内容正文:
Be a critical news reader!
Vocabulary and Grammar points
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Vocabulary:
Deadly 致死的
Estimate 估计
Confirm 证实
Dozen 许多,一打,十来个
Critical 批判的,关键的,危急的
Minor 次要的,轻微的
Scream 尖叫,高喊
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Vocabulary:
Bark 树皮;狗叫
Choke 使窒息
Awful 糟糕的
Cigarette 香烟
Carpet 地毯
Go off 爆炸;突然发生;离开
Investigate 调查
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
1. A terrible fire broke out on Sunday night, leaving the Henderson Tower seriously damaged.
具体日期用介词on
现在分词作结果状语
过去分词作补语
4
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
Emergency services estimate that the number of deaths could reach 9.
翻译:紧急救援中心估计死亡人数可能会达到9人。
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
By this morning, 4 people have been confirmed dead.
By + 现在时间 = 现在完成时
过去分词作主语补足语,即表语
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
The fire has also left dozens of people injured.
过去分词作宾语补足语
Has done 构成现在完成时
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
I was about to have a bath when I heard people screaming and dogs barking.
Be about to do sth 即将做某事
翻译为:我正要去洗澡这时我听到人们的尖叫和狗的犬吠
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
Mr. Peterson, head of the fire service, confirms that a dropped cigarette end on a carpet of the 8th floor started the fire and that the automatic fire alarms did not go off quickly enough to prevent the disaster.
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
Mr. Peterson, head of the fire service,
Mr. Peterson 和 head of the fire service指的是同一个人,即双方互做同位语。
Part2. Deadly fire in tower block causes serious damage
Grammar:
Mr. Peterson confirms that a dropped cigarette end on a carpet of the 8th floor started the fire and that the automatic fire alarms did not go off quickly enough to prevent the disaster.
宾语从句1
宾语从句2
宾语从句
宾语从句在句中充当宾语成分,可以作谓语动词,介词、不定时等非谓语动词的宾语。
宾语从句三要素:
连接词,时态,语序
1.连接词:
that/i