Unit10
Lead-in
eruption,damage,debris,smoke,destruction,flames,death,remains,panic,shock,...
happen,start,injure,bury,burn,destroy,wipeout,smash,rescue,…unexpected,disastrous,large-scale,horrible,terrifying,unforgettable,..
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Text comprehension
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1.Refer to Paragraph 4.They refer to the shrewd man-made conveniences of?life and safeguards in San Francisco such as the streets,the steel rails,and the?telephone and telegraph systems.
2.Refer to Paragraph s.No.Away from the burning city,it was dead calm.Inside it,however,the flames were becoming more and more rampant and the?heated air became lighter and lighter and rose continuously.Thus a?discrepancy of air pressure was formed.Consequently,under the higher?pressure from outside,air was pouring in upon the city where the atmospheric?pressure was lower.
3.Refer to Paragraph 6.It was very hard or even impossible for man to halt the?advancement of the flames.His efforts to combat the conflagration turned out?to be futile
4.Refer to Paragraph 7.As the author sees it,it will be impossible to know the?exact number of the victims of the earthquake because all their traces have?been erased by the flames.
5:Refer to Paragraph 11,which tells us that one of the tasks of the soldiers was?to keep the trunk-pullers moving so as to reduce the loss of lives in the disaster.
6.Refer to Paragraph 16.Man had tried his best to fight against the flames,and?yet the conflagration was getting all the more rampant.Moreover,water and?dynamite,with which the firemen fought against the flames,were exhausted.So man had no choice but to admit defeat.
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1.Except for some dwelling houses on its outskirts,San Francisco has almost?completely disappeared from the world and only remains in people's memories.
2.Nothing could stop the forceful advancement of the flames.
3.The courageous and brave deeds in the firefighting would fill up a library if?related in writing and exhaust the Carnegie medal fund if rewarded
4.Sometimes all members of a family fastened themselves with straps to a?carriage or delivery wagon that was heavily loaded with their possessions.
5.Two United States soldiers sat astride their horses and calmly watched the?conflagration,their shapes contrasting sharply with the wall of flame behind?them.
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Structural analysis of the text
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Rhetorical features of the text
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Vocabulary
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1.moved slowly back and forth
2.ingenious devices and protective measures
3.resisting
4.fill with a supply
5.polite or considerate in manner
6.threat
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1.are weighted down
2.out of gear
3.wipe out
4.burdened with
5.crumbled
6.played out
7.sweep down
8.a flicker of
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1.withdrawal
2.adjust
3.enumerate
4.hysterically
5.courteous
6:devastation
7.disruption
8.vacancy
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IV
C?D?A?D B?A?C?B
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1.invention (creation,innovation)
2.enormous (immense,mammoth)
3.economically (thriftily,frugally,sparingly)
4.smooth (level,even)
5.plod (drudge,labor)
6.discourteous (unsociable,ill-mannered)
7.plot (patch)
8.edge (strip;boundary,margin)
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VI
1.way
2.controlled
3.for example
4.finished
5.be able to deal with it
6.making
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Grammar
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1.at a quarter past five came the earthquake
2.at the kitchen table was the misbehaving child
3.lies a newly built bridge
4.stretched fields of luxuriant green wheat
5.the march of the flames were flung picket lines of soldiers
6.were trunks,with across them lying their exhausted owners,men and?women
7.fled tens of thousands of homeless ones.
8.the tottering walls of the Examiner Building,the burned-out Call Building,the smouldering ruins of Grand Hotel,and the gutted,devastated,dynamited?Palace Hotel
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B?A?B?A
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1.All our many
2.The other ten
3.my next two
4.Few such
5.all these five
6.These next two
7.all these last few
8.His many
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1.e.g.There is no telling what he'll do.
2.e.g.a)Partial inversion
Never would he know what she had suffered.
Not for one minute do I think I have any hope of getting promoted.
b)Full inversion
Down sprang the cat.
From the valley came a tinkling sound,a soothing moo,the lull of alien voices.
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Translation
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1.人類所有聰明的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造和保護措施，在地殼震動30秒鐘后便完全失效了
2.這死一般的沉寂從白天持續(xù)到黑夜，可是在大火周圍，由于上升的熱空氣形成強大吸力，風力經(jīng)常接近狂風必部3.要記錄被燒毀的建筑，那將是整個舊金山的所有在冊房屋，而要記錄沒有被燒毀的建筑可能只需要一行宇加幾個地址如果記下所有英勇事跡，肯定會塞滿整個圖書館，耗盡全部卡內(nèi)基獎?wù)禄鹚劳鋈藬?shù)的記錄則將永遠無法獲得公4.這些精疲力竭的人在刺刀的威脅下不得不又站起身來，在陡峭的路面上繼續(xù)掙扎，可是每走五到十英尺又累得停下腳步。
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1.My whole morning's work has been put out of gear after that mishap.
2.I think it's about time we flung out these old magazines.
3:We must make every effort to wipe out the injustice in the system
4.The soldiers held on to that isolated position until reinforcements arrived.
5.His inability to speak English puts him at a disadvantage when he attends?international conferences
6.Here there was no one in sight for miles,which made me feel very lonely.
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19世紀，南達科他州戴德伍德鎮(zhèn)發(fā)現(xiàn)黃金，吸引了許多心地善良或心懷叵測、但都一心想發(fā)財?shù)娜耍M而使它被稱作是“膽小鬼絕不敢動身前往，不中用的則死于途中”的地方。但是在戴德伍德鎮(zhèn)；最大的惡魔一直是一樣東西：火災(zāi)。小鎮(zhèn)建筑在峻峭的山坡上，下面深谷蜿蜒。假如發(fā)生火災(zāi)，這山谷就成了個煙囪，把火焰一直吸上房屋。
在我們這個時代，大火再一次威脅過這個小鎮(zhèn)。有一些廢紙在山腳下燒著了，然后大火就熊熊而起，不到一-小時，火焰就穿過樹頂。大風在森林中呼嘯而過，幾乎把火焰引到了小鎮(zhèn)的邊緣。受到驚嚇的居民們準備離開，他們盡量多帶一些財物，街頭到處都是衣服堆得高高的汽車。風向在變化，汽車也不斷被迫改變撤退的路線。
消防隊員奮不顧身地與大火搏斗了24小時，最后飛機也用上了。飛機開始用水“轟炸”大火，這樣才阻止了大火的蔓延。大火開始減勢，離開的人們回家了。他們看到黑黑的一片山谷，但是他們的房屋依然存在。戴德伍德鎮(zhèn)從它最險惡的敵人手中及時得救了。
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Exercises for integrated skills
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The first time I was personally introduced to lightning,/I was flying?between Puerto Rico and the American continent./Had I not been in an?airplane,/I might not be alive now to describe the experience.
We had just ridden through three minutes of violent storm./As I was?beginning to wonder /how much longer the wings of the airplane could stand?the terrible tossing.,/suddenly it happened./The inside of the plane lit up/like an electric light./The light lasted less than a thousandth of a second,/yet?huge green sparks jumped all over the cabin./The radioman was knocked to the?floor,/and the hairs on the back of his head stood out stiffly.
The lightning bolt had evidently struck the trailing wire of our radio /and?followed it to the tail of the air-plane,/then on to the radio itself,/which was?severely damaged.
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