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状元绘 高中英语
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August 8,2016 EARTHQUAKE
The village was destroyed.
Firefighters found two
girls buried in ruins.
They began digging with bare hands.
A dog was also sent to rescue the girls.
After nine hours,the girls
were dug out and saved.
Unit 4
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必 修 一
一、重点单词与短语
1. burst [bə:st] vi. (burst,burst) 爆 裂;爆 发 ‖ n. 突 然 破
裂;爆发
例 句 The car went out of control when a tyre burst.
一个轮胎爆了,车失去了控制。
拓 展
burst with 充满
burst into sth 突然闯入;冲进;突然(变成……状态)
burst out 冲出;喷出;冒出
burst out doing sth 突然(变成……状态);突然……起来
burst on / upon sb / sth 突然出现在某人 / 某物面前
2. think little of 不重视;忽视
例 句 I gave him some good advice but he thought little of it.
我给他一些好的建议,但他根本不理会。
拓 展 think nothing of 认为……没什么
think ill / badly / poorly of 对……看法不好;评价很低
think highly / well / much / a lot / a great deal of
对……重视;高度评价
3. event [i'vent] n. 事件;大事;(体育)项目
短 语 at all events / in any event 总之;无论如何
in that event 如果那样的话 in the event of sth 万一;倘若
辨 析
accident 意外事故;故障
incident 小事件或附带事件;突发事件或偶发事件
affair 一般的事件;比较小的事务;恋爱事件
event 重大事件;体育比赛项目
4. at an end 结束;终结
例 句 The game was nearly at an end when we finally made it to the
stadium.
我们最终赶到体育场时,比赛快要结束了。
burst into tears burst out laughing
An accident happened in the
road cycling event.
The accident led to a violent
incident.
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状元绘 高中英语
拓 展 表示“结束”之意的含end的短语还有:
come / draw to an end 结束;完结
put an end to sth 结束某事
make an end of sth 结束或除掉某事物
5. ruin ['ru:in] n. 废墟;毁灭 ‖ vt. 毁灭;使破产
例 句 Addiction to alcohol has ruined his health.
酗酒毁了他的健康。
短 语 in ruins 严重受损;破败不堪(注意: ruin一定要用复数形式。)
6. extreme [ik'stri:m] adj. 极度的
例 句 Drivers drove their cars with extreme caution on the icy road.
司机们在结了冰的路上格外小心地开车。
拓 展 extreme n. (常用复数)极端;极度
extremely adv. 极端;极其;非常
go to extremes 走极端
7. injure ['indʒə] vt. 损伤;伤害
例 句 The boy fell off the tree and injured himself in the leg.
那个男孩从树上摔了下来,腿部受伤了。
拓 展 injury n. 伤害;损害
injured adj. 受伤的;受损害的
辨 析
injure 一般指由于意外或事故造