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课件网) Words and Expressions 必修一 Natural Disasters disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters tornado [t : ne d ] n.(-oes/-os) 龙卷风;旋风 disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters drought [dra t ] n.旱灾;久旱 这场旱灾已经使至少两千只动物死亡。 The drought has killed at least two thousand animals. disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters landslide [ l ndsla d] n. (landfall) (山地或悬崖的)崩塌;滑坡 这场持续十小时的大雨造成了许多滑坡。 The ten-hour heavy rain caused lots of landslides disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters tsunami [tsu: nɑ:mi ] 海啸 disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters flood [fl d] n. 洪水;大量 v.淹没;大量涌入 ;使灌满水 a flood of… 一大群... flood in... 大量涌入... disaster /d zɑ:st (r)/ n.灾难;灾害 a natural disaster 自然灾害 Do you know any natural disasters volcanic eruption [v l k n k r p n] 火山喷发 magnitude [ m ɡn tju:d ] n. (地)震级; 重大 这次地震的震级是多少？ What was the magnitude of the earthquake magnificent (adj.) 壮丽的；宏伟的；极好的 magnify （v.）放大 rescue [ reskju: ] n./v. 营救;救援 come to sb’s rescue = rescue sb 救援某人 rescue … from… 把…从…中救出来 那个士兵把这个婴儿从洪水中救出来。 The soldier rescued the baby from the flood. damage [ d m d ] v. 损害;破坏 n.损坏;损失 do/cause damage to… 对…造成损害 damage one’s health 损害某人的健康 这次旱灾已经对庄稼造成了巨大的损害。 The drought has done great damage to the crops. 他的车在事故中被损害得很严重。 His car was badly damaged in the accident. 众所周知，抽烟会损害我们的健康。 As we all know, smoking will damage our health. destroy [d 'str ] v.摧毁;毁灭 destroy-destroyed-destroyed-destroying 这栋建筑被大火彻底摧毁了。 The building was destroyed by fire. 他们已经销毁了所有证据。 They have destroyed all the evidence. destruction n. 毁灭；毁坏 destructive adj. 破坏性的；毁灭性的 ruin ['ru: n] n./v. 破坏;毁坏 be/lie in ruins 成为废墟；严重受损;破败不堪 辨析： damage: 指部分性的,不严重的破坏 。 destroy: 严重的破坏 ,往往不可修复。 ruin: 比destroy造成的破坏更严重。 也可指破坏名声,期望等等。 这座曾经繁华一时的城市现在成了废墟。 The once prosperous city is now lying in ruins. evacuate [ v kjue t] v. 疏散;撤出;撤离 数千人在洪水之前被撤离。 Thousands of people were evacuated before the flood. evacuation n.疏散；撤离 evacuated adj. 疏散的；排空的 helicopter [ hel k pt (r) ] n. 直升机 by helicopter 幸存者由直升机运往安全的地方。 The survivors were lifted to safety by helicopter. death [deθ] n. 死;死亡 die: v. 死亡 dying: adj. 濒死的 dead: adj. 死的 deadly: 致命的 pass away: 去世 这次火灾没有造成伤亡。 The wildfire caused no deaths and no injuries. 这次洪涝造成了8人死亡。 The flood caused eight deaths. The dead 死者；逝 ... ...
