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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Words and Expressions 1. disaster n. 灾难；灾害 3. drought n. 旱灾；久旱 serious/severe drought 严重干旱 5. slide v. 滑行；滑动 (slid; slid) n. 滑梯 He is sliding down the slide on the playground. 他正在操场上玩滑滑梯。 7. flood n. 洪水；大量 v. 淹没；大量涌入 a flood of/floods of 大量 a flood of complaints 大量投诉 a flood of refugees 大量难民 flood in/into 大量涌入 flood with 使……充满…… be flooded with… 被……淹没；挤满 Looking at these photos, a wave of memories flooded in my mind. Looking at these photos, my mind is flooded with a wave of memories. Flooded with sadness, I am writing to share some difficulties with you. 10. rescue n. & v. 营救;救援 come/go to one's rescue 来/去援救某人 rescue...from... 把...从...营救出来 rescuer n. 救援人员 大本page123 [练通]&[写美] At midnight we finally rescued(rescue) the tourists who were trapped in the valley. A brave rescuer(rescue) risked his life saving the drowning boy. 幸运的是，发现我们被困在废墟中时，士兵们立刻赶来救援。 Luckily, finding us trapped in the ruins, the soldiers immediately came to our rescue. 11. damage v. 损害;破坏 n. 损坏;损失 damage one's health 损害某人的健康 do/cause damage to… 对……造成损害 大本page123 [写美]一句多译 众所周知，吸烟会损害我们的健康。 It is well-known that smoking can damage our health. (damage vt.) As we all know, smoking can do damage to our health. (damage n.) 12. destroy v. 摧毁，毁灭 (destroying, destroyed) destruction n. 破坏 destructive adj. 破坏性的 这栋建筑物被大火彻底摧毁了。 The building was completely destroyed by a big fire. 失败渐渐地把他毁了。 Failure was slowly destroying him. 15. death n. 死亡 dead adj. 死的；过时的 dying adj. 临终的 deadly adj. 致死的 adv. 非常 die v. 死亡，消失 (dying, died, died) 16. affect v. 影响；(疾病)侵袭；深深打动 大本page123 [练通]———写出下列句中affect的含义 (1)Affected by the moving story, he burst into tears. _____ (2)The baby was affected with a high fever and had to be sent to the hospital immediately. _____ (3)Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives. _____ be affected with 患病；被...感染 be affected by 打动/影响 深深打动 患病 影响 17. shelter n. 避难所,庇护 v. 保护,躲避 under the shelter of… 在……的庇护下 shelter from… 躲避…… shelter/protect… from… 保护……免受…… 我们在一处门廊里躲雨。We sheltered from the rain in a doorway. 大本page124 [练通]&[写美] Rescue workers put up many tents in the open air to shelter (shelter) survivors of the earthquake. We sat in the shade, sheltering (shelter) from the sun. 我们累了，在一棵大树下休息。 Tried, we had a rest under the shelter of a big tree. 21. ruin n. & v. 破坏，毁坏 in ruins 严重受损，破败不堪 ruin one's future/plan/hope/health 毁掉某人的前途/计划/希望/健康 大本page127 [练通]&[写美] He returned home only to find that his house _____ (ruin) by the flood. Heavy smoking _____(ruin) your health, so you should give up smoking. 地震之后整个城市成了一片废墟 ... ...
