Unit 5 Nature and Disaster.ppt

C. Things or objectsVerbs from the textVerbs from other materials fire : start, surge, burn...blaze, break out, consume, go out ... flame :hurtle, jump, scorch, shroud, crest, crash, subside, leap, bear, lick...burn, consume, die down, go out, rise, race, spread, shoot, travel... orange:tear, split, slice, sweep, pour, loom... (ditto) 15. We squeezed together in the van, Verdi playing on the radio, and watched my room turn into a gutted skeleton. (L. 48) squeeze: to force someone or something into a small place or a short period of time e.g.： The caris quite full but we could manage to squeeze another couple of people in． 12. Soon we were gagging at the fumes. (L. 36) gag: to choke for a moment; to put something into the mouth to stop someone from speaking; to stop someone from speaking freely窒息. e.g.： The media have obviously been gagged about the incident because nothing has been reported. I must have put on a lot of weight over Christmas because I can only just squeeze into my jeans. gutted: seriously damaged or completely destroyed 毁坏 16. A man caked in soot appeared,looking for his horse. (L. 52) cake: (usu. passive) to thickly cover e.g.： His shoes were caked with mud． 17. As night began to deepen, the dark hills acquired necklaces of orange, and the sky around us was a locustcloud of ashes. (L. 53) As it was getting late in the evening, the jagged line of orange wildfire looked like necklaces hanging over the dark hills. In the sky around us ashes were wafting飘荡 like a cloud of locusts． The author uses personification to bring the inanimate hills to life by saying“the dark hills acquired....” Besides, he compares lines of orange to necklaces—a metaphor, making his writing more vivid. 18. And, when we were told that it was the time to make a break for it ... (L. 54) make a break (for it): to start running in order to escape from a place e.g.： Two of the prisoners make a break for it but were soon captured. 19. the blackness was electri