
8A Unit 8 Safe and sound 第1课时 Welcome to the unit 1. Safe and sound 安然无恙 e.g. They arrived home safe and sound. 他们平平安安地回到家了。 2.An emergency is a sudden, serious and dangerous event or situation.紧急情况是指突然、严重和危险的事件或情况。 【精讲1】emergency 名词,意为“紧急情况”,其复数形式是emergencies。还可以作形容词,意为“紧急的;应急的”。 常用短语如下: an emergency landing 紧急着陆 The plane made an emergency landing. 飞机进行了紧急着陆。 emergency exit 紧急出口 Please come out from the emergency exit. 请从应急出口出去。 the emergency room 急救室 The patient is in the emergency room. 病人在急诊室。 an emergency kit 急救包 Do you have an emergency kit at home 你家里有急救包吗? 【对点练习】 1.Drones (无人机) have been widely used in all kinds of _____ (emergency). 2.We may meet all kinds of (emergency)in our daily life.日常生活中我们可能遇到各种紧急情况。 【精讲2】situation 名词,意为“情况”,还可表示“处境”,有时可表示物体的“位置/ 地点”。 例:The hotel is in a beautiful situation by the lake. 酒店位于湖边一处优美位置。 例:His situation is serious. We must send him to hospital. 他的情况很严重。我们必须送他去医院。 in a/an...situation 处于…情况/境地 She found herself in a difficult situation. 她发现自己处境艰难。 deal with a/an... situation 处理…情况 We must deal with the situation at once.我们必须立即处理这种情况。 【对点练习】 1.—How is your father’s _____(情况) these days —He’s quite well. Thank you. 2. 他失业了并且发现自己处境困难。He lost his job and found himself . 3. Earthquake makes thousands of people homeless地震使成千上万的人无家可归 homeless是形容词,意为“无家可归的”,在句中通常作定语修饰名词。 the homeless 指无家可归的一类人,相当于homeless people。 homeless 是由名词home加后缀-less 构成的,后缀-less 意为“没有的”,常加在名词后面构成形容词。如: use→useless(无用的) hope→hopeless(没有希望的) care(当心)→careless(粗心的:马虎的) e.g. The homeless people need our help.无家可归的人需要我们的帮助。 We need to build more houses for the homeless.我们需要为无家可归的人建造更多的房子。 4. Coach comes off road and hits tree 长途汽车冲出路面,撞到树上 (1)英语新闻标题的特点是通常使用现在时态,可以省略一些词语,力求简洁明了。此标题省略了名词前的冠词。 (2) 短语 come off (sth.) 意思是“与…分离(或分开)”。 The label came off my sweater.我毛衣上的标签掉了。 5.Three men hurt in car accident三名男子在车祸中受伤 accident n,意为“事故”,主要指交通事故、意外遭遇或不测事件等。 serious accident prevent accident 防止事故 accidental, adj.“偶然的;意外的”。Tea was an accidental invention in Chinese history.在中国历史上茶是一种意外的发明。 by accident 意为“偶然地;意外地”=by chance 例:They are talking about how to prevent accidents.他们正在讨论如何防止事故。 例:He met an old friend by accident in Xintai.他在新泰偶然遇到了一位老朋友。 【对点练习】 1.There are many _____ (事故) on the expressways (高速路) every year. 2.许多好主意都是偶然想到的。A lot of bright ideas have been hit on _____ . 6.Did you hear about ... ...
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