課程內容
《Earthquakes》
詞匯預習
1.million n.百萬
2.event n.事件；大事
3.canal n.運河；水道
4.suffering n.苦難，痛苦
5.extreme adj. 極度的
6.trap vt.使陷入困境
7.disaster n.災難，災禍
8.frightened adj.受驚的，受驚嚇的
9.sincerely adv.真誠地，真摯地
10.congratulation n.祝賀，賀詞
11.right away 立刻，馬上
12.as if 仿佛，好像
13.at an end 結束，終結
14.in ruins 嚴重受損，破敗不堪
詞匯精析
1.burst v.爆裂，爆發(fā) n.突然爆裂，爆發(fā)
burst out doing 迸發(fā)，突然發(fā)生
burst out laughing/crying/singing 突然大哭/哭/唱起來
burst into sth.
burst into tears/song/laughter/angry/speech
突然哭/唱/大笑/生氣/講起來
at a/one burst 一陣，一口氣，一舉，一下
a burst of anger 怒火的迸發(fā)
大壩在水的巨大壓力下崩潰了。
The dam burst under the weight of water.
我太太聽到這個消息就哭了起來。
My wife burst into tears when she heard the bad news.
看到姐姐后，她突然大哭起來。
She burst out crying on seeing her sister.
即時演練
（1）句型轉換：
A When she heard that her father had died in the accident,she burst out crying.
B:When she heard that her father had died in the accident,she burst into tears.
(2)單項填空
On seeing Jay Chow appear on the stage the audience (D) cheering.
A burst on B burst into C burst in D burst out
答案：D
2.ruin n.廢墟；毀滅 vt.毀滅；使破產
bring sb. to ruin 使某人失敗；使傾家蕩產
come fall go to ruin 毀滅，滅亡；崩潰；破壞掉
be in ruins 成為廢墟
ruin oneself 毀掉自己
①The storm laid the village in ruins.
暴風雨使這個村子成了一片廢墟。
②We saw the ruins of the church.
我們看見了這座教堂的廢墟。
③The rain ruined my painting.
這場雨把我當畫給毀了。
damage destory ruin
都含“破壞”“毀壞”的意思
（1）damage 指”價值,用途降低或外表損傷等，不一定全部破壞，損壞了還可以修復“，例如：
The heavy rain damaged many houses.
大雨毀壞了許多房子。
What they said damaged the relations between the two countries.
他們的話損害了兩國間的關系
（2）destroy指”徹底毀壞以至不能很難修復“既可以指實體的毀壞也可以用于抽象的東西，比如名譽，努力等。例如：
That town was destroyed in a big fire.
那個城鎮(zhèn)在一場大火中被毀了。
That will destroy the reputation of our products.
那會毀了我們產品的聲譽。
（3）ruin 現(xiàn)在多用于借喻中，泛指一般的”弄壞了“。例如：
He knocked over a bottle of link and ruined the table cloth.
他打翻了一瓶墨水把桌布弄臟了。
即時演練
（1）完成句子：
Years of fighting have left the area in ruins(破敗不堪）.
My news shoes got ruined (被糟蹋了）in mud.
(2)單項填空
I got caught in the rain and my suit (C)
A has ruined B had ruined C had been ruined D had been ruined
答案：C
3.shock v.使震驚，震動 n.休克；打擊震動
be shocked at to do sth.聽到某事感到震驚
shock 的派生形容詞；shocking 某事令人震驚的
shocked 某人感到震驚的，前者常用來修飾事物本身的特點，而后者常用來修飾人的感受，類似的用法如：
surprising;surprised;astonishing astonished
①We were all shocked at the news of his death.
聽到他的死訊我們都感到震驚。
②It shocks you when something like that happens.
發(fā)生這樣的事情，使人覺得難以置信。
③The news of his death came as a shock to us all.
他的死訊傳來，我們大家都感到震驚。
即時演練
（1）完成句子
①It was a real shock (真是令人震驚）to hear that the factory would have to close.
②The number of such a young child deeply.
Shocked the whole city (震驚了整個城市）
（2）單句改錯：
①We knew Bob had cancer,but it still came as shock when he died.
shock 改為a shock
②It is shocked that they involved children in the cirme.
shocked 改為shocking
4.bury vt.埋葬；掩埋；隱藏
be burned alive 被活埋，隱居
burned under 為...所壓倒，沉浸于，忙于
bury (oneself) in 埋頭于，專心于
be buried in 埋頭于；專心于
①The end of the post was buried in the ground.
柱子的末端被埋在地下。
②The house was half huried under snow.
房子一半埋在雪中。
③In the evenings he buried himeself in his books.
每天晚上他都埋頭讀書。
【重點提示】表示“專心于，致力于"的短語還有：
be devoted to.be addicted to.be absorbed in
即時演練
（C）in the newspaper.I didn't notice what was happening.
A Having buried B Burying C Buried D To be buried
答案：C
5.judge n.裁判員，法官 vt.裁判，斷定，判斷，判決
judge sb./sth. 對...判斷
judge that-clause/wh-clause 判斷，認為
judge it+(to be)+adj./n. 認為...是
judging from/by... 根據...來判斷
①We shouldn't judge person by his looks.
我們不該以貌取人。
②Can you judge that he is right?
你能判斷他是正確的嗎？
③I judged it better not to make a hasty decision.
我認為最好不要匆忙作出決定。
④Judging from what he said,he must be an honest man.
從他說的話來判斷，他一定是個誠實的人。
【重點提示】judging from...習慣用語 不能改為judged.因為它表示的是說話人的一種態(tài)度。
類似用法的詞語：
to tell the truth/to be honest 跟你說實話吧
generally speaking 一般地講
frankly speaking 坦率地講
即時演練
（C）his accent,he must be a southerner.
A Generally speaking B To tell you the truth C Judging from D judged from
答案：C
6.at an end 結束；終結
come to an end 結束（用作謂語）
draw to an end 接近尾聲
bring...to an end put an end to 使...終止
at the end of 在...盡頭（末）（指時間和空間）
by the end of 到...為止（與過去完成時連用）
in the end 最后，終于
make ends meet 收支相抵
①I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.
我必須警告你，我已忍無可忍了。
②Be patient,his speech will be at an end soon.
要耐心，他的演講很快就結束。
即時演練
The UN is to (D)an end to the dispute(爭端）between the two countries.I'm sure the issue will ( )an end soon.
A come,put B come to;bring C put;come D bring ,come to
答案：D
7.a great number of 許多，大量的
①a number of 意為“一些，很多”，相當于many,后接可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，當它做主語時，謂語動詞用復數(shù)
（2）the number of 意思是“...的數(shù)量，數(shù)目”作主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù)，而a number of 后面接可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，謂語動詞用復數(shù)
The number of competitors is limit.
參賽者的數(shù)量是有限的。
（3）表示“許多，大量的”詞組匯總：
a large great good number of; a great good many;a good few quite a few 可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，意思是“大量的”
a great good deal;a great large amount of ;quite a little 不可數(shù)名詞，意思是“大量的”
a lot of ,lots of,a great large quantaty of,large quantities of plenty of 可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，不可數(shù)名詞，意思是“大量的”
①A number of problems have arisen.
已經出現(xiàn)了一些問題
② A large number of people are fond of music.
許多人喜歡音樂。
It took (D)time,whicl of the following answers is not proper.?
A a great deal of B a lot of C plenty of D a great number of
8.think nothing/little of 對...等閑視之；滿不在乎
think much highly well of 重視...，高度評價
be well highly thought of 被....高度評價
①He thinks nothing/little of the rules of school.
他對學校的規(guī)定滿不在乎。
②He thinks nothing of staying up all night.
他不在乎徹底不睡。
詞匯專練
1.The moment she heard the news that her baby was lost,she (B) tears.
A recovered from B burst into C broke out D suffered from
解析：burst into 為固定搭配，意思是“突然爆發(fā)”，后常跟 tears,laughter等名詞作賓語。
答案：B
2.The people there were greatly (B) to see everything changed overnight.
A pleased B shocked C interested D moved
解析：句意為“看到在一夜之間所有的一切都改變了，那里的人們感到非常震驚。”根據句意，B 為正確答案，shock 意思是（使）震驚，震動
答案：B
3.In that big earthquake all their houses were (D),so they had to build new ones.
A hurt B harmed C injured D destroyed
解析：hurt 是一般的用語，可指對生物（living things)肉體傷害，指非故意的傷害；jnjure 與hurt同義，但較正式；harm 指身體或精神上的損壞均可，意為”傷害，損害，有害于“；harm指的是傷害僅引起不變或不適；destroy所表示的破壞，是指對房屋或車輛等的損壞，根據句意，D為正確答案。
答案：D
4.Five passengers were(A) in the traffic accident and have been sent to the nearest hospital.
A jured B damaged C destroyed D harmed
解析：本題考查動詞詞義辨析，因意外而致身體受傷應該用injure
答案：A
5.The new film Lady Cop and Papa Crook(》大搜查》)starred by Hong Kong actress and singer Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文）attracted (C)viewers.
A many of B the number of C large numbers of D a large amount of
解析：large numbers of=a large number of 大量的，許多的，修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)
答案：C
6.After two days our food (A) and we had to return home.
A gave B gave off C gave in D gave away
解析：句意：兩天后我們的食物吃完了，不得不返回家里。give out意為”筋疲力盡，耗盡“，give off意為”發(fā)出（煙、光、熱），give in意為“屈服，讓步”give away 意為“贈送，分發(fā)，泄露”
答案：A
句式仿寫
1.It seems as if the world wa at an end!
似乎世界末日來臨了！
【知識提煉】It seems(to sb.)that/as if...意為：（對某人來說）似乎...
【句式仿寫】他們一直仿佛是要結婚似的。
It always seemed as if they would get married.
2.Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.
他們中的三分之一在地震中受傷或死去。
【知識提煉】two-third是英語分數(shù)的表達形式，分子用基數(shù)詞來表達，分母用序數(shù)詞表達。當分子是1時，分母用序數(shù)詞原形，如分子大于1時，分母序數(shù)詞用復數(shù)。
【句式仿寫】這個村子里五分之四的村民被泥石流掩埋了。
Four fifths of the people in the village were buried by the mudslide.
3.All hope was not lost.并沒有喪失所有的希望。
【知識提煉】該句尾不完全否定，也可稱之為部分否定，當not 與all,every,everyone,everything,both 連用時，皆表示不完全否定。
【句式仿寫】這些書并非全都受人們的歡迎。
All these books are not popular with people.
4.Your speech was heard by a group of five judges all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year.評委會的五位評委聽了你的演講，他們一致認為你的演講是今年最好的。
【知識提煉】whom在此處引導的是定語從句，修飾前面的先行詞judges.
【句式仿寫】這是一個有八個孩子的家庭，他們都在學習音樂。
It's a family of eight children all of whom are studying music.
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朱老師
男，中教高級職稱
高三英語中心組成員，市名師。其教學風格輕松、幽默，教育教學成績優(yōu)異，所帶高考班英語成績遙遙領先。
