1、 Unit4 Earthquake Words and expressions1. right away= right now= at once=immediately _ Youd better get in touch with him _ _. 你最好立刻和他联系。2. burst vi.vt. (burst-burst-burst) _ 1) burst into a door/ room /building 突然进入门/房间/大楼 2) burst into sth. = burst out doing 突然起来 burst into laughter/tears = burst o
2、ut laughing/crying 3) n. a burst of .一阵. a burst of laughter /thunder /applause(欢呼） 他没有敲门就突然进入房间. He _without knocking at the door. 他们全都突然笑起来/哭起来。 All of them burst into _. =All of them burst out _.3.as if = as though _ 1) It looks _ _ its going to rain 看样子天要下雨了。 2) He treats his stepfather _ _ he w
3、ere a stranger. 他待他的继父如同陌生人一般。（虚拟 语气）4. at an end _（作表语）We were very happy when the work was at an end. _ at the end of “在尽头；在末” by the end of “到/截止末”；主句一般用完成时 in the end 意思“最后、终于”= at last/ finally . The First World War was _ an end in 1918. . My friend is waiting for me _ the end of the road. . _t
4、he end of last month we had completed the work. . _the end, we got to the top of the mountain.5. in ruins _（一般用作表语或状语）lie/be in ruins 成为废墟 1) After the big fire, the building was _ _. 大火过后，大楼已成废墟。 2) He _ himself by taking drugs. 他因吸毒毁掉了自己。6. injure v. _ (injureinjured adj. 受伤的) be/get injured 受伤 in
5、jury n. 1) More than 200 people were _in the car accident. 2) The injured in the accident were sent to the nearest hospital right away. _7. destroy v. _ 强调以具有摧毁或杀伤性的力量把某物彻底毁掉。 1) Theearthquakedestroyedalmosttheentirecity. _另外，destroy也可用于损坏抽象的东西，比如名誉、计划、努力、契约等。例如： 2) Allhishopesweredestroyed.他的全部希望破灭
6、了。 8.shock n. _ 1) His sudden death was a great shock to his family._ shock vt. _ be shocked at sth. 对感到震惊 2) We _（对感到震惊)the news of his death. 3) They were _（感到吃惊)when they heard the _（令人吃惊的)news. 表示情感的动词 excite, surprise, interest, bore, move, shock, disappoint, satisfy, (兴奋，惊讶，兴趣，乏味，感动，震惊，失望 ，满意,
7、） 变为形容词时可加ing(指物）或加ed (指人）9. rescue n.&vt. _ rescue from 从.中营救 The policeman rescued the little boy from danger._ _10. trap n._ vt. _ trap- trapped- trapped be trapped in 被困在. The workers _(trap) in the coal mine.11.dig out _ dig dug dug More than 100 people _ _ _of the ruins alive. 100多人被从废墟中挖出来。12
8、. bury vt. _ The boy _ the dead bird in the backyard. vt. 使沉浸（或专心于）be buried in= bury oneself in埋头于; 专心于 be buried in thought 沉思 bury oneself in study 埋头研究；专心学习 After the divorce, she _ her work.离婚后，她埋头于工作。13. A (great ) number of 许多的，大量的 （+ 可数名词复数，作句子主语，谓语用复数） 1) A great number of teachers _ (learn
9、) how to use new computers now. 2) The number of the students who are learning English _(increase).14. judge n. _ v. _judgement n. 判断，审判，意见，判断力judging by/from 从上看，根据判断 judge sb./sth. from/by. 从来判断in ones judgement 依某人看来，按某人的看法 1)Dont _ a book _ its cover. 勿以貌取人。 2)_ his accent, he must be a southerner. 根据他的口音判断，他一定是个南方人。
