高中英语必修一第四单元复习资料

Unit 4 Earthquakes

重点词汇及短语

1) right away 立刻，马上(= immediately / at once / right now / in no time )

你必须马上交作业。You must hand in your homework right away.

2) well n. 井

adv. 好；充分地 e.g. think well 充分思考Learn it well. 好好地学。

adj. 健康的You don’t look well. 你看上去气色不太好。

int. 好啦；好吧

vi./vt. 涌出；涌上Tears welled up in her eyes. 泪水涌上她的双眼。

3) million n. 百万

具体数字+ million (单) + n. ...百万(确数)

millions of + n. 大量，无数，好几百万(概数)

(用法同billion, hundred, thousand等)

3百万美元 3 million dollars

好几百万美元millions of dollars

4) burst vi./vt. (burst, burst) （使）爆裂；(使）破裂；（使）爆发

e.g. The balloon burst. 汽球爆破了。

He burst with anger. 他勃然大怒。

The boy burst the balloon. 那男孩把气球弄爆了。

burst into sth./ burst out doing sth. 突然...起来

e.g. She burst into tears/ laughter.

= She burst out crying/ laughing.

她突然哭/笑起来。

c.n. 突然破裂；爆发

a burst of ... 一阵...

e.g. a burst of laughter/anger 一阵笑声/大怒

5) as if 仿佛；好像= as though (引导表语、状语从句)

(1) + 陈述语气(从句可能性大)

It looks as if it is going to rain.

看起来好像要下雨了。

(2) + 虚拟语气(从句内容非真实的)

She treats me as if I were her sister.

她待我就像我是她姐妹一样。

He turned around as if he hadn’t seen me.

他转过身，好像没看见我。

6) at an end 结束；终结(= finished ; over)

e.g. The war was at an end.

战争结束了。

相关短语：

in the end 终于；最后

at the end of…在……的尽头

by the end of … 到……底（末）为止

come to an end 结束（物作主语, 不及物）

put an end to sth. 终止…（人作主语, 及物）

e.g. The meeting came to an end. 会议结束了。

The chairman put an end to the meeting. 主席结束了会议。

7) ruin c.n. 废墟; 遗迹(常用复数) e.g. the ruins of Yuanmingyuan 圆明园遗迹

u.n. 毁坏；破坏；破产 e.g. The company is facing ruin. 那公司面临破产。

vt. 毁灭；使破产

e.g. The fire ruined the house.

火把房子烧毁了。

The bad news ruined his hope.

这个坏消息毁灭了他的希望。

in ruins 严重受损；破败不堪；成为废墟；落空

e.g. The earthquake left the city of Tangshan in ruins.

地震使得唐山这座城市成了一片废墟。

His career/plan is in ruins. 他的事业尽毁。/ 他的计划落空。

8) shock vt. (使) 震惊；震动

u.n. 休克 c.n. 冲击；震惊；震动

常用结构：be shocked at/by sth. 对…吃惊

be shocked to do sth. 因做某事而吃惊

shocking adj. 骇人听闻的，令人震惊的

e.g. 他们对这个骇人听闻的消息感到十分震惊。

They were shocked at/ by the shocking news.

或They were shocked to hear the shocking news.

她的死对我是个很大的震动。

Her death was a great shock to me.

9）rescue

c.n./u.n. 援救；营救 e.g. a rescue team 一支营救队

短语：come/ go to sb’s rescue 来/去救援/帮助某人

The fire fighters came to their rescue.

消防人员来营救他们。

vt. (rescued, rescuing) 援救；营救

常用结构rescue sb./ sth. (from…) （从…中）搭救/营救出某人

The fire fighters rescued them from the fire.

消防人员把他们从大火中救了出来。

10）trap

n. 陷阱，圈套，诡计；困境

vt. 使陷入困境; 设陷阱，诱骗（-pp-）

be trapped in/by …被…困住，陷入…

e.g. They were trapped in the burning hotel.

他们被困在失火的酒店里。