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Unit 4
Natural Disasters
Words and Phrases
1. rescue
n. [U] 救援;营救;抢救;获救
[C] 营救行动
come / go to sb’s rescue 来/去救助某人
rescue team / workers 救援队/人员
vt. 营救;援救;抢救
rescue ... from ... 把……从……中解救出来
Listening & Speaking
翻译练习
当我们有危险时,他们赶来救援。
数以百计的矿工仍在水中等待救援。
昨天这名勇敢的消防员从燃烧的房子中救出了三个孩子。
2. damage
vt. 损害,毁坏,破坏
n. [U](有形的)损坏、破坏,损失;(pl.)损害赔偿金
Smoking seriously damages your health.
do/cause damage to... 对……造成损害/破坏
He was awarded $2,000 in damages.
3. affect
vt. 影响 = have effect on
vt.(感情上)深深打动;使悲伤(或怜悯等)
vt.(疾病)侵袭,使感染
From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team.
She was deeply affected by the sad story.
Thousands of people in the world were affected by SARS in 2003.
4. set up
(1)开办,建立,创建
(2)安装好,装配好
put up 提升;搭建;提出(意见等)
pick up 举起;搭载;好转;学会;捡起
build up 创建,开发;增强……的体质
make up 化妆;编造;组成
bring up 抚养,养育
turn up 露面;调高(音量、热量等)
5. shelter
n. [C](尤指用以躲避风雨或攻击的)遮蔽物,庇护处,避难所;(无家可归者或受虐待者的)收容所,庇护所
n. [U] 居所,住所;遮蔽,庇护,避难(避雨、躲避危险或攻击)
find/take shelter from the rain 避雨
under the shelter of 在……的庇护下;受……的保护
vt. 保护;掩蔽 The darkness sheltered their activities.
vi. 躲避(风雨或危险)We sheltered from the rain in a doorway.
6. come to an end 结束(物作主语)
at an end 完毕,终结(常做表语)
in the end 最后 = finally,常做状语
at the end of ... 在……末端,在……尽头
by the end of 到……末为止(常与完成时连用)
bring ... to an end (= put an end to ...) 使……终止
make ends meet 使收支相抵;勉强维持生计
put an end to 结束,终止
Reading & Thinking
7. directly
adv. 直接地,径直地,坦率地
We have not been directly affected by the cuts.
conj. 一……就……
I went home directly I had finished work.
director n. 导演;主任;董事
direction n. 方向;指导 [pl.] 用法说明,操作指南
8. deadly
This is a deadly poison. Keep it out of the reach of the children.
My mother’s face turned deadly pale after she heard the bad news.
Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull.
be dying for
be dying to do
9. in ruins
n. [C]废墟,残垣断壁;[U]破坏,毁灭;破坏
go/come to ruin 灭亡;荒废 = fall in/into ruin
vt. 破坏,毁坏;使破产
ruin one’s future / health
ruin oneself
10. shock
n. 震惊,令人震惊的事;休克;(由爆炸、地震等引起的)剧烈震动
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