高中英語(yǔ) · 必修一：Unit4

高中英語(yǔ)?必修一：Unit4

earthquaken.地震

quaken.地震

rightaway立刻；馬上

welln.井

crackn.裂縫；僻啪聲vt.&vi.(使)開(kāi)裂；破裂

smellyadj.發(fā)臭的；有臭味的

farmyardn.農(nóng)場(chǎng)；農(nóng)家

pipen.管；導(dǎo)管

burstvi.(burst,burst)爆裂；爆發(fā)n.突然破裂；爆發(fā)

millionn.百萬(wàn)

eventn.事件；大事

asif仿佛;好像

atanend結(jié)束；終結(jié)

nationn.民族；國(guó)家；國(guó)民

canaln.運(yùn)河；水道

steamn.蒸汽；水汽

dirtn.污垢；泥土

ruinn.廢墟；毀滅vt.毀滅；使破產(chǎn)

inruins嚴(yán)重受損；破敗不堪

sufferingn.苦難；痛苦

extremeadj.極度的

injurevt.損害；傷害

survivorn.幸存者；生還者；殘存物

destroyvt.破壞；毀壞；消滅

brickn.磚;磚塊

damn.水壩；堰堤

trackn.軌道；足跡；痕跡

uselessadj.無(wú)用的；無(wú)效的；無(wú)益的

shockvt.&vi.(使)震驚；震動(dòng)n.休克；打擊；震驚

rescuen.&vt.援救；營(yíng)救

tr叩vt.使陷入困境n.陷阱；困境

electricityn,電；電流；電學(xué)

disastern.災(zāi)難；災(zāi)禍

digout掘出；發(fā)現(xiàn)

buryvt.埋葬；掩埋；隱藏

minen.礦；礦山；礦井

minern.礦工

sheltern.掩蔽；掩蔽處；避身處

a(great)numberof許多；大量的

titlen.標(biāo)題；頭銜；資格

reportern.記者

barn.條；棒；條狀物

damagen.&vt.損失；損害

frightenvt.使驚嚇；嚇唬

frightenedadj.受驚的；受恐嚇的

frighteningadj.令人恐懼的

congratulationn.祝賀；（復(fù)數(shù)）賀詞

judgen.裁判員；法官vt.斷定；判斷；判決

sincerelyadv.真誠(chéng)地；真摯地

expressvt.表示；表達(dá)n.快車；速遞

outlinen.要點(diǎn)；大綱；輪廓

headlinen.報(bào)刊的大字標(biāo)題

cyclistn.騎自行車的人

ANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEP

Strangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideof

northeastHebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewells

roseandfell,roseandfell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwalls

haddeepcracksinthem.Asmellygascameoutofthecracks.In

thefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervois

toeat.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.Fish

jumpedoutoftheirbowlsandponds.Atabout3:00amonjuly

28,1976,somepeoplesawbrightlightsinthesky.Thesoundof

planescouldbeheardoutsidethecityofTangshanevenwhen

noplaneswereinthesky.Inthecity,thewaterpipesinsome

buildingscrackedandburst.buttheonemillionpeopleofthe

city,whothiughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthat

night.

At3:42ameverythingbegantoshake.ltseemedasifthe

worldwasatanendlElevenkilometresdirectlybelowthecity

thegreatestearthquakeofthe20thcenturyhadbegun.lt

wasteItinBeijing,whichismorethantwohundredkilometres

away.One-thirdofthenationfeltit.Ahugecrackthatwaseight

kilometreslongandthirtymetreswidecutacrosshouses,roads

andcanals.Steamburstfromholesintheground.Hardhillsof

rockbecameriversofdir.lnfifteenterriblesecondsalargecity

layinruins.Thesufferingofthepeoplewasextreme.Two-thirds

ofthemdiedorwereleftwithoutparents.Thenumberof

peoplewhowerelulledorinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.

Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwas

natural?Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwas

destroyed.Allofthecity'shospitals,75%ofitsfactoriesand

buildingsand90%ofitshomesweregone.Brickscoveredthe

groundlikeredautumnleaves.Nowind,however,couldblow

themaway.Twodamsfellandmostofthebridgesalsofellor

werenotsafefortravelling.Therailwaytrackswerenowuseless

piecesofsteel.Tensofthousandsofcowswouldnevergivemilk

again.Halfamillionoigsandmillionsofchickenswere

dead.Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.People

wereshocked.ThenJaterthatafternoon,anotherbigquake

whichwasalmostasstrongasthefirstoneshook

Tangshan.Someoftherescueworkersanddoctorswere

trappedundertheruins.Morebuildingsfell

down.WaterJood^andelectricitywerehardtoget.peoplebegab

towonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.

Allhopewasnotlost.Soonafterthequakes,thearmysent

150,000soldierstoTangshantohelptherescue

workers.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelped.The

armyorganizedteamstodigoutthosewhoweretrappedand

toburythedead.Tothenorthofthecity,mostofthe

lO^OOOminerswererescuedfromthecoalminesthere.Workers

builtsheltersforsurvivorswhosehomeshadbeen

destroyed.Freshwaterwastakentothecitybutrain,truckand

plane.Slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.

一個(gè)晚上沒(méi)睡的地球

河北省東北部的農(nóng)村不斷有些怪事發(fā)生.三天來(lái),村子里

的井水升升降降，起起伏伏，農(nóng)民注意到，水井的井壁上有深深

的裂縫，裂縫里冒著臭氣,農(nóng)家大院里的雞設(shè)置豬也緊張到不

想吃食，老鼠從田地里跑出來(lái)找地方藏身，魚(yú)缸和池塘里的魚(yú)

會(huì)往外跳，在1976年七月28日凌晨3點(diǎn)左右.有些人看到天

上有一道道明亮的光，即使沒(méi)有飛機(jī)飛過(guò).在唐山城外也可以

聽(tīng)到飛機(jī)聲.在市內(nèi).有些建筑物的水管爆開(kāi)來(lái)，但是.唐山市

的一百萬(wàn)居民幾乎都沒(méi)有把這些情況當(dāng)一回事.當(dāng)晚照常的

睡了.

在凌晨3點(diǎn)42分.一切開(kāi)始搖晃起來(lái)了.世界似乎到了末

日.二十世紀(jì)最大的地震就在唐山市正下方11公里處發(fā)生

T.loo公里外的北京市都感到了震感.全國(guó)三分之一的地方

都有震感.一條8公里的長(zhǎng),30米寬的巨大裂縫橫穿房舍.馬路

和渠道.地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸汽.石頭山變成了泥沙河，在可

怕的十五秒內(nèi)一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中.人們?cè)馐?/p>

的災(zāi)難極為嚴(yán)重.2/3的人在地震中死亡或受傷.成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)

家庭遇難.許多小孩變成了孤兒.死傷人數(shù)到達(dá)了40多萬(wàn).

幸存的人怎么能相信這個(gè)是自然現(xiàn)象.人們無(wú)論朝哪里

看，那里的一切幾乎都被毀了.所有市內(nèi)的醫(yī)院,75%的工廠和

建筑物,90%的家園都消失了.殘磚就像秋天的紅葉覆蓋著大

地.然而他們不可能被風(fēng)吹走，兩座大壩跨了.多數(shù)橋梁不是塌

了就是無(wú)法完全通行了.鐵軌如今變成了一條條廢鋼.好幾萬(wàn)

頭牛再也擠不出奶來(lái)了.50萬(wàn)頭豬和幾百萬(wàn)頭雞全都死了.井

里滿是撒子而不是水，人們驚呆了，接著，在下午的晚些時(shí)候,

又一次和第一次一樣強(qiáng)烈的地震震撼著唐山,有些醫(yī)生和救

援人人員被困在廢墟下面，更多發(fā)房屋倒塌了，水電和食物都

很難弄到，人們開(kāi)始納悶這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難還會(huì)持續(xù)多久，

不是