Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingandThinking课件-高中英语人教版

Unit4NATURALDISASTERSTh

enight

the

earth

didn't

sleepLanguage

points

reading

and

thinkingTranslate

paragraph1

and

find

out

some

set

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辞手法)and

other

usage

ofwords.THENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEPStrange

things

were

happening

in

the

countryside

of

northeastern

Hebei.For

several

days,

thewaterinthevillgewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.Therewere

deep

cracksthat

appeared

in

the

well

walls.At

least

one

well

had

some

smelly

gas

coming

out

of

it.Chickensand

even

pigsweretoo

nervousto

eat,and

dogs

refusedto

go

inside

buildings.Mice

ran

outof

the

fields

looking

for

places

to

hide,and

fish

jumped

out

of

the

water.At

about

3:00

am.on

28

July

1976,bright

lights

were

seen

in

the

sky

outside

the

city

of

Tangshan

and

loudnoiseswere

heard.Butthe

city's

one

milion

peoplewere

asleep

as

usualthat

night.rose

and

fell

原形：rise

and

fall

起起落落，起起伏伏；兴衰come

out

of

从...

冒出来eg.The

swimmer

came

out

of

thewater

and

gasped

forbreath.run

out

of

游泳的人从水里钻出来喘口气.jump

out

ofWhatistherhetoricaltechniquesusedinthissentenceThenighttheearthdidn'tslee$personificationrhetoricaltechniques修辞手法：repetition(重复)simile/'siməli/(明喻)metaphor/'metəfor/(暗喻)personification(拟人)hyperbolehar'ps:rbəli(夸张)..too

.….to.…

太

…

而不能

…

too+adj.形容词+todosth翻译：活到老学到老

Nevertoolatetolearn这课文太难了，理解不了。The

text

is

too

difficult

to

understand.refuse

to

do

sth

拒绝做某事翻译：她拒绝和我一起去北京旅游。Sherefusedtotravelwith

me

to

Beijing.asusual

和往常一样Translate

paragraph2

and

find

out

some

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辞手法)and

otherusage

of

words.At3:42a.m.,everything

began

to

shake.It

seemed

as

if

the

world

were

coming

to

an

end!Eleven

kilometres

directly

below

the

city,one

of

the

most

deady

earthquakes

of

the

20thcenturyhadbegun,aquakethatevencaused

damage

more

than

150

kilometres

away

inBejing.Nearly

one

third

of

the

whole

nation

felt

it!A

huge

crack,eight

kilometres

longand30metres

wide,cut

across

houses,roads,and

waterways.Hard

hills

of

rock

becamerivers

of

dirt.In

less

than

one

minute,a

large

city

lay

in

ruins.Two

thirds

of

the

peoplewholivedthereweredeadorinjured.Thousandsof

childrenwere

left

without

parents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjured

inthequakewas

more

than400,000.Itseemedasif

theworldwerecoming

to

an

end!as

if=as

though似乎；好像；仿佛Look

at

the

clouds

in

the

sky!It

looks

as

if

itis

going

to

rain.Let's

hurry

up.从句用陈述语气，

表示从

句发生的情况是真实的或

极有可能发生的。hyperbole/har'ps:rbəli/(夸张)It

looks

as

if

we'll

be

late.我们似乎要迟到了。asif/though

引导的从句1.Shelooksasifshewere

(be)tenyearsyounger.她看起来好像年轻了十岁。2.HetalksaboutRomeasif

hehadbeen(be)there

before.

他说起罗马来就好像他以前去过那里似的。3.Heopenedhismouthasifhewouldsay

(say)something他张开嘴好像要说点什么。从句用虚拟语气：1.与现在事实相反，用一般过去时(be动词用were)

2.与过去事实相反，用过去完成时(haddone)3.与将来事实相反，用would/could/mightdoruin

n.&vt.破坏；毁坏The

whole

city

lay

in

ruins

after

the

earthquake,which

made

usawakeall

night.地震之后整个城市成了一片废墟，这让我们彻夜未眠。lie/be

in

ruins

成为废墟；严重受损；破败不堪fall

into

ruin

灭亡；毁坏ruinone'sfuture/health/fame毁掉某人的前程/健康/荣誉one

of+the+形容词最高级+名词复数One

of

best

players

had

been

injured,and

the

team

captain

had

to

leavebeacuseofheartproblems.翻译：我们将休息一会，然后前往长城，它是中国最著名的旅游景点之一。We

will

take

a

short

break

and

head

for

the

Great

Wall,which

is

one

of

thefamous

tourist

attractions

in

China.Whatrulesdidyoufind分子用基数词，分母用序数词；分子大于1,分母用复数分数的表达：(基数词+序数词)123onethird3twothirds1/2Translateparagraph3andfindoutsomephrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辞手法)and

otherusage

ofwords.Everywhere

survivors

looked,there

was

nothing

but

ruins.Nearly

everything

in

the

city

was

destroyed.About

75

percent

of

the

city's

factories

and

buildings,90percent

of

its

homes,and

all

of

its

hospitals

were

gone.Bricks

covered

the

qround

like

red

autumn

leaves,

but

nowindcouldblowthemaway.Most

bridges

had

fallen

or

were

not

safe

to

cross.The

railwaytrackswere

now

useless

piecesofmetal.

Tensofthousandsof

cows,

hundredsofthousandsofpigs,and

millions

ofchickens

were

dead.Sand

now

filled

the

wells

insteadofwater.Peoplewere

inshock-andthen,laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakeshookTangshanagain.Evenmorebuildingsfell

down.Water,food,andelectricity

were

hardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhow

longthedisasterwould

last.What

istherhetoricaltechnique

(修辞手法)used

in

this

sentence?simile

/'siməli/(明喻)●Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.

Nowind,however,couldblowthemaway.like

v.喜欢，喜爱

prep.像，如同；blow

away吹走，吹散tensofthousandsof(数几万)hundredsof

thousandsof(数十万)

millions

of

(数百万)thousandsof(数以千计的)成千上万：insteadrather

than而不是...表示许多的词组：of+doing区别：thenumberof

/anumber

ofthenumber

of

"...的数量"—→

其作主语时，谓语动词用单数anumberof"大量，许多"其作主语时，谓语动词用复数1.Thenumberof

studentsinourclassisfifty-four.2.Anumberof

students

areplaying

ontheplayground.3.The

number

of

international

students

is

increasing.4.Anumberofstudentsarelivingintheschool.Water,food

and

electricity

were

hard

to

get.be+adj.todo

sth

……去做某事很高兴去做某事be

happy/glad/pleased/delightedtodo

sth.eg.翻

译：我很高兴能收到你的来信。

I'mgladtohearfrom

you.It's+adj+for

sb

to

do

sth.

it

做形式主语，真正的主语为to

do

sth,翻译为：对某人而言，做某事是……的。翻译：学习英语对我们来说是很有必要的。It'snecessaryforustolearn

English.It's+adj+of

sb

to

do

sth.

强调人的品质、性质翻译：他很勇敢去拯救在火灾中的孩子们。It's

brave

of

him

to

save

the

children

in

the

fire.1.Villagers

were

(shock)at

her

determination

to

conquer

themountainbyreachingitstop.2.Of

course,therearesomepeoplewhofindthedecision(shock)and

unreasonable,but

there

are

more

people

who

think

it's

fine.3.I

was

shocked

(hear)that

he

had

resigned.in

shock

震惊地；吃惊地toone'sshock令某人震惊的是

be

shocked

at/by

sth

对……吃惊

beshockedtodosth

做某事很吃

惊phasesshocked

使人震惊的(人)shocking令人震惊的(物)adj.shock

n.震

惊

；令人震惊的事；

休

克v.震

惊Exercises:Translate

paragraph4

and

find

out

some

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辞手法)and

otherusage

of

words.But

hope

was

not

lost.Soon

after

the

ouakes,the

army

sent150,00

soldiers

to

Tangshantodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.Morethan

10,00doctorsandnurses

came

to

provide

medical

care.Workers

built

shelters

for

survvors

whose

homeshadbeendestroyed.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelped.Waterandfoodwerebroughtintotheciybytrai,

tuck,andplane.Sow,hecitybegantobreatheagain.trapvt.使落入险境；使陷入圈套

n.

陷阱；险境It

was

too

late

for

the

rat

to

realise

that

it

was

a

trap

waiting

for

it.

老鼠意识到这是一个等待它的陷阱，但为时已晚。be

trapped

in…被困在……;陷入……中trapsb

into(doing)sth诱使某人做某事setatrapfor给

…

…

设置陷阱fall

intoa

trap

落入圈套/陷阱Theteamwere

(trap)intheburning

building

andtheywereeagertowaitfor

rescue.bury

one's

face/head

in

one's

hands双手掩面/捂头bury

bury

oneself

in

(doing)sth理头于/专心于(做)某事be

buried

in(doing)sth

埋头于/专心于(做)某事focus

on/concentrate

on

doing

sthdevoteonself

todoing

sth1.She

held

her

mother

closely,burying

(bury)her

effort

head

againsther

shoulder.2.由于他埋头读书，所以他不知道外面下雨了。→

Becauseheburiedhimselfin

the

book,hedidn't

know

it

wasrainingoutside.(使用连词because)→

Burying

himself

in

the

book,he

didn't

know

it

was

rainingoutside.

(使用现在分词burying

作状语)

Buried

in