Unit4  Earthquakes

have time to do 有时间做某事                 
happen to do 碰巧做某事
shake hands with sb 握手                     
burst into tears/ laughter 
burst out crying/laughing
突然哭/笑起来             
in ruins 成为废墟                           
cut across 穿过、横穿
blow away 吹走、刮走                       
fall down 倒塌
rescue workers 救援人员                      
be pleased to do 乐意做某事
make/ give a speech 发表演说                  
judging….from 根据……来判断
tens of thousands of 成千上万                  
dig out 挖掘
a great/ large number of =a great many/good  大量的
be trapped in/ under 陷入……/ 陷在……下面
the high school speaking competition 高中演讲比赛
have sb do sth= make sb do sth= let sb do sth 让某人做某事
come to an end (vi) = put/ bring sth to an end = put/ bring an end to sth 结束某事
be proud of / take pride in 以……而自豪
invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事            
think little of 对……评价低  
invite sb for/ to sth                          
think highly of 对……评价高
one-third 1/3     two-thirds  2/3       
seventy-five percent   75%
agree with sb                              
give out 发出（气味等）；分发；耗尽
agree to sth                                
give off 发出（气味等）
agree to do sth                             
give away 赠送；泄露
agree on sth 达成一致意见                  
give back 归还
right away= right now= at once= immediately 立刻
as you know 正如你所知道的                
be known as 作为……而知名
as is known to all 众所周知                  
be known for 因……而出名
as could be expected 正如可以预料到的       
it is useless doing sth 干某事是无用的
happen= take place= come about= break out
偶发   有计划      偶发     战争等爆发

1. It is always calm before a storm.
2. Now, imagine there has been a big earthquake.  此句为There be 句型
3. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.  现在分词表伴随
4. It seemed that the world was at an end.
5. Water, food and electricity were hard to get.
句型：主语+ be + adj + to do   其中to do 用主动形式表示被动含义
6. All hope was not lost.     all 与not 连用 表示部分否定
7. It’s never too late to learn.   活到老，学到老。
附：分词用法 之  作定语
falling leaves  正在落的叶子                boiling water  正在沸腾的水
fallen leaves   已经落在地上的叶子          boiled water  开水