Unit22Lesson3NaturalDisasters学案1

Unit22 Lesson3 Natural Disasters学案

1. This catastrophe is still very fresh in the minds of people worldwide who have not yet got over their separation from loved ones lost in the tsunami.

译文：在世界各地许多人的心目中, 那场灾难仍然记忆尤新。他们还没有从海啸中丧失亲人的打击中恢复过来。

在这个复合句中，who have not yet got over their separation from loved ones lost in the tsunami 为定语从句，修饰people 。在定语从句中，lost in the tsunami 为过去分词短语作定语，修饰ones。

2. People in agriculture areas, without any means to earn their living, move to the cities, and then construct shabby homes from whatever materials they can find on poor clay soil.

译文：农业地区的人口，因为没有办法谋生而流向城市。他们在贫瘠的土地上用可以找到的任何材料搭建起破烂的房屋。

在这个复合句中，without any means to earn their living 为复合结构，在句中作原因状语。whatever materials they can find 是宾语从句，在句中作介词from的宾语。

3. An even greater number of people live at risk, to some degree, from earthquakes which have claimed more than 1.6 million lives in the last hundred years.

译文：从某种程度上来说，有更多的人处在地震的危险中，在过去的几百年间地震已经夺去了160多万人的生命。

这是一个主从复合句，an even greater number of people live at risk是主句。From earthquake 是介词词组作定语修饰risk；which have claimed more than 1.6 million lives in the last hundred years是claimed的宾语从句；more than “超过”，修饰1.6 million；to some degree是插入语。

4. A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water...

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arm vt.“装备；武装（= to equip; to provide）”，其过去分词armed相当于一形容词，意为“武装的”；armed conflict意为“武装冲突”；常用的搭配有：(1)arm sb with sth用……武装或装备某人；(非武器) 给谁提供什么；

(2) be armed with 武装有……/备有……，如：

The mob armed themselves with sticks and stones.

暴乱的群众用棍子和石块作武器。

You can arm them with basic ideas.

你可以给他们一些基本的概念。

The soldiers, armed with bows and arrows, were preparing for the next fight.

这些拿着弓箭的士兵在准备下一场战斗。

[拓展]

1) armed to the teeth 全副武装

2) arm复数形式arms表示“武器；兵器”。如：

They took up arms and fought for the liberation of their motherland.

他们拿起武器，为解放祖国而斗争。

5. In the last three years, Indonesia has had a rough time, ...

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rough adj. 在句中表示“艰难的（= difficult and unpleasant）”，如：

Having been out of work for months, he is having a really rough time.

It’s so rough a task and I hope you will lend me a hand this time.

rough作形容词解时，还有很多用法：

1) 粗糙的；崎岖不平的。(反义词是smooth）如：

He is from Beijing and isn’t used to walking on the rough road.

2) 狂暴的，汹涌的（风雨、海水等）。(反义词是calm）如：

The sea was rough in the storm and we all felt sick on board.

3) 大致的，粗略的（计划、估算等）。(反义词是exact）如：

There were about 200 people present at the meeting, at a rough guess.

粗略估计，出席会议的大概有200人。

4) 粗暴的，粗野的，粗俗的。(反义词是gentle）如：

Martin had a rough manner and wasn’t getting on well with us.

马丁举止粗野，和我们处得不好。

【练习】将下列句子译成汉语：

1) I don’t know the exact cost, but I can give you a rough ide a.

具体花了多少钱我不清楚，但我可以告诉你一个大致的情况。

2) Thank you for your timely and selfish help when I was having a rough time.

谢谢你在我困难时给予我的及时和无私的帮助。

3) The ship had to sail across rough seas before it reached the destination.

这船必须穿越波涛汹涌的海面，最后到达目的地。

4) Don’t be so rough with her, young man! She is still a child, after all.

年轻人，别对她如此粗暴！毕竟她还是孩子。

5) Daddy held me in his arms with his rough but warm hands.

爸爸用他那粗糙而又温暖的大手将我揽在怀里。

6. People in agricultural areas, without any means to earn their living, ...

[用法点拨]

means n. “方法；手段”。注意：means单、复数同形，作主语时谓语动词要与means意义上保持一致。如：

Every possible means has been tried, but none works well. (means是单数)

All possible means have been tried, but none works well. (means是复数)

所有方法都试遍了，但效果都不好。

He regarded his marriage merely as a means to get his wife’s w ealth.

他把婚姻仅仅看成获取他妻子财产的一种手段。

[拓展]

means前面常与介词by连用，表示“通过……方式”，如：

by means of 通过；借助于

by this means 用这种方法

by all means 务必；无论如何

by any means 用一切可能的方法或手段

by no means决不；一点也不（位于句首时句子要倒装）

7. The Chinese government has adopted several noise control plans and...

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adopt vt. 在句中表示“采用；采纳（= to take and use）”。又如：

It has been proved that the new teaching method she has adopted works well.

已经证明她采用的新的教学方法效果好。

Now that we lack any better idea, why not adopt mine?