Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingandThinking課件-高中英語人教版

Unit4NATURALDISASTERSTh

enight

the

earth

didn't

sleepLanguage

points

reading

and

thinkingTranslate

paragraph1

and

find

out

some

set

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辭手法)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；興衰come

out

of

從...

冒出來eg.The

swimmer

came

out

of

thewater

and

gasped

forbreath.run

out

of

游泳的人從水里鉆出來喘口氣.jump

out

ofWhatistherhetoricaltechniquesusedinthissentenceThenighttheearthdidn'tslee$personificationrhetoricaltechniques修辭手法：repetition(重復)simile/'sim?li/(明喻)metaphor/'met?for/(暗喻)personification(擬人)hyperbolehar'ps:rb?li(夸張)..too

.….to.…

太

…

而不能

…

too+adj.形容詞+todosth翻譯：活到老學到老

Nevertoolatetolearn這課文太難了，理解不了。The

text

is

too

difficult

to

understand.refuse

to

do

sth

拒絕做某事翻譯：她拒絕和我一起去北京旅游。Sherefusedtotravelwith

me

to

Beijing.asusual

和往常一樣Translate

paragraph2

and

find

out

some

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辭手法)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.從句用陳述語氣，

表示從

句發(fā)生的情況是真實的或

極有可能發(fā)生的。hyperbole/har'ps:rb?li/(夸張)It

looks

as

if

we'll

be

late.我們似乎要遲到了。asif/though

引導的從句1.Shelooksasifshewere

(be)tenyearsyounger.她看起來好像年輕了十歲。2.HetalksaboutRomeasif

hehadbeen(be)there

before.

他說起羅馬來就好像他以前去過那里似的。3.Heopenedhismouthasifhewouldsay

(say)something他張開嘴好像要說點什么。從句用虛擬語氣：1.與現在事實相反，用一般過去時(be動詞用were)

2.與過去事實相反，用過去完成時(haddone)3.與將來事實相反，用would/could/mightdoruin

n.&vt.破壞；毀壞The

whole

city

lay

in

ruins

after

the

earthquake,which

made

usawakeall

night.地震之后整個城市成了一片廢墟，這讓我們徹夜未眠。lie/be

in

ruins

成為廢墟；嚴重受損；破敗不堪fall

into

ruin

滅亡；毀壞ruinone'sfuture/health/fame毀掉某人的前程/健康/榮譽one

of+the+形容詞最高級+名詞復數One

of

best

players

had

been

injured,and

the

team

captain

had

to

leavebeacuseofheartproblems.翻譯：我們將休息一會，然后前往長城，它是中國最著名的旅游景點之一。We

will

take

a

short

break

and

head

for

the

Great

Wall,which

is

one

of

thefamous

tourist

attractions

in

China.Whatrulesdidyoufind分子用基數詞，分母用序數詞；分子大于1,分母用復數分數的表達：(基數詞+序數詞)123onethird3twothirds1/2Translateparagraph3andfindoutsomephrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辭手法)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

(修辭手法)used

in

this

sentence?simile

/'sim?li/(明喻)●Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.

Nowind,however,couldblowthemaway.like

v.喜歡，喜愛

prep.像，如同；blow

away吹走，吹散tensofthousandsof(數幾萬)hundredsof

thousandsof(數十萬)

millions

of

(數百萬)thousandsof(數以千計的)成千上萬：insteadrather

than而不是...表示許多的詞組：of+doing區(qū)別：thenumberof

/anumber

ofthenumber

of

"...的數量"—→

其作主語時，謂語動詞用單數anumberof"大量，許多"其作主語時，謂語動詞用復數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

……去做某事很高興去做某事be

happy/glad/pleased/delightedtodo

sth.eg.翻

譯：我很高興能收到你的來信。

I'mgladtohearfrom

you.It's+adj+for

sb

to

do

sth.

it

做形式主語，真正的主語為to

do

sth,翻譯為：對某人而言，做某事是……的。翻譯：學習英語對我們來說是很有必要的。It'snecessaryforustolearn

English.It's+adj+of

sb

to

do

sth.

強調人的品質、性質翻譯：他很勇敢去拯救在火災中的孩子們。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

震驚地；吃驚地toone'sshock令某人震驚的是

be

shocked

at/by

sth

對……吃驚

beshockedtodosth

做某事很吃

驚phasesshocked

使人震驚的(人)shocking令人震驚的(物)adj.shock

n.震

驚

；令人震驚的事；

休

克v.震

驚Exercises:Translate

paragraph4

and

find

out

some

phrases,rhetorical

techniques(修辭手法)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.使落入險境；使陷入圈套

n.

陷阱；險境It

was

too

late

for

the

rat

to

realise

that

it

was

a

trap

waiting

for

it.

老鼠意識到這是一個等待它的陷阱，但為時已晚。be

trapped

in…被困在……;陷入……中trapsb

into(doing)sth誘使某人做某事setatrapfor給

…

…

設置陷阱fall

intoa

trap

落入圈套/陷阱Theteamwere

(trap)intheburning

building

andtheywereeagertowaitfor

rescue.bury

one's

face/head

in

one's

hands雙手掩面/捂頭bury

bury

oneself

in

(doing)sth理頭于/專心于(做)某事be

buried

in(doing)sth

埋頭于/專心于(做)某事focus

on/concentrate

on

doing

sthdevoteonself

todoing

sth1.She

held

her

mother

closely,burying

(bury)her

effort

head

againsther

shoulder.2.由于他埋頭讀書，所以他不知道外面下雨了?！?/p>

Becauseheburiedhimselfin

the

book,hedidn't

know

it

wasrainingoutside.(使用連詞because)→

Burying

himself

in

the

book,he

didn't

know

it

was

rainingoutside.

(使用現在分詞burying

作狀語)

Buried

in