1、Unit 4 Earthquake Reading Language points1 imagine vt.想象想象 認為某事可能發生或存在認為某事可能發生或存在 imagination n. 想象想象 imagine doing sth. 想象做某事想象做某事他是一個充滿想象的人He is a man full of imagination.I cant imagine _around the world on foot.(travel)travelling2 right away 立刻 馬上at onceimmediately我們必須馬上開始這項工作We must begin the wo

2、rk right away.right nowin no timeshake sbs hand /shake hands with sb 握手握手/ shake ones head搖頭搖頭3.shake shook, shaken 擺動擺動 ,搖動搖動 I was shaking like a leaf (= very nervous) before my exam.He is He is shaking hands withshaking hands with Tim Tim4 rise vi. (指日月星辰等的指日月星辰等的)升起，上升升起，上升 rose risen n.增加增加 增長增

3、長 起伏起伏raise vt. 抬高抬高 提高提高 養育養育 飼養飼養e.g The sun rises at seven oclock.e.g He rose from his chair and began his speech.e.g There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work.e.g His job is raising chickens.Practice They _ their arms and waved to us with joy.A rose B raisedBsmelly : smell+

4、 y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)5. A _ gas came _ _ the cracks.smellyout of n. + y adj.health + y healthywealth + y wealthywind + y windy6 burst vi.vt. burst burst 使某物爆炸，脹破，爆破burst in/into a room /building etc.突然進入（房間等）burst into sth.突然爆發burst out doing sth.突然開始做某事他沒有敲門就突然進入房間e.g He burst into

5、the house without knocking.e.g The plane crashed and burst into flames.飛機墜毀起火了e.g All of them burst out laughing/crying /singing他們全都突然笑起來/哭起來/唱起來e.g All of them burst into laughter/tears/songburst into sth. = burst out doing 突然起來7 But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these e

6、vents, were asleep as usual that night.think little of these events 對這些情況幾乎沒有什么去考慮、沒當一回事think little of think nothing of think badly/poorly /ill of think well/much / highly/a lot/ a great deal of 對看法不好，評價很低不重視，忽視認為沒什么對重視 高度評價校長對你的進步評價很高e.g The headmaster thinks highly of your progress.e.g To tell yo

7、u the truth, I _ Tom, who is very lazy and never knows what to do .think poorly of 8 It seemed as if the world was at an end. 世界似乎到了末日。世界似乎到了末日。as if = as though 好像It seems/seemed as if sb/sth似乎沒有人知道發生過什么事。e.g It seemed as if no one knew what had happened.看來這個問題沒有解決的辦法了。e.g It seemed as if there is

8、no solution to this problem.9. at an end:結束，終結（作表語）結束，終結（作表語） We were very happy when the work was at an end.Compare: at the end of by the end of in the endat the end of 用于表示具體事物或場所的場合，它用于表示具體事物或場所的場合，它也可以用來表示比喻意也可以用來表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示時間的場合，用于表示時間的場合，“到到結束結束的時候的時候”；in the end 意思意思“最后、終于最后、終于”

9、。 練習：練習：1) . His father will return home _ this year.2) . He will be a scientist _.3) . How many English words had you learned _ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end of10 In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.在可怕的15秒鐘內，一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中。lie lay lain 處于某種狀態 躺，平躺，平臥 平放e.g The whol

10、e city has lain waste for many years.整個地區多年來一直荒蕪在那里。e.g lie on your back/side/front 仰臥/側臥/俯臥e.g Clothes were lying all over the floor.地板上到處都堆放著衣服。lie lied lied lying 說謊說謊 撒謊撒謊lie to sb. 對某人說謊tell a lie /lies 說謊別對我撒謊e.g Dont lie to me.e.g You could see from his face that he was lying.從他的表情上可以看出他在撒謊。1

11、0. lie 10. lie 與與laylay的區別的區別口訣口訣:規則的規則的“撒謊撒謊”，不規，不規則的則的“躺躺”，躺，躺過就過就“下蛋下蛋”。 (lie當當“說謊說謊”用，它的過去式用，它的過去式和過去分詞都為和過去分詞都為lied，而當，而當“躺躺”用時，它的過去用時，它的過去式為式為“下蛋下蛋”即即lay) 11分數的表示法分數的表示法分子分母基數詞序數詞分子大于一，分母用復數分子大于一，分母用復數三分之一三分之一one- third五分之三五分之三 three- fifthsTwo thirds of the land is covered by forest.One fifth

12、 of the students in this class are girls三分之二的地面為森林所覆蓋三分之二的地面為森林所覆蓋這個班里五分之一的學生是女生這個班里五分之一的學生是女生12 The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.the number of 的數量 謂語用單數a (great/large/small) number of 大量 謂語用復數e.g The number of tasks is fairly small this year.今年的任務量不多。e.g A g

13、reat number of people have written to express their support.許多人已書面表達了他們的支持。e.g The number of deaths _(have)risen to fifty.has我們要努力減少交通事故。博物館每年要接待來自世界各地的許許多多的參觀者。e.g We must try hard to reduce the number of traffic accidents.e.g This museum will receive a large number of visitors from all over the wo

14、rld every year.13. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.leftThousands of五萬學生五萬學生fifty thousand students數以萬計的學生數以萬計的學生 tens of thousands of students75%的人口的人口75% of the population四分之一的土地四分之一的土地one fourth of the landa quarter of the land one million Two-thirds O

15、ne-third Seventy-five percent Ninety percent Ten thousand One hundred and fifty thousand Half a million 90% 10,000 10,000,000 150,000 75% 1/3 500,000 2/3C CHHF FE EB BA AD DGG14. hurt injure wound 指肉體上，也可指精神上的指肉體上，也可指精神上的傷害也可為傷害也可為“疼痛，痛苦疼痛，痛苦”指由于意外或事故而受傷指由于意外或事故而受傷指外傷，如槍傷刀傷指外傷，如槍傷刀傷劍傷劍傷He fell off t

16、he bicycle and his arm.He got in the fighting.My knees and my feet hurt too.injuredwoundedhurt15. rescue n. 搭救；解救搭救；解救The rescue team reached the mines at once after the accident happened.v. 解救；救出解救；救出He rescued the man from drowning.15. trap trapped v. 困住困住They were trapped in the burning hotel. 不是

17、所有希望都破滅了。不是所有希望都破滅了。allnot = not all該句為部分否定該句為部分否定表示全部肯定的表達：表示全部肯定的表達： all, both, everyone, everybody, everything以及以及“every+名詞名詞”；表示全部否定：表示全部否定： no one, none, nobody, nothing, notany, 已以已以及及“no+名詞名詞” 但當但當not出現在含有表示全部肯定的不定代詞的出現在含有表示全部肯定的不定代詞的句子中，不管句子中，不管not在什么位置，都表示部分否定。在什么位置，都表示部分否定。 16 All hope was

18、 not lost.= Not all hope was lost.不是所有的孩子都被留下了。不是所有的孩子都被留下了。不是所有的孩子都吵鬧。不是所有的孩子都吵鬧。Not all the children are left.(= Only some of them left early.)Not all the children are noisy.(= Some of the children are not noisy.) All the students do not agree to the plan.= Not all the students agree to the plan.17. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 people were rescued from the coal mines.To the north ofrescuedto/ on/ in Japan is _ the east of China. Taiwan is _ the southeast of China.