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Section A 3a—3d
Unit 5
Nature’s Temper
Objectives
To talk about the typhoons and their impacts.
To describe things that people do before, during, and after the typhoons.
To learn how to prepare for bad weather or natural disasters.
2
Read the conversation. Whose family was better prepared for the typhoon?
Haitao: Hi, Lisa. Did your family have any trouble during the
typhoon?
Lisa: Yes, it was awful.
Haitao: I’m sorry to hear that. Did you know that a typhoon
was coming?
Lisa: We did. But it was worse than we expected. We were driving home from our relatives’ house when the strong winds started.
Haitao: Oh no! It’s dangerous to travel during a typhoon.
3a
n. 亲戚;亲属
be sorry to do sth 对做某事感到遗憾
It’s + adj. + to do sth 做某事是……的
Lisa: I know. It was raining hard while we were driving back.
We almost got into an accident when a truck nearly hit us.
Haitao: Oh dear, I’m glad you were safe!
Lisa: Yes, but when we got home later, we found water everywhere.
The house looked awful! Was yours OK?
Haitao: Yes. Luckily, we covered our windows and moved our
things off the floor before the typhoon started. We stored
food and water too.
Lisa: That’s good! We’ll do that next time.
n. 卡车
while引导时间状语从句,表示两事同时发生
在这个句子里,yours = your house
Read again. Who experienced or did these things?
Tick the correct boxes.
3b
Experience Lisa Haitao
1. almost got into an accident while they
were driving home
2. moved things off the floor before the
typhoon
3. went home and found water everywhere
4. stored emergency supplies at home
before the typhoon
5. stayed inside during the typhoon
supply n. 供应(量)
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Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it.
3c
A: Hi, Haitao / Lisa. I heard about the typhoon yesterday.
Are you OK?
B: Yes, I … / Not really. I …
A: What were you doing when the typhoon hit?
B: I was …
A: Did your family make any preparations before the
typhoon landed?
B: Yes, we … / No, we …
Imagine that Haitao or Lisa is your friend.
Role-play a conversation about your friend’s
experience with the typhoon.
3d
听说
作准备
n. 准备(工作);预备
例如:
A: Hi, Lisa. I heard about the typhoon yesterday.
Are you OK?
B: Not really. I was very scared. I didn’t know that the
typhoon was coming.
A: What were you doing when the typhoon hit?
B: We were driving home from our relatives’ house when the
strong winds started. We almost got into an accident when
a truck nearly hit us.
A: Oh, dear! I’m glad you were safe! Did your family make
any preparations before the typhoon landed?
B: No, we didn’t. And there was water everywhere in our
house. It looked awful!
We were driving home from our relatives’ house
when the strong winds started .
Language Points
1. We were driving home from our relatives’ house
when the strong winds started.
主句
时间状语从句
主语
地点状语,表示方向
谓语
地点状语,表示起点
连接词
主语
谓语
分析句子成分:
2. relative /ˈrelətɪv/ n. 亲戚;亲属
例句:
She’s visiting her relatives in the countryside.
她正在乡下看望亲戚。
Is he a close relative of yours?
他是你的近亲吗?
拓展:
relative还可以作形容词,意为“相对的,比较的”。常见搭配: relative to 与……相关的。
例句:
Happiness is relative to each person. 幸福是因人而异的。
3. We almost got into an accident when a truck
nearly hit us.
get into 在此处意为“陷入麻烦/困境”,指进入某种抽象的状态、处境或活动中,常与“麻烦、讨论、情绪”等名词搭配。
例句:
If you keep lying, you’ll get into trouble.
如果你一直撒谎,会惹上麻烦的。
The company got into financial difficulty last year.
这家公司去年陷入了财务困境。
拓展:
get into还有以下意思:
②指进入(某种情绪状态)
例句:
She got into a bad mood after hearing the news.
听到消息后,她心情变差了。
①指陷入(讨论、争吵等活动)
例句:
They got into a heated argument about the plan.
他们就这个计划激烈争吵起来。
Let’s not get into details right now—we can talk later.
我们现在先不深入细节,稍后再谈。
4. truck /trʌk/ n. 卡车
truck作名词,意为“卡车”。指用于运输货物的中型或大型机动车辆。
例句:
A large truck blocked the highway.
一辆大卡车堵住了高速公路。
The fire truck rushed to the scene.
消防车迅速赶到现场。
拓展:
① truck作动词,意为“用卡车运输”。
例句:
The goods were trucked to the warehouse. 货物被卡车运到仓库。
②truck with sb / sth 意为“容忍或接受(某人/某事)”,常用于
否定句。
例句:
I won’t truck with dishonest people.
我不会与不诚实的人打交道。
5. preparation /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/ n. 准备(工作);预备
preparation作名词,意为“准备(工作);预备”,指为完成某事而提前采取的行动或安排。
例句:
She spent weeks in preparation for the exam.
她花了数周时间为考试作准备。
Preparation for the party started early.
聚会的准备工作很早就开始了。
make preparations
接“for + 名词(准备的对象)”,表示“为……作准备”
接“to do sth”,表示“准备去做某事”
短语:make preparations 作准备
make preparations,侧重准备的过程和具体行动(比如收集资料、安排细节、储备物资等),且准备工作通常是多方面的(因此 “preparations”常用复数形式)。其常见用法如下:
Can you make sentences with “make preparations”?
例句:
They are making preparations for the wedding.
他们正在为婚礼做准备。
make preparations for + 名词,“为……作准备”
They made preparations to travel abroad this summer.他们为今年夏天出国旅行做了准备。
make preparations for + 名词,“为……作准备”
I. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. A number of ___________ (relative) came to visit us
during the Spring Festival.
2. Careful ___________ (prepare) for the exam is
essential.
3. We made preparations ___________ (move) to new
offices.
relatives
Exercises
preparation
to move
II. 翻译句子。
1. ——你的家人在台风期间遇到了什么麻烦吗?
——是的,太糟糕了。__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. 我们正从亲戚家开车回家,这时刮起了强风。
__________________________________________________________________________________________
—Did your family have any trouble during the typhoon?
—Yes, it was awful.
We were driving home from our relatives’ house when
the strong winds started.
Homework
Read the conversation.
Imagine that you experienced a typhoon. Make a conversation with your partner about your experience with the typhoon.
Master the words in this lesson and preview next part.
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