1、Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 1. rainstorm /ren.stm/ n. 暴风雨rain+stormWhat were you doing when the rainstorm came?暴风雨来时，你正在做什么?2. alarm/lm/ clock闹钟a+larm3. go off（闹钟）发出响声My alarm clock didnt go off so I got up late.我的闹钟没有响所以我起床晚了。4. heavily /hevili/adv. 在很大程度上；大量的hea+vi+lyI was
2、waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.天开始下大雨时我正在等公车。5. suddenly /sd.n.li/adv. 突然；忽然sud+den+lyWhen the rainstorm suddenly came, what were you doing?暴风雨突然来临时，你正在做什么？6. pick up=pick up the phone接电话I called at seven and you didnt pick up.我七点打电话了，而你没有接。7. strange /strend/ adj. 奇特的；奇怪的Thats st
3、range.那很奇怪。8. storm /stm/ n.暴风； 暴风雨The storm brought people closer together. 暴风雨使人们更团结了。9. wind /wnd/ n. 风Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. 在阿拉巴马州，Ben可以听见屋外的狂风。10. light /lat/ n. 光；光线；光亮With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 外面没有光，感觉像半夜三更。11. report /rpt/ v. n. 报道；公布re+
4、port12. area /er/ n. 地域；地区are+aThe news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. 电视新闻报道说一场强烈的暴风雨正席卷本地。13. wood / wd/ n. 木；木头14. window n. 窗；窗户win+dow15. flashlight /fl.lat/ n. 手电筒；火炬flash+lightBens dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashl
5、ights and radio were working.本的爸爸正把木条钉到窗户上而他妈妈正查看手电筒和收音机是否正常。16. match/mt/n. 火柴复数：matchesShe also put some candles and matches on the table. 她还把蜡烛和火柴放在桌上。17. beat/bit/ v. 敲打；打败 beat, beaten /bitn/18. against /genst/ prep. 倚；碰；撞a+gainstBen was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat h
6、eavily against the windows.雨开始激烈地打在窗户上时，本正帮助他妈妈做晚餐。19. asleep /slip/ adj. 睡着的fall asleep进入梦乡；睡着20. die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐消失He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.在凌晨3点左右风逐渐变小的时候，他终于睡着了。21. rise v. 升起；增加；提高rose, risenWhen he woke up, the sun was rising.他醒来时，太阳正在升起。22. fallen
7、 adj. 倒下的；落下的Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. 倒下的树，破裂的窗和垃圾到处都是。23. apart adv. 分离；分开a+partAlthough the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together. 尽管暴风撕裂了很多东西，它却把家庭成员和邻居们拉得更近了。24. have a look 看一看My brother and I went out right away to hav
8、e a look. 我的哥哥和我立刻跑出去看。25. icy /asi/ adj. 覆盖着冰的；冰冷的i+cyThe roads were icy because of the heavy snow from the night before. 由于头天晚上的大雪，路面结冰了。26. kid /kd / v.开玩笑；欺骗kidded, kiddingYoure kidding. 你在开玩笑吧！27. realize v. 理解；领会；认识到real+izeKate realized her bag was still at home. 凯特意识到她的包还在家里。28. make ones wa
9、y 前往；费力的前进When the school basketball competition started, Kate was still making her way to school. 当学校篮球比赛开始时，凯特还在费力地前往学校。29. passage /psd/n. 章节；段落pass+ageWhat are the two events in the passage?本文中的两个事件是什么？30. pupil /pjupl/ n. 学生pu+pilRobert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that ti
10、me. Robert Allen现在已过50岁，但是那时他还是个小学生。31. completely /kmplitli/adj. 彻底地；完全地com+plete+lyI agree with you completely.我完全同意你的意见。32. shocked /kt/ adj. 惊愕的；受震惊的shock+edMy parents were completely shocked. 我的父母亲完全震惊了。33. silence /salns/n. 沉默；缄默；无声si+lence; in silence 沉默；无声My parents did not talk after that,
11、and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence. 之后，我的父母亲不再出声，我们默默地吃完了晚饭。34. recently /risntli/ adv. 不久前；最近re+cent+ly35. take down 拆除；往下拽；记录36. terrorist /terrst/ n. 恐怖主义者；恐怖分子ter+ror+istMore recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken d
12、own by terrorists. 最近，大部分美国人记得当纽约的世贸中心被恐怖分子撞倒时他们正在干什么。37. date /det/ n. 日期；日子Even the date - September 11, 2001 - has meaning to most Americans. 甚至那个日子（2001年9月11日）对大部分美国人也是有意义的。38. tower /ta(r)/ n. 塔；塔楼tow+erShe remembers working in her office near the two towers. 她记得她正在双塔附近的办公室里工作。39. at first首先；最初I didnt believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true. 我起初不相信他，但后来我从窗户看出去时我意识到那是真的。40. truth /tru/ n. 实情；事实Kate didnt think her friend was telling the truth about the event. 凯特认为她的朋友没有道出事件的真相。
