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UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERS --Reading and Thinking
单词,课文预习
一.词汇预先知
Ⅰ.单词——记其形
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1.come to their __rescue 营救他们
2.cause damage to his health 损害他的健康
3.destroy hopes 摧毁希望
4.build shelters for the homeless 为无家可归者搭建庇护所
5.ruin our trip 毁坏我们的旅行
6.30 percent students 百分之三十的学生
7.be trapped in the__ruins 被困在废墟中
8.bury the dead 埋葬死者
9.make greater efforts 尽更大的努力
Ⅱ.单词——知其意
1.disaster n.灾难;灾害
2.tornado n. 龙卷风;旋风
3.drought n. 旱灾;久旱
4.landslide n. (山地或悬崖的)崩塌;滑坡
5.slide vi.&vt. (使)滑行;滑动
6.tsunami n. 海啸
7.flood n. 洪水;大量vi. 淹没;大量涌入vt. 使灌满水;淹没
8.magnitude n. (地)震级;重大
9.evacuate vt. 疏散;撤出vi. 撤离
10.helicopter n. 直升机
11.crack n. 裂纹;裂缝vi.&vt. (使)破裂
12.gas n. 汽油;气体;燃气
13.brick n. 砖;砖块
14.metal n. 金属
15.electricity n. 电;电能
16.unify vi.&vt. 统一;(使)成一体
17.context n. 上下文;语境;背景
Ⅲ.单词——通其变
1.death n.死;死亡→dead adj.无生命的
2.shock n.震惊;令人震惊的事;休克 vt.(使)震惊→shocking adj.令人震惊的→shocked adj.感到震惊的
3.breathe vi.& vt.呼吸→breath n.呼吸
4.revive vt.& vi.复活;(使)苏醒→revival n.振兴;复苏
5.suffer vt.遭受;蒙受 vi.(因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦→suffering n.折磨;苦难
6.wisdom n.智慧;才智→wise adj.明智的;聪明的
7.affect__vt.影响;(疾病)侵袭;深深打动→effect n.效果,作用
Ⅳ.词块——英汉译
1.as if 似乎;好像;仿佛
2.in ruins 严重受损;破败不堪
3.in shock 震惊;吃惊
4.set up 建立
5.as usual 像往常一样
6.come to an end 结束
7.the number of ……的数量
8.dig out 挖掘
9.a home to ……的家园
10.go through 经历
11.be gone 没有了
12.provide medical care 提供医疗服务
2. 课文精研读
原文呈现
THE NIGHT THE EARTH
DIDN’T SLEEP
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern ① Hebei.For several days, the water in the village wells② rose③ and fell,rose and fell.There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls.At least one well had some smelly④ gas coming out of it【1】.Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat【2】,and dogs refused to go inside buildings.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide【3】, and fish jumped out of the water.At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, brigh