新人教选修六 Unit The power of natureReading[幻灯片].ppt

` 4. What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night? The light that was caused by the red-hot rocks and gases that erupted from the volcano. 3. alongside 1) prep. with? “和” ; beside “在...旁边” It’s a pleasure to work alongside such men. The boat pulled up alongside the dock（码头）. 2) adv. 在旁边;沿着;靠拢着;并排地 The police car drew up alongside. 拓展： alongside of 在……旁边，与……并排，，与……相比 alongside with 与……一起， 除…….以外 4 . equipment 【u】 n. 配备,装备The complete equipment of the new hospital will take a year. 把这个新医院的设备配齐要化一年时间。 设备， 器材 This is a usual piece of equipment for the kitchen. medical / office equipment equip v. 装备,使有准备使能够做某事 Equip ourselves with knowledge Equip the army with modern weapons 6. appoint??vt.任命,指派????? appoint sb. as/to be They appointed him (to be) manager. 约定,指定;安排 Our visitors arrived at the appointed time. 拓展： appoint sb. to do sth. appoint a time / place / for sth. / to do sth. The time appointed for the meeting is 10:30. appointment???? n. (尤指正式的)约会???+with have an appointment with sb. 与某人约会 I have an appointment with them in the evening. 8. burn to the ground 完全(楼房等)烧毁 He has no place to live in because his house has been burnt to the ground. 与burn搭配的常用词组有： burn away烧掉 Half of the candle had burnt away. burn down 渐渐烧完 The room grew colder as the fire burnt down. burn sth. down 把……烧得精光 Don’t forget to turn off the gasyou might burn the house down. burn up 烧得更旺 He put more wood on the fire to make it burn up. burn sth. up 把……烧掉 He has burnt up all the garden rubbish. burn off 烧掉某物，消耗 burn to death 烧死 burn out 烧光 burn oneself out 耗尽某人精力 9. wave v. 1）指固定的物体上下摆动或摇动 2）（指人）挥手、招手、摆手 3）（使某物）呈弧形 a flag waving in the breeze , a field of waving corn; He waved ( to us ) when he saw us. She has her hair waved . n. 波浪， The storm whipped up (掀起了) huge waves. 拓展： wave band （无线电波）波段 wave length （光波、声波等的）波长 in waves 一批一批，一阵一阵 wave sth. aside 不理会某事 10. However, the eruptio