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,..
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.
Structural analysis of the text
略
Rhetorical features of the text
略
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
IV
C D A D B A C B
V
1.invention
2.enormous
3.economically
4.smooth
5.plod
6.discourteous
7.plot
8.edge
VI
1.way
2.controlled
3.for example
4.finished
5.be able to deal with it
6.making
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
IV
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.
Translation
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1.人类所有聪明的创造创造和保护手段，在地壳震动30秒钟后便完全失效了
2.这死普通的沉寂从白天持续到黑夜，可是在大火周围，因为上升的热空气形成强大吸力，风力常常接近狂风必部3.要记录被烧毁的建筑，那将是整个旧金山的所有在册房子，而要记录没被烧毁的建筑可能仅需一行宇加几个地址假如记下所有英勇事迹，一定会塞满整个图书馆，耗尽全部卡内基奖章基金死亡人数的记录则将永远没办法获得公4.这类精疲力竭的人在刺刀的威胁下不能不又站起身来，在陡峭的路面上继续挣扎，可是每走五到十英尺又累得停下脚步。
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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世纪，南达科他州戴德伍德镇发现黄金，吸引了很多心地善良或心怀叵测、但都一心想发财的人，进而使它被称作是“胆小鬼绝不敢动身前往，不中用的则死于途中”的地方。但在戴德伍德镇；最大的恶魔一直是一样东西：失火。小镇建筑在峻峭的山坡上，下面深谷蜿蜒。倘若发生失火，这山谷就成了个烟囱，把火焰一直吸上房子。
在大家这个年代，大火再一次威胁过这个小镇。有一些废纸在山脚下烧着了，然后大火就熊熊而起，不到一-小时，火焰就穿过树顶。大风在森林中呼啸而过，几乎把火焰引到了小镇的边缘。受惊的居民们筹备离开，他们尽可能多带一些财物，街头到处都是衣服堆得高高的汽车。风向在变化，汽车也不断被迫改变撤退的路线。
消防队员奋不考虑身地与大火搏斗了24小时，最后飞机也用上了。飞机开始用水“轰炸”大火，如此才阻止了大火的蔓延。大火开始减势，离开的大家回家了。他们看到黑黑的一片山谷，但他们的房子依旧存在。戴德伍德镇从它最险恶的敌人手中准时得救了。
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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