英语听力入门第二册第十二单元.docVIP

Unit 12 Language point Teaching importance News (III) Part 1 warming up Key word: Avalanche[?v?lɑ:nt?] n. 雪崩 a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain; A fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside. 雪崩，山崩：大块物质如雪或岩石，沿着山坡降落或下滑 Mudslide A mudflow, especially a slow-moving one. 泥流：泥流，尤指流速较慢的一类 Earthquake Cyclone[saikl?un] n. 旋风,飓风 (meteorology [.mi:tj?r?l?d?i] n. 气象学) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern Hemisphere. 【气象学】 气旋：以围绕一个底气压中心快速向内旋转为特征的气流系统，通常伴有暴风雨，常常是破坏性的天气。旋转方向在北半球为逆时针方向，在南半球为顺时针方向 A violent, rotating windstorm. 旋风，龙卷风：猛烈旋转的暴风 Any of various devices using centrifugal force to separate materials. 旋风器：一种利用离心力分离物质的仪器 Hurricanes A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains. 飓风：一种猛烈的热带风暴，形成于大西洋或加勒比海赤道地区，从形成地向北、西北或东北移动，通常携有大量雨水 A wind with a speed greater than 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale. 暴风：按照蒲氏风级，时速达74英里(119公里）以上的风 Something resembling a hurricane in force or speed. 快速强烈的事物：在力量或速度上与飓风相似的东西 （西印度群岛的）飓风，强热带风暴 The hurricane flung their motor boat upon the rocks. 飓风把他们的摩托艇抛到岩石上。 Tornado [t?:neid?u] n. 龙卷风 A rotating column of air usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud and having a vortex several hundred yards in diameter whirling destructively at speeds of up to 500 miles (800 kilometers) per hour. 龙卷风，陆龙卷：一种纵向的气旋，伴随有倒漏斗形的积雨云，涡流直径达几百码，以每小时五百英里（八百公里）的速度移动，其旋转具有极大的毁坏性 A violent thunderstorm in western Africa or nearby Atlantic waters. 大雷飑：西非或其附近大西洋水域上的猛烈雷雨风暴 A whirlwind or hurricane. 旋风或飓风 Typhoon A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. 台风：发生在西太平洋或印度洋的热带暴风 Probably alteration of Chinese (Cantonese) toi f