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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
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natural disasters
nature n. 自然;性质;本性;
the nature of...的本质
in nature 在本质上
by nature 天性,本性上
natural adj. 自然的;物质的;天生的;天然的; naturally adv. 自然地;自然而然地;
The nature of the issue is economic. 这个事情的本质是经济上的。
The most amazing thing about nature is its infinite variety. 大自然最让人惊叹的地方在于它的无限多样性。
The ________(nature) disaster has killed several thousand monkeys.
这场自然灾害已造成几千只猴子死亡。
When things go wrong, all of us __________(nature) feel disappointed and frustrated.
出问题时,我们自然而然都会觉得失望和沮丧。
It's an economic issue ____________. 在本质上,这是一个经济事件。
natural
naturally
in nature
damage/destroy/ruin
damage n.& v. 损害;损毁;赔偿金;损害;损毁
vt. cause it to become less good, pleasant, or successful(使功能受损,还可以修复)
damaging adj. 具有破坏性的
destroy vt. 破坏;消灭;毁坏 cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined (彻底摧毁)
destruction n. n. 破坏,毁灭;摧毁 destroyed adj. 被毁的,遭破坏的
ruin n. 毁坏;毁灭,废墟;vt.v. 破坏,糟蹋;毁灭,对……有灾难性的影响(侧重于破坏的彻底性)
fall into ruin 衰落,衰败 financial ruin 破产 the ruins废墟
in ruins 成为废墟 ruined 坍塌的; 荒废的 [Adj. + n] in the ruins在废墟中
1.If the tree falls that way, it ______________ the house. 这棵树向那边倒下就会把那所房子压坏。
2.It will cause pollution and the ____________of our seas and oceans.
这会造成对我们的海洋和江河的污染和破坏。
3.Drinking and smoking can __________ your health. 饮酒和吸烟会损害你的健康。
will destroy
destruction
damage
4.One dead child was found ______________ almost two hours after the explosion.
一名遇难儿童在爆炸发生近两小时后在废墟中被找到。
5.After the earthquake,the school has been ______________
in the ruins
in ruins
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death
die v. 死亡;凋零;熄灭;死于..
die for...渴望,切望;为了…而死
die of...死于...(由于自身疾病,衰老等)
die from...死于...,因...而死(由于外部原因如事故,
die out 灭绝;消失
dead adj. 死了的,死亡的
death n. 死亡,死去的人
a matter of life and death 生死攸关的事
be frightened/starving/bored/...to death 极度地害怕/饥饿/无聊...
In a severe winter, wild animals can ________ lack of food. 在寒冷的冬天, 野兽可能因为缺乏食物而饿死.
Around fifty people ________ hunger every day in the camp. 集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
The storm is responsible for as many as four ________(death). 这场暴风雨造成多达4人死亡。
die from
died of
deaths
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affect/affection/effect
affect v. vt. 影响;感染;感动;假装
affection n. 喜爱,感情;影响 family affection 亲情
affection film 爱情电影 show affection 示爱
1.effect作“影响”讲时,侧重于指身体上的影响;affection侧重于思想上的影响。
2.affection 更多的是作“喜爱,真挚的感情”,此时是不可数名词,后面可接for或者towards;用于复数时,意思是“爱情、感情”。
气候和天气影响我们生活的每个方面。
七百多万多人受到了干旱的影响。
I have a great ___________affection for New York. 我很喜欢纽约。
He is hungry for __________. 他渴望得到爱。
Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives.
More than seven million people have been affected by drought.
affection
affection
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flood
flood n.&v. 洪水;涨潮;淹没,泛滥;大量涌入
a flood of complaints 大量投诉 in flood 在泛滥
under flood 遭受洪灾 flood into/in 涌进
a flood of...大量... fight the flood 抗洪
flood a place with...使...充斥....
Large numbers of immigrants ______________the area. 大批移民涌入了这个地区。
Manufacturers are destroying American jobs by__________________________________ .
制造商们在以廉价进口货充斥市场,破坏了美国人的就业机会。
When the Nile is _________ , it leaves a layer of mud on the fields.
尼罗河泛滥时,在田野上留下一层泥。
flooded into
flooding the market with cheap imports
in flood
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breathe/breath
breath n. 呼吸,气息;一口气 breathe vi. 呼吸;低语;松口气
breathless adj. 喘不过气来的;停止呼吸的 breathlessly adv. 气喘地;屏息地
out of breath 喘不过气来,上气不接下气地 breathe in/out 吸气/呼气
breathe into 注入 breathe regularly 均匀呼吸
breathe hard 呼吸困难 breathe a sigh of relief 舒了一口
She was slightly ______________ from running. 她跑过后有点上气不接下气。
He _____________ watched the spider attempt to spin its web for the third time.
他凝神屏息地观看那蜘蛛试图第三次结网。
Watching him climb up the cliff, everybody was ___________ with anxiety.
看着他往悬崖上爬,大家都紧张得不能呼吸。
The air was so cold we could hardly_________ . 空气非常寒冷,我们难以呼吸。
out of breath
breathlessly
breathless
breathe
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effort
effort n. 努力;成就;[ 复数 efforts ] effortless adj. 不费力的,容易的;
make an effort to do something 努力去做某事 in an effort to do 企图(努力想);试图要
with (an) effort 吃力地,努力地 spare no effort to do... 不遗余力
be worth the effort 值得努力 with effort 努力地
without effort 毫不费力地
The new students adapted ____________ to his new surroundings. 新生们不费力地就适应了新环境。
You should make an effort ___________(figure) it out. 你应该努力去弄明白这件事。
They are ________________ to decrease the production costs. 他们正尽力减少生产成本。
We should ______________________our environment. 我们应该不遗余力保护环境。
effortlessly
to figure
making an effort
spare no effort to protect
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as if
as if 好像,仿佛,似乎
在look, seem 等系动词后引导表语从句;如:
She looks as if she were ten years younger.她看起来好像年轻了十岁。(虚拟语气)
It seems as if our team is going to win.看来我们队要胜了。
还可以引导方式状语从句,如:
She loves the boy as if she were his mother. 她爱这男孩,就好像她是他的母亲一样。(虚拟语气)
The child talked to us as if he were a grown-up.那孩子跟我们谈起话来,像个成年人似的。(虚拟语气)
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Homework!!!
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5 Read the sentences describing what happened after a huge plete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words and phrases from the text.
1. The huge earthquake let nearly the whole city _____________.
2. Everyone was____________, thinikng the world must be coming to an end.
3. Millions of people were left without water, food, or ____________.
4. Soldiers and volunteers worked as hard as they could to pull away ___________ and rocks, and rescue those
who were___________ under the ruins.
5. Some were found alive, though they were suffering from terible injuris, but others had already stopped
____________when they were discovered.
6. A few buldings were stil standing, but people were afraid to use them as shelters, worrying they would be
____________ if the buildings fell.
destroyed
bricks
shelters
trapped
breathing
buried
shocked
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Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words below.
death destroy survive crash shelter disaster
Earthquakes are a form of natural ___________. They are so powerful that they can cause tall buildings to
____________ to the ground in just a few seconds. In fact, most of the ____________ in an earthquake are caused by falling houses or buildings. New research data from earthquake zones is helping architects to design safer
buildings that will not be _____________ during an earthquake. Instead of being fixed in place like most ordinary buildings, the new buildings they have designed can move. Other researchers have designed small round houses that will not fall down when there is a quake. Because the houses are round, they can ____________srong winds and floods, and are good _______________during a disaster.
The photo below shows a special earthquake-proof house in Sichuan, China. Do you have any other ideas to make houses safer
disasters
crash
deaths
destroyed
survive
shelters
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