雅思词组1:take off起飞;匆匆离开;(观念、产品等)突然大受欢迎，迅速流行

A group of school children who were traveling in a privately chartered airplane from Sydney to Queensland to take part in a musical concert found themselves swimming for the shore when their airplane had to land in the sea just three minutes after taking off from Sydney airport.
一架从悉尼飞往昆士兰州的私人包机载着一群学生去参加音乐会，在从悉尼机场起飞三分钟后，不得不迫降在海面上，这些学生被迫游回岸边。

雅思词组2:take one's breath away使某人激动得喘不上气，使惊讶不止

Not many things can take one's breath away these months, but this movie is something absolutely wonderful.
这几个月来，没有太多的事可以给人带来惊喜，但是这部电影实在是太棒了。

雅思词组3:take one’s temperature量体温

The nurse takes my temperature times a day.
护士一天给我量三次体温。

雅思词组4:take out insurance买保险

Nowadays everyone can take out insurance fast and uncomplicated via Internet.
现在，人们能够通过网络方便简易地购买保险。

与"保险"相关的一些表达:
insurance agent/broker保险代理人，保险经纪人
insurance company保险公司
insurance policy保单
insurance claim保险索赔
insurance premium保险费

雅思词组5:take over one's business接管某人的生意

My father wants me to take over his business when I graduate from college.
我父亲希望我毕业后能接手他的生意。

雅思词组6:take pictures照相

A:Who likes to take pictures better, your husband or you?
A:你和你丈夫，谁更喜欢照相?

B:Me, of course
B:当然是我。

take photographs

雅思词组7:take pity on对…表示同情(或怜悯)

But in the end they took pity on me, so now I've just about got enough money.
但最终他们对我表示了同情，所以现在我的钱差不多够了。

雅思词组8:take responsibility for对…负责

Corporate crime can have very severe consequences. It's not just a matter of companies making bigger profits than they should do, but of event which may affect the lives of innocent people, and yet very often companies, because they say they didn't intend to harm everyone, can avoid taking responsibility户r the results of their actions. And that has been a very dangerous loophole in the law.
公司犯罪会带来极其严重的后果，这不仅是公司获取本不属于他们的利润的问题，而可能会影响无辜人群的生活，通常公司会说他们无意伤害任何人，这样就可以避免为他们的行为所产生的后果负责任。这在法律上是个非常危险的漏洞。

be responsible for

雅思词组9:take the role of扮演…的角色

In the east, most men seem to be unwilling to take the role of house-husband whilst their wives go to work.
在东方，大多数男性似乎都不愿意在妻子上班时自己在家当家庭主“夫”。

play the role of

雅思词组10:take unpaid leave请无薪假

My boss has agreed to pay the cost of the course itself, but I would have to take unpaid leave if I want to study full-time and, I don't think I could afford to support myself with no salary for a whole year
板同意为我支付课程本身的费用，但如果我想全天学习的话就得请无薪假，而且一整年没有薪水恐怕我也无法维持生活。

与“假期”相关的表达:
paid leave带薪假
maternity leave
annual leave年假
sick leave病假