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课件网) Natural Disasters Unit 4 Learning Objectives 单元目标 词汇 语法 阅读 写作 Be able to master the words and expressions about the topic-_____. natural disasters Be able to master the restrictive relative clauses_____. 定语从句 Be able to read news reports _____ about natural disasters. 新闻报道 Be able to master the aspects(要素) of news report and write a summary. Natural Disasters Unit 4 Words & Expressions disaster [/ d zɑ:st (r) / ] n. 灾难；灾害 disastrous adj. 灾难性的；极糟糕的 e.g. There will be a _____if human beings keep cutting down trees. disaster e.g. The decision was _____ in education. disastrous tornado [/t : ne d / ] n. (pl. -oes or-os) 龙卷风；旋风 e.g. The _____ destroyed everything in its path, which was horrifying(令人害怕的). tornado drought [/ dra t / ] n.旱灾；久旱 dry adj.干燥的 e.g. Week after week the _____ continued. drought landslide [/ l ndsla d / ] n. ( landfall) (山地或悬崖的）崩塌；滑坡 e.g. Their house was buried(被掩埋) by a _____. landslide slide vi&vt. ( slid-slid ) 使滑行、滑动（悄悄移动） slide into ...偷偷地溜进... e.g. The thief (小偷) slid into the room. slide n.滑(动);滑道;滑梯;衰落;幻灯片 landslide 滑坡 on the slide 每况愈下 e.g. Have you ever heard the words “Letting it slide” 顺其自然 tsunami [/ tsu: nɑ:mi / ] n. 海啸 e.g. More than 600,000 people were injured by the _____. tsunami flood [/ fl d / ] n. 洪水；大量 a flood of ...大量的... in flood 泛滥 vi. 淹没；大量涌入(=pour倾倒) flood in 涌入 flood into 大量涌入 flood out of 蜂拥而出 vt. 使灌满水；淹没 flooded adj.洪水泛滥的 be flooded with… 充满… flood sth with… 用…充满… flooding n [U不可数]水灾;洪水泛滥 Her eyes were flooded with tears. Telephone calls flood in from all over the country. volcanic eruption 火山喷发 volcano n. [C可数] (pl -oes /-os) 火山 volcanic adj. 火山的 dormant volcano 休眠火山 active volcano 活火山 erupt vi .(火山、喷泉等)喷发; (战争、感情等)爆发;突然发生 eruption n.[C]&[U]喷发;爆发 爆发：out break / blow up magnitude [/ m gn tju:d / ] n. (地）震级；重大 e.g. We did not realize the magnitude of the problem. rescue [/ reskju: / ] n.&vt. 营救；救援 rescue sb from... 把某人从...营救出来 come / go to sb's rescue 来营救某人 rescue workers 救援人员 vt n rescuer n. 救助者；救援人员 damage [/ d m d / ] vt. 损害；破坏 n.损坏；损害赔偿金；损失 cause/do damage to 对…造成损害 damaged adj.受损坏的 damages be seriously / badly damaged 遭受严重破坏 damage one’s health 损害某人的健康 n vt e.g. Several vehicles(汽车) were damaged in the crash. ①Eating too much meat one time will cause damage _____your stomach. ②The (damage) aircraft was flying on only one engine. ③He handled(握、拿) the instrument(工具) with care for fear that it should_____(damage). ④昨天晚上旅馆里发生了一场大火,造成了很大的损失。 A big fire broke out in the hotel yesterday evening, which _____. to damaged be damaged caused great damage destroy [/d ’str /] vt. 摧毁；毁灭 destruction ... ...
