高一英语同步精品课件：Module 3 The Violence of Nature - Introduction（外研版必修3）.pptVIP

1．violence n. [U]猛烈；猛力；暴力(行为) ①The violence of the hurricane caused great damage. 猛烈的飓风造成了巨大的损失。 ②The criminal committed violence in stabbing his victim. 罪犯行凶，用匕首刺伤了受害者。 violent 用作形容词，表示“using, showing, accompanied by great force”，即“使用暴力的；猛烈的；激烈的”的意思。violent blows “猛烈的打击” ①The enemies started another violent attack. 敌人又发动了一轮猛攻。 ②Being in a violent temper, he hit his wife in the face. 盛怒之下，他打了妻子一记耳光。 词语辨析 fierce; violent; wild 这些形容词均含“剧烈的；凶猛的；狂暴的”之意。 1)fierce普通用词，指人或兽的凶猛残酷。 The famous boxer killed a fierce wolf with his bare hands. 那位著名的拳击师赤手空拳打死了一头凶猛的恶狼。 2)violent普通用词，指人时侧重极为不安，异常激动，暗含有暴力行为；也指破坏性的或不可控制的自然力量。 Students were involved in violent clashes with the police. 学生与警方发生了暴力冲突。 3)wild普通用词，既可指自然界的荒芜，未被驯化状态，又指人的无法无天，不文明的野蛮行为。 They are wild with joy when “their” player or team wins. 当“他们的”选手或运动队赢得胜利时，他们欣喜若狂。 知识拓展 with violence 剧烈地 violently adv. 激/剧/猛烈地 violation n. 妨/侵害 do violence to 对……施暴；歪曲事实 即学即用 Many people say________is shown on TV. A．too much violence　　　　 B．much too violence C．too many violences D．quite a few violences 答案：A 2．flood n. 洪水；水灾；涨潮；vt. vi. 淹没；(使)泛滥；涌入 ①Many houses were carried away by the flood. 洪水冲走了很多房子。 ②Every spring, the river floods the valley. 每年春天，河水都把山谷淹没。 ③Requests for information flooded in after the advertisement. 广告登出之后，索取资料的信件像雪片般飞来。 高考直击 (2009·辽宁)When we visited my old family home, memory came________back. A．flooding B．to flood C．flood D．flooded 解析：考查伴随状语用法。flood“使大受感动；充满”。flooding back 做伴随状语，句意为：当我们回到老家时，往事涌上心头。 答案：A 即学即用 These days it has been raining in South China. Most big rivers are________. A．in need B．in return C．in flood D．in a bad mood 答案：C 3．disaster n. ①The fire was a great disaster. 那次火灾是一场大灾难。 ②I hope we can learn some lessons from this disaster. 我希望我们能从这次的灾难中得到一些教训。 助记 a star“一颗星”，合写a与star成aster，其义还是“星”。 [根]aster星→[生]disaster原义“灾星”。 古罗马人相信算命的“占星术”(astrology)，于是star在占星术中又意为“司运星，命运”。遇事顺利“自庆幸运”时，他们就说thank ones stars；遭受“天灾人祸”(disaster)时，便抱怨是“星位不正”所致。 知识拓展 disastrous adj. 灾难性的；以失败告终的 disastrously adv. 灾难