have time to do 有时间做某事 happen to do 碰巧做某事
shake hands with sb 握手 burst into tears/ laughter 突然哭/笑起来
in ruins 成为废墟 cut across 穿过、横穿
blow away 吹走、刮走 fall down 倒塌
rescue workers 救援人员 be pleased to do 乐意做某事
make/ give a speech 发表演说 judging….from 根据……来判断
tens of thousands of 成千上万 dig out 挖掘
a great/ large number of =a great many/good 大量的
be trapped in/ under 陷入……/ 陷在……下面
the high school speaking competition 高中演讲比赛
have sb do sth= make sb do sth= let sb do sth 让某人做某事
come to an end (vi) = put/ bring sth to an end = put/ bring an end to sth 结束某事
be proud of / take pride in 以……而自豪
invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事 think little of 对……评价低
invite sb for/ to sth think highly of 对……评价高
one-third 1/3 two-thirds 2/3 seventy-five percent 75%
agree with sb give out 发出（气味等）；分发；耗尽
agree to sth give off 发出（气味等）
agree to do sth give away 赠送；泄露
agree on sth 达成一致意见 give back 归还
right away= right now= at once= immediately 立刻
as you know 正如你所知道的 be known as 作为……而知名
as is known to all 众所周知 be known for 因……而出名
as could be expected 正如可以预料到的
it is useless doing sth 干某事是无用的
happen= take place= come about= break out
偶发 有计划 偶发 战争等爆发
1. It is always calm before a storm.
2. Now, imagine there has been a big earthquake. 此句为There be 句型
3. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. 现在分词表伴随
4. It seemed that the world was at an end.
5. Water, food and electricity were hard to get.
句型：主语+ be + adj + to do 其中to do 用主动形式表示被动含义
6. All hope was not lost. all 与not 连用 表示部分否定
7. It’s never too late to learn. 活到老，学到老。
附：分词用法 之 作定语
falling leaves 正在落的叶子 boiling water 正在沸腾的水
fallen leaves 已经落在地上的叶子 boiled water 开水