應用會話部分：
五、生活的表達：
1. Nature (1)
1) Oh no! It's starting to rain.
哦，糟了！開始下雨了！
*“好像就要下雨了”是說做 It seems likely to rain.
*“已經(jīng)下了一段時間”說做 It's raining.
2) The thunder claps really scare the children.
打雷（的聲音）真的會嚇壞小孩子的。
*clap 用作動詞時是拍手之意，名詞則指“轟”的響聲，thunder claps 是雷鳴。
*scare 是“startle, frighten”之意，在這里是作 frighten 之意解。
*Don't be scared. 不必怕。這一句在日常生活中經(jīng)常使用。
3) Look! Lightening has struck the tree and it's on fire.
瞧！閃電劃下來，引燃了樹木。
*促人注意時，正如同“Look! What you've done!”（瞧！你干的好事！）一般，常用“Look!”
4) The water has risen over the riverbank.
洪水溢過了防堤。
*The river is rising. 則指河水漲高了。
5) The flood has left many people homeless.
許多人因洪水而失去了家園。
6) These buildings are supposed to be earth quakeproof.
這些建筑物是耐震建筑才對。
*“...proof”是“耐～”的意思。fireproof building 是“耐火建筑”。
7) One woman, in Peru, was saved from an earthquake by lying between two mattresses.
秘魯?shù)囊晃粙D女，躲在墊子之間從地震中死里逃生。
*save from 是指從危險、災難、毀譽等之中獲救。
8) Hawaiians are used to the rumblings of the volcano.
夏威夷的人已經(jīng)習慣于火山的爆發(fā)聲了。
9) In Arizona, the stars seem very bright.
在亞利桑那州，星星看起來格外明亮。
*seem 和 look like, appear 一樣，指“外表是～”之意。
五、生活的表達：
1. Nature (1)
1) Oh no! It's starting to rain.
哦，糟了！開始下雨了！
*“好像就要下雨了”是說做 It seems likely to rain.
*“已經(jīng)下了一段時間”說做 It's raining.
2) The thunder claps really scare the children.
打雷（的聲音）真的會嚇壞小孩子的。
*clap 用作動詞時是拍手之意，名詞則指“轟”的響聲，thunder claps 是雷鳴。
*scare 是“startle, frighten”之意，在這里是作 frighten 之意解。
*Don't be scared. 不必怕。這一句在日常生活中經(jīng)常使用。
3) Look! Lightening has struck the tree and it's on fire.
瞧！閃電劃下來，引燃了樹木。
*促人注意時，正如同“Look! What you've done!”（瞧！你干的好事！）一般，常用“Look!”
4) The water has risen over the riverbank.
洪水溢過了防堤。
*The river is rising. 則指河水漲高了。
5) The flood has left many people homeless.
許多人因洪水而失去了家園。
6) These buildings are supposed to be earth quakeproof.
這些建筑物是耐震建筑才對。
*“...proof”是“耐～”的意思。fireproof building 是“耐火建筑”。
7) One woman, in Peru, was saved from an earthquake by lying between two mattresses.
秘魯?shù)囊晃粙D女，躲在墊子之間從地震中死里逃生。
*save from 是指從危險、災難、毀譽等之中獲救。
8) Hawaiians are used to the rumblings of the volcano.
夏威夷的人已經(jīng)習慣于火山的爆發(fā)聲了。
9) In Arizona, the stars seem very bright.
在亞利桑那州，星星看起來格外明亮。
*seem 和 look like, appear 一樣，指“外表是～”之意。