Unit 4 Earthquakes

unit 4 earthquakes1.shake vi. & vt.(1)my hands shook during the exam. vi. 搖動，搖撼，顫抖 (2)the earthquake shook the lights. vt.使搖動 (3)vt.使受震撼，使（信念等）動搖 be shaken by/with/at 辨析：

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tremble

指人因感情激動、寒冷、懼怕等引起的身體顫動。the boy trembled with fear.

shake

作“顫抖”講時與tremble同義。它還有“握手，搖頭或捧腹大笑”的意思。the earthquake shook the lights.2.right away“立刻，馬上”的表達方式：right away, without delay, right now, straight away, at once, in no time, immediately 3.well-- you don’t look very ____. are you ill? -- no, i’m just a bit tired. a. good  b. well  c. strong  d. healthy (1)adj.健康的 (2)n.井，水井；油井；氣井 (3)adv.熟練地，有效地，令人滿意地；很，非常  very/rather/fairly/quite/pretty well 4.too…to…具有否定意義，常用not…enough to…和so…that…句型結構改寫。 i am too old to understand the cartoon. =i am not young enough to understand the cartoon. =i am so old that i can’t understand the cartoon. (1)e.g. i’m only too delighted to be here. 當too前有副詞far, much, but, only等詞修飾時，此結構沒有否定意義，而表示肯定，意為“非常，十分……”，too后的形容詞多是表示某種心情的，如happy, pleased, willing, thankful, anxious, eager, delighted等。 (2)e.g. it’s never too late to learn. 當too前有否定詞時，此結構表示肯定。 (3)too+ adj. +for sb./sth. 表示“太……，不適合……” 5.burstburst forth突然出現  burst into突然闖入  burst out冒出  burst upon突然展現  burst open突然開了 6.event事件，大事；項目，賽事 all the events/in any event無論如何  in the event結果，到頭來  after the event事后 in the event that/of…倘若，萬一    in that event/in that case如果那樣的話  辨析：

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accident

意外事故。car accident

incident

附帶的小事件，事端；政變。july 7th incident

event

重大的事件。what were the chief events of last year?7.directly(1)adv.徑直地；坦率地；直接地；立刻 e.g. the bus goes directly to hk. (2)conj.一……就……引導時間狀語從句 directly he went out he was caught. 8.ruinin ruins 嚴重受損  fall into ruins成為廢墟 ruin＞destroy＞damage 9.extreme(1)adj.極度的，嚴重的；極端的，偏激的；過分的 extreme weather conditions極端惡劣的天氣狀況  extreme sports極限運動 (2)n.[c]極端不同的感情（情況或行為方式）；完全相反的事物 [u]極端，極度，極限 extremes of cold, wind or rain嚴寒、狂風、驟雨  take sth. to extremes采取極端行為 10.injure受傷，傷害辨析：

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