Unit 4 Earthquakes地 震晨讀·記憶A Horrible Earthquake Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere. The next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters giving an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was shocked by the damage and the victims extreme suffering. People were moved when they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”. So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely, but also organized together to help the victims right away. The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks to peoples help, the loss was minimized.可怕的地震 地震前，水井和運(yùn)河里的污水都漲涌起來。但是卻沒人判斷出地震即將來臨。霎那間，一切都在搖晃，似乎整個(gè)世界就要結(jié)束。數(shù)以百萬的磚房和許多水壩遭到破壞;鐵路軌道都變成無用的鐵條;煤礦管道紛紛爆裂，發(fā)出有臭味的蒸汽;到處都有騎車的人被巨大的裂縫陷住。 第二天，所有報(bào)紙都紛紛以大字標(biāo)題或主要標(biāo)題報(bào)道了這一事件。記者們描述了災(zāi)難的大概情況，全國都被地震的破壞和災(zāi)民們極度的苦難所震驚。當(dāng)人們讀到幸存者以“恭喜啊，你還活著?！眮砘ハ喟参繒r(shí)，都被感動(dòng)了。人們不僅衷心地表達(dá)了他們的同情，而且還立刻組織起來幫助災(zāi)民。傷員被救助了，死者被埋葬了，嚇壞的幸存者被從廢墟中挖出來了，棲身處、凈水和電力也很快得到提供。多虧了人們的幫助，災(zāi)區(qū)的損失被減到了最小。I.單詞盤點(diǎn)551._(n.) 地震（同quake） 2._(n.) 井 3._(n.) 管；導(dǎo)管 4._(vi.) 爆裂；爆發(fā) (n.)突然破裂；爆發(fā) 5._(n.) 百萬 6._(n.) 事件；大事 7._(n.) 民族；國家；國民 8._(n.) 運(yùn)河；水道 9._(n.) 蒸汽；水汽 10._(n.) 污垢；泥土11._(n.) 廢墟；毀滅 (vt.)毀滅；使破產(chǎn) 12._(n.) 苦難；痛苦 13._(adj.) 極度的 _(adv.) 極度地14._(vt.) 損害；傷害 _(n.) 損害；傷害 _(adj.) 受傷的15._(v.) 破壞；毀壞；消滅 16._(n.) 磚；磚塊17._(n.) 水壩；堰堤18._(n.) 軌道；足跡；痕跡 19._(adj.) 無用的；無效的；無益的 _(adj.) 有用的 20._(v.) (使)震驚;震動(dòng)(n.)休克;打擊;震驚 _(adj.) 令人震驚的 _(adj.) 感到震驚的21._(n.&vt.) 援救；營救 22._ (vt.) 使陷入困境 (n.)陷阱；困境 23._ (n.) 電；電流；電學(xué) _(adj.) 用電的；帶電的 _(adj.) 電學(xué)的；與電有關(guān)的 24._ (n.) 災(zāi)難；災(zāi)禍 25. _(v.) 埋葬；掩埋；隱藏 26. _(n.) 礦井 _ (n.) 礦工27. _(n.) 掩蔽；掩蔽處；避身處28. _(n.) 標(biāo)題；頭銜；資格 29. _(n.) 記者 _(vt.) 報(bào)道30_(n.) 條；棒；條狀物 31._(n.& vt.) 損失；損害 32._(vt.) 使驚嚇；嚇唬_(adj.) 受驚嚇的；受恐嚇的 _ (adj.) 令人恐懼的 33._(n.) 祝賀；（復(fù)數(shù)）賀詞 _ (vt.) 祝賀34 ._(n.) 裁判員;法官(vt.)斷定;判斷;判決35._(adv.) 真誠地；真摯地36._(vt.) 表示；表達(dá) (n.)快車；速遞 _(n.) 表達(dá)；表示37._(n.) 要點(diǎn)；大綱；輪廓38._(n.) 報(bào)刊的大字標(biāo)題39._(n.) 騎自行車的人_(vi.) 騎自行車II.短語回顧1.立刻；馬上 _2.仿佛；好像 _3.結(jié)束；終結(jié) _4.嚴(yán)重受損；破敗不堪 _5.掘出；發(fā)現(xiàn) _6.許多；大量的 _7.輕視；認(rèn)為沒有價(jià)值 _8.在戶外 _9.做演講 _10.集資；籌款；募捐 _11.陷入 _12.埋頭于 _III.句式掃描1.In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.(教材P26)在農(nóng)家庭院，雞甚至是豬都太緊張而不敢吃東西。2.It seemed as if the world was at an end!(教材P26)似乎世界末日來臨了。3. All hope was not lost.(教材P26)不是所有的希望都破滅了。4. The man was sleeping downstairs when the earthquake happened.(教材P31)那個(gè)人正在樓下睡覺，這時(shí)突然發(fā)生了地震。 IV.小試牛刀 .單詞填空1.Its_(report) that Bin Lade was shot by American soldiers.2.It's_(use)to argue with the foolish person.3.Seeing the_(frighten) scene，the boy began to cry.4.Everyone was_(shock) that he had been caught.5.Im sorry to hear that you_ (injure) one of your feet .6.The girl is an_ (extreme) popular student in the class，because she is very kind.7.The_(mine) was rescued after being trapped for 170 hours.8.Mary will never forget the_(suffer) caused by the car accident.9.A large amount of rain forest is being_(destroy)every day.10.I know that American_(nation) Day is 4th July. .短語填空a large number of，think little of，be at an end，right away，in ruins，burst into tears，in honor of，be trapped in，as if，dig out1. His car was buried by the snow and had to be _.2.The monument was built_those who died for the liberation of the country.3.She was shaking with terror_shed seen something terrible.4.An earthquake left the whole town_.5.He_my suggestion，which made me very disappointed.6.They were glad that the war_.7.The little girl_when she saw her mother.8.On hearing the news，he left the room_.9.Quite _world-famous paintings are on show in this exhibition.10.She_the burning house，which worried her parents.單句填詞1.She was too weak_(walk) steadily.2._seemed that he was not satisfied with the result.3.She treats me as if I_(be) a stranger; maybe thats because I havent seen her for ten years. 4.He had just finished the papers_the bell rang.5.I had just locked the door when I _(realize) that I had left the key in the room.單句改錯(cuò)1. I gave him some advice, and luckily he thought high of it.2.The little girl was so frightening that she burst out crying.3.As China develops fast, a number of foreigners is learning Chinese as a second language.4.He was on the point of going out while Harry came to see him.5.The house in that we live is very small.6.The person to who you spoke is a student of Grade Two.7.People were shocking, but they had to bury the dead bodies for health reasons.8.I live in a beautiful house which windows face south.9.Congratulation to you! You have done a really good job.10.The girl was sitting on the bench in the park, buried her head in the novel. English or Chinglish？望子成“龍”Become a dragon One time I remember talking to a parent, whose son I was teaching English to. I asked the parent why his son was enrolled in so many classes and he replied, “I want my son to become a dragon.”I couldn't understand his meaning .When I asked a Chinese friend with good English I understood that his meaning had been“望子成龍”, which in English would be better expressed as“I have high hopes for my son/daughter.” 記得有一次我和一位家長聊天，我正在教他兒子英語。我問這位家長為什么他的兒子要上這么多的課，他回答說:“I want my son to become a dragon.”我一頭霧水。當(dāng)我問了一位英語很好的中國朋友后，我知道了這位家長是想表達(dá)“望子成龍”。在英語中用“I have high hopes for my son/daughter.”來表達(dá)這一意思會(huì)比較好。文化差異： Unlike in china，where the dragon is considered a lucky and powerful sign，in western culture，dragons are generally associated with “evil”or“danger”in stories. 摘自Kirk Kenny笑死我的英文書參考答案I.單詞盤點(diǎn)1.earthquake 2.well 3.pipe 4.burst 5.million 6.event 7.nation 8.canal 9.steam 10.dirt 11.ruin 12.suffering 13.extreme；extremely 14.injure；injured 15.destroy 16.brick 17.dam 18.track 19.useless；useful 20.shock；shocking；shocked 21.rescue 22.trap 23.electricity ；electric；electrical 24.disaster 25.bury 26.mine；miner 27.shelter 28.title 29.reporter 30.bar 31.damage 32.frighten；frightened ；frightening 33.congratulation；congratulate 34.judge 35.sincerely 36.express；expression 37.outline 38.headline 39.cyclist；cycleII.短語回顧1.right away 2.as if/though 3.at an end 4.in ruins 5.dig out 6.a (large) number of 7.think little/nothing of 8.in the open air 9.give a speech 10.raise money 11.sink into 12.be buried in IV.小試牛刀.單詞填空1.reported 2.useless 3.frightening 4.shocked 5.have injured 6.extremely 7.miner 8.suffering 9.destroyed 10.National.短語填空1.dug out 2.in honor of3.as if 4.in ruins 5thought little of6.was at an end7.burst into tears8right away9.a large number of10.was trapped in.單句填詞1.to walk 2.It 3.were 4.when 5.realized.單句改錯(cuò)high改為highly 2.frightening改為frightened 3.is改為are4.while改為when 5.that改為which 6.who改為whom 7.shocking改為shocked 8.which改為whose 9. Congratulation改為Congratulations 9.buried 改為burying