A hurricane
1. Hurricanes are s_t_r_o_n_g_t_r_o_p_ic_a_l_s_t_o_r_m_s_. 2. They occur in the southern Atlantic
Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the _G__u_l_f _o_f_M__e_x_ic_o__. 3. The worst one occurred on the _8_t_h_S_e_p_t_e_m__b_e_r_1_9_0_0__ in Galveston, Texas. It killed _6_,_0_0_0_p_e_o_p_l_e_ and destroyed _3_,6_0_0__b_u_il_d_i_n_g_s_.
比较: 1) You will end up in debt if you keep
on spending money like that. 你要是老这样花钱, 总有一天要负债。
(表结果)
2) The party ended up with a folk song. 晚会以一首民歌结束。(表方式)
5) A good idea struck the manager. (突然想到)
6) I was about to go out when the clock
struck 12. (钟)敲响
8. Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea. end up 结束, 终归….
hurricane? His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf stream.