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3. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. too…to…太……而不能（表示否定意义） Tom is too young to go there on his own. 汤姆太小了而不能独自去那儿。 4.In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. burst (burst , burst ; bursting) 短语：burst into + n.= burst out + v-ing 突 然…… He burst into laughter. He burst out laughing. 5. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. think little of 不重视 It is wrong to think little of everything 相关短语： think highly of 高度评价 think much of 尊重 ; 重视 8.One-third of nation felt it. 分数的基本结构： 分子用基数词，分母用序数词。当分子大于一时，分母要加s。 two thirds 三分之二 one third 三分之一 destroy, ruin and damage destroy 彻底毁坏，无法修复 The fire destroyed the whole building. ruin 毁坏，比destroy程度稍轻，还常指美好的希望或希望中的美好事物的破坏。 The rain ruined my holiday. damage损害，损坏，程度较轻，可修复 My car was damaged by the accident. 10.The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000 The number of ……的数量，其后只能跟可数名词复数，做主语时谓语动词用单数。 The number of students reaches 65 in our class. 12.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. 一些关于useless有关的常用句型： It is useless dong sth. 做某事是没用的 It is no good /not any good doing sth. 做某事是没有用处的 It is no good/not any good playing computer games. 14.Sand now filled the wells instead of water. instead of 代替，而不是，它是介词短语，后接名词，介词，动名词等平行结构，但不能接句子。 We stayed at home all day instead of going out to play. instead adv 代替，顶替，反而 He didn’t reply. Instead, he left the room. 15.People were shocked. shock ： v. 使某人震惊 be shocked at 对…感到震惊 be shocked to do sth. 做某事很震惊 He was shocked to know he had been cheated. I was shocked at the news of her death. shocked adj.感到震惊的，通常用来修饰人，表示人自身的感受。 shocking adj.人震惊的，通常用来修饰物 The news is very shocking. 17.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. wonder 的相关句型： It is a wonder that… 令人惊奇的是