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Unit4 Natural disasters
words and expressions
disaster n 灾难 灾害
tornado n 龙卷风 旋风
drought n旱灾 久旱
landslide n 崩塌 滑坡
slide vi vt (使)滑行 滑动
tsunami n.海啸
flood n.洪水 水灾
After the flood ,it took weeks for the water level to go down.
n. 大量
a flood of sth. 大量大批...
The child was in a flood of tears on account of his bad grades.
vi vt (使)淹没
The waterpipe fell apart and water flooded the house.
Students flood in/into(大量涌入)the canteen when it’s time for dinner.
When the bell rang,we flood out of(从...蜂拥而出) the classroom.
volcanic eruption 火山喷发
magnitude n.震级 重大
rescue n vt 营救 救援
A rescue worker risked his life saving two children.
rescue sb. from...从...中营救某人
rescue sth from...使某物免于...protect sb/sth against/from sth
The fireman rescued the little boy from the burning house.
Many scholars are making efforts to rescue the antiques from being destroyed.
rescue 救援 指从危险 伤害中救出来
save 拯救 既可以指从危险 伤害中拯救出来 也可以指从不良的精神状态中拯救出来
damage vt 损害 破坏
He took the glass carefully in order not to damage it.
Without enough care ,this ancient building was seriously damaged.
UN. 破坏 损伤
Tsunami will cause/do damage to the houses.
destroy Vt 摧毁 毁灭 [程度较重 ,很难修复]
evacuate vt 疏散 撤出 vi 撤离
helicopter n 直升机
death n 死亡 dead adj死的 失去生命的
He was finally dead after fighting with cancer for several years.dying adj垂死的 be dying to do/for sth 极渴望(做)...
deadly adj 致死的 adv 极其 非常
die v 死亡 pass away
affect vt 影响 深深打动 (疾病 )侵袭
It’s recognised that parents will affect their children.
The audience was deeply affected by the film and they could not hold back tears .
A lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease.
effect n影响 作用 effective adj 有效的
have an effect/influence on 对...有影响
influence vt n 影响
shelter n避难所
Bear Grylls uses the cave as a simple shelter.
n.庇护 under the shelter of 在...的庇护下
Under the shelter of the old man,these birds live a happy life.
crack n裂纹 裂缝 vt vi(使)破裂
gas n气体 燃气 汽油 fuel n.燃料
as if 似乎 好像 仿佛
It seems as if...看起来好像
It seems as if he didn’t care about the resu