Module 3
重点句型
1. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.
它们能毁掉房子，却把房内的家具留在原处。
2. On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.
平均来说，美国每年发生800次龙卷风，造成大约80人死亡,1,500人受伤。
3. By the time it ended, more than 700 people had been killed…
等到风停时，已有700多人死亡……
4. Montserrat is a beautiful small island in the Caribbean, only 16 kilometres long and 10 kilometres wide.
梦塞拉特岛是加勒比海上的一个美丽小岛，仅有16 千米长,10 千米宽。

句型探究
1. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.
它们能毁掉房子，却把房内的家具留在原处。
①where it was中的it指“furniture”。furniture是不可数名词；“一件家具”可译为a piece of furniture 或 an article of furniture。

②where it is 是地点状语从句。
Where there is a will，there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。
2. Montserrat is a beautiful small island in the Caribbean, only 16 kilometres long and 10 kilometres wide.
梦塞拉特岛是加勒比海上的一个美丽小岛,仅有16千米长,10千米宽。
表示“长、宽、深、高、厚、年龄等”的句型：
①主语+be+数词+单位词+形容词(如long / wide / high / tall / thick / deep / old等)
The building is 90 meters high.
这建筑物高90米。
②主语+be+数词+单位词+in+名词(如length / width / height / depth / age等)
The building is 90 metres in height.
这建筑物高90米。
③This is a +(数词-单位词-形容词)+名词
This is a 60–metre–long bridge.
这是一座长60米的桥。
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