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1、Module 4,Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia,Language points,1. “To have been caught in a sandstorm was a terrible experience,”,阅读下列句子，试着总结be caught in 在句中的含义及用法。 1) He was caught in the rain and got wet through last night. 2) I was caught in the traffic jam, or I would have come here earlier.,3) Dont be /

2、get caught in the sandstorm! be caught in意为“_（大雨、风暴等）”，如句1、句2和句3。 be caught in中的be也可用get替换，如句3。,突然遇到,联想 be lost in 消失在中，陷入（沉思等），被所吸引，在中迷路；be trapped in 陷入，被困在中； be absorbed in 被吸引住，专注于，聚精会神（干某事）； be stuck in 被困在,据句意及括号中的汉语提示， 完成下列句子。 1. Its reported that the group _(突然遇到) the hurricane and several p

3、eople were injured. 2. _ (陷入沉思中), he didnt notice that someone was knocking at the door.,got / was / were caught in,Lost in deep thought,3. To our great joy, the workers who _ (被困在) underground were finally saved. 4. She _ (正在全神贯注看一本书) when I came in.,had been trapped,was absorbed in reading a book,

4、1) 类似的形容词还有: exciting, interesting, disappointing, puzzling, surprising, shocking, astonishing, moving, amusing, boring, encouraging, delighting, inspiring, pleasing, tiring, worrying 等。,2. frightening adj. 令人害怕的, 令人恐怖的,类似的还有: excited, interested, disappointed, puzzled, surprised, shocked, astonishe

5、d, moved, amused, bored, encouraged, delighted, inspired, pleased, tired, worried等。,2) 与frightening 对应的形容词是frightened “感到害怕的, 感到恐惧的”。,巩固练习,1. Mr. Smith, _ of the _ speech, started to read a novel. A. tired, boring B. tiring, bored C. tired, bored D. tiring, boring,由于Mr. Smith对那个令人厌烦的演讲感到厌倦, 他开始读起了小说

6、。,2. Its believed that if a book is _, it will surely _ the readers. A. interested, interest B. interesting, be interested C. interested, be interesting D. interesting, interest,人们认为要是一本书有趣的话, 那么它肯定会使读者感兴趣。,3. The headmaster is really annoyed! Look at his _ look. A. frightened B. frightening C. frig

7、ht D. frighten,校长真的生气了! 看看他让人害怕的表情。,3. Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as a result of “desertification”. appear的用法 1 vi.出现 eg: He didnt appear until 6 oclock. 他直到六点才出现。 2 link v. (后接to be+表语；+to do, +adj.或 it appears that)仿佛，好像,eg: The girl appears to have known it. 这个女孩

8、好像已经知道了这件事。 It appears to me that you are all mistaken.我觉得你们全错了。 as a result of 由产生的结果，相当于because of eg. He could not work as a result of his illness. 他因病不能工作。,Jenny nearly missed the flight _ doing too much shopping. A. as a result of B. on top of C. in front of D. in need of 选A。句中的doing too much s

9、hopping与nearly missed the flight构成逻辑上的因果关系，故选A项。as a result of由于的结果；on top of 在上面；in front of在前面；in need of 需要。,4. This is a process that happens when land becomes desert 试着总结process在句中的含义及用法。 1) Getting fit again has been a long slow process. 重新获得健康是一个漫长、缓慢的过 程。,2) Can you describe the process of b

10、uilding a house? 你能给我描述一下建造一座房子的步骤吗? 3) They invented a new process of making glass. 他们发明了一种制造玻璃的新方法。,4) Most of the food we buy is processed in some way. 我们买的大部分食品都用某种方法加 工过。 5) All applications are processed through this system. 所有申请都通过这个系统来审核。 6) Have your photographs been processed? 你的照片洗出来了吗?,7

11、) The new network will enable data to be processed more speedily. 这个新的系统会使数据处理更快。,【总结归纳】 process n. 过程, 进程; 步骤, 流程; 做事方法, 工序 vt. 加工, 处理; 审阅, 审核; 冲 印(照片); 数据处理,【拓展】 in process 进行中 in the process of sth. / doing sth. 在的进行过程中,汉译英。 1. 超市出售许多已经加工过的蔬菜。,A lot of processed vegetables are sold in supermarket

12、.,3. 我们正在搬家的过程中。,We are in the process of moving.,2. 我们会尽快处理您的订单。,We will process your orders as soon as possible.,5. because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass. 阅读下列句子，并试着总结cut down在句中的含义及用法。 1) Its a pity that so many trees were cut down overnight. cut down是短语动词，

13、主要含义和用 法有：_；,砍倒,2) How can we cut down the risk of AIDS? cut down削减，减少，后面可直接跟宾语 3) If you want to lose weight, you should cut down on sugar and fat. cut down后面还可接“on +宾语” 。,联想 cut away 切除，剪掉； cut in 插嘴，夹进来，干预； cut off 切断，隔绝，使电话中断，切下来，剪下来； cut out 删掉，停止，戒掉，切除，剪下来； cut up 切碎，剁碎； cut through 穿过，穿透,用cut

14、短语的适当形式填空。 1. Rainforests are being _ at a high speed and they may disappear from the earth one day. 2. If you dont _ your working hours, youll break down sooner or later.,cut down,cut down,3. Its bad manners to _ while others are talking. 4. The village has been _ from the outside world for seven d

15、ays because of the heavy snow.,cut in,cut off,6. The Chinese Central Weather Station can forecast a sandstorm some weeks before,阅读下列各句，并试着总结forecast在 句中的含义及用法。 1) The radio forecast what the weather would be like the day after tomorrow. 2) Mr. Liu forecast a big increase in sales, and he proved to b

16、e right.,3) More sandstorms are forecast next week. forecast意为“_，预测”，主要用法有： 用作_词，如句1、句2和句3，可用于被动语态，如句3；,预报,动,4) The weather forecast on the radio tonight tells of coming storms. 5) His forecast about the future economy proved wrong. forecast用作_词，如句4和句5。,名,注意 forecast的过去式和过去分词为forecast或 forecasted。 辨

17、析 forecast 在后面的分句中, enough作副词时常放在形容词或副词之后, 构成 . enough to do sth., 意为“足够地”。 句意: 它们经常如此浑浊以至于人们连太阳都看不见, 而且风有时候刮得很大足可以移动沙丘。,2. This is a process that happens when land becomes desert because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass. = Because of climate changes, trees being

18、 cut down and grass being dug up, land becomes desert and desertification happens.,本句是一个复合句。主句是This is a process; that happens .是定语从句, 修饰先行词process。定语从句中有两个状语从句, 一个是when引导的时间状语从句, 另一个是because引导的原因状语从句。时间状语从句中的because of . 短语以及because引起的从句共同说明土地变成沙漠的原因。,3. The storms sometimes continue all day and tr

19、affic moves very slowly because the thick dust makes it difficult to see. 本句中含有一个make复合结构: make + it + adj. + to do。在makes it difficult to see 中, it是形式宾语, 形容词difficult 作宾语补足语, 不定式短语to see作真正的宾语。常用于这种结构的动词还有: think, find, believe, feel, suppose等; 用作真正宾语的可以是动词不定式、动词-ing形式和从句。,如： We found it difficult to get along with him. 我们发现与他相处很难。 We thought it wrong wasting our ti