高中英语教学：《续写》这个 “主人”脾气坏起来会让你丧命.docx

这个 “主人”脾气坏起来会让你丧命 最近一个月随着夏季气温的升高，世界各地火灾频发。希腊火灾，加拿大火灾，一起接着一起。Fire is a good servant, but a bad master. 火灾给人们的生命财产带来了巨大的损失。今天我们一起来学习一些火灾的相关的新闻词汇。　 英语新闻高频词汇：火灾类 1. flame　n. 火焰　　 2. ash 　 n. 灰烬 3. burn v. 燃烧　　　　　　　　 4. consume 　 v. 烧毁，毁灭 5. authority 　 n. 当局;官方 6. emergency worker 应急人员 7. site 　 n. 现场;发生地;场所 8. explosion 　 n. 爆炸 9. rubble 　n. 碎石;碎砖10. blast　n 爆炸;(爆炸引起的)气浪 11. oxygen canister　 氧气罐 12. footage　n. 视频片段 13. debris 　 n. 碎片，残骸 14.erupt 　 v.喷发，爆发 15.blaze 　n.大火（新闻报道尤其用得多） 16.emergency responders n.急救人员 17.sustain 　 v.遭受 18.range ...from （表示范围,从.....到.....） 品读美文，积累表达 下面这篇文章内包含了太多的关于火灾的场景描写和心情描写，请耐心读完，相信你一定会有收获。文章中那些精妙的表达只有您自己慢慢体会。 A Squatter Fire I had never seen a house on fire before, only filmed reports of it on the television. So, one evening when I heard the siren screams of a few fire-engines rushing past my house, I dashed into the street and joined a growing crowd of curious people. We could see the fire only from a safe distance as the police had cordoned off the place for security reasons. even at a distance, I could recognize that the affected houses were in a squatter area where my part-time maid, Mani, lived. What a terrible scene greeted my eyes ! The fire was raging through the shabbily built houses. Flames leaped up hungrily to devour the wooden sheds. Every now and then tongues of fire would shoot up almost skyhigh, sprinkling bright red sparks of fire about. Fiery wooden beams crashed and glowed brightly. Thick black smoke spread all around. Dozens of firemen from the four fire-engines were busily engaged in putting out the fire. The rushing water from several hoses soaked the houses but it did not seem to have any effect on the flames. Soon, a few firemen with hoses in their hands were seen climbing up tall red ladders of the fire-engines. The continuous flooding from the top finally brought the fire under control. Where it had been red there was only black -- the charred remains of ruined houses. While all ey