夏说英语新闻晨读 第88期:日本和厄瓜多尔地震
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Earthquakes wrought 1 havoc 2 in Ecuador, killing 3 more than 200, and Japan, where at least 41 died and 11 were missing. Hundreds were injured in both countries. In Japan, 180,000 people are in temporary shelters and 300,000 homes are without water. Ecuador’s earthquake was six times more powerful, but hit a less densely 4 populated area.
词义解析:
Wrought：work的过去式，这里work havoc是固定搭配表示“带来灾难”
Havoc：灾难
Temporary shelter：暂时避难所
v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的
- Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
- It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱
- The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
- This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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