engage with
Toyota Motor,for example,alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign,which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.
例如，在今年早些时候的召回危机中，丰田汽车用一场相对迅速且精心策划的社交媒体回应活动，挽回了部分损失，这些活动包括在推特和社会新闻网站Digg上直接和消费者交流。
alleviated =all（所有）e（阿姨）via（通过）te（特别的方法）=所有阿姨通过特别方法减轻体重=alleviate减轻
well-orchestrated=好的管旋乐队需要好的策划=well-orchestrated精心策划
have noting to do with
Although this is an interesting issue,it has noting to do with the thesis,which explains how the setting influences Sammy’s decision to quit his job.
尽管这是一个有趣的话题，但是它与论题所讨论的“环境如何影响萨米决定放弃自己的工作”没有任何关系。
setting 环境
thesis 主题
拓 have little to do with 和…有些关系；和…关系不大
return the/a favor
This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier,and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped,says Quinn.
奎因说，这可能会让老鼠更好的记住早些时候把它放出来的事，并希望当它们被困的时候，机器人老鼠可以来回报它们。
拓 own sb a favor欠某人一个人情
be applicable to
A lesson from the latter is applicable to the former.
后者带来的教训同样适用于前者。
latter 后者
former 前者
line up
McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect on what kind of company he wanted to run.
麦克说在没有找到好新工作的情况下辞职给了他时间去思考该经营一家什么样的公司。
reflect on 思考
line up 安排
go though with
we must go through with the research and make them aware that they have a better choice.
我们必须将研究进行下去，让它们知道它们还有一个更好的选择。
go though 通过；经历；仔细检查
make fun of
But this seems to be the irony of office speak:Everyone makes fun of it,but managers love it,companies depend on it,and regular people willingly absorb it.
但是这似乎是办公室语言的讽刺之处：每一个人都嘲笑它，但是经理们却对此青睐有加，公司依赖于它，普通人也乐于接受它。
拓 laugh at=mock=慕课很好笑=mock 取笑=ridicule=ri（日）di（敌）cu（哭）le（了）=日本敌人哭了=ridicule取笑
make efforts to/make an effort to
Several fast-fashion companies have efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment.
几家快时尚公司已经在努力控制他们对劳动力和环境的影响。
拓 it takes effort to 需要付出努力
with effort 吃力
in touch with
“Healthly optimism means being in touch with reality,”says Tal Ben-Shahar,a Harvard professor.
谁谁谁说“健康的乐观主义意味着不脱离现实。”
optimism 乐观主义
拓 get in touch with 与…联系
keep/stay in touch（with）保持联系
be out of touch 失去联系
lose touch（with）失去联系
noting more than
“Dare to be different,please don’t smoke！”pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers——teenagers,who desire noting more than fitting in.
“敢于与众不同，请不要吸烟！”一个旨在减少青少年吸烟的广告牌宣传活动提出了这样的忠告——这些青少年无非是想融入他人。
拓 noting but 仅仅
merely 仅仅
rather than
Second,it is surely a good thing that the money and attention come to science rather than go elsewhere.
其次把资金和注意力投向科学而不是其他领域，这肯定是一件好事。
拓 instead of 而不是
without question
Without question,manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decates,and further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacture.
毫无疑问，近几十年来，制造业遭受了重大打击，而进一步的贸易协议引发了新的冲击是否会影响制造业的问题。
拓 there is no double/denying that…毫无疑问
without double 毫无疑问
beyond double毫无疑问
out of question毫无疑问
stake out
That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings,initially by emerging Internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions.
这一裁决导致了商业方法专利申请的激增，最初是新兴的互联网公司试图对特定类型的在线交易保有专有权。
stake 用桩支撑；资助；赌注
file 申请；打磨
ruling =规则是当权者用来裁决的手段=ruling裁决
explosion =向外扑=explosion爆炸；激增
exclusive =我不包含的=exclusion独特的；特定的
拓 at stake 紧要关头
relate to
This entails reducing our dependence on the North American market,whose programs relate to experiences and cultural traditions which are different from our own.
这让我们减少对美国市场的依赖成为了必然，因为北美市场的节目涉及的经历和文化传统和我们的不同。
entail 必然
拓 concerning =被牵涉进去了，家里人很担心（concern）赶紧一起走！=concerning涉及
place a burden on
Road traffic accidents place a major burden on the healthcare system.
道路交通事故给医疗健保带来了沉重的负担。
拓 burden sb.with 负担
bear/carry/shoulder a heavy burden 承受/负担/肩负重担
ten of thousands of
Despite trade competition and outsourcing,American manufacturing still needs to replace tens of thousands of retiring boomers every year.
尽管存在贸易竞争和外包，美国的制造业每年仍然需要置换成百上千的婴儿潮时期出生的工人。
trade 贸易
outsourcing 外包
hundreds of millions of
The companies that Dr.Curtis turned to——Procter&Gamble,Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever——had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.
xxxx他们已经投入了数亿美金，寻找消费者生活中的微妙线索，以便企业能利用这些线索引入新的生活习惯。
routine 习惯
pray for
Let’s pray for world peace and make joint efforts to build a brighter future.
让我们为世界和平祈祷，为创造一个更加阳光的未来共同努力。