Robots
a.set off b. set out c. set aside d.set down
解析：選c。句意為：爭取每天至少抽出1小時時間學習新詞匯。set aside為某種目的留出、撥出（金錢、時間）等，符合句意。
10. turn around
轉向
he heard a voice but when he turned around, he saw nobody.
他聽到一個聲音，但轉身卻沒發現有人。
as he walked towards the hotel, he suddenly turned around and found an old lady following him.
當他朝旅館走去時，突然轉身發現一個老婦人跟著他。
聯想拓展
turn away 把(臉)轉過去
turn against 背叛；反抗
turn on/off 打開/關掉
turn up 出現;調大(音量)
turn down 拒絕;調小(音量)
turn out 結果是;證明是
高手過招
翻譯句子 （原創）
①那個年輕的女士無法想像要是她的丈夫背叛她的話會是怎么樣。
②雖然貧窮，但是女孩毅然地拒絕了別人的幫助。
答案：①the young lady can’t imagine what if her husband turns against her.
②though poor, the girl turned down others’help firmly.
重點句型
11. claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
克萊爾并不想把機器人留在家里，特別是在她丈夫離別三周的這個期間。但是，克萊爾被拉里說服了。他說，機器人不會傷害她，也不會讓別人來傷害她。
to be harmed為動詞不定式的被動語態。
all these gifts must be mailed immediately so as to be received in time for christmas.
所有的這些禮物必須馬上郵寄，以便在圣誕節時及時收到。
it remains to be seen whether jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.
吉姆最后是否適合演出仍將拭目以待。