Unit 4

Unforgettable Experience (3)

Reading

英语组 林明伟

Questions:

1. How does the flood affect our life and the environment?

Waves are crashing into the house.

People are caught in the flood.

flooded road with traffic

the road under water

flooded car

car sinking in mud

bank erosion

overflowing river and sandbags

How to keep yourself safe and sound

during floods?

Question:

•If you have time, bring in outdoor or garden furniture. You should also move important things to a second story.

•Do not walk through moving water. It can knock you off your feet. If you must walk through water, walk where the water is not moving. Use a stick to test the ground in front of you.

•Stay away from power lines that are on the ground. You could be electrocuted

•Always keep your battery-powered radio with you so you know what is happening.

•If you are scared, share your fears with friends or your family. Floods can be scary, but remember -- the water ALWAYS goes away!

It is best if these items are kept in a plastic tub or kept together in a cabinet so they will be easy to find.

Language points:1. hear+ 名词 + doing/do/done

I heard her go out. 我听到她 出门 .

我想我刚才的确听到有人敲门。I think I did hear someone knocking just now.

你听过那首歌用法语演唱吗？Have you ever heard that song sung in French?

She was heard to go out.有人听见她出门。

2. seize. v. （突然）抓住

He seized the gun from the bank robber.

他从那个银行抢劫犯手中夺过枪。/ catch 抓住（一直活 动 或隐藏的东西）

Mike caught a lot of fish on his vacation.

3. be upon 逼近， 临近暴风雪已逼近我们。The snowstorm was upon us.

4. think twice 三思

5. sweep down 冲倒 sweep away 冲走6. pull sb up 把……往上拽 / 停

7. hold onto a tree that grew against the wall 抱住一棵靠墙生长的树。

8. get/stand on her feet 站起来

She didn’t pull her car up at a red light.

9. swallow up 吞噬 / 卷进。。 / 吞没 The earth and sand swallowed up the house.

10. look into each other’s face with a look of fright

11. move from side to side/ move up and

down

互相对视，脸上充满了 惊恐的神色。fright: n. frighten: v frightened/frightening: adj

The attributive clause in the text.

1. Before she could move, she heard a loud noise, which grew to a terrible roar.

她还没来得及动弹， 就听见很响的声音， 接着就变成了可怕的隆隆声。2. She looked at Jeff, who was waving his

arms. (wave one’s arms)

3. There she saw a wall of water that was quickly

advancing towards her.( 一堵墙似的洪流朝她涌来）

4. Now, the water, which was cold as ice and flowed

faster than a river, was above her knees.

5. Flora, whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold

and wet, started crying.

6. The garden that was once so beautiful was

completely destroyed, swept away by the wild water.

7. Tree after tree went down, cut down by the water,

which must have been three metres deep.The lights have gone out. A fuse must have blown.

Before

不久整个国家爆发了起义。It was not long before the whole country rose up.

三个月后我们又见面了。It is 3 months before we meet again.

我还没意识到假期已经结束了。The holiday came to the end before I knew it.

Homework

1. P 26 Vocabulary

2. P 27 Integrating skills. 1

Underline the attributive sentences and what part the pronoun plays in each sentence.

3. Read the sample dialogue, look at

the pictures and create a dialogue,

using the expressions in the box on P24.