新概念二 L62 After the fire

1. Have you ever experienced any natural disasters? 2. Can you tell some kind of natural disasters?
volcano
sandstorm
drought
fire
typhoon
tsunami
floods
avalanche
★destruction -n. ①破坏, 毁灭 eg. The fire caused the destruction of my books. ②引起毁坏的原因 eg. Pride was her destruction.
• destructive -adj. 破坏性的 a destructive fire
哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由NASA发射升空，耗资10多亿美 元。从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题。它传送给我们的图像很令人 失望，因为它的主要镜子有误差。NASA准备纠正这一错误，为 此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜。“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇 航员送上哈勃。当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时，“奋进”号上的 一只机器手将抓住望远镜并拖住它。当然，哈勃位于地球的大气 层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们传送我们所见过的、有关恒星 和远距离星系的最清晰的照片。哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄 和大小的许多事情。等到你读到这篇文章时，敏锐的哈勃望远镜 已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片。
★threaten -v. 威胁 • threaten to do sth. 威胁要做……；有迹象表明…… ，预兆
eg. He threatened to make the photo public. eg. It threatened to rain. • threaten sb. with sth. 用……威胁/恐吓某人 eg. The thief threatened him with a knife.
★surrounding -adj. 周围的 the surrounding country 近郊 -n.(pl.) 周围的事物，环境
school surroundings
surround -v.围绕，包围，围住 eg. I live in an old town which is surrounded by beautiful woods.
-n. 喷雾，水花
★ grass-seed grassland grass-seeder grass roots
草籽 草地 草籽播种机 群众
★root ①-n. 根 the root of a tree ②-n. 本质;根源 the root of the probv. 使立定不动；使固定 eg. Fear rooted her to the ground.
beyond control 超出控制，超出某人的能力 lose control 失去控制
★smoke -n. 烟（雾） full of smoke
eg.There is no smoke without fire. -v. 吸烟
Don't smoke! = No smoking! He smoked heavily. smoking area / smoking room 吸烟室
充满烟雾
smoker -n. 抽烟的人 heavy smoker 烟瘾重的人 ； nonsmoker 不抽烟的人
★desolate -adj. 孤僻的 (人); 荒凉的; 荒无人烟的（地点） a desolate house 废屋
★lonely-adj. 孤独的；荒凉的，偏僻的（与地方相连表示孤零零 的，但并不表示无人居住）
• take root 生根
★quantity -n. （数）量 a large/small ~ of (enormous/vast/huge) quantities of in large/small quantity 大/少量 eg. It's cheaper to buy goods in ~.
★authority -n. ①权利，权威 in authority (当权)
eg. She now has ~ over the people who used to be her bosses. eg. Only the manager has the ~ to sign cheques.
②当局，官方(pl.) the healthy authorities
earthquake
Key words ＆ expressions
★control -v. 控制
-n. 控制
be in control of sth. 指挥，管理或控制 = be in charge of sth. eg. Who is in control of the plan?
be under control 在控制之中 be out of control 失去控制 eg. Don’t worry, everything is under control. eg. The fire was out of control.
• destroy -v. 破坏
★flood -n. (U) 洪水, 水灾
eg. The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country. (C) 大批（人/物） a flood of tears 泪如泉涌
-v. 淹没，泛滥；挤满，充满 eg. The room is flooded with water. 大量涌入/涌出 flood in/into/out of eg. Refugees continue to flood into neighbouring countries.
★spray -v. 喷撒
spray sth. over/on/onto sb./sth. 往…上喷洒 ...
spray sth./sth. (with sth)
用...喷洒
eg. She's had her car sprayed blue.
eg. The gunman sprayed the building with bullets.