高中英語時事課件澳洲大火共18張

1、Important and difficult pointsThroughout the season of summer, certain areas of Australia usually experience such a drought that they set alight (燃燒) during the months of January and February. But this year, the fires came early.Para 1:詞匯拓展： 自然災(zāi)害 natural disaster 地震 earthquake 雪崩 avalanche 火山噴發(fā) volc

2、anic eruption 洪水 flood 干旱 drought 森林大火 forest fires 饑荒 famine 熱浪 heat wave 暴風(fēng)雪 blizzard 龍卷風(fēng) tornado 颶風(fēng) hurricane自然災(zāi)害Blizzard EarthquakeHurricane Forest firesVolcanic eruption Flood Tornado Drought 背景知識澳大利亞地處南半球，雖然時差與中國只有2-3小時，但是季節(jié)卻完全相反。12月2月為夏季，3月5月為秋季，6月8月為冬季，9月11月為春季，年平均氣溫北部27，南部14。vssummer in Aus

3、tralia (January)winter in China (January)Important and difficult pointsAustralia has been burning since October. As the fires have become worse than they have ever been before, starting earlier and spreading over a larger amount of land, the devastation (毀壞) has been enormous and the coverage has be

4、en global. Para 2:a large amount of : 輸出詞塊 大量的（常接不可數(shù)名詞）enormous : 同義異構(gòu) 極大的；巨大的（huge）coverage : 派生詞 新聞報道（cover + age）Important and difficult pointsThe fires have been growing rapidly with many still not under control due to the size and violence of them. The constant fear and terror Australians are c

5、urrently living through is insane (瘋狂的) the fear that they may have to evacuate (撤離) their homes potentially never to return with their possessions lost forever and burnt to the ground. There have been many images taken by the evacuees on social media of people escaping to the beach, where they are

6、surrounded by flames and smoke, yet its the safest place for them to be.Important and difficult pointsPara 3:rapidly : 派生詞 快地；迅猛地 rapidly growing / changing / expanding 迅速發(fā)展的 / 快速變化的 / 快速擴(kuò)張的be under control : 輸出詞塊 被控制；受控制同族詞 : terror, terrible, terribly, terrify, terrifiedcurrently : 派生詞 目前；當(dāng)前（prese

7、ntly / at the present time）live through sth : 輸出詞塊 經(jīng)歷（災(zāi)難或其他困境）而幸存potentially : 派生詞 可能地（possibly）possession:同義異構(gòu)（formal）（常用復(fù)數(shù)）財產(chǎn)；所有物（belongings）be burnt to the ground : 認(rèn)知詞塊 被全部燒毀；被夷為平地take images : 輸出詞塊 拍照（take pictures / take photos）Important and difficult pointsNot only are the fires destroying hu

8、man homes, but also wildlife and their homes. Koalas and Kangaroos are terrified fleeing from the fires, approaching humans for care, water and help. Koalas are slowly becoming an endangered species with people desperately trying to help them.Important and difficult pointsflee from : 輸出詞塊 逃離（escape

9、from / run away from）approach : 學(xué)術(shù)詞匯 靠近；接近（come near to）endangered species : 認(rèn)知詞塊 瀕危物種desperately : 精準(zhǔn)的漢語釋義 拼命地；不顧一切地 Para 4:長難句 : Not only are the fires destroying human homes, but also wildlife and their homes. 譯文：大火不僅在摧毀人類的家園，還殺害野生動物，破壞它們的家園。分析：在not only . but also . 句型中，not only 位于句首時，引導(dǎo)的分句部分倒裝。

10、 詞義辨析側(cè)重 “損”，可修復(fù)側(cè)重 “毀”，無法修復(fù)vsImportant and difficult pointsThe landmass that the fires have covered is so far larger than the country Wales in the UK, over 5.1 million hectares (公頃). Last years California fires covered around 68, 000 hectares. It is estimated that half a billion animals have been kil

11、led as well as 1/3 of the koala population in New South Wales. This figure is set to rise as the fires continue to burn as koalas are slow movers and they cannot escape quick enough.Important and difficult pointsPara 5:landmass : 合成詞 地塊；路塊cover : 一詞多義 覆蓋（語義網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖見下頁） around : 同義異構(gòu) 大約（about）It is estima

12、ted that . : 固定句式 據(jù)估計figure : 一詞多義 數(shù)字（語義網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖見下頁） quick : adv 同義異構(gòu) 迅速地；快速地（fast） cover 語義網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖 覆蓋； 遮蓋（基本義）cover 覆蓋真相 掩飾 走完 (一段路程)；占地 涵蓋；包括；涉及；處理 采訪；報道 足以支付；夠付 覆蓋多個事物 覆蓋地面一定距離或面積 覆蓋新聞事件 覆蓋費(fèi)用、花銷“數(shù)字”的形狀數(shù)字體形 身材 身影 人物；人士畫像；塑像位數(shù)算術(shù)圖表圖形figure語義網(wǎng)絡(luò)圖“人或動物”的形狀“幾何圖形”的形狀形狀(詞源義)figure n.背景知識新南威爾士州 (New South Wales ) 位

13、于澳大利亞東南部，東瀕太平洋，北鄰昆士蘭州，南接維多利亞州，是英國在澳大利亞最早的殖民地，也是澳大利亞人口最多、工業(yè)化和城市化水平最高的州。礦產(chǎn)資源、森林資源、旅游資源豐富，擁有世界最大之一的天然良港悉尼港。主要城市有悉尼、紐卡斯?fàn)?、臥龍崗等。Important and difficult pointsThe amount of coverage the fires have had has been incredible, individual celebrities donating half a million dollars and donating their profits fro

14、m their brands to the fire service and animal reserves, people donating anything they can to help protect Australia over the next couple months of summer. Its incredible to watch the world come together through such a devastating time, and its terrifying to watch how destructive fire is.Important and difficult pointsPa