I.Natural Disasters Key Words
epicenter n.震中
aftershock n.余震
magnitude n. 震级
Richter scale n.里氏震级
earthquake n.地震
El Nino n.厄尔尼诺现象
fog n.浓雾
vt.以雾笼罩
gale n.狂风
gust n.阵风，（风、雨、雹等）突然一阵
vi.（狂风）劲吹
hail n.冰雹
bushfire n. 林区大火
rainstorm n.暴风雨
snowstorm n.暴风雪，雪崩
flame n.火焰
drought n. 干旱，旱灾
famine n.荒
dertification n.土地沙漠化
monsoon n.季风
hurricane n.飓风（多发生于北美洲）
tornado n.龙卷风
landslide n.山体滑坡
haze n.灰霾
red tide n.赤潮
flood n.洪水
vt.淹，淹没
hazard n.危害
vt.冒风险，试着做
corrosion n.腐蚀
calamity n.大灾祸，不幸之事
disaster n. 灾难，大祸
cataclysm n.剧变，灾难（常指洪水或地震）
casualty n.伤亡事故
catastrophe n.大灾难
level vt.推倒，夷平
inundate vt.淹没
pelt vi.连续打击，（雨雪）大降
hit vt.袭击、打击，使遭受
pound vt.（连续）猛击
devastate vt.蹂躏，破坏；使荒废；毁灭
flatten vt.夷为平地
damage n.损害；损伤
destroy vt.毁坏，破坏；摧残
erupt vi.喷发，爆发
bury vt.掩埋
claim vt.（灾难）使死亡
kill vt.夺走（生命）；导致死亡
injure vt.伤害，损伤
transmit vt.传染
debris n.废墟
fear n.恐惧
vt.担心，害怕
fatal adj.致命的，灾难性的
disastrous adj.灾难性的；损失惨重的
destructive adj.毁灭性的
deadly adj.极端的；致死的
devastating adj.毁灭性的
worst adj.最糟的
mirable adj.痛苦的，悲惨的，可怜的
alarm n.警报
vt.使恐慌
condolence n.哀悼
mourn vt.默哀
rescue vt. / n.营救，救援
survivor n.幸存者
victim n.受害者
flee v.逃跑
escape v.逃脱
evacuation n.疏散
sanitation n.卫生
lifeline n.生命线
reconstruction n.重建
rebuild v.重建
rehabilitate vt.复原
buoy n.救生圈
吕雉皇后
charity n.救济金，施舍；慈善（团体）
foundation n.基础；基金会；建立
donate vt.捐赠，赠送
Proper Names
PLA (People’s Liberation Army) 人民解放军
ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) 国际红十字会WHO (World Health Organization) 世界卫生组织
Phras and Expressions
death toll 死亡人数
dead body 尸体
debris flow 泥石流
emergency respon 应急响应
post-earthquake relief 震后救援
post-quake reconstruction 震后重建
the worst-hit area 重灾区
armed police 武警
resume class 复课
quake-stricken area 地震灾区
out of control 失控
take measures 采取措施
be reduced to rubble 毁成碎石
Typical Sentences
1. In Texas, at least 11 people were killed by powerful tornadoes with winds of up to 200 miles an hour.
2. Hundreds of homes were reduced to rubble in conds and the storm scattered debris including mangled cars for miles.
3. Witness say it took the tornadoes just conds to cau devastation including flattening hous, toppling trees and causing massive power cuts.
4. The authorities in India say the number of people who have been killed from effects of heat waves sweeping the country now exceeds 1,000.
5. Officials say they haven’t given up hope of finding survivors from a capsized crui ship after a cond night arching for anyone trapped inside its upturned hull.
II.Accidents
Key Words
物流运输合同范本
accident n.事故，意外
emergency n.紧急情况；突发事件
airliner n.大型客机
pest n.病虫害
epidemic n.流行病
derailment n.脱轨
refugee n.难民
witness n.目击者
crash vi.撞毁，坠毁
虎门景点collide v.相撞
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collap vi.倒塌
outbreak vt.爆发，突然发生
infect vt.传染；影响
spread vt.展开；散布，蔓延
n.传播，蔓延
jolt vt.使颠簸，摇晃
evacuate vt.撤离
Phras and Expressions
妆成
(car / train / air) crash 车祸/ 火车相撞/ 飞机坠毁
food poisoning 食物中毒
ground subsidence 地面塌陷
ship wreck 船舶失事
head to （船、飞机等）向……驶去
on fire 着火
take off 起飞
Typical Sentences
1. Media reports say dozens of people have been burnt to death with some reports putting the number of dead at 100.
2. I t’s not clear what triggered the blast at the factory making gas for cooking and heating. But eyewitness say the explosion caud a huge fire that took firefighters and residents veral hours to put out.
3. An army plane with 22 people on board has crashed in the Amazon region of Ecuador.
4. The cau of the accident is unknown.
5. The official offered his embrace of solidarity to the families and described the accident as a tragedy.
6. Officials in Japan say at least 14 people have been killed and dozens injured, after a bus taking them to a ski resort slipped down a mountainside.
7. The state broadcaster said residents had been moved 10 km from the explosion zone as buildings were collapsing.
8. Almost exactly four months after the Malaysian airliner was shot down, fragments of the wreckage were loaded onto trucks under the watchful eyes of Dutch and international investigators.
9. Both pilots are thought to have been ejected from the rocket ship, one died, the other was riously injured and has been taken to a local hospital.
III.Crimes
Key Words
accomplice n.同案犯
assassin n.暗杀者，刺客
criminal n.犯罪
pickpocket n.扒手
gang n.黑帮
mule n.挟带毒品者，贩运私货的人
barrister n.大律师
defendant n.被告
assault vt. / n.袭击
hit-and-run n.肇事逃逸
hold-up n.持枪抢劫
perjury n.伪证
arson n.纵火
forgery n.伪造
gamble vt.赌博
hijack vt.劫持
libel n.文字诽谤
标志用英语怎么说
homicide n.杀人，他杀
blackmail vt. / n.敲诈，勒索
bootleg v.贩卖违禁品
break-in n.非法闯入
bribery n.行贿受贿
bug vt.窃听
murder vt.谋杀
theft n.盗窃
vandalism n.故意毁坏
embezzlement n.挪用公款
burglary n.入室盗窃
cocaine n.可卡因
counterfeit vt.伪造
adj.假冒的
manhunt n.追捕
汉武帝是刘邦的什么人convict n.囚犯
vt.（在法庭上）证明……有罪，宣判……有罪bail n.保释金
parole n.假释
penitentiary n.监狱，劳改所
不敢想你assault v.袭击
scandal n.诽谤，丑闻
detention n.拘留
verdict n.判决
witness n.证人
electrocute v.电刑
subpoena n.传票
acquit v.宣判无罪
confess v.供认
juror n.陪审员
ntence v.判刑
indictment n.起诉
Phras and Expressions
adult business district 红灯区
armed robbery 武装抢劫
arrest warrant 逮捕证
