第一、重點短語

1. do damage to：損害......

例句：Those gossips can do great damage to his reputation.

這些流言蜚語極大地損害他的名譽。

The earthquake do a lot of damage to the city .

地震使城市損壞嚴重。

2. at the bottom of：在......的底部

例句：Truth is at the bottom of the decanter.

酒后吐真言。

He started at the bottom of the company.

他從公司的最基層干起。

3. be dead from：死于......

例句：The little boy was half dead from hunger.

那小男孩餓得半死。

All the children dead from war

戰爭中死去的那些孩子。

4. send away：驅逐，打發，攆走

例句：She was sent away to the country..

她被送到了鄉下。

Please don't send me away; I want to be near you!

請不要把我攆走, 我想待在你身邊!

5. clear of：清除，離開，脫離

例句：Kids should steer clear of that park, it doesn't seem safe.

那個公園好像不安全,孩子們應該避開。

I resolved somehow to be clear of him.

我決定無論如何要脫離他。

6. beware of：當心，注意，提防

典型例句：Beware of people stirring up trouble behind the scenes.

警惕有人在背后挑撥。

Beware of their tricks.

提防他們暗中搞鬼。

7. wish for：希望得到，想要

例句：Our wish for better times has come true.

我們要過好日子的愿望已實現。

I have no wish for a well - paid position.

我不祈求待遇優厚的職位。

8. cast a shadow (over)：（因為.......而）蒙上陰影

例句：The scandal cast a shadow on his career.

這件丑聞給他的事業投上了一層陰影。

The current developments cast a shadow over the future of the talk.

目前的形勢給談判的前途投下了陰影。

9. not...but...：不是......而是

例句：He drives not carefully but slowly.

他開車不是很小心，而是開得很慢。

Not you but I am to blame.

不是你的錯而是我的錯。

10. golden age：黃金時代，（文藝等）的鼎盛時期

典型例句：The Elizabethan period was the golden age of English drama.

伊麗莎白時期是英國戲劇的黃金時代。

The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of classical Chinese poetry.

唐朝是中國古詩的極盛時期。

第二、重點短語回顧

after all：畢竟，終究

第三、其它短語

1. a broken neck：脖子斷了

2. clear of suspicion：消除懷疑

3. one’s heart's true desire：內心真實的欲望