【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 spitals, _____ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone. 2/3 400,000 75% 90% Tang shan’s new look How can we protect ourselves (自我保護 )in an earthquake? A Hide under the hard furniture ( 家具 ). Put out the fire and turn off the gas. B Never try to use the lift. C Use something hard (硬的 ) to protect your head. D Life is so beautiful. We must love our lives. In an earthquake SPEED IS LIFE. 1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. 1) shake : vi /vt (shook, shaken) cause to move to and fro shake hands with sb shake one’s head over /at sth . The whole house shook during the explosion. The explosion shook the house. Language Points 2) right away : at once 。 in no time 。 immediately . He is ill。 you should send him to the doctor right away. right now : at this very moment Make up your mind ___________. I’ll return the book ___________. right now right away 2. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. rise (rose, risen) vi go up。 get higher。 (of the sun, moon, stars,etc.) e above the horizon。 stand up , get out of bed The flood has risen two feet. She usually rises early in the morning. rise: 升起 。 上升 。 上漲 (不能用于被動語態(tài) ) raise: 舉起 。 使升起 。 提高 (可用于被動語態(tài) ) He _____from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _______ chickens. Her temperature is still ______. He ________ in rank recently. rose raising rising has risen 3. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. smelly adj. 發(fā)臭的 smell + y = adj. windwindy dreamdreamy iceicy health healthy wealth wealthy wind windy smell n./v (smelt/ smelled) They were all hungry and the food ______ good. I can ______something burning in the kitchen. Please throw the _______ fish away. smelt smell smelly 4. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____. burst burst : to e open or fly apart suddenly The balloon suddenly burst. burst into + n. Some robbers burst into that house. burst out burst out + doing They burst out laughing. He burst into laughter. = He burst out laughing. He burst into tears. = He burst out crying. burst into+ n. burst out + doing…… 5. event 名詞 , 意為“ (重要的、不同尋常 的 )事件”。如 ： Leaving home was a major event in his life. This is one of the most important events in the history of mankind. event 意思還有“ (事先安排好的 )演出 , 賽事 , 聚會” , “(體育比賽的 )運動項目”等。如： The meeting was an important social event. The 800 metres is not his best event. event構(gòu)成的常用短語有： in any/either event = at all events 不管怎樣 , 無論如何； in the event 結(jié)果 , 到頭來； in the event of sth/in the event that … 萬一 , 假如發(fā)生 …… 的情況； field event 田賽項目 track event 徑賽項目 threeday event 三日馬術(shù)賽。如： In any event, the worst that she can do is say “NO”. In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors. Lily didn’t like Tom, but in the event she married him. He leaves a letter for me to read in the event that he will die. 6. It seemed as if the world was at an end. 1) as if ① as if 在表語從句中相當于 that: It seemed as if the meeting would never end. 看起來會議沒完沒了。 It seemed as if the world was at an end!= It seemed that the world was at an end! ② as if 似乎 , 好像 = as th