高英第二册第一课第七段.pptVIP

* It grew dark before seven o’clock. ①Wind and rain now whipped the house. John sent his oldest son and daughter upstairs to bring down mattresses and pillows for the younger children. He wanted to keep the group together on one floor. “②Stay away from the windows,” he warned, concerned about glass flying from storm-shattered panes. ☆whip?[w?p] vt. 抽打；煽动；搅打（蛋，奶油）；彻底击败 n. 鞭子；抽打；车夫；[机] 搅拌器 vi. 抽打；急走；拍击 ☆shatter?[??t?] vt. 粉碎；打碎；破坏；破掉；使散开 vi. 粉碎；损坏；落叶 n. 碎片；乱七八糟的状态 比较：shatter/smash/break Shatter:指某物在一击之下破碎为许多碎片，多用于易碎的东西。 Smash:指突然而猛烈地重击某物，使之破碎并发出声响。 例：They found all the furniture in the room smashed. 他们发现房间里的家具全被砸碎了。 Break:常用词，含义广泛，多指用力将坚硬物打碎或损坏。 例：The thief broke the window and got into the house. 这个小偷将窗户打破，进入了房子。 ①: 暗喻 Metaphor —把狂风雨对房屋的拍打比喻成鞭子在抽打。 ②︰祈使句—给人一种紧迫感和危机感 As the wind mounted to a roar, the house began leaking—the rain seemingly driven right through the walls. With mops, towels, pots and buckets the Koshaks began a struggle against the rapidly spreading water. ③At 8:30, power failed, and Pop Koshak turned on the generator. ☆Pop:是一种俚语，意为“（尤用于称呼）爸，爹”，也是称呼任何一位年长男士的常用词语。 ☆ generator [‘d?en?re?t?] n. 发电机；发生器；生产者 ③句：At 8:30, electricity was cut off, and Pop Koshak started their generator to produce their own electric power. 译文：还不到七点钟，天就黑了。现在狂风暴雨抽打着房子。约翰让他的大儿子和大女儿上楼为小一点的孩子去取来褥子和枕头。他想把大家都集中在同一层楼上。“不要靠近窗户！”他警告说，担心被暴风雨震破的玻璃碎片会飞溅伤到人。风凶猛地咆哮起来，屋子开始漏雨了——那雨水好像能穿透墙壁，往屋里猛灌。科沙克一家都操起拖把毛巾盆罐和水桶，开始迎战迅速蔓延的积水。八点半时，断电了。科沙克老爸便启动了那个发电机。 *