第一、重点短语

1. do damage to：损害......

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

这些流言蜚语极大地损害他的名誉。

The earthquake do a lot of damage to the city .

地震使城市损坏严重。

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.

他从公司的最基层干起。

3. be dead from：死于......

例句：The little boy was half dead from hunger.

那小男孩饿得半死。

All the children dead from war

战争中死去的那些孩子。

4. send away：驱逐，打发，撵走

例句：She was sent away to the country..

她被送到了乡下。

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

请不要把我撵走, 我想待在你身边!

5. clear of：清除，离开，脱离

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

那个公园好像不安全,孩子们应该避开。

I resolved somehow to be clear of him.

我决定无论如何要脱离他。

6. beware of：当心，注意，提防

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

警惕有人在背后挑拨。

Beware of their tricks.

提防他们暗中搞鬼。

7. wish for：希望得到，想要

例句：Our wish for better times has come true.

我们要过好日子的愿望已实现。

I have no wish for a well - paid position.

我不祈求待遇优厚的职位。

8. cast a shadow (over)：（因为.......而）蒙上阴影

例句：The scandal cast a shadow on his career.

这件丑闻给他的事业投上了一层阴影。

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

目前的形势给谈判的前途投下了阴影。

9. not...but...：不是......而是

例句：He drives not carefully but slowly.

他开车不是很小心，而是开得很慢。

Not you but I am to blame.

不是你的错而是我的错。

10. golden age：黄金时代，（文艺等）的鼎盛时期

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

伊丽莎白时期是英国戏剧的黄金时代。

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

唐朝是中国古诗的极盛时期。

第二、重点短语回顾

after all：毕竟，终究

第三、其它短语

1. a broken neck：脖子断了

2. clear of suspicion：消除怀疑

3. one’s heart's true desire：内心真实的欲望