(共19张PPT)
Unit 4
Earthquakes
1.to make something break open or
apart suddenly
2.to harm or hurt a person or an animal
3.to damage something so badly that
it can’t be used
4.to make somebody feel very surprised
5.to put something into the earth
6.to get something out by digging
7.to keep somebody in a place from
which people can’t move or escape
burst
injure
destroy
shock
trap
dig out
bury
Part one: Important words
1.The storm burst and we all got wet.
★Translation:
暴风雨突然来临,我们浑身湿透了。
The police burst into the door.
2.He injured his left hand in a fire.
他在大火中伤了左手。
She was injured badly in the
accident.
警察破门而入。
她在事故中受了重伤。
3.The house was destroyed in the earthquake.
这所房子在地震中被毁了。
她所有的希望都破灭了。
All her hopes were destroyed.
4.I was shocked at the news.
我对于这条新闻感到震惊。
他去世的消息使我们感到震惊。
The news of his death
shocked us.
5. Twenty miners were trapped
underground after the fire.
火灾后,20个矿工被困在矿井下。
他们被困在正在燃烧的旅馆里。
They were trapped in the burning hotel.
6.He was dug out from under the mine.
他被从矿井下挖了出来。
7. He has been dead and buried for years.
他已死亡并埋葬多年。
This house is buried under the heavy
snow.
这所房子被掩埋在厚厚的雪底下。
解放军组织队伍去挖出那些受困的人们。
The army organized teams to dig
out those who were trapped.
Today, I went through a terrible rain. At about
5 o’clock,it _____ and lasted for about 3 hours and
a half. Many people _______________ on the road in
the rain. And some of the people who rode bicycles
were washed away and _______________.The heavy
rain didn’t stop until 8:30. In the evening, when I
watched the news on TV, I was _________.
Many people were missing and even some died. The
terrible rain ___________ many buildings in Jinan.
Luckily,rescue work came when it was badly needed.
The policemen and soldiers were sent everywhere to help
those in danger.I’m happy to live in a city
full of kind-hearted people.
burst
were trapped
were injured
destroyed
shocked
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Part two:Useful expressions
1.at an end :
看起来好象到了世界末日。
战争结束了。
The war was at an end.
2.in ruins:
一场地震毁了整个城镇。
in a completely damaged condition
finished
It seemed as if the world was at an end.
An earthquake left the whole town
in ruins.
3.a great number of: many
他的前途尽毁。
His future is in ruins.
博物馆每年都要接待(receive)来自世界各地的许多参观者。
The museum receives a great number of
visitors from all over the world each year.
4.as if / though:
They looked at me as if / though
I was from another planet.
She sat there as if / though nothing had happened.
她坐在那儿好象什么都没发生过一样。
他们看着我好象我来自于另一个星球。
好象,似乎
吉姆张开了嘴好象要说什么。
Jim opened his mouth as if / though
he would say something.
看起来好象要下雨了。
It seems as if / though it will rain.
Multiple choice:
1.Three people were killed and
five ______ in the car accident.
A. harmed B. injured
C. damaged D. ruined
2.Water pipes often ______ in
cold weather.
A.burst B.buried
C.destroyed D.shocked
B. injured
A.burst
3.He stayed in the city
wandering(流浪) until the strike
(罢工) was ______.
A.in ruins B.in danger
C.at last D.at an end
4.He speaks English perfectly
_____ he had lived in England
for many years.
A.even if B.only if
C.as if D.what if
D.at an end
C.as if
Part three : Difficult sentences
Can you understand and translate them into Chinese
Workers built shelters for survivors whose
homes had been destroyed.
Then, later that afternoon, another big quake which
was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.
2. The number of people who were killed or injured
reached more than 400,000.
But the one million people of the city, who thought
little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
3. It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred
kilometres away.
A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty
metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals.
4.It was a city whose hospitals, 75% of its factories and
and 90% of its homes were gone.
The army organized teams to dig out
those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
Question time
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Homework :
1.Finish Exx 1 and 3 on Page 28 and Ex 2
on Page 29
2.Finish the reading task on Page 73
That’s all.
Thank you!