四川建筑职业技术学院 授课教案 hat the low-frequency vibrations turned the inside parts of his body into a jelly reduce (sth /sb. )to sth. to cause(something or someone) to reach(a certain condition) make(something)smaller or less e.g. Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins I reduced the problem to a few simple questions If you are to give a talk, try to reduce your ideas to a few notes, so that you can eak freely from your notes rather than read out the whole speech 16. Low-frequency vibrations can be detected several minutes before an earthquake Low-frequency vibrations can be measured /noticed a few minutes before an earthquake occurs detect: to find out: notice e.g. These instruments can detect minute amounts of radiation 17. People who live in earthquake zones are aware that dogs often start to howl before an People who live in areas liable to earthquakes know that dogs often begin to howl before an earth-quake (un)aware(of): (not) having knowledge or consciousness(of something e.g. He seemed to be (un )aware of the trouble he was causing He was completely (un )aware that be was being watched. 18. Water is particularly sensitive to low frequency vibrations, Water is ally easily influenced by low fre bration be sensitive to: to be strongly or easily influenced or changed by something e.g. She is so weak that she is extremely sensitive to cold cf He's very sensitive to his students'need for encouragement and knows when to praise them. ( knowing or being conscious of the feelings and opinions of others) 19. The Japanese,… are familiar with this phenomenon,灬…, The Japanese. clearly know/have a good knowledge of this kind of phenomenon be familiar with: to have a thorough knowledge(of) e.g. I am not familiar enough with the computer We are already fairly familiar with each other 20 .. it is time to look for a safe place well away from a large building people should find a safe place which is very far away from a large building 21. It has even been claimed that some animals become aware of earth tremors as much as several hours before they are observed by human beings, and that rabbits and deer have been seen running in terror from what afterwards turns out to be the epicentre of an earthquake. Some people have even claimed that some animals are able to sense the shaking of the earth several hours before human beings detect it, and they also claimed that the place from which terrified rabbits and deer have been seen running is proved to be the very centre of an earthquake四 川 建 筑 职 业 技 术 学 院 授 课 教 案 -- that the low-frequency vibrations turned the inside parts of his body into a jelly, reduce (sth./sb.) to sth.: to cause (something or someone) to reach (a certain condition);make(something) smaller or less e.g. Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins. I reduced the problem to a few simple questions. If you are to give a talk, try to reduce your ideas to a few notes, so that you can speak freely from your notes rather than read out the whole speech. 16. Low-frequency vibrations can be detected several minutes before an earthquake. -- Low-frequency vibrations can be measured / noticed a few minutes before an earthquake occurs. detect: to find out; notice e.g. These instruments can detect minute amounts of radiation. Small quantities of poison was detected in the dead man's stomach. 17. People who live in earthquake zones are aware that dogs often start to howl before an earthquake, ... -- People who live in areas liable to earthquakes know that dogs often begin to howl before an earth-quake .... (un)aware (of): (not) having knowledge or consciousness (of something) e.g. He seemed to be (un)aware of the trouble he was causing. He was completely (un)aware that be was being watched. 18. Water is particularly sensitive to low frequency vibrations, ... -- Water is especially easily influenced by low frequency vibrations .... be sensitive to: to be strongly or easily influenced or changed by something e.g. She is so weak that she is extremely sensitive to cold. cf. He's very sensitive to his students' need for encouragement and knows when to praise them. (= knowing or being conscious of the feelings and opinions of others) 19. The Japanese, ... are familiar with this phenomenon, ... -- The Japanese ... clearly know/have a good knowledge of this kind of phenomenon .... be familiar with: to have a thorough knowledge (of) e.g. I am not familiar enough with the computer. We are already fairly familiar with each other. 20 .... it is time to look for a safe place well away from a large building. --... people should find a safe place which is very far away from a large building. 21. It has even been claimed that some animals become aware of earth tremors as much as several hours before they are observed by human beings, and that rabbits and deer have been seen running in terror from what afterwards turns out to be the epicentre of an earthquake. -- Some people have even claimed that some animals are able to sense the shaking of the earth several hours before human beings detect it, and they also claimed that the place from which terrified rabbits and deer have been seen running is proved to be the very centre of an earthquake