《新课程大学英语 IV 》_ 4 Unit 7 Disaster Text A.pptVIP

*magnitude/?m?gnitju:d/n.1）thegreatsizeorimportanceofsomething重要性，重大

Theydidn?tseemtoappreciatethemagnitudeoftheproblem.2）Magnitudeisusedinstatingthesizeorextentofsomethingsuchasastar,earthquake,orexplosion震级TheWenchuanearthquakeof2008hadamagnitudeof8.0.While-reading：WordsPhrases2008年汶川地震的震级为8.0级。perish/?per??/v.bedestroyed;die毁灭;死亡1.Mostofthebutterfliesperishinthefirstfrostsofautumn.2.那次地震死者数以千计。While-reading：WordsPhrasesThousandsofpeopleperishedintheearthquake.大多数蝴蝶会在秋天的第一场霜冻来临时纷纷死去。devastation/?dev??ste???n/n.Devastationissevereandwidespreaddestructionordamage.?毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤1.Ifdiseaseisallowedtospread,itwillcausewidespreaddevastation.2.Shehadalookofutterdevastation(=extremeshockandsadness)onherface.Wordfamily:devastatev.devastateda.davastatinga.scale/skeil/n.relativesize,extent,etc规模;程度;范围1.However,heunderestimatesthescaleoftheproblem.2.Thebreakdownoflawandordercouldresultinkillingonamassivescale.3.thepossibilityofafull-scalenuclearwar.4.alarge-scalemilitaryoperation.爆发全面核战争的可能性大规模的军事行动然而，他低估了问题的严重性。法治一旦崩溃可能导致大肆杀戮。wipeoutTowipeoutsomethingsuchasaplaceoragroupofpeopleoranimalsmeanstodestroythemcompletely.摧毁;毁灭;使灭绝1.Thislastpaymentwillwipeoutyourdebttome.2.只有这样我们才能消灭敌军.这最后一笔付款将了结你欠我的债务.Onlyinthiswaycanwewipeouttheenemytroops.transportation/?tr?nsp?:?tei??n/n.Transportationisasystemfortakingpeopleorgoodsfromoneplacetoanother,forexampleusingbusesortrains运输，交通运输系统，运输工具Campusesareusuallyaccessiblebypublictransportation.通常乘坐公共交通即可到达各个校区。attheoutset一开始Iwarnedyouattheoutsetnottotrusthim,andyouwouldntlistentome.一开始我就警告过你不要信任他,可你不肯听我