必修一,unit4 Reading.ppt

Unit 4 Earthquake Reading 2. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. rise (rose, risen) vi go up; get higher; (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) come above the horizon; stand up, get out of bed The flood has risen two feet. She usually rises early in the morning. 用动词的适当形式填空。 It looks as if it ______ (be) going to rain. He talks as if he _____ (know) where she is. is knew 2) at an end 意为“结束”。如： The war was at an end. I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end. end用作名词构成的短语: at the end (of) 在……末尾 by the end of 到……为止 in the end 最后, 终于 come to an end 完结 用end构成的短语填空。 The cold weather at last stopped ____________ March. Our hunt for a cheaper but larger house is at last ________. If you go on with work, you’ll succeed _________. How many English words had you learned ____________ last term? at the end of at an end in the end by the end of 7. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. ruin 在此为名词, 意为“废墟”， 常和介词in搭配, in ruins意为“成废 墟, 垮掉, 毁灭”。如： This earthquake left the whole town in ruins. His future is / lies in ruins. ruin 用作名词, 构成的常见短语有： be on the road to ruin 正在走向毁灭、 be/lie in ruins 变成废墟 go to ruin = fall into ruin 衰落, 败落 如: The company cannot pay its bills and is on the road to ruin. He had let the farm go to ruin. ruin还可作动词, 意为“毁坏, 毁掉”， ruined作形容词时, 只用在名词前， 意为“毁坏的, 破败不堪的”。如： This illness has ruined his life. The rain ruined my painting. When we got there, we saw a ruined castle. ①damage指部分“损坏”、“损害”、“破坏” 或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词, 也可以用作名词, 用作名词时常与to something 连用。如: The accident did a lot of damage to his car. ②destroy 只能用作动词，指彻底破坏, 以致 不可能修复，常作“破坏”、“毁灭”解，也可以 指希望、计划等打破。 The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town. 　　 辨析: damage, ruin, destroy ③ ruin则表示破坏严重，以致不能修复，但 这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物，而是强 调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动 词时，它作 “使毁灭”、 “使崩溃”、 “弄糟” 解；用作名词时，它表示 “毁灭”、 “瓦解”、 “废墟”等抽象概念。 　　The fire ruined the castle. 　　The house has fallen into ruin. 　　The