Lesson 3 Natural

DisastersNature is turning on us

Look at the following pictures and point out what kind of disasters they are?

earthquakes

floods

drought

forest fires

volcanic eruptions

hurricane

Typhoon 台风

hurricane

飓风和台风都是指风速达到 33 米 /秒以上的热带气旋，只是因发生的地域不同，才有了不同名称。出现在西北太平洋和我国南海的强烈热带气旋被称为“台风”；发生在大西洋、加勒比海和北太平洋东部的则称“飓风”。

typhoon

landslides

• Read the text quickly, complete the gaps in the text (1-5) with these sentences (a-g).

• (1) a

• (2) b

• (3) c

• (4) d

• (5) e

• f• g

Read and listen to the text again and

answer the 2 questions.

1. What is the attitude of the journalist

towards the future ?

2. What effects might the volcanic

eruption have in the future?

Ex 5: Decide if the underlined words in

the sentences below are nouns or verbs.

Then write down their Chinese meanings.

1. a). She put her arms around me to

comfort me.

b). The soldiers were armed with

guns.

noun 手臂

verb 武装ussion ussion

2.a). Heavy rains resulted in floods.

b). His results were not as good as he

had hoped.

3. a). He means well but just gets it wrong

sometimes.

b). The telephone is a means of

communication.

verb 引起

noun 结果

verb 本意是…

noun 方法ussion ussion

4. a). The children had fun sliding down the

slide all afternoon.

b). Penguins slide downhill over ice on

their bellies.

5. a). Be careful! Don’t slip on the wet floor.

b). Write your number on this slip of

paper.

noun 滑梯

verb 滑动

verb 滑倒

noun 纸条ussion ussion

6. a). What would you like on your bread

roll for lunch?

b). He rolled the ball across the floor to

me.

noun 卷形物

verb 滚动

ussion ussion

Complete the sentences with the correct

forms of the words above.

1. The ______ forces protected the city.

2. When will you get your exam ______?

3. Don broke his arm when he ______

and fell on the ice.

4. I ______ what I said.

5. What would be the best ______ of

advertising our product?

armed

results

slipped

mean

means

6. Would you like honey on your

______?

7. The house ______ down the mountain

side in the flood last year.

8. The match ________ in a draw. They

had 2 points each.

roll

resulted

slid

• 1. a number of :

• 2. armed conflict

• 3. result in

• 4. wipe out

• 5. at the rate of

• 6. within the range of;

• 7. to some degree

1. turn on sb. :

attack 攻击 , 变得与……敌对

Language Points

The dog turned on me and bit me in

the leg.

e.g. He turned on his girlfriend, who, he thought, had cheated him.

* Storms have been getting worse, with a growing number of hurricanes ______ (hit) the US.

hitting

* 他走开了，门开着 / 把她一个人留在那里。

He walked away, _______ (leave)the door open/ her alone.

leaving

2. in armed conflict over water

conflict [n] 斗争，冲突，矛盾，分歧

责任和欲望 / 宗教与科学之间的矛盾

the conflict between one’s duty and one’s desires

conflict [v] 斗争，冲突，矛盾，分歧A and B conflict/A conflicts with B

The two stories conflict, so I don’t know what to believe.

=

两个故事相冲突，我不知道相信哪一个。

This story conflicts with that one, so…

3. The accident on the highway yesterday

___________ the death of 7 passengers.

result from 由……而产生

The fire ____________ his carelessness.

= His carelessness __________ the fire.

resulted in

resulted from

resulted in

4. wipe out: Para B

e.g. Please wipe out these unhappy things between you and her .

最后，毛主席领导的军队消灭了所有敌人。

e.g. A disease almost wiped out the population of the island.

(1) get rid of / remove: 清除 , 除去

(2) destroy completely: 毁灭 , 消灭

5. fresh

fresh bread

新做的面包fresh vegetables

新鲜蔬菜freshman

大一新生

fresh water

淡水a fresh sheet of paper

一张干净纸fresh air

清新的空气a fresh memory

清晰的记忆

(1) 从（疾病）中恢复 : recovere.g. It takes time to get over a

bad cold.

(2) 克服 ( 困难 ) ，摆脱（悲伤，惊恐）

e.g. I’ll never get over my grandmother’s death.

6. get over:

Paragraph C

People in agricultural areas, without any means to earn their living, move to the cities, and then construct shabby homes from whatever materials they can find on poor clay soil.

手段，方法7. means [sing or pl n.]use illegal means to make money

by means of sth. =by using sth, with the help of sth.依靠…方法 , 借助…手段

He climbed the tree by means of a ladder( 梯子 ).

by no means = not at all 绝不，一点也不

She is by no means a stupid student.

by all means = of course 当然

“Can I open the door?”— “By all means!”

Para D

There are more than 300 active volcanoes,about 50 of _______ erupt each year.which

= and about 50 of ______ erupt each yeat. them

8. range: n. 范围、幅度e.g.

range from (v.) 在…范围内变化

There are clothes in a wide range of colours.

in/within the range of 在……的范围He lives in the range of 4 miles .

the range of his knowledge 他的知识面

The range of temperature is from 0ºC-40ºC

range from (v.) 在…范围内变化医学的进步包括从在显微镜下发现疾病的起因到外科手术过程。

Medical advances ranged from discovering thecauses of diseases under microscopes to surgicalprocedures.

The range of temperature is from 0ºC-40ºC＝The temperature ranges from 0ºC-40ºC

9. risk : e.g. You are to take risks to get what you

want, but you must not risk your life !

They were ready to run/take the risk of being caught by the enemy.

vt./n. 冒险 , 风险

at risk (from/of sth) 有危险，处于危险中at/ take/run the risk/risks of 冒…的危险

= in danger

As long as I am_______, he will save my life ____________losing his own.

只要我有危险，他肯定会冒着失去生命的危险来救我 .

he will _________________ losing his life to save me.

at riskat the risk of

take/run the risk of