八上英语Unit 4.2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake?

1. How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake?

我们如何保护自己免受地震之害？

2. I’m very sorry to heart that.

我对此感到非常抱歉。

3. Was it serious ?

地震造成的损伤严重吗？

4. Which was the most serious？

哪个是最严重的？

5. The most important thing is to stay calm.

最重要的是保持冷静。

6. ─What do you think of the snowstorm?

你是怎么看待暴风雪的?

─I think it is more dangerous than flood.

我认为暴风雪比洪水更危险。

7. I think the mobile phone is more useful than the telephone. Yes, but the computer is the most useful of all.

我认为手机比电话更有用。是的，但是电脑是最有用的。

1. lose one’s life 失去生命

2. protect sb. from 保护…免受…

3. ask sb. for help 向某人求助

4. fall down 跌倒，落下

5. run out of 跑出…外

6. stay calm 保持冷静

7. close to 靠近 / 接近

8. stay away from = get away from

远离

9. be over 结束

10. with the help of…

with one’s help

在…的帮助下

11. the whole nation 全国

12. return to normal life

恢复正常的生活

13. be able to do sth.

有能力做某事

14. turn off 关闭

15. in the middle of 在...中间

1. 多音节词和部分双音节词在词前加more（比较级）或the most（最高级）

如：

原级 比较级 最高级

delicious more delicious

the most delicious

carefully more carefully the most carefully

popular more popular the most popular

2. Five million people lost their homes.

500万人失去了家园。

①基数词修饰million, hundred, thousand时，只能用单数形式（表示确数）。

如：two hundred 两百

three thousand 三千

seven million 七百万

②当hundred, thousand, million 与of连用时，一定要用复数（表示概数）。

如：hundreds of 数百，数以百计

thousands of 数千，成千上万

millions of 数百万