clear 在本句中作动词用，意思是“清除”。如：

Let me clear the furnace of ash. （让我把炉子里的灰清掉。）

prevent sb. from doing sth.意思是“妨碍（阻止）某人做某事”。如：

1） The traffic jam prevented me from getting home earlier. （交通阻塞使我无法早点到家。）

The heavy fog prevented the train from arriving on schedule. （大雪使火车无法准点到达。）

本课主要短语及表达

1. be characteristic of

2. identify with

3. in the least

4. disapprove of

5. devote to

6. （in） the pursuit of

7. a mark of

8. with regard to

9. impress sth. on sb

10. feel like doing sth.

11. run down

12. go on doing sth.

13. restore …to …

14. a state of

15. be known as

16. as a whole

17. shed tears

18. with the best intention

19. clear sth. of

20. prevent from

Text B    stop worrying now！

短语表达

1. deal with

He is really hard to deal with.

You may have to have extensive experiences to deal with issues like this.

2. choose to

After graduation from college， he chooses to take a poorly paid job instead.

If you choose to stay， I'm afraid you will also have to finish that writing first.

3. in the first place

You shouldn't take him on that trip in the first place.

There was this hidden error in the first place. How could you put all the blame on me？

4. label as

I can hardly believe that you could label it as toys.

His pitiful copy of my writing was labeled as the most creative in his class. What a joke！

5. can't help doing something

Despite repeated advice by my doctor， I simply can't help eating this fatty meat whenever there is a chance.

The boy could not help crying when he lost sight of his loving father.

6. hang on to sth

He hung on to his toy gun.

The little girl hung on to her mother's hand when they crossed the street.

7. risk doing sth

You will risk losing your job if you go on like this.

He risked being criticized when he was late for the meeting.

8. result in

The safety measures will result in the reduction of work accidents.

The game resulted in a tie.

9. use up

Since the energy on the earth can be used up one day， we will have to look for new energy sources right now.

Can you fetch me some paper？ I've used up all of them.

10. back down

I backed down carefully when I spotted a cobra on the island.

If they are not going to back down， we may have to find another way of compromise.