1、Unit 4 Natural DisastersReading and ThinkingI.VocabularyII.Sentence1、rule n.&vt.破坏，毁坏搭配：fall into ruin 衰落，衰败financial ruin 破产练习：Who would want totheir good workout by eating junk food?谁会想通过吃垃圾食品来破坏他们良好的锻炼呢？ruin2、shock n.震惊；令人震惊的事；休克 vt.（使）震惊搭配：electric shock 触电，电休克emotional shock 情感上的打击culture shock
2、 文化冲击in shock 震惊，吃惊with a great shock 大为震惊by shocked at/by sth.对感到震惊be shocked to do sth.震惊的做某事be shocked that 对感到震惊It shocks sb.to do sth.做某事让某人感到震惊练习：Iwhen I learnt she hadnt cooked once in all that time.当我得知她在那段时间里一次饭也没做时，我很震惊。was shocked3、trap vt.使落入险境；使陷入圈套 n.险境，陷阱搭配：set a trap 设圈套trap animals
3、捕猎动物trap criminals 诱捕犯罪trap sb./sth.in sth.使困于trap sb.into(doing)sth.诱骗某人做某事练习：The pony had actually between two rocks.小马实际上被困在两块岩石之间。been trapped4、bury vt.埋葬；安葬；掩埋；隐藏搭配：bury ones face/head in ones hands 双手掩面/双手抱头bury ones feelings 隐藏感情，感情不外露a deeply buried memory 深埋的记忆练习：the old world and build a n
4、ew one.埋葬旧世界，建设新世界。Bury5、breathe vi.&vt.呼吸搭配：breathe in/out 吸气/呼气breathe into 注入breathe regularly 均匀呼吸breathe hard 呼吸困难breathe freely/easily 安下心来breathe a sigh of relief 舒了一口气练习：The air we is getting dirtier and dirtier.我们吸入的空气越来越脏了。breathe in6、effort n.努力，艰难的尝试，尽力make an effort/efforts to do sth.努力
5、做某事put effort into 对某事付出很大努力spare no effort 不遗余力be worth the effort 值得努力with effort 努力地without effort 毫不费力地They are to decrease the production costs.他们正尽力减少生产成本。making an effort7、suffer vt.遭受；蒙受 vi.（因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦搭配：suffer pain 遭受疼痛suffer hunger 挨饿suffer shock 遭受打击suffer from 因而遭受损失/痛苦suffer for 因而受罚
6、/苦suffer by 因而受罚/苦练习：Hes severe mental disorder.他患有严重的精神病。suffering from8、as if 似乎，好像，仿佛I told my father how Mrs.Stanley talked Mr.Stanley were still alive.我告诉父亲斯坦利太太说话的口气好像斯坦利先生还活着。as if1、现在分词短语作定语单个的现在分词作定语，通常放在被修饰词前；现在分词短语作定语，常放在被修饰词之后。Eg：an amusing story 一个可笑的故事students wishing to going hiking 想要去徒步旅行的学生现在分词和过去分词作定语的区别：现在分词表示动作的主动或进行过去分词表示动作的被动或完成Eg:falling leaves 正在飘落的树叶fallen leaves 落叶2、现在分词短语作状语 现在分词短语作原因状语 现在分词短语作时间状语 现在分词短语作结果状语3、主语+be+adj.(+for sb.)+to do 该句型中的形容词多为表示主语的性质、特质的词。使用时要注意一下几点：句子主语和动词不定式是被动关系，主动形式表被动动词不定式有时有自己的逻辑主语（for sb.）如果动词不定式是不及物动词，在不及物动词后面加上适当的介词。Thank you!
