Sunday, March 17, 2013
Vocabulary: Hurricane in North Carolina
in case 以防万一, en caso,
في حال، إذا ما
to evacuate 撤离, يفرغ، يجلي يرحل
to knock down 敲下来,
golpear abajo, сбивать,
يطيح بـ، يحبط محاولة هجوم
the power 电力, electricidad,
электроэнергия, كهرباء
a resident 居民, житель, المقيم
a storm 风暴, tormenta,
буря, عاصفة، زوبعة
terrible 可怕, стра́шный,
فظيع، كريه
This is a bad snow storm with strong wind.
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1. This is a bad snow storm with strong wind.
3. These are made of wax (蜡, cera, воск),
and we light them so we can see in the dark.
5. These carry electricity to your home.
Sometimes they fall down during a storm.
7. This thing stores (储存, acumula, хранить) electricity to use in iPods, cameras, and
cell phones.
9. This is a building where you can park your
car.
11. This is a very large, strong storm from the
ocean with heavy wind and rain.
13. This means ‘if’. For example, sometimes you
see signs that say, (BLANK) of
emergency,
do not take the elevator.”
15. This means to tell someone to watch out or to
try to avoid something.
17. Some people say this is a safe place to be
during a hurricane.
2. This word means “to hit and push over.”
4. This word means “to leave quickly because
of an emergency.”
6. Today, we don’t usually chop trees down. We
usually use this machine instead.
8. When the earth shakes, it is called an (BLANK).
10. When the water rises and it covers land that
is usually dry, it is called a (BLANK).
12. When there is not enough rain and things
begin to die, we say there is a (BLANK).
14. When very much snow slides (幻灯片, deslizarse,
скользи́ть) down a mountain and completely covers houses and people, it is
called an (BLANK).
What do you call that?
1. tornado
2. hurricane
3. forest fire/brush fire
4. earthquake/temblor
5. flood
6. volcano
7. blizzard
8. drought
a 2
b 4
c 1
d 5
e 3
f 7
g 6
h 8
Write the vocabulary words: bathtub, battery, candle
b. yard furniture
c. garage
d. battery
e. to warn/a warning
f. candle
g. bathtub
h. power saw/chain saw
i. hurricane/typhoon
j. power lines
Review
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. g
5. b
6. f
7. h
8. e
9. i
Gerund or Infinitive: We got to the party late because...
Gerund (-ing): has already begun/happened
Infinitive (to
...): not yet happened or begun
1. We
got to the party late because we had to stop (changing, to change) a flat tire.
Think:
Did they change the tire before they stopped or after they stopped?
2. That's
strange. This picture is in my album, but I don’t even remember (taking, to
take) it.
3. Remember
(getting, to get) salt at the store, OK? We don't have any left.
4. He
had a heart attack*, so the doctor told him he had to stop (smoking, to smoke).
* 心 脏
病 发 作, ataque al corazón, сердечный
приступ, أزمة قلبية
5. The
neighbors want the restaurant owner to stop (giving, to give) away left-over*
food to street people at the end of the evening. *吃剩的, que sobra, المتبقي
, объе́дк|и
6. The
music was so good. It was hard to stop (dancing, to dance). We wanted to keep
on, but it was getting late.
7. I don’t
remember (buying, to buy) this. The checker must have put it in my bag by
mistake. I wonder if he charged* me for it? *收费, 索价, cobrar, просить, يحاسب
2. taking
3. to get
4. smoking
5. giving
6. dancing
7. buying
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