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1、Unit4ReportsonDisastersaAccidentsPartIGettingreadyPartIIHurricanes&tornadoesAYouaregoingtohearanewsitem.Whilelisteningforthefirsttime,writedownsomekeywordsinthenotescolumn.Afterthesecondlistening,answerthefollowingquestions.简明词典单词解释completelyad.完全地,十分地,全然cutoff切下,割下;切断,截断,隔离,使中断联系,中断,剥夺财产继承权
2、officialadj.官方的,正式的death;deaths(death):n.死;灭亡tolln.通行费,代价,钟声armyn.军队reliefn.宽慰;欣慰effortn.努力,艰难的尝试Davidn.大卫stormn.风暴;暴(风)雨upto直到,达到…;由…决定;从事,搞miles(mile):n.英里struckstrike的过去式(分词)coastn.海岸;滑行flattening(flatten):v.弄平;击倒destroying(destroy):vt.破坏;消灭;打破crops(crop):n.庄稼;收成transportn.运输;运输工具links(li
3、nk):n.环;环节v.串连tidala.潮汐的,定时涨落的waves(wave):n.波,波浪;波动torrentiala.奔流的,如急流的,猛烈的railwayn.铁路,铁道floodedpp.涌到areas;area(Area):n.地区;面积ferryn.渡船,渡口sank(sink):n.(厨房内的)洗涤槽dueto由于…,归因于…;预定…floodingn.泛滥,产后出血collapsing断裂electrocutions(electrocution):n.电刑,电死evacuated(evacuate):v.疏散,撤出,排泄sheltern.隐蔽处;掩蔽,庇护ca
4、mps(camp):n.野营,营地,兵营surveyingn.概观,测量helicoptern.直升机chiefn.首长,头子ministern.大臣;部长resembled(resemble):vt.相似,类似,象burialn.埋葬,埋藏,掩埋appealedto(appealto):对…有吸引力;呼吁,请求;诉诸…federala.联邦的;联盟的governmentn.政府,内阁;政体;统治treatvt.治疗incidentn.事件;事变calamityn.灾难,不幸事件Tapescript:Largenumbersofvillageshavebeencompletel
5、ycutoff.Theofficialsaidthedeathtollcouldreach2000.TheIndianarmyhasbeencalledintohelpthereliefeffort.FromDeli.HereisDavidWillis.Thestormwithwindsofupto75milesanhourstruckIndia'ssoutheastcoast,flatteninghomes,destroyingcropsandcuttingtransportlinks.Eyewitnessesreportedtidalwavesmorethan12feeth
6、igh.Thestormwasfollowedbytorrentialrains,whichsweptawayroadsandrailwaylines,andfloodedlowlyingareas.Morethan40peoplearethoughttohavediedwhenaferrysank.Butmostofthedeathshavebeenduetoflooding,housescollapsingorelectrocutions.Morethan100000peoplehavebeenevacuatedfromtheirhomesandaretakingshelt
7、erinreliefcamps.Aftersurveyingthefloodedareabyhelicopter,thechiefministersaiditresembledaburialground.He'sappealedtothefederalgovernmenttotreattheincidentasanationalcalamity.DavidWillis.Listentothefollowingnewsitem.Whilelisteningforthefirsttime,tak
