Unit 4　Earthquakes 　Learning about Language课件 人教新课标必修一.pptVIP

7．The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.(p.26) 死伤的人数达到四十多万。 ?词语链接 the number of ＋名词复数， “……的数目”，谓语动词用单数； a number of ＋名词复数， 意为“大量”，谓语动词用复数； numbers of＋名词复数＋复数谓语动词 a (great, large, small, etc.)number of＋名词复数＋复数谓语动词 A number of (＝some)problems have arisen. 已经出现了一些问题。 The number of people gathering on the square was still increasing. 广场上聚集的人的数目还在上升。 翻译下列句子。 (1) 很多人申请了这份工作。 ________________________________________________ (2)许许多多人从全国各地来参观这个展览。 _________________________________________________________________ (3)图书馆丢失的图书数目是很大的。 _________________________________________________ ?即学即练 A large number of people have applied for this job. Numbers of people came from all parts of the country to see the exhibition. The number of books missing from the library is large. 8．Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.(p.26) 他们看到的一切几乎都被毁了。 三个词都可以作动词，表示“毁坏”。 ①damage只是造成局部的破坏。 ②destroy造成的则是彻底的毁坏。 ③ruin指使成为废墟，崩溃。 词语辨析：destroy/damage/ruin The roof was damaged by the storm. 屋顶被风暴毁坏了。 The defeat destroyed his confidence. 这次失败毁掉了他的信心。 Much of the coast has been ruined by tourism. 海岸许多地方被游客糟蹋了。 温馨提示： destroy的名词形式是destruction；damage本身可作不可数名词，意为“损失”、“损坏”，其复数damages的意思是“赔偿金”； ruin作不可数名词时，是“毁坏，破坏，毁灭”、“破产，一无所有”之意；ruins意为“残垣断壁，废墟”。 与ruins相关短语有： in ruins 毁坏，严重受损，破败不堪 fall into ruin 变为废墟 People were shocked by the destruction of the city. 人们对于这座城市所遭受的破坏感到震惊。 The storm didnt do much damage. 暴风雨并未造成严重损失。 Many temples fell into ruin after the war. 战争过后，许多寺庙都毁了。 The old mill is now little more than a ruins. 老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。 Years of fighting have left the area in ruins. 多年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。 用destroy，damage，ruin的适当形式填空。 (1)Before the firemen arrived, the whole wooden building had already been ________ in the big fire. (2)The sudden rain ________ our picnic. (3)The quarrel ________ their friendship.They didnt even talk to each other for some weeks. ?即学即练 destroyed ruined damaged 9. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.(p.26) 井里满是沙子而不是水。 ins