word Unit 4 Earthquake [重点词汇] 1. frightenvt. 使惊吓；吓唬 The child was frightened to death by the violent thunderstorm. 那孩子让狂风暴雨吓得要命。 The birds were frightened off by the sudden explosion. 群鸟被突然的爆炸声吓跑了。 News of the robberies frightened many people into fitting new locks to their doors. 发生抢劫的消息把许多人吓得装上新门锁。 Frightened children were calling for their mothers. 惊恐的孩子们呼喊着找妈妈。 2. burst (burst, burst) n.& vi. 爆裂；突然爆发 In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. 在市内一些建筑物的水管爆裂开来。 Hearing the good news, all those present burst into cheers. 听到这个好消息，在场的人都欢呼起来。 Suddenly the door burst open and police officers carrying guns rushed in. 突然门被撞开了，全副武装的警察冲了进来。 To our surprise, the boy is constantly bursting out laughing now and then. 奇怪的是这孩子老是突然大笑。 3. judge n.裁判；法官；vt. 判断；判决；断定；认为 It is difficult to judge the full extent of the damage. 很难断定损失有多大。 Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year. 五个评委听了你的演讲，他们一致认为这是今年最好的演讲。 The mittee judged it advisable to postpone the meeting. 委员会认为会议应该延期举行。 Judging from recent news stories, the work we do together is - 1 - / 5 word seenas essential. 从近期的新闻报道来判断，我们一起开展的工作被视为至关重要。 4. ruin n. 废墟；vt. 毁灭；使破产 An earthquake left the whole town in ruins. 那次地震过后, 全城到处是颓垣断壁。 But it is a very different world from the one left in ruins in 1945. 不过，比起那在1945年剩下的废墟，当今的世界已经不一样了。 That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job. 那一次过失毁掉了他得到这份工作的机会。 Your future will be pletely ruined once you are addicted to drugs. 一旦你染上毒品，你的前程就毁了。 5. damage n. & vi. 损伤；损害 The accident did a lot of damage to the car. 这一事故把汽车损坏得很厉害。 No doubt that such deeds are damages to her reputation.毫无疑问，这样的行为是对她名誉的损害。 We hope that nobody will do anything that damage relations between the two countries 我们希望谁也不要做任何损害两国关系的事情。 As everybody knows, smoking can damage your health. 众所周知，吸烟对身体有害。 6. shock n. & vt. (使)震惊；震动；触电；使休克 The shock of the blast damaged many windows. 许多窗户在爆炸中受损了。 If you touch this live wire, you'll get a shock. 摸这条带电的导线, 就会触电。 The news of his mother's death was a terrible shock to him. 他母亲去世的噩耗使他非常震惊。 He was shocked to hear his child swearing. 他听见他孩子骂人非常生气。 What she did was so shocking that I can hardly describe it. 她的行为太过分了, 我简直无法形容。 - 2 - / 5 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/be5ced085aeef8c75fbfc77da26925c52cc59105.html