The very thing we fear the most can also become the catalyst for transformation.

注意fatality 和 fertility 的区别，前者是“死者（可数）”，或者“致命性（不可数）”的意思，后者是“生育力、繁殖力”的意思，不可数

This drug is widely used by gangs to poison uncooperative officials because of its fatality.

Cokes are believed to be able to reduce human fertility. 

可以用be confronted with替代be faced with

When Joe lost his job without preparation, he was suddenly confronted with a heavy financial burden. 

seek out= pv，vt，找出

This program can seek out viruses in your computer and delete them.

lunch还可以作vi表示“吃午饭”

Joe says he misses his first lover and wants to lunch with her.

chemotherapy= the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic（toxic to living cells，对活细胞有毒的）and other drugs,化疗，不可数

Mike has gone through the first round of chemotherapy to treat his cancer and now he’s lost all his hair.

mat 作名词除了可以作“垫子”讲，可数，还可以作“一团（相当于mass）”讲，可数；作vt 可以作“使…结团”讲

After she washed her hair, it fell out in a matted clump.

On one's own terms,根据某人自己的意愿

Joe is one of those who I know really live their lives on their own terms.

interview 作vt是“面试（他人）”的意思，作vi 是“（自己）接受面试）”的意思

Joe will interview all the interviewees.

Joe will interview for the job he used to dream of tomorrow afternoon.

We have no idea of what people are going through just by looking at them.

out of sth的倒装句

Out of this experience has realized Joe that working smarter is worth more than working harder.

diagnose sb with sth诊断出某人患有某病

Mike was diagnosed with pneumonia.

Metastasize=（of a cancer）spread to other sites in the body by metastasis（metastasize的名词），（癌症）转移，vi

The cancer has already metastasized to the brain.

Joe was too focused on what he was leaving behind to see what’s been right in front of him all along（all along= all the time）.

Sometimes it takes almost dying to know how badly you want to live.