Unit four Earthquakes

一、重点短语

right away 立刻，马上(= at once = in no time)

asleep 睡着的;熟睡地(fall asleep 入睡)

sleep 睡;睡眠

sleepy 犯困的

it seems that/ as if … 看来好像… ;似乎

in ruins 成为废墟

the number of …的数量(谓语动词用单数)

a number of 大量(谓语动词用复数)

rescue workers 营救人员

Come to one’s rescue 营救某人

be trapped 被困

how long 多长时间

how often 多久，指平率

how soon 还要多久(用于将来时当中，用in+时间段回答)

hundreds of thousands of 成千上万的

dig out 挖出

shake----泛指“动摇，震动”,常指左右、上下动摇，也可以指人“震惊，颤抖”

例： She felt the earth shaking under

She was shaken with

quake---- 指较强烈的震动，如地震

例: The building quaked on its foundation

Tremble---- 指人由于寒冷、恐惧、不安等引起的身体的抖动或声音的颤抖

例：Suddenly I saw her lips begin to tremble and tears begin to flow down her

Shiver---- 多指寒冷引起的颤抖、哆嗦

例：A sudden gust of cold wind made me

rise (rose—risen)---- vi, 上升;升起， 无被动语态;give rise to 引起

Raise(raised—raised)---- vt, 举起;筹集;养育

Arise ( arose—arisen)----vt, 出现(常指问题或现象)

injure---- 常指因意外事故造成的损伤，也可以指感情上名誉上的伤害

例：He was injured in a car

harm---- 泛指“伤害，损害”，既可以指有生命的，也可以指无生命的

例： He was afraid that his fury would harm the

His business was harmed for some

hurt---- 既可以指肉体上的伤害，也可以指精神上的伤害

例： She hurt her leg when she

He felt hurt at your

wound---- 一般指枪伤、刀伤等在战场上受的伤

例：The bullet wounded him in the

be prepared for …= make preparations for… 为…做准备

in one’s honor 向…表示敬意;为纪念

Be/ feel honored to do … 做…感到很荣幸

make /give/ deliver a speech 发言

opening speech 开幕词

give/ provide shelter to …向…提供庇护所

seek shelter from…躲避

happen to + 遭遇，发生

happen to do 偶然;碰巧

happen ----指偶然发生

take place----指事先计划好的事情发生

二、语法----定语从句

概念：在复合句中，修饰名词或代词的从句叫做定语从句。

成分：先行词，即被定语从句修饰的名词或代词;关系代词：that，which，who(宾格为whom,所有格为whose);或者关系副词where，when，why等。关系代词或关系副词处在先行词和定语从句之间，起着连接主从句的作用。

关系代词that的用法

关系代词that在定语从句中既能指人，也能指物;既能做主语，也能做宾语

例：1)A plane is a machine that can (指物，作主语)

2)The noodles (that) I cooked were (指物，作宾语)

3)Who is the man that is reading a book over there? (指人，作主语)

4)The girl (that) we saw yesterday was Jim’s sister,(指人，作宾语)

关系代词which的用法

关系代词which在定语从句中只能指物，但既可以做宾语也能作主语

例：1)They planted some trees which didn’t need much (作主语)

2)The fish (which) we bought this morning were not (作宾语)

关系代词who，whom的用法

关系代词who,whom 只能指人，在定语从句中分别作主语和宾语

例：1)The foreigner who helped us yesterday is from (作主语)

2)The person to whom you just talked to is (作宾语)、

关系代词whose在的用法

关系代词whose为关系代词who的所有格形式，其先行词既可以是人也可以是物，whose和它所修饰的名词在定语从句中既可以做主语也可以做宾语。

例：1)This is the scientist whose name is known all over the (指人，作主语)

2) The room whose window faces south is (指物，作主语)

3)He has written a book whose name I’ve (指物，作宾语)

关系副词when的用法

关系副词when在定语从句中作时间状语

例：1)I’ll never forget the time when (=during which) we worked on the

2) Do you remember the afternoon when (=on which) we first met three years ago?

关系副词where在定语从句中的用法

关系副词where在定语从句中做地点状语

例：1)This is the place where( =at/ in which) we first

2) The hotel where (= in which ) we stayed wasn’t very

关系副词why在定语从句中的用法

关系副词why在定语从句中作原因状语

例: 1). I didn’t get a pay rise, but this wasn’t the reason why(= for which) I

2). The reason why (=for which) he has late was that he missed the