Unit 8 Safe and sound 知识清单 2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语上册
八上 Unit 8 Safe and sound安然无恙
1. Life is priceless; safety comes first.
生命是无价的；安全第一。
2. a man’s experience of surviving an earthquake
一个人从地震中幸存下来的经历
3. better understand how to stay safe in emergencies and
natural disasters
更好地理解如何在紧急情况和自然灾害中保持安全
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4. An emergency is a sudden, serious and dangerous event or situation.
紧急情况是指突然的、严重的、危险的事件或情况。
situation情况
conditions 环境，条件
5. People need to act quickly to deal with it.
人们需要迅速采取行动来应对。
① deal (n.)交易
That’s a deal. 一言为定！成交！
② deal with解决；处理；应付
what to do with sth. 怎样处理…
=how to deal with sth.
③ deal (n.)大量；a great deal of+不可数名词
6. A natural disaster is a sudden and powerful event in nature, such as an earthquake or a flood.
自然灾害是自然界中突然且强烈的事件，如地震或洪水。
7. 英语新闻标题的特点是通常使用现在时态，可以省略a, an, the,和be动词
8. A power cut leaves thousands without heating.
停电使数千人没有供暖。
9. The lightning starts a big fire in an office building.
闪电引发了办公楼的一场大火。
10. An earthquake makes thousands of people homeless.
地震使成千上万的人无家可归
11. A coach comes off the road and hits a tree.
长途汽车偏离道路，撞树
come off(sth)与…分离(或分开)
12. Three men were hurt in a car accident.
三个人在车祸中受伤
a car accident/a traffic accident 一场交通事故
have an accident出意外
by accident偶然，意外地
13. The flood washes away a factory.
洪水冲走了一个工厂
14. The typhoon leaves the whole town in a terrible state.
台风使整个城镇处于可怕的状态
① awful (adj.) 糟糕的，极讨厌的
terrible (adj.) 可怕的
terribly (adj.) 非常糟地；很，非常
15. The house fire traps five and the firemen save the family.
房子着火困住了五个人，消防队员救了一家人
16. Did you hear about the fog disaster in Star Town last week?
你听说了上周在星城的雾灾吗？
hear from sb收到来信=get a letter from sb
hear of/about 听说
17. What happened? 发生了什么事?
happen to sb. 某人发生某事…
happen to do sth碰巧做某事
18. The fog was so thick that drivers couldn’t see more than a metre in front of them.
雾太浓了，司机看不见前方一米以外的东西。
19. Many cars hit each other. 许多汽车互相碰撞。
20. It was one of the largest traffic accidents in the town’s history!
这是该镇历史上最大的交通事故之一！
21. Twelve people died, and over 40 were hurt in the accident.
事故中有12人死亡，40多人受伤。
Reading
23. What do you think people should do in an earthquake?
你认为人们在地震中应该做什么？
24. I was working when the earthquake started.
地震开始的时候，我正在工作。
25. At first, I felt a slight shake.
起初，我感觉到轻微的震动。
shake (n.) 摇动shaking (n.)摇动
一阵轻微的震动a slight shake=a slight shaking
轻微震动shake slightly
与某人握手shake hands with sb
26. Then I heard a loud noise like thunder.
接着，我听到像雷声一样的一声巨响。
27. Soon the real noise came, like bombs under the ground.
很快，真正的轰鸣声传来，就像地下的炸弹(爆炸)。
28. The earth started to shake. 大地开始摇晃。
29. People shouted in fear. 人们惊恐地呼喊。
fear (n.) 恐惧，害怕 in fear恐惧地，害怕地
fearful(adj.) 害怕的 fearless(adj.) 大胆的
30. Some ran out of the building. 一些人跑出了大楼。
31. I tried my best to run out too. 我也尽全力往外跑。
32. Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were raining down.
在外面，人们四处奔逃，同时玻璃碎片和砖块像雨点般落下。
在各个方向in all directions =in every direction
相同方向in the same direction
33. Then the walls began to come down too!
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随后墙也开始坍塌!
34. Finally, the noise and shaking ended.
最终，声响和震动停止了。
35. It was dark and silent around me.
我周围一片漆黑、寂静无声。
silent (adj.) 安静的 silence(n.) 寂静；沉默
in silence 沉默地，静静地
36. I couldn’t see anything at all, and I didn’t know if anyone else was around me.
我什么都看不见，也不知道身边是否还有其他人。
① not…at all 完全不，一点也不；用于否定句句尾
② if是否，常放在wonder, know之后，充当宾语从句。if如果，引导条件状语从句，主将从现。
37. I felt nervous, and my heart was beating really fast.
我感到紧张，我的心跳得非常快。
beat-beat-beaten(使)规律作响或运动；用力敲打
38. “I’m trapped,” I said to myself.
“我被困住了，”我自言自语。
① say to oneself 自言自语
② be tapped 被困住
39. A moment of fear went through my mind, but I told myself to calm down since I was still alive.
一阵恐惧掠过我的大脑，但我告诉自己要冷静，因为我仍然活着。
①calm (adj.) 镇静的，沉着的；keep calm保持冷静
calm (v.) (使)平静，(使)镇静；calm sb down(使)平静
② since 因为，既然；通常引出已知的原因
40. I shouted for help. 我大声呼救。
41. I thought somebody could hear me, but no one came for a very long time.
我以为会有人听到，但很长时间都没人来。
42. I knew I had to save energy and wait for help.
我知道得保存体力，等待救援。
43. Hours later, as I was trying to find my way out, I suddenly heard some noise above me.
几个小时后，当我试图寻找出路时，我突然听到上方的声音。
find one’s way out找到解决的方法，找到出路
44. I cried out in a weak voice. 我用微弱的声音呼喊。
have a good voice嗓音甜美in a low voice低声地
② sound (n.) 声音，响声
③ noise (n.) 噪音，喧闹声-noisy-noisily
45. Then I heard shouts from excited people.
随后，我听到了兴奋的人们的呼喊声。
46. They quickly moved away the bricks.
他们迅速移开砖块。
47. Timmy found himself trapped in the building.
蒂米发现自己被困在大楼里了。
48. A group of people helped Timmy out.
一群人帮助蒂米走出困境。
49. People were scared and tried to run out of the building.
人们很害怕，试图跑出大楼。
50. run from the fire in the forest逃离森林火灾
51. It was a hot summer’s day. 那是一个炎热的夏日。
52. It was silent around me at first except the sounds of nature.
起初，除了自然的声音，周围寂静无声。
except=except for (prep.) 除此之外
besides (prep.) 除此之外（还）
53. I was walking my dog in the forest when I started to smell smoke.
我正在森林里遛狗时闻到了烟味。
54. I walked a bit further and saw a fire.
我往前走了几步，看到了火灾。
55. I felt nervous and didn’t know what to do.
我感到紧张，不知该做什么。
56. Suddenly, there was a loud noise like thunder as a burning tree fell down in front of me—I was trapped.
突然，我前方一棵燃烧的树倒下，发出像雷声般的巨响——我被困住了。
57. Soon the fire got bigger and bigger, and fear ran through my mind.
很快火势越来越大，恐惧在我脑海中蔓延。
58. I told myself to myself to calm down.
我告诉自己要冷静 。
59. Some animals began to run in all directions.
一些动物开始向四面八方奔跑。
60. He was jumping up and down. 它正在上下跳跃。
61. Just at that moment, I saw some people running through the trees.
就在这时，我看到一些人从树丛中跑过。
62. They finally put out the fire. 他们最终扑灭了大火。
63. What do you think people need to do to prepare for possible earthquakes?
你认为人们需要做些什么来为可能的地震做好准备？
Grammar
64. 过去进行时
我们可以用过去进行时表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作或过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作。
肯定结构是由“was/were + 动词ing
否定结构是由“was/ were + not + 动词ing
◆ 有些动词通常不用于进行时，主要有：
(1) 表心理状态、情感的动词，如love, hate, like, know等
(2) 部分连系动词，如seem, appear等
(3) 感官动词，如see, hear, smell, sound, taste等
(4) 短暂性动词，如decide, stop等
65. “当……时候”when、while 和 as 的用法
◆ when 和 as 既可以指某一点时间，也可以指某一段时间，其引导的从句中的谓语动词表示的动作既可以是瞬间性的，也可以是延续性的；
while 指一段时间，其引导的从句中的谓语动词必须
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