课程内容

《Earthquakes》
词汇预习
1.million   n.百万
2.event   n.事件；大事
3.canal  n.运河；水道
4.suffering    n.苦难，痛苦
5.extreme   adj. 极度的
6.trap vt.使陷入困境
7.disaster     n.灾难，灾祸
8.frightened   adj.受惊的，受惊吓的
9.sincerely       adv.真诚地，真挚地
10.congratulation   n.祝贺，贺词
11.right away    立刻，马上
12.as if   仿佛，好像
13.at an end    结束，终结
14.in ruins   严重受损，破败不堪
词汇精析
1.burst v.爆裂，爆发 n.突然爆裂，爆发
burst out doing 迸发，突然发生
burst out laughing/crying/singing 突然大哭/哭/唱起来
burst into sth.
burst into tears/song/laughter/angry/speech
突然哭/唱/大笑/生气/讲起来
at a/one burst 一阵，一口气，一举，一下
a burst of anger   怒火的迸发
大坝在水的巨大压力下崩溃了。
The dam burst under the weight of water.
我太太听到这个消息就哭了起来。
My wife burst into tears when she heard the bad news.
看到姐姐后，她突然大哭起来。
She burst out crying on seeing her sister.
即时演练
（1）句型转换：
A When she heard that her father had died in the accident,she burst out crying.
B:When she heard that her father had died in the accident,she burst into tears.
(2)单项填空
On seeing Jay Chow appear on the stage the audience (D) cheering.
A burst on      B burst into    C burst in     D burst out
答案：D
2.ruin  n.废墟；毁灭  vt.毁灭；使破产
bring sb. to ruin    使某人失败；使倾家荡产
come fall go to ruin  毁灭，灭亡；崩溃；破坏掉
be in ruins     成为废墟
ruin oneself    毁掉自己
①The storm laid the village in ruins.
暴风雨使这个村子成了一片废墟。
②We saw the ruins of the church.
我们看见了这座教堂的废墟。
③The rain ruined my painting.
这场雨把我当画给毁了。
damage  destory ruin
都含“破坏”“毁坏”的意思
（1）damage 指”价值,用途降低或外表损伤等，不一定全部破坏，损坏了还可以修复“，例如：
The heavy rain damaged many houses.
大雨毁坏了许多房子。
What they said damaged the relations between the two countries.
他们的话损害了两国间的关系
（2）destroy指”彻底毁坏以至不能很难修复“既可以指实体的毁坏也可以用于抽象的东西，比如名誉，努力等。例如：
That town was destroyed in a big fire.
那个城镇在一场大火中被毁了。
That will destroy the reputation of our products.
那会毁了我们产品的声誉。
（3）ruin 现在多用于借喻中，泛指一般的”弄坏了“。例如：
He knocked over a bottle of link and ruined the table cloth.
他打翻了一瓶墨水把桌布弄脏了。
即时演练
（1）完成句子：
Years of fighting have left the area in ruins(破败不堪）.
My news shoes got ruined (被糟蹋了）in mud.
(2)单项填空
I got caught in the rain and my suit (C)
A has ruined     B had ruined     C had been ruined    D had been ruined
答案：C
3.shock v.使震惊，震动 n.休克；打击震动
be shocked at to do sth.听到某事感到震惊
shock  的派生形容词；shocking 某事令人震惊的
shocked 某人感到震惊的，前者常用来修饰事物本身的特点，而后者常用来修饰人的感受，类似的用法如：
surprising;surprised;astonishing astonished
①We were all shocked at the news of his death.
听到他的死讯我们都感到震惊。
②It shocks you when something like that happens.
发生这样的事情，使人觉得难以置信。
③The news of his death came as a shock to us all.
他的死讯传来，我们大家都感到震惊。
即时演练
（1）完成句子
①It was a real shock (真是令人震惊）to hear that the factory would have to close.
②The number of such a young child deeply.
Shocked the whole city (震惊了整个城市）
（2）单句改错：
①We knew Bob had cancer,but it still came as shock when he died.
shock 改为a shock
②It is shocked that they involved children in the cirme.
shocked 改为shocking
4.bury  vt.埋葬；掩埋；隐藏
be burned alive   被活埋，隐居
burned under     为...所压倒，沉浸于，忙于
bury (oneself) in     埋头于，专心于
be buried in    埋头于；专心于
①The end of the post was buried in the ground.
柱子的末端被埋在地下。
②The house was half huried under snow.
房子一半埋在雪中。
③In the evenings he buried himeself in his books.
每天晚上他都埋头读书。
【重点提示】表示“专心于，致力于"的短语还有：
be devoted to.be addicted to.be absorbed in
即时演练
（C）in the newspaper.I didn't notice what was happening.
A Having buried   B Burying      C Buried     D To be buried
答案：C
5.judge  n.裁判员，法官 vt.裁判，断定，判断，判决
judge sb./sth. 对...判断
judge that-clause/wh-clause   判断，认为
judge it+(to be)+adj./n.   认为...是
judging from/by...      根据...来判断
①We shouldn't judge person by his looks.
我们不该以貌取人。
②Can you judge that he is right?
你能判断他是正确的吗？
③I judged it better not to make a hasty decision.
我认为最好不要匆忙作出决定。
④Judging from what he said,he must be an honest man.
从他说的话来判断，他一定是个诚实的人。
【重点提示】judging from...习惯用语    不能改为judged.因为它表示的是说话人的一种态度。
类似用法的词语：
to tell the truth/to be honest  跟你说实话吧
generally speaking  一般地讲
frankly speaking 坦率地讲
即时演练
（C）his accent,he must be a southerner.
A Generally  speaking     B To tell you the truth    C Judging from      D judged from
答案：C
6.at an end  结束；终结
come to an end      结束（用作谓语）
draw to an end     接近尾声
bring...to an end    put an end to    使...终止
at the end of    在...尽头（末）（指时间和空间）
by the end of    到...为止（与过去完成时连用）
in the end      最后，终于
make ends meet    收支相抵
①I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.
我必须警告你，我已忍无可忍了。
②Be patient,his speech will be at an end soon.
要耐心，他的演讲很快就结束。
即时演练
The UN is to (D)an end to the dispute(争端）between the two countries.I'm sure the issue will ( )an end soon.
A come,put    B come to;bring    C put;come    D bring ,come to
答案：D
7.a great number of 许多，大量的
①a number of 意为“一些，很多”，相当于many,后接可数名词复数，当它做主语时，谓语动词用复数
（2）the number of 意思是“...的数量，数目”作主语时谓语动词用单数，而a number of 后面接可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数
The number of competitors is limit.
参赛者的数量是有限的。
（3）表示“许多，大量的”词组汇总：
a large great good number of; a great good many;a good few quite a few 可数名词复数，意思是“大量的”
a great good deal;a great large amount of ;quite a little  不可数名词，意思是“大量的”
a lot of ,lots of,a great large quantaty of,large quantities of plenty of  可数名词复数，不可数名词，意思是“大量的”
①A number of problems have arisen.
已经出现了一些问题
② A large number of people are fond of music.
许多人喜欢音乐。
It took (D)time,whicl of the following answers is not proper.?
A a great deal of    B a lot of     C plenty of    D a great number of
8.think nothing/little of 对...等闲视之；满不在乎
think much highly well of    重视...，高度评价
be well highly thought of     被....高度评价
①He thinks nothing/little of the rules of school.
他对学校的规定满不在乎。
②He thinks nothing of staying up all night.
他不在乎彻底不睡。
词汇专练
1.The moment she heard the news that her baby was lost,she (B) tears.
A recovered from     B burst into      C broke out      D suffered from
解析：burst into 为固定搭配，意思是“突然爆发”，后常跟 tears,laughter等名词作宾语。
答案：B
2.The people there were greatly (B) to see everything changed overnight.
A pleased     B shocked     C interested      D moved
解析：句意为“看到在一夜之间所有的一切都改变了，那里的人们感到非常震惊。”根据句意，B 为正确答案，shock 意思是（使）震惊，震动
答案：B
3.In that big earthquake all their houses were (D),so they had to build new ones.
A hurt    B harmed    C injured     D destroyed
解析：hurt 是一般的用语，可指对生物（living things)肉体伤害，指非故意的伤害；jnjure 与hurt同义，但较正式；harm 指身体或精神上的损坏均可，意为”伤害，损害，有害于“；harm指的是伤害仅引起不变或不适；destroy所表示的破坏，是指对房屋或车辆等的损坏，根据句意，D为正确答案。
答案：D
4.Five passengers were(A) in the traffic accident and have been sent to the nearest hospital.
A jured   B damaged    C destroyed    D harmed
解析：本题考查动词词义辨析，因意外而致身体受伤应该用injure
答案：A
5.The new film Lady Cop and Papa Crook(》大搜查》)starred by Hong Kong actress and singer Sammi Cheng (郑秀文）attracted (C)viewers.
A many of     B the number of    C large numbers of   D a large amount of
解析：large numbers of=a large number of 大量的，许多的，修饰可数名词复数
答案：C
6.After two days our food (A) and we had to return home.
A gave   B gave off   C gave in    D gave away
解析：句意：两天后我们的食物吃完了，不得不返回家里。give out意为”筋疲力尽，耗尽“，give off意为”发出（烟、光、热），give in意为“屈服，让步”give away 意为“赠送，分发，泄露”
答案：A
句式仿写
1.It seems as if the world wa at an end!
似乎世界末日来临了！
【知识提炼】It seems(to sb.)that/as if...意为：（对某人来说）似乎...
【句式仿写】他们一直仿佛是要结婚似的。
It always seemed as if they would get married.
2.Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.
他们中的三分之一在地震中受伤或死去。
【知识提炼】two-third是英语分数的表达形式，分子用基数词来表达，分母用序数词表达。当分子是1时，分母用序数词原形，如分子大于1时，分母序数词用复数。
【句式仿写】这个村子里五分之四的村民被泥石流掩埋了。
Four fifths of the people in the village were buried by the mudslide.
3.All hope was not lost.并没有丧失所有的希望。
【知识提炼】该句尾不完全否定，也可称之为部分否定，当not 与all,every,everyone,everything,both 连用时，皆表示不完全否定。
【句式仿写】这些书并非全都受人们的欢迎。
All these books are not popular with people.
4.Your speech was heard by a group of five judges all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year.评委会的五位评委听了你的演讲，他们一致认为你的演讲是今年最好的。
【知识提炼】whom在此处引导的是定语从句，修饰前面的先行词judges.
【句式仿写】这是一个有八个孩子的家庭，他们都在学习音乐。
It's a family of eight children all of whom are studying music.