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Unit 4 Earthquakes 一.Words and Expression: 1.right away: immediately, at once, right now, in no time eg: He is ill; you should call in the doctor right away. The police will be here right away. 2.burst vi. n. eg: My bike’s tyre burst suddenly. The dam burst under the weight of water. There is a burst of laughter in the room. burst into 匆匆进入；突然开始 eg: He burst into the room. All at once, she burst into tears. = She burst out crying. 3.million n. eg: The population of the city is about eight million. He earned nine million dollars last year. There are millions of living things on the earth. 4.event n. eg: That was an important event. I must finish the whole work today at all events/ in any event. 无论如何 In the event of rain, the sport meeting will be put off. 倘若、万一 You could be right, and in that event they’ll have to pay you back. 5.as if/ as though eg: It looks as if it isn’t clean enough to swim here. He looks as if he were an artist. It seems as if the meeting never ended. He kept working as if nothing had happened. 6.at an end eg: The hot days are at last at an end. The war was at an end. 7.ruin vt. n. eg: The storm ruined the village. We saw the ruins of the church. in ruins: The village was in ruins. 8.extreme adj. extremely adv. eg: The patient is in extreme danger. The exam is extremely important to you. 9.injure vt. eg: One of the players injured his leg. He got injured in a traffic accident last year. 10.destroy vt. eg: The fire destroyed all my books. They destroyed all the enemies in this country. 11.shock v. n. eg: It shocked me to see them doing that. She died of shock after an operation on her brain. 休克 The news was a great shock to him. shocking adj. a shocking accident shocked adj. They were greatly shocked at the news. 12.rescue n. vt. eg: The policemen are carrying out a rescue. We rescued the boy who fell into the river. We