unit 4 Reports on Disasters Accidents.pptVIP

Part I WordsExpressions go off: explode 爆炸 bystander: 旁观者；看热闹的人 authority : 权威，当局 rip: 撕，裂 dramatic: 戏剧的，引人注目的 car ferry: 车辆渡船，车辆渡轮 extremist: 极端主义者 relief worker: 救灾工作人员 hamper: 妨碍，阻碍 at gunpoint: 在枪口的威胁下 burst in: break in shotgun: 猎枪 airliner: 班机；大型客机 Part I—B Part II Words and expressions cut off: 切断，中断 death toll: 死亡人数 flatten:夷平，摧毁 eyewitness：目击者 torrential: 猛烈的，激流地 sweep away: 清除，一扫而空 low lying area: 低洼地区 electrocution: 电刑，电死 be evacuted from: 从.......撤离 take shelter in relief camp: 在救援大本营避难 resemble: 相似 a burial ground: 坟场，埋葬场 appeal to: 呼吁 Green Mean Time: 格林威治时间 exceptionally: 异常地，例外地 bring chaos to: 给.....带来混乱 flight delay: 延机 be back to nomal: 回归正常 motorway: 高速公路 forthcoming: 即将到来的 spokeswoman: 女发言人 francs: 法郎 casualty figure 伤亡人数 motorist: 开汽车的人 Part II--A Part II--B heavy rains… thunderstorms… over In parts of Europe During the past week affected At least five emergency warnings Part III Words and Phrases makeshift: 权宜之计，临时措施 rescue work: 营救工作 tremor: 震颤；颤动 isolated: 孤立的，分离的 Naples: 那不勒斯（意大利西南部港市） Nepal an evening service: 晚礼拜 break apart: 分裂开 collapse: 倒塌 a large proportion of inhabitants: 大部分的居民 in the open:在户外 ensue: 随之而来 correspondent: 新闻记者 Part III--A Another earthquake, the fifth in three days, hit Japan last night. Hundreds of homes have now been destroyed or badly damaged, and thousands have been made homeless since the earthquakes started. Many of the homeless have begun to make themselves makeshift shelters from the rubble. Electricity, gas and water supplies have also been seriously disrupted. Experts believe that the country will be hit by more quakes during the next 48 hours. Part III--C I. A. Sunday… 23rd B. Southern Italy II. A. at least 400 B. many more than 400 III. A. small towns and villages… hospital… church… private homes B. eight or nine… in the streets or squares… the countryside… blocked… traffic jams… telephone lines… electricity and