2012届高考英语二轮专题复习词汇系列（一）
【必会词汇】
时刻：dawn, deadline, instant, moment, by the time, from now on, in time, on time 时段：age, century, decade, future, interval, period, stage; contemporary, permanent, temporary, forever, meanwhile, for a time/ while, for the time being
频度：annual, daily, frequent, occasional, regular, monthly, weekly, yearly, occasionally, once, seldom, twice, at a time, at times, time and time again, now and then
时序：final, former, previous, afterward(s), ago, eventually, ever, first, gradually, immediately, just, last, late, later, next, shortly, since, soon, then
相关：介词: after, at, before, by, during, for, in, on, since, throughout, until, upon
动词: last, pass, run, take
连词: after, as, as soon as, before, hardly…when, no sooner…than, once, since, till, until, when, whenever, while
天气：寒冷天气：frost, ice, snow, wind, freeze, cold, freezing, snowy, windy,
温热天气：heat, warmth, clear, dry, fine, fresh, hot, mild, sunny, warm
云雨天气：cloud, downpour, rain, rainbow, shower, storm, thunder, thunderstorm, lightning, pour, cloudy, cool, damp, rain, wet
雾：fog, mist, foggy
其他：climate, forecast, weather, changeable, terrible
自然灾害：名称：earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, volcano, typhoon,
相关动词：blow, burn, burst, destroy, die, erupt, predict, rescue, ruin, shake, supply, survive
其他：ash, damage, danger, death, disaster, nature, survival, victim, dangerous, muddy, natural
天气(Weather) 相关话题
天气与人类的生活息息相关，谈论天气，是老百姓最关注的话题之一。在写作中weather涉及的主要内容有：a. Describing weather ( sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, hot, warm, cold, cool, etc.) b. Understanding weather reports (conditions, temperature, rain, snow, wind, sun, cloud) c. Dressing for the weather (coat, hat, umbrella, raincoat, windbreaker, etc.) d. Extreme weather (storms, gales, hurricanes, etc.)
1. 常见描述天气状况的词汇有：
rainfall(降雨), snowfall(降雪), storm(暴风雨), sandstorm(沙尘暴 ), temperature(气温 ), bright, clear, fine, sunny, windy, cloudy, rainy, snowy, foggy(有雾的 ), cool, hot, dry, wet, warm, cold, chilly（寒冷的）, freezing, frost(霜冻)etc.
2. 谈论天气常用的句型：
1). Asking about the weather(询问天气情况)
a). What’s the weather like today?/How is the weather today?/How is it today?今天的天气怎么样？
b) How do you like our weather? 你知道我们这儿的天气怎么样？
c). Is the weather always like this? 天气总是这样吗？
d). Is it always as cold as this? 天气总是这样冷吗？
e). How are the springs here? 这儿的春天怎么样？
f). Does it snow very much here in December?
g). What does the weather forecast say? 天气预报怎么说？
h). What’s the temperature today? 今天的气温是多少？
2). Commenting on the weather(评论天气)
a). It’s fine/cloudy/windy/rainy/snowy/foggy… 天气晴/阴/有风/有雨/有雪/有雾……
b). It’s getting cold/warm/hot/cool/dry/wet, etc. 天气正变冷/暖和/热/凉爽/干
燥/潮湿
c). It’s quite cool here in August.
d). I hope it stays fine.
e). A lovely day, isn’t it?/What a beautiful day!/What beautiful weather!
f). It is boiling today. 今天天热的要命。
3．常用文体：
涉及谈论天气常用的文体有：日记，游记，报道，介绍性说明文, 抒情短文，诗歌等，常用
时态：一般现在时，完成时，一般将来时，将来进行时，一般过去时和过去完成时。
自然（Nature）有关话题
此话题所涉及有关自然的知识，主题就是珍爱自然。其具体内容： a. Plants (green plants, trees, bushes, grass, vegetables, crops, flowers, etc.) b. Animals (farm animals, wild animals, endangered animals, pets, etc.) c. The sun, the moon and the stars d. Describing land (cities, farms, hill, mountains, lakes, rivers, etc.) e. Volcano 写一篇报道新疆地震的短新闻，应包括以下主要内容：
时间：2003年2月24日10：04 am 地点：新疆伽师—巴楚
基本情况：强度6.8级，房屋倒塌，103所学校和16个卫生院受到破坏，水电供应中断，死
亡268人，伤者2058人，许多人失去了家园，国家很快调拨救灾物资，帮助灾民，重建家园。（词数100左右）
Earthquake in Xinjiang
It is reported by CCTY that a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 shook Jiashi—Bachu at 10:04 am on the early morning of Feb 24th , 2003. It is said to be China’s strongest earthquake in these years and has caused great damage. 103 schools and 16 hospitals have been destroyed. The electricity and water supply has been cut off. The death number has reached as much as 268, while 2058 persons have been wounded. Many people have become homeless. Immediately after the earthquake, the government allotted goods to help the people in the disaster area.
【巩固练习】
一、以下句子是描述的什么自然灾害？请将其名称写在句子前的横线上。
_______________ The lava flow destroyed three villages.
_______________ The floor was just bouncing and rolling like waves.
_______________ People had boarded up (用木板封住) shops and houses during the day before and stayed indoors.
_______________ People had to stay in the upper floors and sometimes on the roofs of their homes.
5. _______________ 373,000 acres of forests had been burned and at least 390 homes had been destroyed.
