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UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERS
主题语境——人与自然之自然灾害
词块背诵
佳句赏析
1.cause enormous damage 导致巨大的损害
2.rescue work 救灾工作
3.stricken district/area 受灾地区
4.destroy the whole city 摧毁整个城市
5.wash away bridges 冲垮桥梁
6.lose one's precious life 失去宝贵生命
7.wipe out the whole village 摧毁了整个村庄
8.the extreme lack of water,food and electricity
极度缺乏水、食物和电
1.Last week,severe haze struck my hometown,making it too dark to see anything.
上周,我的家乡出现了严重的雾霾,使得天空暗的看不见。
2.So far,the earthquake has killed about 1,000 people and has left thousands injured.
到目前为止,地震已造成约1 000人死亡,数千人受伤。
3.The snowstorm destroyed power facilities and some houses,cutting off power supplies in many areas and making many people homeless.
暴风雪摧毁了电力设施和一些房屋,切断了许多地区的电力供应,使许多人无家可归。
[核心单词]
1.ruin n.&vt.破坏;毁坏
(1)be/lie in ruins 成为废墟;毁灭
fall into ruin 成为废墟;破败不堪
(2)ruin one's hope/chance使某人的希望破灭/机会失去
ruin oneself 自我毁灭
[练通]——单句语法填空
①Heavy smoking ruins (ruin) your health,so you should give up smoking.
②If you don't give up the computer games,you'll ruin yourself (you).
③A large number of bridges and buildings were in ruins after the biggest flooding in midJuly.
[金句]——微写作
④地震之后整个城市成了一片废墟,这让我们彻夜难眠。
→ The_whole_city_lay_in_ruins after the earthquake,which made us awake all night.
2.bury vt.埋葬;安葬
(1)埋头于;专心于
(2)bury one's face in one's hands 双手掩面
[金句]——微写作/一句多译
①听到这个坏消息,她双手捂着脸哭了。
Hearing the bad news,she _buried_her_face_in_her_hands and cried.
②玛丽埋头于她的毕业论文,没有时间做兼职工作。
→ Buried in her graduation paper,Mary has no time to do a parttime job.
→ Burying herself in her graduation paper,Mary has no time to do a parttime job.
→Because Mary was_buried_in her graduation paper,she has no time to do a parttime job.
3.supply n.供应(量);补给;[pl.]补给品vt.供应;供给
(1)in short supply 短缺
a good supply of ... 一批……,许多……
medical supplies 医疗用品
(2)supply sth.to sb. 为某人提供某物
supply sb.with sth. 为某人提供某物
[练通]——单句语法填空
①I'd like to know the reason why the milk is in short supply in this area now.
②The government has supplied plenty of food and clothe