book1 unit 4 new words
Unit 4 words and expressions 1 right away: 同义词语
straight away;
at once;
immediately
2 well: n
well water: 井水
dig a well：挖井
well: adv/adj(better; best)
3 burst: burst; burst (vi/n)
burst the balloon
The dam burst under the weight of water.
在水的重压下大坝溃堤了。
burst into tears/ laughter/flames
突然哭、笑、起火
burst out crying/laughing
burst into leaf/flower: 长出叶、开花
4 million: five million people
五百万人
millions of people 数百万人thousands of 成千上万
tens of thousands of 数以万计hundreds of 成百上千
5 event: n
（1）important events in history(事件): 历史上的大事（2）（赛事；比赛项目）
Which events have you entered
for? 你报名参加了哪些项目？How many events are included in the Olympics?
奥运会包括哪些比赛项目
6 as if/as though：似乎；好像
He treats me as if I were his son.他对待我就像我是他的儿子一样He looks as if he were ill. 似乎他病了
It looks as if it is going to rain. 好像要下雨
It seems that…
It seems as if/as though…
It seemed that /as if the world was at an end.好像到了世界尽头
It seems that he’s right. 好像他是对的
He behaved as if nothing had happened.
他显得若无其事的样子。
as if to do/as if doing
The old man opened his mouth as if to say something.
那个老人张开嘴好像要说什么
He sat there as if thinking about something.
他坐在那里好像正在想什么事
7 be at an end：终结；结束
The war was at an end.
come to an end 走向终结
put an end to the war/the meeting.结束战争/会议………..
8 ruin: vt; n
The bad weather ruined our trip. 坏天气破坏了我们的旅行
The castle has fallen into ruin.
这座城堡沦为废墟
The news meant the ruin of all our hopes.
这个消息意味着我们所有希望的破灭
fall into ruin:
崩溃；倒塌；解体；沦为废墟
be/lie in ruins：成为废墟
the ruins of old Rome.
古罗马遗址（常用复数）
9 suffering: n
There is no such suffering in this world.
世界上没有这样的苦难
suffer: v
suffer pain/huge losses
遭受痛苦/巨大损失
suffer from headache：头疼
10 extreme: adj
show extreme patience/ kindness: 表现出极大的耐心/爱心extremely；adv
He is extremely honest.
an extremely honest man
11 injure: v
He was badly injured in the accident.
在事故中他受了重伤
This could seriously injure the company’s reputation.
这可能严重损害公司的声誉injured: adj
The injured were sent to a nearby hospital.
受伤的人被送到了附近的医院injury: n
12 destroy: vt（destroyed; destroyed）
The earthquake destroyed many
buildings.
Many buildings were destroyed. destruction: n
摧毁
destructive: adj
有破坏力的
*13 shock: n/v
V: The news shocked all of us.
这个消息使我们都很震惊
n : (1) The news of his death came as a shock（一件令人震惊的事）to all of us.
(2) He died of shock.(休克)
adj: shocking （令人震惊的）news We were all shocked at/by the
shocking news
*14 rescue: v/n
rescue sb from…从…中营救某人He rescued a child from drowning /fire.
come/go to one’s rescue 来营救某人
The army came to our rescue.
15 trap: v/n (trapped; trapped) They were trapped in the burning building.
The elevator broke down and we were trapped inside.
trap sb into( doing) sth:
诱骗某人做某事
They tried to trap her into giving information.
I was trapped into telling the police all (that) I knew.
(我中计了，把一切都告诉了警察)
n : 陷阱
be caught in a trap.(落入陷阱) fall into my trap: 中我的计
The deer was caught in our trap.
16 electricity: n (u) 电
make /produce electricity发电adj:
electric:
本身用电的；本身能导电的
electric fans 电风扇
electrical : 与电方面有关的electrical engineer: 电气工程师17 dig out (of sth)
(dug; dug; digging)
They dug the potatoes out of the ground.
More than ten people were dug out of the coal mine.
dig out the truth(探明真相)
dig out an old photo (翻出旧照片) 18 bury: vt (buried; buried)
埋葬；掩埋
(1) Where is Shakespeare buried? He was buried with his wife.
(2) He buried his face in his hands and wept.
他用手捂着脸抽泣
She has learned to bury her feelings.
她学会了隐藏自己的感情
bury oneself in sth
(be buried in sth):
埋头于…；专心于…
In the evenings he buries himself in his books.
晚上他埋头看书
burial: n 葬礼
19 shelter: n 掩蔽；避身处
(1) Human beings need food,
clothing and shelter.
人类需要衣、食、住
(2) *take shelter from(躲避)the wind/rain/weather
遮蔽、庇护（雨，风等攻击）
n : an animal shelter(动物收容所)
20 a (great) number of
A great number of students work hard.
许多学生用功学习
the number of…。。。的数目
21 damage: v/n
Smoking damages our health.
吸烟损害健康
*do/cause (much /great/no)
damage to…
对（引起）…损害
The storm did /caused damage to the town.
22 frighten: vt使惊吓；吓唬
The sudden noise frightened us.
突然发出的声响使我们受到惊吓。=We were frightened at/ by the noise.
frighten sb to death. 吓得要死
=sb be frightened to death frighten …away 把…吓走frighten sb into /out of doing…
吓唬某人做(不做)某事frightening(frightful):
令人恐惧的；吓人的
a frightening situation
令人恐惧的情况
frightened: 感到恐惧的；受惊的a frightened boy受惊的孩子fright: n 惊恐；害怕
*He turned red with fright（由于恐惧）: 他脸都吓白了
23 congratulation: n (pl) Congratulations to you on your success.
你成功了；祝贺你！congratulate: v
congratulate sb on sth/doing sth 就某事向某人表示祝贺
congratulate you on your success. 辨析：celebrate: 欢庆；庆祝celebrate one’s birthday/ Teacher’s Day
24 judge: n/vt
His father works as a judge.
The judge sentenced（判刑）him to death.
Don’t judge one by appearance/his looks.
不要以貌取人
*judge by/from…通过…来判断
I judged him to be 50.
*Judging from/by happy expression on his face, he must
have passed the exam.
通过他脸上的表情来判断，他一定是考及格了
25 sincerely: adv
Thank you sincerely.
真诚地谢谢你
sincere: adj
sincere friendship
真挚的友情
26 express: vt
express sth to sb
The guests expressed their thanks to us before leaving.
客人们离开之前向我们表示谢意express oneself.
表达自己的意思
He can freely express himself in English.
n 快车
take an express: 乘特快列车expression: n 表达；表情；短语