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Unit 4 Earthquakes
第四單元 地震
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A Night the Earth Didn't Sleep
地球的一個不眠之夜
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.
河北省東北部的農(nóng)村不斷有些怪事發(fā)生：
For three days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
三天來，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。
Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.
農(nóng)夫注意到，水井的井壁上有深深的裂縫，
A smelly gas came out of the cracks.
裂縫里冒出臭氣。
In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.
農(nóng)家大院里的雞，甚至豬都緊張得不想吃食。
Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.
老鼠從田地里跑出來找地方藏身。
Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.
魚缸和池塘里的魚會往外跳。
At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky.
在1976年7月28日凌晨3點(diǎn)左右，有些人看到天上一道道明亮的光。
The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan, even when no planes were in the sky.
在唐山城外也可以聽到飛機(jī)聲，即使天空沒有飛機(jī)。
In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.
在市內(nèi)，有些建筑物里的水管爆裂開來。
But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
但是，唐山市的一百萬居民幾乎都沒有把這些情況當(dāng)一回事，當(dāng)天晚上照常睡著了。
At 3:42 am everything began to shake.
在凌晨3點(diǎn)42分，一切都開始搖晃起來。
It seemed as if the world was at an end!
世界似乎到了末日！
Eleven kilometers directly below the city, one of the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun.
就在唐山市正下方11公里處，二十世紀(jì)最大的一次地震發(fā)生了。
It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away.
100公里以外的北京市都感到了地震，
One-third of the nation felt it.
全國1/3的地方都有震感。
A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals.
一條8公里長30米寬的巨大裂縫橫穿房舍、馬路和渠道。
Steam burst from holes in the ground.
地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸氣。
Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.
石頭山變成了泥沙河，
In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
在可怕的15秒鐘內(nèi)，一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中。
The suffering of the people was extreme.
人們遭受的災(zāi)難極為深重。
