Unit 2 Natural disasters Welcome to the unit & Reading 1 课文讲解课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第三册

UNIT 2 Natural disasters 课文讲解 Pupils' lives spared during Falmont earthquake By Raymond Tran 18 March FALMONT — On 17 March, 476 students and 36 teachers at Falmont Primary School escaped an earthquake that hit the county at 2:27 p.m.Only 5 students suffered slight injuries, despite the current figures of 7 killed and over 200 injured in the disaster area at large. hit vt.打;攻击;到达某地;使突然想起 It hits/strikes/occurs to sb that ... 某人突然想起了某事 injure vt.伤害,使受伤;损害 injured adj.受伤的 injury n.伤害;损害 suffer slight injuries 受轻伤 disaster n.灾难,灾害;彻底失败 disastrous adj.灾难性的 at large 整个,全部 Alice Brown, head teacher at Falmont Primary School, was teaching when the floor began to shake. Her students' reaction was quick and correct — they moved under their desks, head first, and held on to the legs of the desks. At the same time, Miss Brown quickly opened the classroom door, in case it became damaged during the shaking and could not open. There were loud crashes of glass breaking and things falling to the ground, but the students remained still and waited calmly and quietly. reaction n.反应,回应;抗拒;react vt.反应;对……作出反应 react to 对……作出反应 hold on to 抓紧,不放开 hold on (接电话)请稍等 in case 以防;万一 in case of 如果;万一 crash n.碰撞声,破裂声;碰撞;崩溃 vi.& vt.碰撞,撞击;崩溃 crash into 撞上,坠毁 The moment the shaking stopped, Miss Brown sensed it was the best time for the class to make their escape. She signalled to her students to exit the classroom in an orderly line covering their heads with their hands. Within one minute and twenty seconds, the whole class went down the stairs and rushed to the playground. Soon students from other classes arrived too. After a roll call confirmed that all were safe and sound, they relaxed, laughing, crying and hugging each other. make one's escape 逃生 have a narrow escape 死里逃生 signal vi.& vt.发信号,示意;标志 n.信号,暗号;标志;信号灯 exit vt.& n.出口,通道;离开entrance n.入口;通道;进入 the entrance/exit to ... ……的入口/出口 orderly adj.有秩序的,有条理的,整齐的 in an orderly line 井然有序 confirm vt.证实,确认;使确信;批准 confirmation n.证实;确认书;证明书 safe and sou