重点词汇

1．...the old buildings in the town are getting dirty and damaged.

......镇上的古建筑变脏了并且遭到了破坏。

[归纳拓展]

(1)damage vt.&n.损害，损失

do/cause damage to对......造成破坏

(2)damages n．损害赔偿金

[语境助记]

(1)Smoking seriously damages your health.

吸烟严重损害你的健康。

(2)The heavy rain didn't do/cause much damage to the crops.

这次暴雨没有对农作物造成很大的损失。

(3)He was ordered to pay damages of 30,000.

他被责令支付3万美元的损害赔偿金。

[易混辨析]　damage，destroy，ruin

(1)damage指价值、用途降低或外表损坏等，不一定全部破坏，通常可以修复使用。

(2)destroy指彻底毁坏，以致不能或很难修复。

(3)ruin强调"毁坏"，使美好的事物失去优良的特性或特征，不能恢复。含有在一定过程中逐渐毁掉的意思。

[题组训练]

(1)用damage，destroy，ruin的正确形式填空

①Much of the coastline has been by tourism.

②The school was completely by fire.

③The accident caused some to my car，but it's nothing serious.

(2)用damage的正确形式填空

①With his reputation ，he regretted having done so.

②Hit by a truck，the car .

(3)句型转换

Smoking can damage your health.

→Smoking can your health.