unit4 Earthquakes 语言点 知识讲解

Unit4 Earthquakes

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目标认知

重点词汇

burst, ruin, injure, shock, rescue, trap, bury, congratulation，judge

重点短语

right away, at an end, a (great) number of, dig out,

重点句型

1. too...to的用法

2. All...not....不是所有的……都……

3. ...as if... ……如同……

知识讲解

1. right away

【原句回放】Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. 假设你的房子开始晃动，你必须立刻离开。

【点拨】right away意为“立刻，马上”，同义短语为at once。

Are you leaving right away? 你马上就走吗?

Call the police right away. 立刻报警！

【拓展】表示“立刻”的短语：right away, without delay, immediately, at once, in no time, right now（right now强调此刻，相当于at this moment）

Please see into this matter without delay. 请立即调查这件事情。

Right now I am in London. 此刻我在伦敦。

2. burst

【原句回放】In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. 在市内，有些建筑物的水管爆裂了。

【点拨】burst (burst, burst)

vi. 破裂；胀破；爆裂

The balloon suddenly burst. 气球突然爆炸了。

I felt as if my heart would burst with joy. 我觉得自己高兴得心花怒放。

n．爆发；突然爆裂

I tend to work in bursts. 我的工作劲头往往是一阵一阵的。

a burst of anger 勃然大怒

【拓展】常用短语：

burst into + n. = burst out doing sth. 突然……起来

burst into tears/song/laughter= burst out crying/singing/laughing突然大哭/唱歌/大笑

burst into a room=break into a room 破门而入

He burst into the room without knocking. 他不敲门就进了房间。

burst (sth.) open （使）突然打开

burst in 突然打断，插嘴

burst with 充满

The roads are bursting with cars. 路上塞满了汽车。

be bursting to do sth. 急于（或迫切想）做某事

at a (one) burst 一口气，一下子

3. at an end

【原句回放】It seemed as if the world was at an end. 仿佛到了世界末日！

【点拨】at an end 结束，终结

The hot days are at last at an end. 炎热的天气终于结束了！

【拓展】常用短语：

at the end of 在……尽头；末端（指时间或空间的一个终点）

by the end of 到……结束时；到……时候为止（常与完成时态连用）

By the end of last month, he had been on that ship for two years.

到上个月为止，他在那艘船上已经两年了。

bring sth. to an end (使)结束；终止

come to an end 结束

make (both) ends meet 使收支相抵；量入为出，靠微薄收入为生

put an end to 使结束

The year is at an end/coming to an end. 一年结束了。

in the end 最后, 结果

She tried many times to pass the exam, and in the end she succeeded.

他试了很多次去通过考试，最终他成功了。

4. ruin

【原句回放】In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. 在可怕的十五秒钟内，一座大城市变成了废墟。

【点拨】ruin n. 毁灭；废墟。表示“废墟、遗迹”时常用ruins：

the ruins of ancient Rome 古罗马遗迹；in ruins 荒芜的；be/lie in ruins 严重受损；破败不堪；

fall into/go to ruin 衰落；败落

The castle now lies in ruins. 这座古堡已成废墟。

bring sth. / sb. to ruin 使某物毁灭；使某人破产

The war brought ruin to the country. 战争毁了这个国家。

v. 毁坏；毁掉；使破产

I was ruined by the law case. 我被那场官司搞得倾家荡产。