Language points

house.
The house has fallen into ruin.
The company is facing ruin.
Smoking ruined his health. 吸烟毁了他的健康。
She ruined his prospects. 她毁了他的前途。
lay The village ____ in ruins after the war. These machines have ____ idle since the lain
2. A ______ gas came ___ __ the cracks. smelly out of smelly: smell + y = adj. smell n. / v. (smelt / smelled) They were all hungry and smelt the food ______ good. smell I can ______ something burning in the kitchen. Please throw the _______ fish away. smelly
factory closed.
An earthquake left the whole town _________. in ruins His career is ________. in ruins
Everywhere they looked nearly
everything was _________. destroyed
5. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in _____. ruins lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a certain state in ruins: severely damaged or destroyed
用burst或其短语的适当形式填空。 1. The plane crashed and _________ flames. burst into burst 2. The dam _____ because of the heavy rain. burst 3. It looked as if Kate was about to _____ ____ tears. into 4. Everyone was quiet when John suddenly _________ laughing. burst out
以致不可能修复, 常作“破坏”、“毁灭”
解, 也可以指希望、计划等打破。 The earthquake
destroyed almost
the whole town.
③ ruin指对物体或生命彻底的破坏，但 往往是非暴力的，也往往不是一次的打 击结果，常指对美好的或希望中的事物 的破坏。 The fire ruined the
请根据提示完成下列句子。 1. One-third (三分之一) of the students ________ in our class ____ (be) girls. are Three-fifths 2. __________ (五分之三) of the soil __________ was washed (wash) away by the flood last night. 3. ______ (一半) of the desks in this Half school ________ (make) in his company. are made 4. ______ (大部分的) of the lecture he Most made yesterday ____ (be) interesting. was
What you said _____ my feeling. hurt
7. trap 阅读下列句子，注意trap的意思及用法。 1) The elevator broke down and we were trapped inside (it). 2) I must take no notice of their politeness or kindness which was designed to trap me into giving information. 3) If we’re lucky, the thief will fall right into our trap.
More than 61% of the surface of the earth ____ covered by water. is Seventy percent of the workers in this are factory ____ young. 以百分数作为主语的，谓语动词是单数 还是负数取决于百分数后面跟的名词是 可数还是不可数的。
injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically
injure hurt wound
三者都可表示受 伤，伤害。
injure 一般是指 在事故中受伤， 往往意为“外 伤”。
hurt 可指对身体上的 伤害，也指对心灵造 成的伤害。 wound 一般指外伤， 如刀伤、枪伤等，尤 其指在战争中，打斗 中受伤。
5. ___________________ (数万) people Tens of thousands of ___________ (dance) in the big square now. are dancing ten thousand 6. There were ____________ (一万) students taking part in the exam yesterday. 7. ________________ (百分之九十) of the 90% / 90 percent is covered mountain _________ (cover) by trees.
room.
动 爆裂 burst作 ___ 词，意思是 _____（句1）； 常用于短语 burst into + a room, building, etc. 闯入，突然破门而入（句2）；burst into + n. 突然爆发，突然……起来（句 3）；burst out doing突然……（句4）。 名 突然一阵 burst作 ___ 词，意思是 _________（句 5），还可指“爆裂；破裂之处，裂口”。
end. 看起来会议没完没了。
本文中as if 的用法就是第二种。
It seemed as if the world was t an
end!
= It seemed that the world was at an
end!
at an end at the end of by the end of in the end at the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的
4) To break out of the trap they need help from the government. 动词 [归纳] trap可以作 _____，意为：
___________（句1）。可以构成短语trap 使陷入困境
sb. into (doing) sth.，表示“使中计；使陷 入圈套”（句2）。也可以作名词，意为： _____（句3）； _____（句4）。 陷阱 困境
3. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____. burst 【寓词于境】 阅读下列句子，并试着 总结burst在句中的词性、含义及用法。 1. The pipes had burst and the house was under two feet of water. 2. The police burst into the room and took the young man away.
Imagine yourself to be on a desert island. 设想一下你身处荒岛 的情形。
right away: at once; in no time; immediately right now: at this very moment right now Make up your mind ___________. right away I’ll return the book ___________.
场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意;
by the end of 用于表示时间的场合，到
……结束的时候，用于过去完成时态;
in the end 意思“最后、终于”。
1) His father will return home ___________ this year. at the end of in the end 2) He will be a scientist __________. 3) How many English words had you learned ____________ last term? by the end of
He ______ his girl friend’s prospects. ruined Soft wood ________ easily. damages
6. Two-thirds of the people died or were _______ during the earthquake. injured
人教课标 高一 必修 1 Unit 4
Unit 4 Earthquakes
1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron. imagine sb. to be