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人教版八年级英语下册UNIT5 Nature's Temper Section B讲义
一．How One Girl Saved Many Lives
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old English schoolgirl, and her family were on holiday in Phuket, Thailand. （p46）
考点： ①save many lives挽救许多生命
②日期表达：日期+月份+年份
26 December 2004读作：the twenty-sixth of December, two thousand and four
on +具体某一天
③复合形容词：数字 - 名词（单数）
a 10-year-old English schoolgirl一个 10 岁的英国女学生
④on holiday / be on holiday在度假；正在休假
二．But while Tilly was walking along the beach with her family, she noticed something strange. Thick white froth was forming on top of the waves. （p46）
考点：①walk along沿着…… 走walk along the beach 沿着海滩走
②notice sth. 注意到某物
notice something strange 注意到奇怪的事情
notice sb. do sth. 注意到某人做某事（全过程）
notice sb. doing sth. 注意到某人正在做某事
③on top of在…… 顶部，在…… 上面
三．Next, she saw that the waves were coming in instead of going out.Just then, she remembered something important. （p46）
考点：
①next 接下来
②just then 就在那时，常用于讲故事衔接
③come in 进来；（海浪）涌上岸go out 出去；（海浪）退去
④instead of +名词 / 代词 /doing“代替；而不是”
come in instead of going out只涌进来而不退去
instead (adv.)代替；反而；却 ( 句末或句首)
四．Two weeks before, her geography teacher had explained that earthquakes under the sea could create dangerous waves called tsunamis!（p46）
考点：
①过去完成时 (Past Perfect Tense)
结构：had + 过去分词
用法：动作发生在过去的过去。
标志词：Two weeks before（两周前）
②被动语态
waves called tsunamis完整结构是 waves which are called tsunamis。
这里是过去分词 (called) 作后置定语，修饰 waves，意为 “被称为海啸的海浪”。
③under the sea在海底；在海下
Unfortunately, her family didn't believe her and wanted to continue their walk. However, Tilly refused to take a single step further. （p46）
①unfortunately 不幸地
②refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事
③a single step一步；哪怕一步
④further
★作副词：更远地；进一步
far 的比较级：far → farther / further
take a step further 再往前走一步
go further 走得更远
★作形容词：更多的；进一步的
further information 更多信息
★作动词：促进；增进
further one’s study 深造，继续学习
六．Finally, her mother decided to continue the walk alone, and the rest of her family returned to the hotel.Back at the hotel, Tilly's father told a security guard about the tsunami. He knew about the huge earthquake in nearby Indonesia. （p46）
考点：
①finally最后，终于
②decide to do sth.决定做某事
③the rest of…剩余的……；剩下的……
the rest of her family 家里其他人
④return to + 地点= go back to… 返回某地
⑤back at…回到…… 地方（介词短语作状语）
Back at the hotel 回到酒店后
⑥security guard保安，警卫huge = very big
⑦nearby附近的（可作adj. / adv.）
nearby Indonesia 印度尼西亚附近
八．It meant that a tsunami was possible! He jumped into action right away and rushed to get people off the beach. Everyone began to panic .People were screaming and running as fast as they could when they saw a huge wall of water coming from the sea.（p46）
考点①mean that … 意味着……
②possible 可能的→impossible 不可能的
③jump into action立即采取行动，马上行动起来
④right away立刻，马上同义：at once, immediately
⑤rush to do sth.匆忙 / 赶紧去做某事
⑥get sb. off …让某人离开……
get people off the beach 让人们撤离海滩
⑦as fast as they could= as fast as possible
结构：as + 副词原级 + as sb. could意为：尽可能…… 地
⑧a huge wall of water一堵巨大的水墙
九．Tilly was right! Her mother was one of the last people on the beach, but thankfully, her family made it to safety just as the water hit the hotel. （p47）
考点：①one of + the + 形容词最高级 + n. 复
one of the last people 最后一批人之一
②thankfully：幸运地；感激地
③make it：成功做到；及时赶到；挺过来
make it to safety 成功抵达安全地带
④ust as正当…… 的时候；就在…… 那一刻（引导时间状语从句）
⑤safety （n. ）安全→safe (adj.)安全的→safely (adv.)安全地
十．The 2004 tsunami caused over 200,000 deaths, but no one on the beach died that day.
This true story shows how a single lesson could mean the difference between life and death. Thanks to her knowledge and quick thinking, one schoolgir] was able to save over 100 lives.（p47）
考点：①over = more than超过；多于
over 200,000 deaths 超过 20 万人死亡
②death（n.） 死亡；→dead(adj.) 死的→die(v.) 死亡
the difference between A and B
③thanks to多亏；幸亏；由于
④quick thinking敏捷的思维；反应快
十一．Tilly found that the waves were moving away from the beach. Tilly's father believed her as soon as she told her family about the strong waves.（p47）
考点：①move away from离开……；远离……
②as soon as…… 一…… 就……
③believe sb.相信某人（说的话）
believe in sb. 信任、信仰某人
十二．From Tilly's experience, what do you think people need to know to survive a natural disaster What did you learn at school that might help to save your life one day （p47）
考点：①survive (v.) 幸存；活下来→（n.）survival 幸存
survive the disaster 在灾难中幸存
natural disaster自然灾害
②blow across吹过；掠过
swept through
③sweep through：席卷；横扫；迅速穿过
sweep过去式：swept
十三．In August 2022, China experienced a great heatwave. It caused drought in different parts of the country. The heatwave hit the southwestern city of Chongqing very hard. They put out the fires.（p48）
考点：①experience作动词：经历；遭受
China experienced a heatwave 中国遭遇了热浪
②hit … hard重创……；对…… 打击很大
③put out fires灭火
十四．It was very hard to fight the fires because of the high temperatures and changeable winds, but the rescue worker refused to give up. By the end of August, they managed to put out all the fires.（p48）
考点：①because of + 名词 / 短语 因为……
because + 句子
②by the end of + 过去时间 到…… 末为止
③manage to do sth.设法做成某事（强调成功做到）
managed to put out all the fires 成功扑灭所有大火
十五．Last Friday started terribly. First, my alarm clock didn't go off, so I woke up late and had to rush to the bus stop. All of a sudden, thunder rolled across the sky.（p49）
考点：
①start terribly开头很糟糕；一开始就不顺
terribly = very badly
terrible (adj.)adj.非常严重的, 可怕的→terribly (adv.)糟糕地
②go off（闹钟）响；发出响声
③all of a sudden突然；忽然= suddenly
④thunder rolled across the sky雷声滚过天空；雷声隆隆
十六．Then it started to pour. By the time the bus came, I was cold and wet. When I finally reached my classroom, out of breath, my teacher was already waiting at the door. Many others were also late because of the rainstorm. As a result, she said we weren't having a test after all! What luck on my unlucky day!（p49）
考点：①pour下大雨；倾盆而下
start to pour 开始下起倾盆大雨
②by the time到…… 时候为止
③out of breath上气不接下气
④as a result结果；因此
⑤after all毕竟；终究；居然
⑥What luck on my unlucky day!在我这么倒霉的一天里，居然这么走运！
十七．Last winter, my family had a terrifying experience. I, on the other hand, was glued to my bedroom window. Thick snow was falling and the world outside was growing whiter and whiter.（p50）
考点：①on the other hand另一方面；与之相反
②be glued to…盯着…… 看；目不转睛地看
③whiter and whiter越来越白
④grow + 形容词 变得…… grow whiter and whiter 变得越来越白
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