1、In the city, the water pipes in some buildings crached and burst.

城市里，一些大楼里的水管爆裂。

burst爆裂,突发

用法归纳：

The square is bursting with tourists. 广场上到处都是游客。

I felt as if my heart would burst with joy. 我觉得自己高兴得心花怒放。

The police burst through the door. 警察破门而入。

There was a burst of laughter in the next room. 隔壁房间里突然爆发出一阵笑声。 联想扩展：

(1) burst in on…突然打断

He burst in on our conversation. 他突然打断了我们的谈话。

(2) burst into +n. 突然…

The speaker burst into angry speech. 演讲者突然讲粗话。

(3) burst out + doing突然…

The woman burst out crying like a child. 那个妇女突然像小孩一样哭了。

(4) burst to do sth. 迫切想做某事

I am bursting to tell you the news. 我迫不及待的想告诉你这个消息。

2、But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.

但是认为这没什么的一百万城里人，那天晚上还像往常一样睡觉。

易混辨析：

affair, event, accident, incident, matter 和business 事；事情

affair 指要做的事或已经发生的事。多用复数。

event 指重大历史事件，也可指日常生活中较重要的事或比赛项目。

accident 指意外或偶然的不幸事件，多有不良后果。

incident 与重要事件有关的事情，尤指政治、军事上有争议的情况。

matter 需要认真考虑的事情。

business 日常事务、商业事务；还可以是公事。

3、The suffering of the people was extreme. 人们极度痛苦。

suffer

用法归纳：

A, 受苦 He suffered terribly when his mother died.

B, 受到损失 If I lost, my self-esteem will suffer.

C, 遭受 He suffered no pain

联想扩展：

suffer from

1、受…之苦 I suffered most from lack of rest.

2、患…病 I am suffering from a cold.

特别提示：

suffer表示“患…病”时，后面一般跟疾病名称。

4、Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.

地震中，有三分之二的人死亡或受伤。

易混辨析：

injure ; hurt; wound; harm 伤害