Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Language points 1. In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins.(教材P50) 在不到一分钟的时间里，一座巨大的城市沦为废墟。 ruin　n.& vt.破坏；毁坏 in ruins　　　　 严重受损；破败不堪 be/lie in ruins 成为废墟；毁灭 ruin one's hope/health/plan 毁掉/破坏某人的希望/健康/计划 单句语法填空 (1)He returned home only to find that his house (ruin) by the flood. (2)Heavy smoking (ruin) your health, so you should give up smoking. had been ruined ruins 2. shock　n.震惊；令人震惊的事；休克 vt.(使)震惊 (1)in shock　　 震惊；吃惊；休克 to one's shock 令某人吃惊的是 (2)shocked adj. 感到震惊的 be shocked at/by 对……感到震惊 be shocked to do sth./that... 对做某事/……感到震惊 (3)shocking adj. 令人吃惊的 It is shocking that... 令人吃惊的是…… 单句语法填空 (1)The news of his sudden death is so ____________ that everyone is very much ____________at it. (shock) (2)Hearing the story her mom told her, she wore a ____________ (shock) expression. shocking shocked shocked 3.bury　vt.埋葬；安葬；掩埋；使沉浸；使专心 (1)be buried under/in...　　被埋在…… bury one's face/head in one's hands 双手掩面/捂头 (2) bury oneself in 埋头于/专心于…… 单句语法填空 Since she left, he (bury) himself in his work. buried 4. suffer　vt.遭受；蒙受 vi.(因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦 (1)suffer losses/pains　　遭受损失/痛苦 (2)suffer from... 患……病；因……而受苦 suffer from cold and hunger　 忍饥挨冻 (3)suffering n. [U]苦难，痛苦 [C]痛苦，苦难的经历 sufferer n. 受难者 单句语法填空 (1)A lot of money has been collected to help those ___________ (suffer) from the floods. (2)She received many letters of support from some cancer ___________ (suffer). (3)The survivor never talked about his (suffer) in the disaster. suffering sufferers suffering(s) 5. come to an end　结束；终结 (1) at the end of　　　 在……末端 (2) by the end of 到……末为止(用于完成时) (3) in the end 最后；终于 (4) put an end to... 结束…… 单句语法填空 (1)By the end of last month，the athlete ___________ (win) five medals. (2)The war was