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Unit 6 Disaster and hope
1.Dressed in a shiny metallic suit，Katia Krafft’s small frame is overshadowed(v.使黯然失色，
使相形见绌) by the red curtain of molten rock that bursts from the ground before her.
2．The chaotic human world drove(熟词生义，此处意为“驱使”) both Katia and her
husband，Maurice Krafft，also a volcanologist，to seek comfort in nature.
3．The moment(此处the moment用作连词引导时间状语从句，等于 as soon as) a volcano
exploded，they dropped everything to analyze and capture the beauty and mystery of each event.
4．Their videos are credited(熟词生义，此处意为“认为是……的功劳，给予承认”) as one
of the primary reasons that officials in the Philippines took the warning signs of Mount
Pinatubo’s eruption in 1991 seriously(take sth seriously认真对待某事)．
5．The couple died less than two weeks earlier in Japan during a monstrous eruption，which
claimed(v.使丧生) 41 other lives.
6．Tiraboschi first saw Katia in a documentary(n.纪实节目，纪录片) when she was just six or
seven years old and has been crazy about volcanoes ever since(引导现在完成时)．
7．Cars powered(过去分词作后置定语，修饰Cars) by batteries made from(过去分词作后置
定语，修饰 batteries) seawater and planes fueled(过去分词作后置定语，修饰 planes) by
ammonia (氨) will become common over the next 10 years，Bill David，a professor of materials
chemistry has predicted(v.预言，预计)．
8．Most batteries for electric cars and smartphones are powered by lithium(锂)，which has to be
mined(此处为动词，意为“开采……”)，but David thinks that they will be overtaken(v.超过，
赶上) by batteries made from sodium(钠)，which can be obtained(v.得到，获得) from seawater
and salt.
9．My estimate(n.估计) is that by 2040 I would not be surprised if there were ten times more
sodium batteries than lithium ones，maybe even 100 times.(if引导的虚拟条件句)
10．I finally got the doors open and started to empty(此处为动词，意为“清空”) the shelves.
11．I picked up(捡起) the pot to get rid of(除掉，丢弃) it，but something made me hesitate.
12．I changed my mind(改变主意) and set it aside.
13．I proudly showed it off(炫耀) to my granddaughters.
14．Ai Kanxiang is about to(正要) finish his first semester(学期) at college，where he is
working hard to make his dream come true(make的复合结构)．
15．As a physical education major，he hopes to become a PE teacher and train(熟词生义，此处
意为“培训”) China’s future soccer players.
16．Two years ago，though(此处为副词，意为“不过，可是，然而”)，his dream was evenbigger.
17．Ai wanted to join the men’s national soccer team，but the 20-year-old has experienced
twists and turns(曲折变化) on the soccer field.
18．Demonstrating(v.示范，演示) creativity，such as the way to do a precise(adj.精确的，准
确的) bicycle kick in the water，he became an online celebrity(n.名人)，with some fans even
saying(with的复合结构：with＋宾语＋宾补) that he was “better than professional players”．
