文档介绍：FacetoFacewithHurricaneCamille张汉熙高级英语第二册课件大学英语课件
Lesson One
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Aims
To know term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property
wind
the Beaufort scale，蒲福风力等级(英国海军将领Francis Beaufort[1774-1857]拟订,分0-12级), defines wind as:
0 clam breeze 0
1 light breeze 1--3 mph
2 slight breeze 4--7
3 gentle breeze 8--12
moderate breeze 13—18
fresh breeze 19—24
the Beaufort scale
6 strong breeze 25--31
7 moderate gale 32--38
8 fresh gale 39--46
9 strong gale 47--54
10 whole gale 55--63
11 storm 64--75
12 hurricane over 75
the Beaufort scale
The Beaufort Scale defines a storm as a wind having velocity of between 64 and 75 miles an hour.
weather forecast
The weather forecast says "cloudy" today, with a strong wind from the northwest, grade five to six on the Beaufort Scale. The lowest temperature during the daytime will be eight degrees centigrade below zero.
The detailed study of the text
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August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 days bad --- destructive /devastating / terribly forceful
lash ---
to strike with great force to move violently or suddenly The waves lashed the racks The rain was lashing against the windows.
pummel
pummel --- spelled "pommel" to beat suddenly or attack vigorously to hit with repeated blows
*image-3 Hurricane Camille 图片*
reasons to stay
1. He is a self-employed businessman Magna product -- the name of his company implication: How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed. 2. His present house was in a better condition than his former house. *1image-8 a 10-room house*
batten down
batten -- a strip of wood used in construction and oft. used in the old days in ship building.
to batten down --- metaphor to secure with battens The elder Koshak is talking ab