A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
v all of the city’s hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.ⅵ.translate the following sentences into chinese.1.but the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.2. the number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.3. then, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook tangshan.4. the army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.ⅶ.語言點:
1.imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away…imagine:imagine + n. /pron./ g./ cl.imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and froright away : at once ; in no time ; immediatelyright now : at this very moment
make up your mind___________. i’ll return the book___________.
2.burst : to come open or fly apart suddenlythe balloon suddenly burst.burst into + n. some robbers burst into that house.burst outburst out + doing they burst out laughing.
burst into+ n. burst out + doing……
he burst into laughter. = he burst out laughinghe burst into tears. = he burst out crying.
3 . but the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, went to bed as usual that night. ( non- defining attributive clauses )do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to like your deepest…(unit 1 )…because those who ruled england at that time spoke french. ( unit 2 )the plains where rice grows. ( unit 3 ) ( defining attributive clause )
4. two-thirds of the people died or were __injured__during the earthquake.
(1)two-thirds= two thirds
more than 61% of the surface of the surface of the earth ____covered by water. seventy percent of the workers in this factory ______young.
(2)injure: to hurt oneself/ sb / sth. physicallycompare: injure/ hurt/wound
their criticisms _________him deeply. have hurt