Earthquake Hits Britain (1)

Earthquake Hits Britain (1)

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1、EarthquakeHitsBritain英国遭遇地震1EarthquakeHitsBritain英国遭遇地震TheBiggestTremorin25Years二十五年来最强烈的地震Readthetextbelowanddotheactivitythatfollows.阅读下面的短文,然后完成练习:thOn27February2008,somethingveryunusualhappenedintheUK;therewasaratherlargeearthquake.Itwasthebiggestearthquakein25yearsin

2、theUK.Therehavebeenverysmalltremorsinthepastbuttheypaleintoinsignificancecomparedtothisone.Itwasfeltinalargeareaacrossthecountrytoo,fromasfarnorthasEdinburghinScotlandtoasfarsouthasPlymouthonthesouthcoastofEngland.TheepicentreoftheearthquakewasinasmalltowninLincolnshire,w

3、hichisanareaabouttwoandahalftothreehoursnorthofLondonbycar.Amagnitudeof5.2wasregisteredontheRichterscale.Therewerelotsofreportsinthenewsfrompeoplewhofelttheearthmove.Onemansaid,"Wehadloadsofvibratingandwallshakingandstuff,noisecomingofftheroof.Icameoutside–thechimney'sont

4、hefloor!"Acollapsedchimneywasthecauseofwhatwasprobablytheworstinjuryfromtheearthquake;amanbrokehispelviswhenthechimneyfellonhim.AnothermanwhospoketotheBBCdescribedthemomenttheearthquakeoccured,"Everythingwasshaking.Assoonasithappenedweallwentoutsideandsaweveryoneelsedownt

5、hestreet,comingoutandjustrealiseditwasanearthquake."Thehugerumblethatwasfeltbyalotofpeople,surprisinglycausedverylittlestructuraldamagetoproperty.MostBritishpeoplewouldbesurprisedtolearnthatthereare200-300earthquakesinBritaineveryyear,butmostofthemaresosmall,theygounnotic

6、ed.Themagnitudeofthisearthquakeisfairlysmallincomparisontosomeothernaturaldisastersthathavemadeinternationalnews,butforthepeopleaffected,itcertainlycameasquiteasurprise.2Glossary词汇表tremors–震动paleintoinsignificance–显得无关紧要,没有这个地震这么强烈epicentre–震中magnitude–地震)级数theRichterscal

7、e–里氏震级vibrating–震动andstuff–等等,还有其它东西的震chimney–烟囱动collapsed–倒塌injury–伤亡,受伤pelvis–骨盆occured–发生rumble–隆隆声structuraldamage–建筑构造上的破坏gounnoticed–未被察觉的,不被注naturaldisasters–自然灾害意到的1.ReadingQuiz阅读测验Arethesesentencestrueorfalse?Circlethecorrectanswer.以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假?请圈出正确答案。1.Therear

8、ebigearthquakesinBritainallthetime.True/False2.ThelastbigearthquakeinBritainhappened25yearsago.T

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