重点讲解：
1. be ready for/to do sth.
准备好的；胜任的；
eg. We've just got to put the last of the luggage in the boot, and then we shall be ready for off.
我们刚把最后的行李装在马车行李架上，然后就准备出发了。
eg. As the aircraft was ready to take off, all the passengers fastened their seat belts.
飞机即将起飞，全体乘客都系好了安全带。
2. a couple of
两个；几个；
eg. There are a couple of ways to stay objective.
有两个方法可以帮助你保持客观。
eg. She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier.
她几周前给他写过一个便条。
3. after all
毕竟；终究；
eg. There's just an outside chance we'll get the contract after all.
说到底，我们得到那份合同的希望极其渺茫。
eg. The party looks like being a success after all.
无论怎么说这次聚会看起来是成功的。
