常见短语：

1. be known for: 因……而出名

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

2. fill with: 使充满

eg. When we inhale, our lungs fill with air, which press the diaphragm downward.
当我们吸气时，我们的肺会充满空气，空气会把隔膜往下压。

3. make sure: 确保，确信

eg. Treat it that way yourself and make sure others do so as well.
这种方式对待自己和他人作出一定也这样做。

4. look forward to: 期望，盼望

eg. He now says that he's looking forward to increased trade after the war.
他现在说他正期盼着战后的贸易增长。

5. start to: 开始……

eg. You'll start to see how much better it feels to be in control of what happens every day.
你会开始看到当每天发生的事情都处于控制之中时的感觉是多么美好。

6. make fun of: 嘲弄，取笑

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

今日学习：

1. from scratch: 〈非正〉从头做起，从零开始

eg. The ones in this book are developed, every one of them, totally from scratch.
书中每一个人物完全都是我自己从无到有，构思出来的。

2. out of mind: 发狂，疯狂

eg. If you don't see them, they will soon be out of sight… and out of mind.
如果你无法看到它们，那么它们马上就会消失在视野之外……头脑之外。

3. leave A for B: 离开（某人）以同（他人）生活在一起

eg. Did you leave a sticky note for Wendy?
你给温迪写留言条了吗？

4. pretend to do: 假装做某事

eg. If you pretend to like it, you may get more of the same next year.
如果你假装喜欢它，下一年你可能会得到更多的同样礼物。

5. deep down: 事实上

eg. He seems confident but deep down he's quite insecure.
他好像很有信心，实际上却没什么把握。