Earthquakes-usefulwordsandexpressions学案（新人教版高中英语必修1unit4）.doc

金太阳新课标资源网  HYPERLINK  第  PAGE 4 页 共  NUMPAGES 4 页 金太阳新课标资源网 HYPERLINK  Earthquakes- useful words and expressions学案（新人教版高中英语必修1 unit 4） 一、学习目标：Learn the following words 1.disaster____________ 2. dig out ________ 3. bury____________ 4. mine _______________ 5.miner ______________ 6. shelter__________________ 7. 许多，大量的 _____________ 8. 标题，头衔，资格_____________ 9.记者______ 10.损失，损害____________ Step1. Have a dictation of ten words. 设计意图：巩固所学知识。 Step2.词汇突破 1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. right away: at once; in no time; immediately right now: at this very moment Make up your mind right now . I’ll return the book right away. 2. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. 【寓词于境】 阅读下列句子，并试着总结burst在句中的词性、含义及用法。 1) The pipes had burst and the house was under two feet of water. 2) The police burst into the room and took the young man away. 3) Hearing the news, the woman burst into laughter. 4) She burst out crying for no reason, which surprised us. 5) There was a burst of laughter in the next room. burst作 ___ 词，意思是 _____（句1）；常用于短语 burst into + a room, building, etc. 闯入，突然破门而入（句2）；burst into + n. 突然爆发，突然……起来（句3）；burst out doing突然……（句4）。burst作 ___ 词，意思是 _________（句5），还可指“爆裂；破裂之处，裂口”。 3. It seemed as if the world was at an end! 1) as if 似乎，好像 = as though e.g. She spoke to me as if she knew me. 她和我说话的神情，好像她早就认识我似的。 2) as if 在表语从句中相当于that e.g. It seemed as if the meeting would never end. 看起来会议没完没了。 本文中as if 的用法就是第二种。 It seemed as if the world was at an end! = It seemed that the world was at an end! at an end: finished 词汇拓展辨析： at the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以??来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合，到……结束的时候，用于过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最后、终于”。 5. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in