尤指作为某人的手艺、行业或职业的工作。可数。Washing the windows is not my job. 洗窗子不是我的事儿（任务）。习惯表达: a good job一件好事lose one's job失业be out of a job失业 do a good job干的不错

It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours aday.修理自行车就是他的话，而且常常是一天要干14个小时。

responsibility 指"由于法律、职业或道德等的要求而应尽的责任", 含有"法津上对后果负责任"的意味, 如:

The resposibility rests on us. 这由我们负责。Do not forget your duty to your parents. 不要忘记对父母应尽的责任。

3.course n. 过程；经过；进程

in the course of discussion 在讨论期间

道路；路线；方向 The ship was blown off course. 那船被吹离航线。

【习惯用语】

in course of 在...的过程中

in due course 在适当的时候；不久以后

in the courts of在...期间

during the course of 在...期间

4.meanwhile adv. 此时 同时

They'll be here soon. Meanwhile we'll have some coffee. 他们即刻就到，我们现在先喝点咖啡。

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

与此同时,我的舌头忙于寻找被拔牙齿的伤口。

Meanwhile, two other actors had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.

与此同时,另外两位演员把两个盛着食物的大篮子拿到树下荫凉的地方。

Jane was writing a letter and meanwhile Pat was watching T.V.. 简在写信，而在此同时帕特在看电视。

5.case n.事；事例

This is a case of stupidity, not dishonesty. 这只是个愚蠢的例子,并非不诚实。

情形；场合；状况 'Well, in that case, I would prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered. `唉,那样的话,我宁愿留在车上啦,'我回答说。

a case of poverty 穷苦的情形

病症；病例 This is a case of fever. 这是一发烧的病例。

案件；诉讼 a difficult case to prove 一个很难办的案子

In this case I'm acting for my friend Mr Smith. 我在这次诉讼中代表我的朋友史密斯的利益。