1. Unit 4 Earthquake

2. Vocabularies in Unit4  shake dirt  right away ruin  well injure  rise survivor  crack destroy  smelly brick  pond dam  pipe useless  burst steel  at an end shock  canal quake  steam rescue

3. electricity shelter disaster fresh army a great number of organize give out dig out percent bury speech coal judge mine honour coal mine prepare miner Europe

4. shake. vt 摇动, 使震动  shake-----shook-----shaken  shake hands 握手  shake one’s head  摇头 ( 对某事表示不赞成 )  The house shook when the earthquake started.  My mother shook my little sister awake and went to work.

5. right away  immediately adj. 直接的 the immediate cause 立刻的 give an immediate reply immediate adv. 立即, 马上  I got in touch with him immediately after I receive the letter.  in a minute  right now  at once

6. crack n. 裂缝 ; 劈啪声 vi. vt( 使 ) 开裂 ; 破裂 e.g The bottle will crack if you pour boiling water into it. 如果你倒开水进去, 这瓶子会裂 的. The fireworks cracks overhead. 烟火在头顶上空劈劈啪啪．

7. well pond

8. burst  v. 爆裂, 爆发  We drove over some glass and one of our tyres burst.  burst into sth. 突然... 起来 burst out doing burst into tears (laughter)  n. a burst of... 一阵... a burst of laughter /thunder /applause

9. at an end :finish, dead  The year is at an end.  in the end :at last, finally.  on end : continuously （时间）连续的，继续 的．  end in sth. v. 以... 结束，告终.  The battle ended in victory.

10. canal

11. dam

12. ruin  n. 毁灭，崩溃，覆灭  e.g The castle has fallen into ruins.  bring ruin upon oneself.  in ruins :severely damaged or destroyed.  An earthquake left the whole town in ruins.  His career is in ruins.

13. injure v. to hurt oneself /sb /sth physically  He fell off the bicycle and injured his arm.  She was serious injured in a road accident.

14. destroy  v. The fire destroyed most of the building.  destroyer 破坏者，消灭者，驱逐舰队． honour (honor. A) n. 荣誉 honourable adj. 荣誉的，光荣的 an honourable duty 荣誉的职位

15. rescue  (n.) an act of rescuing or being rescued 搭救，解 救。  A rescue team is trying to reach the trapped mines.  They came to our rescue when we were in danger.  (v.) to save or set free from harm, danger,or loss 救出，解救。  He rescued the man from drowning.

16. shelter  n. 庇护所，避难所，遮蔽物  A shelter for the homeless  In the storm I took shelter under a tree.  V. 庇护，掩蔽，保护。  The plants must be sheltered from direct sunlight.

17. dig out vt. 掘出 ; 挖掉 dig oneself (one’s way )out dig into 钻研, 细查 dig out into Chinese history

18. bury  vt. 埋葬，葬  the boy buried the dead bird in the backyard.  男孩们把死鸟埋在后院．  vt. 使沉浸（或专心于）  be buried in thought 出神深思  bury oneself in study 埋头研究

19. give out : 分发，分  Give out the exam paper.  Give the money out to the children. 有关 give 的词组 give in 屈服 give up 放弃 give off 发出（蒸汽，光等） ?

20. judge  v. 审判，审理（在竞赛中）评判，裁判  Who will judge the next case?  Don’t judge a man by his looks. 不要以貌取人 n. 审判员, 法官  A Supreme Court judge 最高法院法官

21. prepare Prepare for 把 … 准备好，使 … 做好准备 Students prepare for the English exam. Mother is preparing a meal for us. prepared adj. 事先准备好的 Ｉ am not prepared to listen to al l your weak excuses. 我不准备听你站不住脚的借口．

22. a great number of 许多，大量 同义词组  a lot of = lots of  plenty of the number of... 的数目，后面所跟名词前有加限定词． We are not sure about the number of the injured.

23. organize  vt. 组织，把... 编组，安排  Organize a meeting between the teachers and students.  organize an attack/army  vt. 组织起来，建立组织

24. thousands of  a very large number of  e.g. There were thousands of people.  hundreds of  tens of thousands of 成千上万的