1、 1 Unit3 Natural Disasters I. Expressions 1. natural disasters 自然灾害 2. volcanic eruption 火山喷发 3. be flooded with 被所淹没 挤满 充满 4. at leastat most 至少至多 5. be damaged destroyedruined 受到损害 6. do damage to 对有损害 7. affect = have an effect on 影响 8. set up shelters 建立避难所 9. first aid kit 急救箱 10. sweep away 消灭
2、;彻底消除;扫除 11. as if 似乎;好像;仿佛 12. suffer from 遭受;患.病;受之苦 13. make sure 确保 14. stay calm 保持镇静 15. come to an end 结束 告终 16. dig out 挖掘出 17. coal mine 煤矿 18. be trapped in 被困在 19. be buried in doing sth. 埋头做某事 专心做某事 20. rescue the survivors 营救幸存者 21. survive the earthquake 幸免于地震 22. burst into laughter=
3、burst out laughing 突然大笑起来 23. stay away from 远离;.点 24. on hand 现有(尤指帮助);在手头;在近处 25. in danger 处于危险之中 26. in summary 总的来说,概括起来 27. in ruins 严重受损;破败不堪 28. in shock 震惊;吃惊 29. in the open air 露天;在户外 30. deliver to 把交给传达 31. right away = right now 立刻马上 32. think little of 不考虑 不重视 33. Judging from 从判断 34.
4、 be based on 以为基础 35. break out 爆发 36. the length of original text 原文的长度 37. carry out 实施 执行 38. make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事 39. suffer from terrible injuries 受重伤 40. suffer hardship 遭受困苦 41. the number of 的数量 42. a number of 许多 2 II. Important sentence structures 1. Live to tell: Raising Awaren
5、ess , Reducing Mortality. 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，减少人员伤亡。 2. It occurred to struck me that I had met him somewhere. 我突然想起好像在哪里见到过他。 3. It seemed as if the world were coming to end. 仿佛世界末日即将来临。 4. You should leave the computer off when you go out. 你出去时 应该关掉电脑。 5. His parents died in the earthquake , leaving him
6、 an orphan. 他的父母在地震中都死去了，留下他一个人成为了孤儿。 6. Buried in the novel, he didnt notice the teacher coming in. 埋头于看小说，他没注意到老师进来了。 7. We found many people injured and lying in the ruins. 我们发现很多人受伤躺在废墟中。 8. There are many people making every effort to dig out the injured. 有很多人在全力以赴挖出那些受伤的人。 III. Compositions 1.
7、 Loving Parcels In order to help the students in the flood area, our school held a“Loving Parcels”donation activity last week. All of the teachers and students took an active part in the activity. They donated their clothes ， books,and schoolbags and all of them were badly needed. In addition, they
8、also wrote down the best wishes to those students on cards，which would be collected and delivered to the schools that were 3 affected by the flood. Not only did the activity help us express our care for the students and send our sincere wishes to them but it also taught us that we should value what
9、we have. 2. Today, natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, landslides, typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamis, often strike towns and villages, causing human deaths or great damage to peoples property. The most dangerous of them is the volcanic eruption. An active volcano can erupt at any
10、 time. Its great power can ruin crops, destroy houses and even bury villages. When a tsunami comes, the waves can crash buildings and sweep away crops. Experts say people should remain calm in the face of an emergency. Experts also give a summary of the effect of some natural disasters. Although the
11、y affect peoples lives, the effect is not as serious as people imagine. 今天，自然灾害自然灾害，如洪水，干旱，山体滑坡，台风，飓风，龙卷风和海啸洪水，干旱，山体滑坡，台风，飓风，龙卷风和海啸，经常袭击袭击城镇和村庄，造 成人员死亡死亡或巨大的财产损失财产损失。其中最危险的是火山喷发火山喷发。活火山活火山随时都可能爆发爆发。它的强大威力威力可以毁 坏庄稼，摧毁摧毁房屋，甚至埋没埋没村庄。海啸来的时候，海浪会冲毁冲毁建筑物，冲走庄稼。专家说人们在紧急情 况下应该保持冷静保持冷静。专家们还总结总结了一些自然灾害的影响影响。虽然它
12、们影响影响了人们的生活，但其影响并不像 人们想象的那么严重。 3. A great earthquake struck the city and everyone was shocked. Ninety percent of the buildings lay in ruins, metal pipes and taps cracked, and bricks covered the ground. There were ruins everywhere. Many people were trapped at home and suffered a great deal. There was
13、 neither electricity nor water. It seemed as if the world were at an end. The government immediately organized rescue teams to evacuate people and take the trapped survivors to shelters in the open air. Some doctors ran over with first aid kits on hand. The helicopters delivered all kinds of supplie
14、s and the ambulances whistled by. The PLA also came to their rescue. Thanks to their unified efforts and wisdom, the city began to breathe and revive. 一场大地震袭击袭击了这座城市，每个人都感到感到震惊震惊。百分之九十百分之九十的建筑物倒塌沦为废墟废墟，金属管道金属管道和 水龙头破裂破裂，地面被砖块砖块覆盖。到处都是废墟。许多人被困在被困在家里，遭受遭受了巨大的痛苦。既没有电电也没有 水。似乎似乎世界末日来临了。政府立即组织救援队疏散组织救援队疏散人群，将被困的幸存者带到户外的避难所避难所。一些医生 手里拿着急救箱急救箱跑过来。直升机运送运送了各种补给品补给品，救护车呼啸而过呼啸而过。人民解放军也来营救他们。由于由于他 们的共同努力和智慧共同努力和智慧，这座城市开始恢复生机和复苏恢复生机和复苏。
