1、Unit 4 Natural Disasters 知识点讲解知识点讲解 1flood n洪水；大量 vi.淹没；大量涌入 vt.使灌满水；淹没 (P48)Where are the floods? 【用法详解用法详解】 be filled with 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)The river was _ flood after the heavy rain. (2)All the products in the supermarket are on sale so it _(flood)with customers now. (3)The boss receives _ flood of
2、 applications every day. in is flooded a 2. ruin n废墟；毁灭废墟；毁灭 vt毁灭；使破产毁灭；使破产 (教材教材P50)In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins be/lie in ruins 成为废墟；毁灭成为废墟；毁灭 fall into ruins 成为废墟；破败不堪成为废墟；破败不堪 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)Years of fighting has left the area in _ (ruin) (2)A large number of churches fell
3、_ ruin after the big flood. into/to ruins 3shock n震惊；令人震惊的事；休克 vt.(使)震惊 (P50)People were in shockand then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan again. 【用法详解】 in shock 震惊；吃惊 to ones shock 令某人震惊的是 shocked adj.震惊的 be shocked at/by.对震惊 shocking adj.令人震惊的是 联想：amaze 用法？ 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)I
4、was _ (shock)to hear that he had resigned. (2)_ his shock, his house was burned when he arrived home. (3)I was shocked _ this sudden change in their attitude. (4)It is _ (shock)that the accident caused four deaths and nine people injured. shocked To at shocking 4bury vt.埋葬；安葬 (P50)Soon after the qua
5、kes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. 【用法详解】 bury vt.埋藏；安葬埋藏；安葬 bury ones face in ones hands 用手捂住脸用手捂住脸 bury oneself inbe buried in 专心致志于；埋头于专心致志于；埋头于 【特别提醒】 表示“专心于”的短语还有： be devoted todevote oneself to； be addicted to； focus on； conc
6、entrate on； 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)She was sitting with her head _ (bury)in a newspaper. (2)He _(bury)in his hometown after he died. (3)_(bury)himself in his book, he didnt know it was raining outside. (4)_(bury) in his book, he didnt know it was raining outside. buried was buried Burying Buried 5effort n努力
7、；艰难的尝试；尽力 (P50)With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the citys people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. effort n努力；艰难的尝试；尽力努力；艰难的尝试；尽力 make efforts to do sth. 努力做某事努力做某事 spare no effort to do sth.不遗余力地做某事不遗余力地做某事 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)We will make _ (effort)
8、to offer you the best service. (2)People should spare no effort _ (protect)our hometown. efforts to protect 6(P50)It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! 仿佛世界末日即将来临！ as if 好像，似乎好像，似乎 as though 比较：比较： even if/ even though 尽管尽管 7.supply n供应(量)；补给；pl补给品 vt供应；供给 (教材P52)The supplies which were p
9、rovided to the disaster area were collected from around the country 为某人提供某物 supply sth to sb supply sb with sth 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)People supplied food and clothes _ the sufferers. (2)That company was willing to supply us _ what we needed. (3)In Britain, milk _(supply)to each house in bottles every day.
10、 is supplied to with stay/keep calm保持镇静 calm down 平静下来 calm sbdown 使某人平静下来；使某人镇定下来 8.calm vt& vi(使)平静；(使)镇定 adj平静的；镇静的；沉着的 9strike vt.&vi.侵袭；突击；击打 n罢工； 罢课；袭击 (P54)The undersea quake struck around 7 00 am., Sunday off the west coast of Indonesias Sumatra Island. strike vi& vt(struck；struck/stricken)
11、某人突然想到 Sth. strikes/ struck sb It strikes/ struck sb that be on strike 罢工 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)Miller _ (strike) by a car and lost his right arm. (2)_ struck me that playing against the other team was a great learning moment for all the girls on the team. (3)The workers are _ strike to ask for higher pay.
12、 was struck It on have an effect on/upon 对产生影响 come into effect 生效 side effect 副作用 比较：affect v. 影响 ，(疾病)侵袭；深深 打动 10. effect n结果；效力 effective adj 有效的；有影响的 针对练习 单句语法填空 (1)As far as Im concerned, punishment had very little effect _ him. (2)We should take _ (effect) measures to protect the environment. on effective
