Unit 4 Calamities and rescues2
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Unit 4 Calamities and rescues sky
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Unit 4 Calamities and Rescues Directions: Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words. Click here to listen. Nature imposes difficult conditions upon the earth from time to time. The tornado and forest fire, pictured below, destroy natural 1. _______, homes and other structures, and very often harm or kill people. Technological tragedies happen with little or no warning as we see trains crash and airplanes fall from the sky shortly after take-off. As tragic as calamities are, they seem to 2. _______ the best in human nature. People trained in 3. _______ care arrive at the scene and begin assisting the injured. Others come with equipment to remove debris. Men, women, and young people willingly come to the scene of an 4. _______ hoping to be of help in some way. These selfless acts of 5. _______ make our world a better place. Compassion eases the wounds of calamities. American Airlines flight number 587 crashed less than three minutes after 6. _______ from JFK Airport in New York in November, 2001. 7. _______ saw an engine fire develop on the plane’s number one engine located under the left wing of the 8. _______. Seconds later, the airliner 9. _______ eight homes, completely destroying four of them. All 260 people 10. _______ the airplane were killed along with six people at the crash site, leaving many people to mourn the loss of their loved ones. The residents (people who live in the area of the crash) rallied together to comfort those grieving, while others removed bodies from the wreckage and did the necessary clean up.颜晓英 SCUN
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Impose….on… from time to time tornado n. tragedy tragic Calamity n. Assist v. Bring out the best in sth./bring out one’s best 使… 表现出最佳品质 o Compassion eases the wounds of calamities o mourn the loss of their loved ones The residents (people who live in the area of the crash) rallied together to comfort those grieving, while others removed bodies from the wreckage 颜晓英 SCUN and did the necessary cleanup. Wreck v.
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o Resources bring out emergency accident eases taking off witnesses crashed into aboard loss
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Vocabulary in Passage A o Beam v. 微笑;播送 o E.g. The winner beamed with satisfaction. o The World Cup Final was beamed live from Britain to Japan. o n. 横梁;光束 o The beam of the torch颜晓英 SCUN
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Bound a. Be bound to do sth. E.g. where are you bound for? Be bound to do sth. E.g. The weather is bound to get better tomo
rrow. Be bound up with sth. 与…密切相关 E.g. His future is bound up with that of the company. Bind v. bound bound The hostages were bound with ropes and gagged.颜晓英 SCUN
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o Championship n. Pl. 竞标赛;冠军地位 e.g. The championship will be held tomorrow. e.g. The championship is ours. Champion v. 支持;拥护 Champion the cause of gay rights.颜晓英 SCUN
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o Char v. o The charred wood o E.g. There was nothing left of the house but a few charred remains.颜晓英 SCUN
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o Crash v. o E.g. The car crashed into a tree and burst into flames. o Sl. Can I crash on your floor tonight?颜晓英 SCUN
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o Collision n. o Collide v.撞击;冲突 o E.g. The two planes collide with each other in midair. o E.g. The president collide with the Congress over his budget plan. o Headon collision颜晓英 SCUN
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o Dangle v. 悬吊着或摇摆不定 o A bunch of keys dangling at the end of chain o Dangle sth before /in front of sb.
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o Dazzle v. 耀眼;使炫目 o E.g. the lights of the car dazzled me.
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o Devastating a. o Devastate v. damage completely o E.g. The fire devastated the city.
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o Distress n. 悲痛 危险 o E.g. Your thoughtless behavior has caused us all a great deal of distress. o Send out a distress signal: the ship is sinking. o Distress v. 苦恼 o (often pass) I’m distressed to find that the children had not returned
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o Flame n. (一片)火焰 o E.g. the dry sticks burst into fames. o Flame v. 爆发 o E.g. His anger flamed up.颜晓英 SCUN
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o Grace n. 优雅;(神的)恩惠、仁慈;宽限、缓期 o E.g. she danced with marvelous natural grace o By the grace of God, the ship came safely home through the storm. o I’ll give you a week’s grace. Good morning, Your Grace颜晓英 SCUN
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