Book6 Unit5 写作训练一.常用单词:hurricane n.飓风 typhoon n.台风 tornado n.龙卷风 drought n. 干旱alarm n.警报 humid adj.潮湿的 humidity n.湿气,湿度 phenomenon n.现象shake n. 摇;震动 burst vi. 爆发;爆炸 ruin n. 废墟 injure vt. 损害;destroy vt. 破坏;毁坏 useless adj. 无用的 shock vt. 使……震惊quake n. 地震 rescue n.救援 disaster n. 灾难 shelter n. 掩蔽;弊身处bury vt. 埋 damage vt. 破坏;损坏 frightened adj. 害怕的二.常用短语:thunder and lightning 雷电交加 weather forecast 天气预报 greenhouse effect 温室效应global warming 全球变暖 right away 立刻;马上 calm down 平静下来burst out 爆发 burst into 突然…… in ruins 废墟dig out 挖掘 give out 分发;发出 prepare for 为……做准备instead of 代替;不是 at an end 完结,结束 a great number of 大量的be shocked at 对……感到震惊 take shelter from 躲避 break down 垮掉crowd in 涌入 blow down 吹倒三.经典例句:1.The SARS hit / struck / shook /broke out /happened/ occurred in Guangdong and Hong Kong of China in April,2003.03 年 4 月中国广东及香港地区爆发“非典”。2.The traffic accident was caused by careless driving. 这起车祸起因于驾驶疏忽。 3.It is reported that the heavy rainfall caused rivers to break their banks, washing away bridges.据报道大水冲垮了堤防和桥梁。4. The rescue work is going on/is still under way.救灾工作正在进行。5.In the meantime, people nationwide are taking an active part in raising funds for disaster areas. 与此同时, 全国人民都在积极为灾区捐款。6. It was estimated that the economic losses was more than 9.7 billion yuan.估计造成经济损失达 97 个亿。7.In spite of all this, the government called on the whole nation to support the places hit by the worst disaster.尽管如此, 政府还是号召全国支援被这次大灾难袭击的地区。8.Tens of thousands of people lost their precious lives owing t...