情景会话口袋书人际篇37:谈论自然灾害(2)
时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:情景会话口袋书人际篇
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9. We should hold together and overcome difficulies caused by the natural disaster.
我们应该团结一致,克服自然灾害造成的困难。
还能这样说:
We should unit as one and concentrate efforts on the natural disaster.
We ought to be on the same side and get over the difficulties caused by the natural disaster.
应用解析:
overcome a bad habit 改掉坏习惯;
overcome one's shortcomings 克服缺点;
be overcome with liquor 喝醉
10. We have to do something to help the people in the stricken area.
我们要做些什么来帮助灾区人民。
还能这样说:
Something should be done for the people in the disaster area.
People in the distress 1 area need us to give them a hand.
谚语:
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者,天助之。
11. No one would bow to natural disasters.
我们决不向自然灾害低头。
还能这样说:
We should never surrender to the natural disasters.
Everything will stand straight in front of natural disaster.
谚语:
Snake-like Reflection of a Bow in the Cup.
杯弓蛇影。
12. Ask me what just happened.
你猜刚刚发生什么事。
还能这样说:
Guess what!
Guess what happened just now.
谚语:
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
13. The flood made so many people homeless.
洪水让很多人无家可归。
还能这样说:
Many people were drowned out of their homes.
The flood made many people lose their house and home.
谚语:
An expert is an expert.
专家就是专家。
14. The entire town drowned in the tsunami 2.
整个小镇都被海啸淹没了。
还能这样说:
The town was covered with water in the tsunami.
The sea water spread over the town in the tsunami.
应用解析:
be drowned 淹死,溺死;
drown oneself 投水;
eyes drowned in tears 泪汪汪的眼睛;
drown oneself in 埋头于
15. Heavy rainfalls inundated 3 the crops.
大雨淹没了庄稼。
还能这样说:
The flood overflowed 4 the crops.
The crops were covered with heavy rain.
应用解析:
make heavy weather of sth. 将某事弄得比实际困难;
heavy going difficult or boring 困难的;令人厌烦的
16. Soil and water loss is the trouble root of the natural disaster in Jiangxi Province.
水土流失是江西自然灾害的根源。
还能这样说:
Soil and water loss has led to the natural disaster in Jiangxi Province.
The natural disaster in Jiangxi Province was caused by soil and water loss.
应用解析:
to the roots 充分地;竭力地;彻底地;
root and branch 彻底,完全地;
root sth. up 连根拔起
17. The natural disaster was quite serious.
这场自然灾害很严重。
还能这样说:
The natural calamity 5 has brought about bad results.
A lot of grave consequences resulted from the natural calamity.
应用解析:
court disaster 惹祸;
walk with disaster 与灾祸打交道,招致灾难
1 distress
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
- Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
2 tsunami
n.海啸
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
3 inundated
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 );(洪水般地)涌来;充满;给予或交予(太多事物)使难以应付
- We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
- We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 overflowed
溢出的
- Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
- A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》