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Unit 4 Natural disasters
一、 背拓展词汇
1. power n. 电力供应;能量;力量;控制力→powerful adj. 强大的;强有力的→powerless adj. 无力的;没有能力的;无权力的
2.shock n. 震惊;令人震惊的事;休克 vt. (使)震惊→shocked adj. 震惊的→shocking adj. 令人震惊的
3.affect vt. 影响;(疾病)侵袭;深深打动→affection n.
4.calm adj. 镇静的;沉着的 vt. 使平静;使镇静→calmly adv. 镇静地;沉着地
5.deliver vt.&vi. 递送;传达 vt. 发表→delivery n. 递送;传达
6.effect n. 影响;结果;效果→effective adj. 有效的
7.survive vi. 生存;存活 vt. 幸存;艰难度过→survivor n. 幸存者;生还者→survival n. 幸存;生还
8. breathe vi.&vt. 呼吸→breath n.呼吸
9.revive vt.&vi. 复活;(使)苏醒→revival n. 振兴;复苏
10.suffer vt. 遭受;蒙受 vi. (因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦→suffering n. 痛苦;苦难→sufferer n. 受苦者
11.wisdom n. 智慧;才智→wise adj. 明智的;有智慧的→wisely adv. 明智地;有智慧地
12.rescue n.&vt. 营救;救援→rescuer n. 营救人员;救援人员
13.death n. 死;死亡→die vi. 死;死亡→dead adj. 死的;无生命的→dying adj. 垂死的;临终的
14.erupt vi.&vt. (火山)爆发;(岩浆、烟等)喷出→eruption n. 爆发
15.length n. 长;长度→long adj. 长的→lengthen vt.
二、背短语词块
1.
2. natural disasters 自然灾害
3. slide into(使)滑入; 溜进
4. a flood of 大量的
5. rescue sb./ sth. from…从……中营救某人/某物
6. cause damage to sb/sth对……引起损害
7. do damage to sb/sth对……造成损害
8. an animal shelter 动物收容处
9. shelter sb/sth from sb/sth保护……免受……
10. shelter from sth躲避(风、雨或危险)
11. as if 似乎;好像;仿佛
12. in ruins严重受损;破败不堪
13. in shock 震惊;吃惊
14. be trapped in…被困在……中
15. hold one’s breath 屏住气
16. out of breath 上气不接下气
17. make an effort to 作出努力
18. suffer from 因……而痛苦;患有(疾病等)
19. supply sb with sth = supply sth to sb向某人提供某物
20. .in the open air 露天;在户外
21. survive from sth从……中幸存下来
22. nuclear/wind/solar power 核 / 风 / 太阳能
23. power cut/failure断电/停电
24. first aid 急救
25. on hand现有(尤指帮助)
26. an air strike 空袭
27. side effect(药物等起到的)副作用
三、语境串记活用
UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERS
Today,natural disasters,such as floods,droughts,landslides, typhoons,hurricanes,tornados and tsunamis,often strike towns and villages,causing human injuries and deaths or great damage to people’s property. The relatively more dangerous of them is the volcanic eruption. Its great power can damage farms,destroy houses,affecting people’s life greatly. Once,an earthquake of great ma