高中英语 · 必修一：Unit4 earthquake n. 地震 quake n. 地震 right away 立刻；马上 well n. 井 crack n. 裂缝；噼啪声 vt. & vi. （使）开裂；破裂 smelly adj. 发臭的；有臭味的 farmyard n. 农场；农家 pipe n. 管；导管 burst vi. (burst, burst) 爆裂；爆发 n. 突然破裂；爆发 million n. 百万 event n. 事件；大事 as if 仿佛；好像 at an end 结束；终结 nation n. 民族；国家；国民 canal n. 运河；水道 steam n. 蒸汽；水汽 dirt n. 污垢；泥土 ruin n. 废墟；毁灭 vt. 毁灭；使破产 in ruins 严重受损；破败不堪 suffering n. 苦难；痛苦 extreme adj. 极度的 injure vt. 损害；伤害 survivor n. 幸存者；生还者；残存物 destroy vt. 破坏；毁坏；消灭 brick n. 砖；砖块 dam n. 水坝；堰堤 track n. 轨道；足迹；痕迹 useless adj. 无用的；无效的；无益的 shock vt. & vi. （使）震惊；震动 n. 休克；打击；震惊 rescue n. & vt. 援救；营救 trap vt. 使陷入困境 n. 陷阱；困境 electricity n. 电；电流；电学 disaster n. 灾难；灾祸 dig out 掘出；发现 bury vt. 埋葬；掩埋；隐藏 mine n. 矿；矿山；矿井 miner n. 矿工 shelter n. 掩蔽；掩蔽处；避身处 a (great) number of 许多；大量的 title n. 标题；头衔；资格 reporter n. 记者 bar n. 条；棒；条状物 damage n. & vt. 损失；损害 frighten vt. 使惊吓；吓唬 frightened adj. 受惊的；受恐吓的 frightening adj. 令人恐惧的 congratulation n. 祝贺；（复数）贺词 judge n. 裁判员；法官 vt. 断定；判断；判决 sincerely adv. 真诚地；真挚地 express vt. 表示；表达 n. 快车；速递 outline n. 要点；大纲；轮廓 headline n. 报刊的大字标题 cyclist n. 骑自行车的人 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervois to eat.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.At about 3:00 am on july 28,1976,some people saw bright lights in the sky.The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.but the one million people of the city,who thiught little of these events,were asleep as usual that night. At 3:42 am everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun.It wasfelt in Beijing,which is more than two hundred kilometres away.One-third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses,roads andcanals.Steam burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dir.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The suffering of the people was extreme.Two-thirds of them died or were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All of the city's hospitals,75%of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind,however,could blow them away.Twodams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.Half a million oigs and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People wereshocked.Then,later that afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.More buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.people begab to wonder how long the disaster would last. All hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.To the north of the city,most of the 10,000miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city bu train,truck and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again. 一个晚上没睡的地球 河北省东北部的农村不断有些怪事发生.三天来,村子里 的井水升升降降,起起伏伏,农民注意到,水井的井壁上有深深 的裂缝,裂缝里冒着臭气,农家大院里的鸡设置猪也紧张到不 想吃食,老鼠从田地里跑出来找地方藏身,鱼缸和池塘里的鱼 会往外跳,在 1976 年七月 28 日凌晨 3 点左右.有些人看到天 上有一道道明亮的光,即使没有飞机飞过.在唐山城外也可以 听到飞机声.在市内.有些建筑物的水管爆开来,但是.唐山市 的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事.当晚照常的 睡了. 在凌晨 3 点 42 分.一切开始摇晃起来了.世界似乎到了末 日.二十世纪最大的地震就在唐山市正下方 11 公里处发生 了.100 公里外的北京市都感到了震感.全国三分之一的地方 都有震感.一条 8 公里的长,30 米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍.马路 和渠道.地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸汽.石头山变成了泥沙河,在可 怕的十五秒内一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中.人们遭受 的灾难极为严重.2/3 的人在地震中死亡或受伤.成千上万个 家庭遇难.许多小孩变成了孤儿.死伤人数到达了 40 多万. 幸存的人怎么能相信这个是自然现象.人们无论朝哪里 看,那里的一切几乎都被毁了.所有市内的医院,75%的工厂和 建筑物,90%的家园都消失了.残砖就像秋