（新课标）2019-2020学年高中英语 Unit 4 Earthquakes Section Ⅰ

1Unit4EarthquakesNewlifeinWenchuan10yearsafterthe2008earthquake2008年5月12日14时28分，一场大地震让汶川很多受难者的人生发生了改变，同时也牵动了无数人的心。逝者已矣，但生者的故事仍在继续。十年已经过去，他们仍旧凭借着勇气与坚强，奋力拼搏着。WenchuanisinsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince.Itsbeautyhasmadeitapopulartourismplace.Buttenyearsago,Wenchuansufferedan8.0­magnitude(八级的)earthquake,whichdamagedanareaofover100,000squarekilometers,killingcloseto70,000peopleandinjuringmorethan370,000.Tenyearslater,however,wecanhardlyseeatrace(踪迹)ofthedisasterinthisplace.XueXiaoisamongthesurvivorsoftheearthquake.Hewastrappedundertheruinofhishighschoolforseveraldaysfollowingtheearthquake.Whenaskedduringtherescuewhathewantedtodowhenhegotout,hereplied,“IwantaCoke.”Hiswordsmovedthepeopleacrossthecountrywatchingtherescueontelevision,andhegotthenickname“Cokeboy.”Asaresultofhisseriousinjuries,Xuelosthisrightarm,andinfact,hecouldn'tdrinkCokeformonthsafterthesurgery(手术).Buthisstrongpersonalitycarriedhimoutofthesadmemoryofthedisaster.HenowworksfortheCoca­ColaMuseuminChengdu.TenyearsaftertheWenchuanearthquake,theareahasfoundnewlife,whichisreflected(反映)ineverypersonacrossthequake­hitplace.IvisitedWenchuanseveralyearsagoandinterviewedamanbythenameofWangCaifenginShuimoTown.Wang,whohasonlyhisleftarm,managedtohelprescueseveralvillagersinthetown.Beforetheearthquake,therewerealotoffactoriesaroundWang'shome.Afterthedisaster,thetownhasdevelopeditstourismindustry.In2011,Wangturnedhishouseintoahotel.2ThepeopleinWenchuanhavealsobeendevelopingeco­friendlyagriculture(农业)tofindanewandbetterlifewiththehelpoffruitsandfoodsproducedinthearea.Unquestionably,thecourageofthepeoplehasnotbeendestroyedbythepastdisaster.Inthesurvivors,weseethepowerofmovingonandnevergivingup.短文注释：1．squarekilometers平方千米2．closeto将近；差不多3．getthenickname得到昵称4．asaresultof由于5．thequake­hitplace灾区6．managetodo成功做到7．turn...into...将……变成……8．Inthesurvivors,weseethepowerofmovingonandnevergivingup.在幸存者身上，我看到一种力量——继续下去，永不放弃。SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Pre­reading重点单词写作词汇1.earthquaken．地震2．burstvi.爆裂；爆发n.突然破裂；爆发3．millionn.百万4．eventn.事件；大事5．ruinn.废墟；毁灭vt.毁灭；使破产6．destroyvt.破坏；毁坏；消灭7．rescuen.&vt.援救；营救38．trapvt.使陷入困境n.陷阱；困境9．disastern.灾难；灾祸10．buryvt.埋葬；掩埋；隐藏11．sheltern.掩蔽；掩蔽处；避身处12．electricityn.电；电流；电学重点单词拓展词汇1.nationn．民族；国家；国民→nationaladj.国家的；全国性的2．sufferingn．苦难；痛苦→sufferv．遭受3．extremeadj.极度的→extremelyadv.极端地；很；非常地4．injurevt.损害；伤害→injuryn．伤害；侮辱5．uselessadj.无用的；无效的；无益的→usefuladj.有用的→usen．用途v．使用6．shockvt.&vi.(使)震惊；震动n．休克；打击；震惊→shockedadj.震惊的；震撼的→shockingadj.令人震惊的7．dirtn．污垢；泥土→dirtyadj.脏的，肮脏的8．minen．矿；矿山；矿井→minern．矿工阅读词汇1.welln．井2．crackn.裂缝；噼啪声vt.&vi.(使)开裂；破裂3．smellyadj.发臭的4．farmyardn.农场；农家5．pipen.管；导管6．canaln.运河；水道7．steamn.蒸汽；水汽8．brickn.砖；砖块9．damn.水坝；堰堤10．trackn.轨道；足迹；痕迹重重点短语1.right_away立刻；马上2．as_if仿佛；好像3．at_an_end结束；终结4．in_ruins严重受损；破败不堪5．dig_out掘出；发现6．a_(great)_number_of许多；大量的4重重点句型1.too＋adj.＋to...太……不……Inthefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoo_nervous_to_eat.在农家大院里的鸡，甚至猪都紧张得不吃东西．2．Itseems/seemedasif...看起来似乎……It_seemed_as_iftheworldwasatanend!仿佛到了世界末日！3．everywhere引导让步状语从句Everywhere_they_lookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.无论他们朝哪里看，那里的一切都几乎被毁了。4．not与all连用表示部分否定All_hope_was_not_lost.不是所有的希望都破灭了。“A→A→A”式不规则动词变化①burst→burst→burst爆裂；爆发②cost→cost→cost花费③put→put→put放下④hurt→hurt→hurt伤害⑤shut→shut→shut关闭⑥hit→hit→hit打⑦cut→cut→cut砍，切⑧forecast→forecast→forecast预报“自然灾害”大聚焦①disastern.灾难；灾祸②earthquaken.地震③droughtn.干旱，旱灾④hurricanen.飓风表示“程度”的副词集锦5①extremely极度地②entirely完全地③completely完全地，彻底地④perfectly完美地“­ing/­ed”结尾的形容词聚焦①shocking令人震惊的shocked感到震惊的②frightening令人恐惧的frightened受惊的③terrifying令人恐怖的terrified感到害怕的④disappointing令人失望的disappointed感到失望的⑤surprising令人吃惊的surprised感到吃惊的表示“立刻；马上”的词语荟萃①rightaway②rightnow③atonce④innotime⑤immediatelyStepOne：WarmingupWhatmighthappentoaplacewhenthereisanearthquake?Lookatthefollowingpicturesandthenfillintheblanks.6PictureAThewaterinthewellsroseandfell.Andsomedeepcrackscouldbeseeninthewellwalls.Asmellygascameoutofthecracks.PictureBThechickens,thedogsandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.PictureCMiceranoutofthefieldslooking_forplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutoftheirbowlsandponds.PictureDPeoplecouldseebrightlightsinthesky.StepTwo：FastreadingSkimthereadingpassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswers.1．What'sthemainideaofthetext?A．AterribleearthquakeofTangshan.B．BeforetheearthquakeofTangshan.C．DuringtheearthquakeofTangshan.D．DamagesoftheearthquakeofTangshan.答案：A2．Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1(D)A．TheearthquakecausedunbelievabledestructiontoTangshan.Para.2(B)B．TheearthquakehappenedandcauseddeathsorinjuriesinTangshan.7Para.3(A)C．Helpcamesoonafterthequakes.Para.4(C)D．Noonepaidattentionthoughstrangethingshappened.StepThree：CarefulreadingReadthetextandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．ThefirstsentenceinParagraph1impliesthat________.A．peopledidn'tthinktoomuchoftheearthquakeB．peopleweremadetolosetheirsensebythesuddenbigearthquakeC．peopledidn'trealizethataterribleearthquakehappenedinsuchashorttimeD．peopledidn'tthinkanearthquakecouldbringsuchgreatdamage答案：C2．Whichofthefollowingcanalsobeusedasatitleofthetext?A．TangshanEarthquake.B．TheWorldatanEnd.C．HowtoPreven