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Developing ideas
1、where did the Hurricane Katrina from?
2、where did it hit?
3、How long did it last?
4、How many people lost their lives in it?
5、What was the cost of the damage Hurricane Katrina caused?
Katrina formed on the Atlantic Ocean, where there was a tropical depression.
It hit mainly the Southern states, including the south of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
It lasted more than one week.
Over 1800 people lost their lives in it.
It caused USD 108 billion in damage.
大西洋
热带低压
代价
损害
Look at the title of the passage and guess the meaning of it.
Pay attention to the words “stars”“storm” .Maybe the author want to express his relief after the disaster.
frightened
flew off
smelled/smelt
so bad everywhere
always try to see the good side of things
happy
came home just in time
rebuild our homes and our lives
Stars after the storm
It's strange, but I don't really remember much about the hurricane itself. It all happened so quickly. I was sitting in my room with my cat, Smartie, on my lap, when the roof just flew off. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been. I was so frightened that I just froze.
be doing … when …正在做…这时…
=suddenly 突然
So… that +结果状语
如此… 以至于…
fly-flew-flown
froze 呆住
freeze-froze-frozen
冻住
正要做…这时…
Sb+ be about to do… when…
Sb+ be on the point of doing… when…
Tom 正要出去的时候铃声响了。
Eg. Tom was about to go out/ was on the point of going out when the bell rang.
刚做完…这时…
sb+ had (just) done… when…
我刚做完作业,我朋友就给我打电话。
I had done my homework when my friend called me.
Mom cried to get out quickly, but it was already too late by then. The rain was coming down so hard and so fast. Our street turned into a river in seconds. We were going nowhere.
turn into 变成
turn out 结果是
It turns out that
片刻
At first, I was pleased we could stay at home, but soon it got really tough. Without a roof, staying inside was too dangerous. There was water everywhere, but we couldn‘t drink any of it otherwise we’d get really sick. We just had drinking water