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1、Disaster灾难性事件是指战争、火灾、水灾、旱灾、地震、意外事故（如交通事故、空难）等。有关词句如下：1.事件名称aircrash（空难）,snowstorm;flood,drought,earthquake,anactivevolcano,abigfire,tsunami,storm,typhone,hurricane,sandstorm,financialcrisis,2.表示发生hit/strike(struck)袭击Sth.hit/strikesomeplacehappen/breakou
2、t发生Sth.happen/breakoutinsomeplace(1)abigfire/awar/anearthquakebrokeout…一场大火发生……(2)theearthquake/accidenthappened/occurred地震事故发生于(3)Anearthquakehit/struck/shockedthedistrict.这地区受到地震的袭击。3.表示起因(1)Thetrafficaccidentwascausedby/wasduetocarelessdriving.这次车祸起因
3、于驾驶疏忽。(2)Thecauseofthefirewascarelessness.(3)Thefirewasduetothefactthatsomeonedroppedalightedcigarette.这火灾是由于有人丢落燃着的香烟而引起的。4.表示生命、财产损失伤亡的表达：bekilled/beinjured/bedead/loseone’slife/leavesb.missing/with+n.+adj.损失的表达：cause/suffergreatlosses;costsb.sth;dest
4、roy;damage;ruin;missing;stealsth.fromsb.;robsb.ofsth.;breakinto;sink;erupt;blowup;burndown;collapse;falloff;falldown;knockinto/down;washaway;blowaway;cutoff句式：（1）…causedgreatdamageto…………（2）Hundredsofhousesweredamagedbythestorm.暴风雨毁坏了数百家房屋。（3）Anumberofho
5、useswereburntdowninthefire.好些房子在火灾中都烧毁了。（4）Manyhouseswerewashedawaybytheflood.许多房子被洪水冲走了。（5）Aftertheearthquake,water,gasandelectricitywereallcutoff.（6）Wedon’tknowhowmanytownsweredestroyed,butweknowmanypeoplelosttheirhomes.（7）Thebigfloods,whichoccurredin
6、1998,causedgreatlosses.（8）Theaccidentdelayedallthetrafficforanhourandcausedthedamageof$80,000.这次事故阻碍/延误交通达一个小时，造成8万美元的经济损失。（9）Itisestimatedthatthetyphoonhascausedaneconomiclossofmorethan3millionyuan.5.表示人员伤亡词汇：getkilled;injure;loseone’slife句式：(1)Manypeo
7、plewereinjured/killedinthefire/accident/war/aircrash.许多人死于这场火灾、事故、空难。(2)TensofthousandsofpeoplelosttheirpreciouslifeowingtothestrongearthquakeinSichuanprovince.因为四川的这场大地震，几万人失去了宝贵的生命。(3)Asaresult,thethree-storiedbuildingwasdestroyed.50peoplewerekilled,a
8、ndmorethan200wereinjured.6.表示救援词汇：sendsb.tohospital;callinthepolice;callforadoctor;callanambulance（1）受灾地区thestrickenarea/district（2）救灾工作rescuework（3）地震灾民victimsoftheearthquake（4）被困人员thetrapped（5）拯救rescue/save…from（6）呼吁人们捐赠callonp
