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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Vocabulary
tornado
drought
landslide/landfall
tsunami
flood
volcanic eruption
typhoon
hurricane
1. disaster / dɪˈzɑ:stə(r) /
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
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3. slide / slaɪd / vi.&vt(使)滑行;滑动
slide - slid - slid - sliding
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 down 滑下,往下滑
2. landslide / ˈlændslaɪd / n. ( landfall)
n. 崩塌,滑坡
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4. flood /flʌd /
n. 洪水;大量 vi.淹没;大量涌入 vt.使灌满水;淹没
a flood of/floods of 大量;大批
flood in /into 涌入,大量地
flooded adj 洪水泛滥的
flooding n 水灾;洪水泛滥
Hearing the bell, a flood of students flooded into the canteen.
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5.volcanic eruption / vɔlˈkænɪk ɪˈrʌpʃn / 火山喷发
volcano /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/ n. (pl. -oes or -os)火山
erupt /ɪˈrʌpt/ vi.& vt. (火山)爆发;(岩浆、烟等)喷出
6. rescue /ˈreskju:/ n.& vt.营救;救援
rescue workers 救援人员
rescuer n. 救助者
come to one’s rescue =rescue sb 援救某人
rescue...from... 把……从……营救出来
① The firefighters rescued five children the burning house yesterday.
② This boy (rescue) from the running river.
from
was rescued
练习巩固
7. damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ / 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
damaged adj. 被损坏的,受损伤的
a damaged leg 一条伤腿
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
练习巩固
8. destroy /dɪ'strɔɪ/ vt. 摧毁 ;毁灭
练习巩固
It is vital that we act to stop the (destroy) of the rainforest.
destruction
9. death/ deθ/ n. 死;死亡
原文呈现:No deaths,no injures.
派生词:dead adj. 无生命的
dying adj. 临终的,垂死的
die v. 死亡,消失,灭亡
10. affect /ə'fekt/
vt. 影响;(疾病)侵袭;深深打动
(1) affect sb./sth. 影响某人/某事
be (deeply) affected by 被(深深)打动了
(2) effect n.