Unit4Earthquakes

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Unit 4 Earthquakes

1.shake vi. & vt.

(1)My hands shook during the exam. vi. 摇动，摇撼，颤抖 (2)The earthquake shook the lights. vt.使摇动 (3)vt.使受震撼，使（信念等）动摇 be shaken by/with/at

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tremble

指人因感情激动、寒冷、惧怕等引起的身体颤动。The boy trembled with fear.

shake

作“颤抖”讲时与tremble同义。它还有“握手，摇头或捧腹大笑”的意思。The earthquake shook the lights.

2.right away

“立刻，马上”的表达方式：right away, without delay, right now, straight away, at once, in no time, immediately

3.well

-- You don’t look very ____. Are you ill? -- No, I’m just a bit tired. A. good B. well C. strong D. healthy (1)adj.健康的 (2)n.井，水井；油井；气井 (3)adv.熟练地，有效地，令人满意地；很，非常 very/rather/fairly/quite/pretty well

4.too…to…

具有否定意义，常用not…enough to…和so…that…句型结构改写。 I am too old to understand the cartoon. =I am not young enough to understand the cartoon. =I am so old that I can’t understand the cartoon. (1)e.g. I’m only too delighted to be here. 当too前有副词far, much, but, only等词修饰时，此结构没有否定意义，而表示肯定，意为“非常，十分……”，too后的形容词多是表示某种心情的，如happy, pleased, willing, thankful, anxious, eager, delighted等。 (2)e.g. It’s never too late to learn. 当too前有否定词时，此结构表示肯定。 (3)too+ adj. +for sb./sth. 表示“太……，不适合……”

5.burst

burst forth突然出现 burst into突然闯入 burst out冒出 burst upon突然展现 burst open突然开了

6.event

事件，大事；项目，赛事 all the events/in any event无论如何 in the event结果，到头来 after the event事后 in the event that/of…倘若，万一 in that event/in that case如果那样的话 辨析：

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aident

意外事故。car aident

incident

附带的小事件，事端；政变。July 7th incident

event

重大的事件。What were the chief events of last year?

7.directly

(1)adv.径直地；坦率地；直接地；立刻 e.g. The bus goes directly to HK. (2)conj.一……就……引导时间状语从句 Directly he went out he was caught.

8.ruin

in ruins 严重受损 fall into ruins成为废墟 ruin＞destroy＞damage

9.extreme

(1)adj.极度的，严重的；极端的，偏激的；过分的 extreme weather conditions极端恶劣的天气状况 extreme sports极限运动 (2)n.[C]极端不同的感情（情况或行为方式）；完全相反的事物 [U]极端，极度，极限 extremes of cold, wind or rain严寒、狂风、骤雨 take sth. to extremes采取极端行为

10.injure受伤，伤害

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hurt

普通用语，既可指肉体，也可指精神、感情I don’t want to hurt you.

injure

健康、成就、容貌，强调功能的丧失A bullet injured his left leg.

wound

枪伤、刀伤、刺伤等皮肉之伤，尤指战场上所受的伤The soldier was wounded badly.

harm

伤害有生命的东西，常指伤及人的健康、权利、事业等Smoking seriously harmed his health.

11.cover

(1)盖，覆盖，掩盖 e.g. I covered the novel with my English book. The novel was covered with my English book. cover sth. with sth.用某物盖某物（表动作） be covered with被……盖着（表状态） (2)占有（多少面积）；包含，包括 Our orchards cover an area of 1000 mu. (3)报道 TV covered the whole game. (4)走完（一段路程） The Red Army covered 25,000 li during the Long March. (5)掩护

12.trap vt. & n.

be trapped in困在……中，陷在……中 trap sb. into doing sth.陷害（诱骗）某人做某事

13.wonder

(1)对（某事）感到惊讶，不能相信 wonder +about/at/to do/that-clause e.g. Sometimes I wonder about their behavior. (2)对（某事）感到疑惑；想要知道 wonder +if/whether/wh- + to do/wh- 从句 (3)惊叹，惊奇，诧异 I am filled with wonder. (4)奇观，奇才 The Great Wall of China is one of the wonders in the world.

14.dig

dig out挖出，翻找出 dig up翻挖；找出，查明 dig into深入钻研；挖掘 dig at钻研；挖苦（嘲笑） dig through挖通

15.bury

e.g. I bury myself in puzzling games. bury oneself in= be buried in埋头于……，专心于……

16.shelter

(1)庇护所，避难所；遮蔽物 (2)庇护，遮蔽，掩蔽 e.g. Their immediate need is for food, clothing and shelter. (3)提供庇护（所） e.g. The wooden house sheltered us from the wind. take shelter from躲避…… run for shelter找躲避处 shelter sb./sth. from庇护某人、某物以免…… under the shelter of在……庇护下，受……的保护 17.breathe 呼吸；低声说

e.g. “I’m here,” she breathed.

18.while conj.

(1)引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候”“在……期间” (2)引导时间状语从句，意为“与……同时” e.g. You may go singing while I am doing my homework. (3)引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然”“尽管” ____ the Inter is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it. A. If B. While C. Because D. As (4)用作并列连词，表示前后两个分居之间的对比，意为“然而”

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while

作“当……时候”讲时，只能与延续性动词连用。While he was reading, he fell asleep.

when

作“当……时候”讲时，既可与延续性动词连用也可与瞬间动词连用。When mom came in, I was reading the novel. When I was sleeping, a thief broke in.

as

强调主从据谓语动词表示的动作同时进行，意为“一边……一边……”。它还有“随着……”的意思。I looked behind from time to time as I walked. As time went by, I became more and more nervous.

19.title

(1)n.[C]标题，题目 (2)n.[C]职位名称；职称 (3)vt.加标题，订题目 e.g. My book was titled “Windy’s fantasy world”.

20.give

give out发布；用光；精疲力竭；发出；散发 give away送掉；捐赠；表露 give in让步；屈服，投降；交上 give back返还，归还；恢复 give off发出（气味、光、热、声等） give up放弃；戒掉；交出，让出

21.congratulation

(1)congratulation作“贺词”讲或单独使用时常用复数形式 (2)表示因某事向某人祝贺时常用（offer one’s）congratulations to sb. on sth. (3)congratulation用于成功、结婚、毕业等个人性的祝贺，不用于节日致词，还可用作抽象意义但不用复数形式。 I received many letters of congratulation. congratulate sb. on sth. congratulate oneself on/that暗自庆幸

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congratulate

意为“祝贺”，为个人间行为，常用于congratulate sb. on sth.中其名词形式为congratulation,常用复数形式。We congratulated him on his passing the exam.

celebrate

意为“庆祝”，后面常接生日、胜利、纪念日之类的名词，通常以多人参加的某种形式进行。其名词形式是celebration，意为“庆祝，庆祝会”，可数名词。Thousands of people attended the celebration of National Day in Tian’anmen Square.