MODULE 3 The Violence of Nature
模块3 大自然的暴力
What is a Tornado?
龙卷风是什么?
A tornado is a rotating②column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most
龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面而生成的旋转气柱,
violent have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour③. Almost all of them occur
最强烈的龙卷风速度每小时超过
in the
都发生在美国,从东南部的德克萨斯到北部的南达科他地区。
Tornadoes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street
龙卷风能卷起汽车、火车、甚至房子,把他们卷到旁边的街道
—or even in the next town④. They can take the fur off⑤the back of a cat and the
—甚至能卷到邻近的城镇。它们能剥离猫背部的皮毛和拔掉鸡的羽毛,
①equator n. “赤道”。
②rotating adj. “旋转的”。在此作定语修饰column。
③(1)violent adj. “强烈的”。the most violent是形容词的最高级,后面省略了tornado。
(2)per hour=an hour“每小时”。
④(1)pick up“拾起;捡起”,是由“动词+副词”构成的短语,宾语为介词时要放在两者之间。pick up是个多意短语,常见的意思有:接收;(用车)来接;偶然学会等意思。
(2)put down“放下,记下”。
⑤take off除表示“剥离”,还可表示“脱下;起飞”等意














