Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit9:Disasters(4)

Part 4. Language study and language appreciation.

Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units.

Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.

1. to have a daily circulation of /in circulation.

The Boston Globe, a leading newspaper in the eastern part of the U.S, has a circulation of 604,068 copies per day.

The Los Angles Times is a national daily, published in California.

It reached 1,231,318 copies in circulation.

2. to mark the anniversary of.

This year, the world marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

3. to become the best example of.

Mozart, along with his friend Joseph Haydn, became the best example of the classical style, the important performance music of his time.

4. in public and private money.

Vienna spent about 60 million dollars in public and private money for its Mozart celebration.

5. to have as many sounds as ten horns.

Satchmo's horn had as many sounds as ten horns, sometimes slow and sweet, sometimes fast and hot, high and low.

His music was always strong and exciting.

6. to bite off more than one chew.

Unfortunately, some people bite off more than they can chew and started doing a job which ends in a DIY disaster.

7. to be on hand for...

Some movie stars were on hand for the tree planting ceremony.

8. to be accessible to...

So I wanted to participate in something that was really accessible to the citizen, to, just to everyday people, to children.

9. a big environmental headache.

As everyone knows, plastic is a big environmental headache, although it brings us much convenience.

10. of short duration and small breadth.

A tornado is a violent destructive whirling wind usually accompanied with severe thunder, lightning and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth.

11. To rip through.

The blast and resulting fire Thursday ripped through an area near a fuel-loading depot owned by the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation.

12. to suspend missions until further notice.

Commanders of the base have since started an investigation and suspended all low-level missions in Italy until further notice.

13. to give quick and generous aid to.

The United Nations has urged the international community to give quick and generous aid to Venezuela to help it recover from last week's devastating floods and mudslides.

14. to wash away hopes of...

This week we hear how the continuing torrential storms in that region are washing away Kenyan horticulture's hopes of a good season.

Mouths of rain, often torrential, is washing away hopes of a good harvest.

15. ...destined for consumers shivering in the European winter and longing for a taste for African sunshine.

January should be one of the best months for growers of fruit, vegetables and flowers in Kenya.

Hot, dry, sunny days and peak production destined for consumers shivering in the European winter and longing for a taste of African sunshine.

16. to be reluctant to.

Flowers are reluctant to flower.

17. There is very little happiness in the air.

For growers of roses, the flower associated with love and romance, there's very little happiness in the air.