Name_______

. Look up the following words, give the English meanings and find some beautiful sentences for them.

1. shake

2. burst

3. injure

4. rescue

5. shelter

6. destroy

7. organize

8. prepare

П. Try to translate the phrases into Chinese.

at an end come to sb’s rescue think little of bury oneself in

give out in honour of as usual be trapped under the ruins

dig out put up in ruins blow away be rescued from

Ш. Translate the following into Chinese.

1. The sound of planes could be heard outside Tangshan even when

no planes were in the sky.

2. It seemed that the world was at an end.

3. It was heard in Beijing, which is one hundred kilometers away.

4. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters

wide cut across houses, roads and canals.

5. All hope was not lost.

6. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

Θ. Try to sum up :

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