1、Unit 4 Earthquakes,主题语境导入,地震可能会带来很大的伤亡,但是如果在平时你能做好准备,你幸存下来的机会会大大增加。那么我们需要做好哪些准备呢?,Here are some tips to help you increase the chances of surviving.Make a home earthquake plan.Find a safe place in every room,such as a desk or a table,where you can find cover in an earthquake.For two-floor homes,get a
2、 proper-sized ladder to get out through a window if the stairs are damaged.Decide where your family will re-meet if you are separated.Decide on an out-of-town relative for family members to get in touch with.,Attach things such as tall furniture and water heaters to the wall so that they will not be
3、 knocked over during an earthquake.Prepare an emergency kit for your home and a car that has food,water,clothing,flashlights,a radio and a first-aid kit in it.Know what to do when an earthquake starts.Drop,cover and hold on.Only move a few steps to a safe place for cover and stay there until the sha
4、king stops.If you are in a car,slow down and drive to somewhere away from trees and power lines.Stay in your car until the shaking stops.Practice for the real thing to help keep a clear head when a real earthquake happens.,短文注释: 1.attach vt.把固定;连接(常和to连用) 2.kit n.成套工具 3.first-aid adj.急救(用)的 4.get in
5、 touch with sb.与某人取得联系 5.keep a clear head保持清醒的头脑 6.Decide on an out-of-town relative for family members to get in touch with.选定一位居住城外的,可供家人联系的亲戚。句中for family members to get in touch with是不定式复合结构作 定语,修饰relative。,阅读短文,回答问题: 1.How many tips does the passage offer us?. 2.Why do we practice for the real
6、 thing in our daily life?. .,答案:1.Six. 2.To help keep a clear head when a real earthquake happens.,Part 1 Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading and Comprehending,语言知识 预习,核心知识 探究,备用讲义,.核心单词 1.e n.地震 2. n.井 3. n.管;导管 4. vi.爆裂;爆发 n.突然破裂;爆发 5. n.百万 6. n.事件;大事 7. n.民族;国家;国民adj.国家的;民族的 n.国 籍 . 8. n.运河;水道,语言知识预习,
7、arthquake,well,pipe,burst,million,event,nation,nationality,canal,national,9. n.蒸汽;水汽 10. n.污垢;泥土adj.脏的 . 11. n.废墟;毁灭 vt.毁灭;使破产 12.s n.苦难;痛苦 vi.受苦 . 13.e adj.极度的adv.非常;极度 . 14.i vt.损害;伤害n.伤害;损害 adj.受伤的 . 15.d vt.破坏;毁坏;消灭 16. n.砖;砖块 17. n.水坝;堰堤 18. n.轨道;足迹;痕迹 19.u adj.无用的;无效的;无益的adj.有用的 .,steam,dirt,d
8、irty,ruin,uffering,suffer,xtreme,extremely,njure,injured,estroy,brick,dam,track,seless,useful,injury,20.s vt.资格 29.r n.记者vt.报告 .,hock,shocked,shocking,escue,trap,lectricity,electrical,electronic,isaster,bury,mine,miner,helter,title,eporter,report,.重点短语 1.right 立刻;马上 2.as 仿佛;好像 3. an end 结束;终结 4. rui
9、ns 严重受损;破败不堪 5.dig 掘出;发现 6.a (great) number 许多;大量的,away,if,at,in,out,of,巧记单词,.课文预习 阅读P26的课文,从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 1.How many signs are given that suggest an earthquake would happen in the first paragraph?A.Eight. B.Nine. C.Six. D.Ten. 2.What was the result of the earthquake?A.Luckily,the citys hospita
10、ls survived.B.All of the citys factories were gone.C.Most of the citys homes were gone.D.The wind could blow the bricks on the ground away.,答案:1.B 2.C,3.Who played the most important part in helping the people in the earthquake?A.The soldiers and the rescue workers.B.The college students.C.The miner
11、s in the coal mines.D.The injured and the dead.,答案:3.A,核心知识探究,Pre-reading 1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.想象你的房子开始摇晃,你必须立刻离开。(P25), right away立刻;马上 He didnt answer my question right away. 他没有马上回答我的问题。 You dont look well.Youd better go and see a doctor right away.
12、你脸色不好,最好赶紧去看看医生吧。,【即学即用】 语法填空 The manager insisted that the secretary send out the file right . My grandma is ill and we should call in the doctor no time.,答案:away in,2.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. 在市内,有些建筑物里的水管爆裂开来。(P26), burst vi.爆裂;爆发 n.突然破裂;爆发 Water pipes in t
13、he open air are easy to burst in winter. 冬天,在户外的水管容易冻裂。 He looked as if he was about to burst into tears. 他看上去马上就会泪流满面。 The whole class burst out laughing. 全班的人都突然笑了起来。,【即学即用】 语法填空 She burst into (tear) the moment she got the sad news. Everyone was quiet when Jenny suddenly burst out (cry). I burst
14、into (laugh) at the sight of the funny actor.,答案:tears crying laughter,【巧学助记】,3.But the one million people of the city,who thought little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.但是,唐山市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事,当天晚上照 常睡着了。(P26), event n.事件;大事;(运动)赛事 They are talking about the important events of 2
15、017. 他们正在谈论2017年的重大事件。 The next event will be the 100-metre race. 下一个比赛项目是100米赛跑。,The birth of a lovely and healthy baby is a truly happy event.一个健康可爱的婴儿的出生真是一件高兴的事。 She was killed in a car accident.她在一次车祸中丧生。,【词语辨析】 event与accident,答案:a great event Which events,【即学即用】 完成句子 赢得这次奖学金是这个男孩一生中的一件大事。Winni
16、ng the scholarship was in the boys life. 你参加了哪些比赛项目?have you entered?,4.It seemed as if the world was at an end!仿佛到了世界末日!(P26),(1)as if是连词词组,意为“好像;似乎;仿佛”,相当于as though。The woman loves the children as if she were their mother. 这位 女士爱这些孩子,好像她就是他们的妈妈一样。(与现在事实相反)He talks about Rome as if he had been ther
17、e before.他说起罗马来好像他以前去过那里似的。(与过去事实相反)It looks as if it might rain.看来好像要下雨了。(与将来事实相反),(2)at an end结束,终结My holiday is at an end and I must go back to work tomorrow.我的 假期结束了,明天我得回去工作了。Everything between them was at an end.他们间的一切都结束了。,答案:in by at at,【即学即用】 介词填空 Everything will be all right the end. We wi
18、ll have learned English for 5 years the end of this year. My brother waited for me the end of the street. He rose to show that the conversation was an end.,5.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.在可怕的15秒内,一座大城市就沦为废墟。(P26), ruin n.废墟;毁灭 vt.毁灭;使破产 An earthquake left the whole city in r
19、uins. 地震使整个城市成了废墟。 The heavy rain completely ruined our holiday. 大雨把我们的假期彻底毁了。 Years of fighting have left the area in ruins. 连年的战争使这一地区破败不堪。,【词语辨析】 destroy,damage与ruin,The building was completely destroyed by fire. 这栋建筑物被火彻底毁了。 My car was badly damaged,but luckily the kids were not seriously hurt.
20、我的车受损严重,但庆幸的是孩子们伤得并不重。 Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.道路和桥梁都被破坏了,农作物也全毁了。,答案:damaged ruined destroyed,【即学即用】 选词填空:ruin,destroy,damage Her heart was slightly as a result of her long illness. His life was by drink. The earthquake almost all the bridges in this area.,6.Two-third
21、s of them died or were injured during the earthquake.三分之二的人在地震中死去或受伤。(P26), injure vt.损害;伤害 He cant play today,because hes injured his knee. 他弄伤了膝盖,因此今天不能上场。 She was badly injured in the accident. 她在那次事故中受了重伤。,【词语辨析】 wound,injure,hurt与harm,The driver of a bus was wounded by a knife. 一辆大巴的司机被刀子割伤。 A
22、number of bombs have exploded,seriously injuring at least five people. 数个炸弹爆炸,造成至少5人重伤。 Im sorry,I didnt mean to hurt you. 对不起,我不是故意伤害你的。 He would never harm anybody. 他永远不会伤害任何人。,答案:wounded injured hurt harm,【即学即用】 选词填空:injure,wound,hurt,harm The soldier was in the arm in the war. She was slightly i
23、n an accident during the work. I was very much at his words. This bright light will do great to your eyes.,7.People were shocked.人们惊呆了。(P26), shock vt.震惊 They were deeply shocked at/by her behavior. 她的行为让他们深感震惊。 I was shocked to hear the news that he had been fired. 听到他被辞退的消息我感到很震惊。,答案:was shocked t
24、o;was shocked at/by;It shocked shocked;shocking;shocked,【即学即用】 完成句子 他的母亲听到这个消息感到震惊。His mother hear the news. =His mother the news. = his mother to hear the news. 语法填空 We are to learn that a traffic police officer was nearly killed by a drunken driver.And the scene three taxi drivers nearby,who saved
25、 the officer bravely.(shock),8.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.有些救援人员和医生被困在废墟下面。(P26),(1)rescue n.营救Rescue workers arrived at the scene two hours later.救援人员两个小时后到达现场。The firemen rescued five children from the burning house yesterday.昨天消防队员从着火的房子里营救出了五个孩子。I didnt k
26、now anybody at the party,but the hostess came to my rescue by introducing me to a few people.在聚会上我谁也不认识,但女主人过来救了我的驾,把我介绍给几个客人。,(2)trap n.陷阱;困境 vt.使陷入困境The fox got its foot caught in a trap.狐狸的一只脚被夹子夹住了。Having been trapped in traffic,he was late for work.因为遇到交通阻塞,他上班迟到了。,答案:to rescue those women/to g
27、o to those womens rescue rescued;from the building trapped;into buying,【即学即用】 完成句子 他们已决定去救那些妇女。They have decided . 他从楼里把男孩救了出来。He the boy . 她诱骗这位老人买了这些药。She the old man the medicine.,9.All hope was not lost.不是所有的希望都破灭了。(P26),该句为不完全否定。all.not/not.all等表示部分否定,其意思是“并非所有的都”。 温馨提示: all,both,each,every等具有总
28、括意义的词语与否定词连用,构成部分否定。 I dont want both the books. 我不是两本书都要。 Not every book is good. =Every book is not good. 不是每本书都好。 三者或三者以上的全部否定用none of。 None of us like talking with the man. 我们中没有人喜欢和这个人说话。 二者的全部否定为:“neither of.”。 Neither of the boys is rude to us. 这两个男孩对我们都不粗鲁。,【即学即用】 翻译句子 并非每个人都诚实。. 这些答案都不对。.,答
29、案:Not every man is honest./Every man is not honest. None of the answers is right.,10.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.部队人员组成小分队,将受困的人们挖出来, 将死者掩埋。(P26), bury vt.埋葬;掩埋;隐藏 Whenever he is free,he will bury himself in a book. 他一有空就埋头看书。 We needed to bury the
30、 dead bodies as quickly as possible to stop disease spreading. 我们需要尽快将尸体掩埋,以防疾病扩散。 The envelope was buried in some papers on my desk. 那个信封被我桌子上的一些文件盖住了。,As you know,Im still buried in books at the school you are so familiar with. 如你所知,我还在你所熟悉的那所学校埋头读书。,【巧学助记】,【即学即用】 完成句子 他每天晚上都专心读书。In the evenings h
31、e his books. 他们的房子被大雪掩埋了。Their house a heavy snow. 专心于读书,他没注意到我进入房间。,he didnt notice me enter the room.,答案:buries himself in/is buried in was buried by Buried in his book/Burying himself in his book,长难句分析,1.In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.农家大院里的鸡,甚至猪都紧张得不想进食。
32、本句是一个简单句。其中too nervous to eat 意为:太紧张而不能吃东 西,表示否定意义。此用法的基本结构是:too+adj./adv.+to do,表示 “太而不能”。 2.Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.成千上万个家庭遇难,许多孩子变成了孤儿。本句是并列句。其中.were left without parents是一个被动结构, 其主动结构是:left many children without parents,即“leave+宾语+宾语补足语”结构。,备
33、用讲义,Reading 1.The suffering of the people was extreme.(P26) extreme adj.极度的extremely adv.极端地,极为,非常He lives in a state of extreme poverty.他生活在极度穷困中。 It was an extremely difficult and dangerous task.这是一项极度困难和危险的任务。,2.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.(P26) destroy vt.破坏;毁坏;消灭destr
34、uction n.破坏,毁灭If the tree falls that way,it will destroy the house.如果这棵树那样倒的话就会把那所房子压坏。It will cause pollution and the destruction of our seas and oceans.这会引起污染,破坏我们的海洋。,3.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.(P26) useless adj.无用的;无效的;无益的 She found it useless to argue with them.她发现和他们
35、争论没用。Its useless worrying/to worry about it.为这件事担心无济于事。拓展:Its useless doing/to do sth.=Its no use (in) doing sth.做某事是没用的useful adj.有用的;有益的usefully adv.有益地,4.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.(P26) dig out掘出;发现We had to dig the car out of a snow drift.我们必
36、须把汽车从雪堆里挖出来。It is believed that the truth of MH370 is to be dug out.人们相信MH370的真相会被发现的。,Comprehending Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were sleeping. 那么多的人丧生是因为地震发生在他们睡觉的时候。(P27) a (great) number of许多;大量的 A number of students enjoy listening to music. 许多学生喜欢听音乐。 The number of pages in this book is two hundred. 这本书的页数是二百。,点击进入 课时训练,谢谢观赏！,
