2022年高中英语Module3TheViolenceofNature-WordsandExpressionsdisastern. 1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune: His policies were a disaster. 2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune: The earthquake was a disaster.floodn. 1. the inward flow of the tide : A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune –Shakespeare. 2. an overwhelming number or amount: a flood of requests v. 1. cover with liquid, usually water: The swollen river flooded the village. 2. supply with an excess of: Flood the market with tennis shoes. 3. bee filled to overflowing: Our basement flooded during the heavy rains. 4. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid: The images flooded his mind.experiencen. 1. the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities: a man of experience 2. the content of direct observation or participation in an event: He had a religious experience. 3. an event as apprehended: a surprising experience v. 1. to have a particular situation affect you or happen to you: The country experienced a foreign currency shortage for several months. Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives. 2. to have and be aware of a particular emotion or physical feeling: to experience pain / pleasure / unhappiness I experienced a moment of panic as I boarded the plane.causen. 1. a justification for sth. existing or happening: He had no cause to plain. 2. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of sth.: They are trying to determine the cause of the crash. 3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end: They worked in the cause of world peace. v. to make sth. happen, especially sth. bad or unpleasant: Do they know what caused the fire? Are you causing trouble again? The bad weather is causing problems for many farmers. deaths caused by dangerous driving, The poor harvest caused prices to rise sharply. The project is still causing him a lot of problems.currentn. 1. a steady flow (usually from natural causes): The raft floated downstream on the current. 2. a flow of electricity through a conductor: The current was measured in amperes. 3. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas: The current of history. adj. occurring in or belonging to the present time: Current events.buryv. 1. to place a dead body in a grave: He was buried in Highgate Cemetery. (figurative) Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. 2. (old-fashioned) to lose sb. by death: She’s 85 and has buried three husbands. 3. to hide sth in the ground: buried treasure The dog had buried its bone in the garden. rotatev.1. cause to turn on an axis or center: Rotate the handle. 2. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession: We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil. 3. exchange on a regular basis: We rotate the lead soprano every night. violentadj. 1. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud: a violent clash of colors 2. effected by force or injury rather than natural causes: a violent death. 3. acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity: a violent attack. striken. 1. a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit: This pitcher throws more strikes than balls. 2. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball: He finished with three strikes in the tenth frame. 3. an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective: The strike was scheduled to begin at dawn. v. 1. arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing: Strike a balance. 2. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target: We must strike the enemy's oil fields. 3. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically: The pianist strikes a middle C. ruinn. 1. a ruined building: They explored several Roman ruins. 2. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction: You have brought ruin on this entire family.v. 1. destroy or cause to fail: This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election. 2. reduce to ruins: The country lay ruined after the war. 3. destroy pletely; damage irreparably: You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!eruptv. 1. bee active and spew forth lava and rocks: Vesuvius erupts once in a while. 2. erupt or intensify suddenly: Unrest erupted in the country. 3. appear on the skin: A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant. possibilityn. 1. a possible alternative : Bankruptcy is always a possibility. 2. a future prospect or potential 3. capability of existing or happening or being true: There is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired.terrifyingadj. causing extreme terror: a terrifying manworldwideadj. 1. spanning or extending throughout the entire world: worldwide distribution 2. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope: of worldwide significance activeadj. 1. always busy doing things, especially physical activities: Although he’s nearly 80, he is still very active. 2. involved in sth.; making a determined effort and not leaving sth. to happen by itself: They were both politically active. active involvement / participation / support / resistance She takes an active part in school life. The parents were active in campaigning against cuts to the education budget. They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease. 3. doing sth. regularly; functioning: sexually active teenagers, animals that are active only at night, The virus is still active in the blood. an active volcano (= likely to erupt) damagen the act or result of damaging sth. or sb.: How much is the damage? v. to harm or spoil sth./sb.: The snow damaged the roof. The fire badly damaged the town hall. Several vehicles were damaged in the crash. Smoking seriously damages your health. The allegations are likely to damage his political career. emotionally damaged children经典时文背诵Natural DisastersIn the past hundred years, there have been frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts([draut]干旱), mud-rock flows(泥石流), seismic([5saIzmIk]地震引起的)sea waves, earthquakes, windstorms and the stretching of new deserts. The disasters have killed millions upon millions of people, destroyed countless homes, and wiped out numerous pieces of fertile land. Now more and more people bee aware that those disasters have much to do with what we have done to the earth. We have cut down too many trees in the forests, we have badly polluted the environment, we have shocked our own home-planet time and again with tremendously ([tri5mendEsli]可怕地,非常地) powerful explosions of nuclear bombs. As a result, climates have bee abnormal, rainwater rushes down hillsides angrily, and the underground energy goes up to revenge itself on us. The earth is our only home-planet. It is urgent for us to stop damaging it, and to do our best to protect it and make it a lovely place suitable to live in, for we have nowhere to go and survive except where we are now.。