Brew (verb)

　　●If an unpleasant situation or a storm is brewing, you feel that it is about to happen.

　　（即將來臨，醞釀）

　　Examples:

　　1.There was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike.　　

　　2.A storm was brewing in the distance.

　　Strive to do sth (phrasal verb)

　　●To try hard to do something.（致力，盡力）

　　Examples:

　　1.Please strive to do it as best you can.　　

　　2.She strove very hard to do what she had set out to do.

　　Stratum (noun)

　　●A level or class to which people are assigned according to their social status, education, or income.（（社會）階層、層次）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.The report shows that drugs have penetrated every stratum of American society.　　

　　2.Women generally have a high status in the working class, but not in other social strata.

　　Personification (noun)

　　●The description of an object or an idea as if it had human characteristics.（人格化，個性化）

　　Examples:

　　1.He is the personification of optimism.　　

　　2.They paid tribute to the artist as "the personification of excellence."

　　Drawn on sth (phrasal verb)

　　●To use information or your knowledge of something to help you do something.

　　（從…中吸收，以…為來源）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.As an actor, you often draw on your own life experiences.　　

　　2.His novels draw heavily on his childhood.