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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Vocabulary
tornado
drought
landslide/landfall
tsunami
flood
volcanic eruption
typhoon
hurricane
disaster n.灾难;灾害;彻底失败的人或物
a natural disaster 自然灾难
an air disaster 一场空难
The whole thing is a total disaster.
整件事情就是彻头彻底的灾难。
disastrous adj. 极糟糕的;灾难性的;完全失败的
slide vi.&vt(使)滑行;滑动
slide - slid - slid - sliding
a sliding door 滑门;推拉门
I saw a man slide on a banana skin.
我看到有个人踩在香蕉皮上滑了一下。
slide into... 悄悄进入……
slide into a room 偷偷溜进房间
flood n. 洪水;大量 vi.淹没;大量涌入 vt.使灌满水;淹没
the flood-hit area 洪灾地区
flood warnings 洪水警告
The river was in flood. 河水泛滥。
a flood of/floods of 大量;大批
floods of rain 倾盆大雨
a flood of music 海量的音乐
Heavy rainfalls flooded the village. 大雨淹没了村庄。
Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications.
较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请。
rescue n.& vt.营救;救援
a rescue team 救援队
rescue workers 救援人员
come to one’s rescue 来援救某人
rescue...from... 把……从……营救出来
① The firefighters rescued five children the burning house yesterday.
② It was with the help of the local guide that the mountain climber__________(rescue).
from
was rescued
damage vt.损害;破坏 n.损坏;损失
damage one’s health 损害某人的健康
cause/do damage to sth 对……造成损害
damages 损害赔偿金
He was ordered to pay damages of $30,000. 他被责令支付3万美元的损害赔偿金。
众所周知,抽烟会损害我们的健康。
① As we all know, smoking can______________ ________ _. (damage n.)
② It is well known that smoking can _____________ _. (damage vt.)
do/cause damage to our health
damage our health
destroy vt. 摧毁 ;毁灭
你若折我姐妹翅膀 我定毁你整座天堂。
you _______ my sister’s wings, I will _______ your whole paradise.
If
break
destroy
destroy one’s confidence/hope/faith
摧毁某人的信心/希望/信仰
evacuate vt.疏散;撤出 vi.撤离
be evacuated from 从……中撤离
为躲避轰炸,孩子们都撤离里伦敦。
Children were London to escape the bombing.
evacuated from
evacuation n.疏散;撤离
affect vt. 影响;(疾病)侵袭;深深打动
(1) affect sb./sth. 影响某人/某事
be (deepl