高级英语精品课程第二册

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ece. The French doors in an upstairs room blew in with an explosive sound, and the group heard gunlike reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated.  (para 9) Then the front door started to break away from its frame. …but a blast of water hit the house, flinging open the door and shoving them down the hall.  (para 13)The house shuddered and shifted on its foundations. Water inched its way up the stairs as first floor outside walls collapsed.  (para 18)The bottom steps of the staircase broke apart. One wall began crumbling on the marooned group. House  (para 22) Debris flew as the livingroom fireplace and its chimney collapsed. With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to disintegrate  (para 24)A second wall moved, wavered,…it toppled on him. The house, shuddering and rocking, had moved 25 feet from its foundations.  (para 26) The floor tilted… A third wall gave way.  (para 20) Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist. People Actions (para 12) As they scrambled back . (para 21) The children huddled in the slashing rain. … Grandma implored,‖ let‘s sing‘…she carried on alone for a few bars, then her voice trailed away. (para 26) The larger children sprawled on the floor, with the smaller ones in a layer on top of them, and the adults bent over all nine. People  Feelings (Para 14) The mother was on the verge of panic. She clutched his arm and kept repeating, ―I can‘t swim, I can‘t swim‖. With outward calm. (Para 16) Grandma Koshak reached an arm around her husband‘s shoulder and put her mouth close to his ear ―Pop, she said, ‗I love you‘.. (Para 17) John felt a crushing guilt. He held his head between his hands, and silently prayed…. (Para 24) Pop raged silently, frustrated at not being able to do anything to fight Camille. (para 29) None of the returnees.., they stood shocked, trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes (para34) Children were still awed by the imprehensible power. Janis had one delayed reaction Inch: n. vt. vi.—move very slowly, carefully, or with difficulty The climber inched up the vertical rock. The police were searching the area inch by inch. 译： 救护车慢慢地穿过人群。 他把车一点一点地往前开。 书架上堆满了书。 The ambulance inched its way through the crowd. He inched the car forward. Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books. Maroon: vt. Leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless. I‘m left feeling lonely, sad and marooned. I am temporarily marooned at home by my injured knee. 译：鲁宾逊在岛上孤零零地生活了若干年，他勇敢地活了下来。 当 River Avons的河堤垮了的时候，五对夫妻被困在他们的面包车里。 After years of being marooned on the island, Robinson made himself a brave survivor. Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. Snap: 1) break suddenly with a sharp cracking noise. He shifted his weight and a twig snapped. Every minute or so I could hear a snap, a crack and a crash as another tree went down. 2) Move to a position quickly with a sharp sound. The bag snapped open. 3) Speak in a sharp, unfriendly way. ―I don‘t know her‖, Roger snapped…I‘m sorry, Cassy, I didn‘t mean to snap at you like that. 4) Lose patience and calmness, bee angry. He finally snapped when she prevented their children from visiting him one weekend. 5) A snap decision , action: taken too quickly without careful thought. I think this is too important for a snap decision. A snap election/judgment 7) Snapshot 译：她双手抓住管子，试图将它折成两截。 他啪地一下把笔记本合上。 Grant第一次也是唯一的一次失控了。 She gripped the pipe with both hands, trying to snap it in half. He snapped the notebook shut. For the first time and only time Grant‘s selfcontrol snapped. Detailed study of Section 3  How did help e?  How did people feel?  What did they do to rebuild the munity? Para 2829 They saw human bodies –more than 130 men, women and children died along the Mississippi coast – and parts of the beach and highway were strewn with dead dogs, cats, cattle. Strips of clothing festooned。