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Word Preparation
season: 賽季；（電視劇）一季
period of the year when a particular sport is played
James doesn’t need to exercise as much as normal when it’s not basketball season.
不是籃球賽季的時候，James不需要像平常一樣訓練那麼多。
It will be basketball season in another two months and have you prepared well?
還有兩個月就是籃球賽季了，你準備好了嗎？
fondness: 喜愛
liking or affection for something or someone
I know many girls who have a fondness for sweet cakes.
我認識好多喜歡甜的蛋糕的女孩子。
He showed his fondness for traveling when he was young and finally he decided to explore the world in his forties.
他在年輕時就表現出了對旅行的喜好。 四十多歲的時候，他終於決定去探索世界了。
play against somebody: 與…比賽
to compete with somebody in a game or sport
Our team will play against yours next week.
下週我們對將與你們隊比賽。
Have you heard about which team shall play against tomorrow?
你聽說明天我們要跟哪一對比賽了嗎？
championship match：冠軍賽
competition that decides which team or player is the best
A world heavy wight championship match is front page news.
頭版頭條新聞是一場世界重量級冠軍賽。
The championship match is really breathtaking.
這場冠軍爭奪賽非常激動人心。
be hooked on something: 對某事着迷
to enjoy something so much that you cannot stop doing it
We begin to be hooked on English movies.
我們開始對英文電影着迷。
It is showed that some adults are hooked on computer games as well.
研究表明，一些成人也會對電腦遊戲上癮。
team up with somebody: 與某人組隊
to join another person or group
A secretary must team up with other colleagues for a smooth operation to maximize working efficiency.
祕書必須要與團隊裏的其他同事寫作，這樣才能最大限度地提高工作效率。
You won’t win unless you team up with Tom, the fastest player.
除非你與最快的隊員Tom組隊，否則你不會贏得比賽的。
Grammar
too … to 的常見用法
- too … to … means "太 … 以至於 (不能) "
- if there is a negative word before too, then the whole sentence express a affirmative meaning, too 後面的那個詞表達一種委婉含義，意爲 “不太 …”。
- 當 too 前面有 only, all, but 時，意思是 “非常 …”，相當於 very
- He is too excited to speak.
⇒ He is overly excited and cannot speak. - It’s never too late to mend.
⇒ To mend is never too late. - I’m only too pleased to be able to help you.
⇒ I’m very pleased to be able to help you. - He was but too eager to get home.
⇒ He was very eager to get home.