人教版高中英语必修一第四单元 .ppt

What strange things had happened before the earthquake? Key Words 1. imagine vt. form a picture of in the mind；think of (sth.) as probable：想象；认为（某事）可能发生或存在。 Eg: We can imagine her sadness.我们可以想象她的悲伤。 I didn’t imagine (my) becoming a teacher in my childhood.在童年时代，我并未想象能成为一名教师。 imagine, guess, suppose imagine意为“想象，幻想”，指在脑海中形成一个清晰明确的印象，或认为某事物可能发生或存在; guess： “猜测，臆测”，指未知道前的猜测; suppose: 认定，假定。 2. shake, tremble shake: 可指人或物 “摇动，发抖”。指人时常用于感情激动、寒冷、惧怕引起的身体颤动。在表示 “因……而颤抖”时，多用with。在表示 “使受震撼，使（信念等）动摇”，常用于be shaken by/with/at中。 tremble: shake involuntarily ( with fear, anger, cold, physical weakness, etc.) 颤栗,震颤,发抖(因恐惧,愤怒,寒冷,体弱等)，常常与shake相互替换，但指握手，摇头或捧腹大笑时用shake, tremble只用作不及物动词。 如：The poor boy was shaking with cold.这个孩子正冻的发抖。 The host shook hands with all the guests.主人跟所有的客人握手。 Her voice was trembling with anger.她气的声音发抖。 3. rise, raise rise vi:指自然“上升”，常用于日、月、云、霞、烟、水蒸气、物价、温度、河水、潮水及人的职位等： Eg: He rose from his chair and began his speech.他从椅子上站起来开始了他的演说。 Her temperature is still rising.他的体温还在上升。 He has risen in rank.他已经升职了。 raise vt. (1) lift up:外部的力量，“举起、提高”： The people’s living standard has greatly been raised.人民的生活水平已大大的提高了。 (2) grow or produce (crops); breed (sheep, etc.); bring up a family: 饲养、种植”、养育、抚育： They can raise rice here.他们这儿能种水稻。 4. burst into / burst out : send out suddenly; break out into; suddenly begin to ……突然如何 burst into + n : She burst into tears. = She burst out crying.她突然哭起来了。 burst out + doing.：All of them burst into laughter = All of them burst out laughing.他们全都大笑起来了。 5. destroy, ruin, damage destroy: break to pieces; make useless; put an end to: 毁灭；摧毁；毁坏；破坏。 表示在肉体上、精神上或道义上彻底摧毁，使之无法复原，也可以表示对某物体进行完全的毁坏: All his hopes were destroyed.他所有的希望都毁灭了。 An atom bomb would destroy a city. 一颗原子弹可以摧毁一座城市。 ruin: 败坏，毁坏，崩溃的状态。 指对物体或生命彻底的破坏，但往往是非暴力的，也往往不是一次的打击结果，常指对美好的或希望中的事物的破坏: Smoking ruined his health.吸烟毁了他的健康。She ruined his prospects.她毁了他的前途。 damage: 损害；损毁（使失去价值）。一般指对物体或生命的局部损坏： Their houses were damaged by the enemy’s shellfire.他们的房屋被敌人的炮火击毁了。