Unit 4 Earthquake

Vocabularies in Unit4 shake dirt right away ruin well injure rise survivor crack destroy smelly brick pond dam pipe useless burst steel at an end shock canal quake steam rescue

electricity shelter

disaster fresh

army a great number of

organize give out

dig out percent

bury speech

coal judge

mine honour

coal mine prepare

miner Europe

shake. vt 摇动 , 使震动 shake-----shook-----shaken shake hands 握手 shake one’s head 摇头 ( 对某事表示不赞成 ) The house shook when the earthquake start

ed. My mother shook my little sister awake and

went to work.

right away immediately adj . 直接的 the immediate cause 立刻的 give an immediate reply immediate adv. 立即 , 马上 I got in touch with him immediately after I receiv

e the letter. in a minute right now at once

crack

n. 裂缝 ; 劈啪声 vi. vt( 使 ) 开裂 ; 破裂e.g The bottle will crack if you pour boiling water into it .如果你倒开水进去 , 这瓶子会裂的 .

The fireworks cracks overhead. 烟火在头顶上空劈劈啪啪．

wellpond

burst v. 爆裂 , 爆发 We drove over some glass and one of our ty

res burst . burst into sth. 突然 ... 起来 burst out doing burst into tears (laughter) n. a burst of ... 一阵 ...

a burst of laughter /thunder /applause

at an end :finish, dead

The year is at an end . in the end :at last , finally . on end : continuously （时间）连续的，继续的． end in sth. v. 以 ... 结束，告终 . The battle ended in victory .

canal

dam

ruin

n. 毁灭，崩溃，覆灭 e.g The castle has fallen into ruins . bring ruin upon oneself . in ruins :severely damaged or destroyed. An earthquake left the whole town in ruins . His career is in ruins .

injure v. to hurt oneself /sb /sth physically

He fell off the bicycle and injured his arm .

She was serious injured in a road accident.

destroy

v. The fire destroyed most of the building . destroyer 破坏者，消灭者，驱逐舰队．

honour (honor. A) n. 荣誉honourable adj. 荣誉的，光荣的　 an honourable duty

　荣誉的职位

rescue

(n.) an act of rescuing or being rescued 搭救，解救。 A rescue team is trying to reach the trapped mines. They came to our rescue when we were in danger . (v.) to save or set free from harm, danger ,or loss救出，解救。 He rescued the man from drowning.

shelter

n. 庇护所，避难所，遮蔽物 A shelter for the homeless In the storm I took shelter under a tree . V. 庇护，掩蔽，保护。 The plants must be sheltered from direct sunlight.

dig outvt. 掘出 ; 挖掉dig oneself (one’s way )out

dig into 钻研 , 细查dig out into Chinese history

bury

vt. 埋葬，葬 the boy buried the dead bird in the backyard. 男孩们把死鸟埋在后院． vt. 使沉浸（或专心于） be buried in thought　出神深思 bury oneself in study　埋头研究

give out : 分发，分 Give out the exam paper. Give the money out to the children . 有关 give 的词组 give in 　屈服 give up 　放弃　 give off 　　发出（蒸汽，光等） ?

judge

v. 审判，审理（在竞赛中）评判，裁判 Who will judge the next case? Don’t judge a man by his looks.　不要以貌取人n. 审判员 , 法官 A Supreme Court judge　最高法院法官

prepare

Prepare for 把…准备好，使…做好准备Students prepare for the English exam.Mother is preparing a meal for us.prepared adj. 事先准备好的Ｉ am not prepared to listen to al l your weak excuses .

　　我不准备听你站不住脚的借口．

a great number of许多，大量同义词组 a lot of = lots of plenty of

the number of

... 的数目，后面所跟名词前有加限定词．We are not sure about the number of the injured.

organize

vt. 组织，把 ... 编组，安排 Organize a meeting between the teachers a

nd students. organize an attack/army vt. 组织起来，建立组织

thousands of

a very large number of e.g. There were thousands of people. hundreds of tens of thousands of　成千上万的