文档介绍：Unit 4
Earthquakes
adv. 好; 令人满意地
She sings well. 她歌唱得很好。
n. 井; 水井
The old well in the village had a
wall around it .
村里的古井有井栏围绕。
1 well
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2. too…to…太……而不能
eg: She is too short to reach the book on the shelf. 她太矮了而不能够到架子上的书。
too+adj.+for sb. to do sth. 太……以至于某人不能做某事
eg:The problem is too difficult for me to work out. 这个问题太难了,我解答不出来。
The balloon suddenly burst.
burst into + n. 突然进入/发生……
Some robbers burst into that house.
burst out + doing 突然……起来
They burst out laughing.
: e open or fly apart
suddenly 爆裂; 爆发
Burst & Crack
burst – v. (使)破裂; (使)爆炸
crack v. (使)裂开 n. 裂缝
1. The windows was cracked but not broken. 窗玻璃裂了但没有碎。
2. The balloon burst .
气球吹炸了。
burst –burst
4. think little/nothing of 以为……没什么了不起,对……满不在乎,忽视……
eg:I gave him some good advice, but he thought little of it.
我给他提了一些好的建议,但他根本不理会。
5. as if 仿佛,好像
eg: It seems as if our team is going to win.
看来好像我们队要获胜了。
You look as if you didn’t care.
你看上去好像并不在乎
The war was at an end.
at the end of 在……尽头,在……末
Go straight and you’ll find the hospital at the end of the road.
by the end of 直到…末,到……结束的时候,主句一般用完成时
in the end 最后、终于
an end (=finished) 结束; 终结
An earthquake left the whole town in ruins.
His career is in ruins .
in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed 毁坏; 严重受损; 破败不堪
7. ruin n. 毁灭; 崩溃; 覆灭
The castle has fallen into ruins .
8. injure v. 损害,伤害,一般指由意外或事故而造成的伤害
He fell off the bicycle and injured his arm.
She was serious injured in a road accident.
1. Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war. 2. The accident seemed to pletely destroyed his confidence.
9. destroy vt. 彻底破坏, 摧毁以致不可能修复,
也可指希望、计划等破灭。