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1、Disaster灾难性事件是指战争、火灾、水灾、旱灾、地震、意外事故(如交通事故、空难)等。有关词句如下:1.事件名称aircrash(空难),snowstorm;flood,drought,earthquake,anactivevolcano,abigfire,tsunami,storm,typhone,hurricane,sandstorm,financialcrisis,2.表示发生hit/strike(struck)袭击Sth.hit/strikesomeplacehappen/breakou
2、t发生Sth.happen/breakoutinsomeplace(1)abigfire/awar/anearthquakebrokeout…一场大火发生……(2)theearthquake/accidenthappened/occurred地震事故发生于(3)Anearthquakehit/struck/shockedthedistrict.这地区受到地震的袭击。3.表示起因(1)Thetrafficaccidentwascausedby/wasduetocarelessdriving.这次车祸起因
3、于驾驶疏忽。(2)Thecauseofthefirewascarelessness.(3)Thefirewasduetothefactthatsomeonedroppedalightedcigarette.这火灾是由于有人丢落燃着的香烟而引起的。4.表示生命、财产损失伤亡的表达:bekilled/beinjured/bedead/loseone’slife/leavesb.missing/with+n.+adj.损失的表达:cause/suffergreatlosses;costsb.sth;dest
4、roy;damage;ruin;missing;stealsth.fromsb.;robsb.ofsth.;breakinto;sink;erupt;blowup;burndown;collapse;falloff;falldown;knockinto/down;washaway;blowaway;cutoff句式:(1)…causedgreatdamageto…………(2)Hundredsofhousesweredamagedbythestorm.暴风雨毁坏了数百家房屋。(3)Anumberofho
5、useswereburntdowninthefire.好些房子在火灾中都烧毁了。(4)Manyhouseswerewashedawaybytheflood.许多房子被洪水冲走了。(5)Aftertheearthquake,water,gasandelectricitywereallcutoff.(6)Wedon’tknowhowmanytownsweredestroyed,butweknowmanypeoplelosttheirhomes.(7)Thebigfloods,whichoccurredin
6、1998,causedgreatlosses.(8)Theaccidentdelayedallthetrafficforanhourandcausedthedamageof$80,000.这次事故阻碍/延误交通达一个小时,造成8万美元的经济损失。(9)Itisestimatedthatthetyphoonhascausedaneconomiclossofmorethan3millionyuan.5.表示人员伤亡词汇:getkilled;injure;loseone’slife句式:(1)Manypeo
7、plewereinjured/killedinthefire/accident/war/aircrash.许多人死于这场火灾、事故、空难。(2)TensofthousandsofpeoplelosttheirpreciouslifeowingtothestrongearthquakeinSichuanprovince.因为四川的这场大地震,几万人失去了宝贵的生命。(3)Asaresult,thethree-storiedbuildingwasdestroyed.50peoplewerekilled,a
8、ndmorethan200wereinjured.6.表示救援词汇:sendsb.tohospital;callinthepolice;callforadoctor;callanambulance(1)受灾地区thestrickenarea/district(2)救灾工作rescuework(3)地震灾民victimsoftheearthquake(4)被困人员thetrapped(5)拯救rescue/save…from(6)呼吁人们捐赠callonp