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人教版高中英语必修一《Natural Disasters》Reading and Thinking 部分提供了一份包含52页的PPT课件，聚焦课文类型、事件组织方式以及重点词汇解析。课件通过分析文学性新闻报道的写作特点，引导学生理解时间顺序的叙事结构，并深入讲解 ruin、shock 等核心词汇的用法与辨析，帮助学生在真实语境中掌握语言点。
While-reading
1. What kind of text is it?
The type of writing of the text is literary journalism.
Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers' feelings and thus touch the readers.
2. How are the events arranged?
The text is organized in chronological/time order.
Language points
1. ruin n. & vt. 破坏；毁坏
in ruins 严重受损；破败不堪
go to ruin/fall into ruin 衰落，败落
reduce sth. to ruins 把某物夷为废墟
The whole city lay in ruins after the earthquake，which made us awake all night.
地震之后整个城市成了一片废墟，这让我们彻夜未眠。
They don’t want to see our country fall into financial ruin，or have children go hungry，or see schools fail.
他们不愿看到我们的国家陷入经济崩溃、或是让孩子们挨饿、或者学校停办。
The bad weather ruined our trip. 坏天气破坏了我们的旅行。
The country was ruined by the war. 这个国家因战争而遭到严重破坏。
【词语辨析】ruin，damage 与 destroy
（1）ruin 严重地“毁坏”，侧重指破坏事物的内在价值。
The illness has ruined my life. 这个病毁掉了我的生活。
（2）damage 部分性“破坏”“损坏”，一般还可以修复。
You have damaged my bike；you’d better get it repaired.
你弄坏了我的自行车，你最好找人修一修。
（3）destroy 彻底地“破坏”“毁坏”，一般不能或很难再修复。
The bomb completely destroyed that building.
炸弹彻底炸毁了那栋建筑。
2. shock n. & vt.
（1）n. 震惊；令人震惊的事；休克
搭配：in shock 震惊，吃惊
He’s still in a state of shock. 他至今还惊魂未定。
The news of his death came as a great shock to everyone. 他去世的消息让所有人都非常震惊。
She was taken to hospital suffering from shock. 她因休克被送到医院。
（2）vt.（使）震惊
搭配：It shocks sb. to see/hear... 看到/听到……使某人震惊。
It shocked them to hear that he had gone abroad.
听说他出国的消息，他们惊讶不已。
