不屈服帝国主义的压力。yield还有好些其他的意思，这里只介绍“屈服”一意。
1824.KowTow 此词是少数几个进入了英文的中文词汇，就是“磕头”，英文中Kowtou只有一个意思，就是向邪恶势力退步，既是可数也是不可数名词。It is a shame that the democratic countries will KowTow to dictators. 民主国家向独裁者磕头真是无耻。This is not unusual for famous academic or knowledgeable scholars to kowtow powerful dictators. 赫赫有名的学界或博学的学者向权倾一时的独裁者磕头也不是什么新鲜事。
1825.The disciples of Confucianism believe that we should not cave in to outside influences. 儒家弟子认为我们不能向外来文化让步。cave in to 让步，屈服
1826.They are bowing to the political pressure. 他们在政治压力下屈服让步。
1827.We are not going to give in to pressure. 我们不会向压力屈服。Why do teenagers give in to peer pressure? 为什么青少年都会往往屈从同伴的压力？give in to也可以说是 give up to。
1828.surrender 投降，让步 He surrendered to pressure. 在压力下，他作出了让步。
1829.succumb 这是个书面语味道较浓的词，屈服，让步。Tony succumbed to greed. 图尼为贪婪所困。Bob let his true self succumb to the expectations of others. 巴博为了满足 他人的期望，不得不收敛自我。
1830.capitulate 认输，屈服，投降I will be conquered; I will not capitulate to pressure. 我可以被征服，但绝不屈服于压力。
1831.The present is the product of the past, while the future is the fantasy of the present. 现在是过去的产物，未来是现在的幻想。
1832.All it often takes for a business to come grinding to a halt is for one of those components to malfunction. 一个企业停产的原因可以很简单，只要众多的组成部分有一个出差错就会停工了。
1833.But in practical terms their business is reduced to a standstill. 讲实话，他们的业务已陷于停顿。
1834.This administration fee is driving another nail in the coffin of her business. 这项行政费用成了毁掉她生意的严重打击。
1835.A decision to temporarily shut down the market came as a bolt from the blue for the vendors. 临时关闭市场的决定犹如晴天霹雳，让商贩们不能接受。shut down 关闭，将两词合用，就是名词了：the shutdown of the last three restaurants 关闭了这最后三家餐厅。
1836.They have to close off the stores. 他们不得已只能关闭掉这些商店。
1837.If they run low on cash, the game is over.如果他们的现金流通不畅的话，他们就会玩完了。
1838.sight是个常用的词，如果将与sight相关的几个词一起记忆的话，会很有帮助。
a)Becoming mentally self-sufficient would, for each of us, vastly improve the quality of foresight. 心理上自信能使我们更清楚地看到未来远景。foresight 看到未来，远见。
b)Hindsight may be clearer, less distorted, but unfortunately hindsight can only show us where we’ve been...not where we are going. 做马后诸葛亮或许能更清楚无碍地看发生过的问题，但不幸地是，马后诸葛亮只能告诉我们以往我们所走过的道路，而不能指示我们将要走的道路。 hindsight后视镜，后见之明
c)His thought is filled with remarkable insights. 他的思想充满了真知卓见。This will provide enough insight to why we do what we do to. 这将让我们深入地知道我们现在行动的理由。
d)short-sighted, 近视，也可以说near-sighted, 正式的名称是myopia，political short-sightness, political myopia 都是“政治上近视眼”的意思。也可以这么说，short sighted political solution 短视的政治解决方案
e)farsighted, 远视，We have large goals that required farsighted policies. 我们的目标宏大，所以需要前瞻性的政策。
f)long sighted, 与far-sighted 同义，正式名词是hyperopia 远视眼，这个词不太像far-sighted有寓意的成分。
g)oversight 监督，疏忽 Oversight and monitoring in government research have long been recognized as essential. 监督追踪政府的研究一直以来都被视为必不可少的部分。 By an oversight, I forgot to mail your letter. 因为疏忽，我忘记了寄你的信。
1839.She tugs at the hearts of two men. 她夹在两位男士中间不知道要选哪一位才好。
1840.She falls for Steven.她爱上了司提反。是fall in love with 的简略说法。
1841.Your plan is under the microscope. 正在对你的计划进行仔细研究。microscope 显微镜。The boss is putting every applicant under the microscope.老板对来报名的人进行严格挑选。
1842.He is the full-throated opponent of the plan. 他是这个方案的强烈反对者。full-throated, 大声呼喊，完全的，强烈的，He is a full-throated conservative. 他是个铁杆保守派。比较深喉 deep throated。
1843.The Party members infighting dogs the plan for democracy. 党内成员的内斗使得实行民主的计划一波三折。
1844.In the current climate, we fear doctors will stop short of saving our lives. 在目前的大环境下，我们很担心医生会不尽全力来抢救我们的生命。
1845.Yet those kinds of changes take time, several years or even the better part of a decade. 这类似的改变是需要时间的，需要数年甚至七八年。
1846.After several days together, they have found out that they have little common ground. 他们在一起呆了几天后，发现他们共同点太少了。common ground 共同点。
1847.It has long been gossip fodder. 这成了街头闲话的机器。These relationships become fodder for the gossip mill. 这些关系成了流言蜚语的最好原材料。
1848.Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is stolen. 亡羊而补牢无甚用也。也可以说成：Don’t close the barn door after the horse runs away. 以前学过的一句：Your barn door is open. 有谁记得？
1849.He is a very easygoing kind of person. 他是个极为容易相处的人。