常見短語：

1. be known for: 因……而出名

eg. The full effects of the oil spill may not be known for years.
石油泄漏的全面影響可能很多年都不得而知。

2. fill with: 使充滿

eg. When we inhale, our lungs fill with air, which press the diaphragm downward.
當(dāng)我們吸氣時，我們的肺會充滿空氣，空氣會把隔膜往下壓。

3. make sure: 確保，確信

eg. Treat it that way yourself and make sure others do so as well.
這種方式對待自己和他人作出一定也這樣做。

4. look forward to: 期望，盼望

eg. He now says that he's looking forward to increased trade after the war.
他現(xiàn)在說他正期盼著戰(zhàn)后的貿(mào)易增長。

5. start to: 開始……

eg. You'll start to see how much better it feels to be in control of what happens every day.
你會開始看到當(dāng)每天發(fā)生的事情都處于控制之中時的感覺是多么美好。

6. make fun of: 嘲弄，取笑

eg. It's cruel to make fun of a cripple.
取笑瘸子是殘忍的。

今日學(xué)習(xí)：

1. from scratch: 〈非正〉從頭做起，從零開始

eg. The ones in this book are developed, every one of them, totally from scratch.
書中每一個人物完全都是我自己從無到有，構(gòu)思出來的。

2. out of mind: 發(fā)狂，瘋狂

eg. If you don't see them, they will soon be out of sight… and out of mind.
如果你無法看到它們，那么它們馬上就會消失在視野之外……頭腦之外。

3. leave A for B: 離開（某人）以同（他人）生活在一起

eg. Did you leave a sticky note for Wendy?
你給溫迪寫留言條了嗎？

4. pretend to do: 假裝做某事

eg. If you pretend to like it, you may get more of the same next year.
如果你假裝喜歡它，下一年你可能會得到更多的同樣禮物。

5. deep down: 事實上

eg. He seems confident but deep down he's quite insecure.
他好像很有信心，實際上卻沒什么把握。