高一英语课件：Unit4《Earthquakes-Reading》（新人教版必修一）.ppt

8. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_______. ruins lie (lay, lain ): to be, remain or be kept in a certain state in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed The village _____in ruins after the war. These machines have _____idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town_________. His career is__________. lay lain in ruins in ruins Compare: ruin ; destroy ; damage Everywhere they looked nearly everything was _________. destroyed He __________ his girl friend’s prospects ruined Soft wood ________easily. da