听写练习第30

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1、听写练习第30Now,you'vebeenreadingarticlesaboutthetremendousdamagedonetolifeandpropertybyearthquakes.That'swhy______havebeenworkingsohardtodevelopmethodsofearthquake______.Wecannowpredictearthquake[assertively]fairlywell,butthepredictionsonlylocatepotential

2、areasofdanger.Theydon'tpredictthespecifictimeandlocationatwhichanearthquakeislikelytooccur.TodayIwanttointroducetoyouthreepredictionmodelsthathavebeendeveloped.Thefirstpredictionmodellooksalongearthquakefawlts,those______intheEarth's______,tofindwhata

3、reknownasseismicgaps.Seismicgapsareplaceswherethe______hasshownlittleorno______activityforalongtime.Thistheory______thatsuchplacesaredueforamajorshock.Thesecondmodelreliesonphenomena---likegroundflit.Usinglong______tubescontainingwater,observersnotedt

4、hatgroundtilttendedtooccurbeforemajorearthquakes.ThatledthemtocorrectlypredictthebigHaicheng[HICHUNG]quakeof1975---thefirstsuccessfulearthquakepredictionscientistshaveevermade.Amillionpeoplewere______fromthatChinesecitybeforetheearthquakestruck.Unfort

5、unately,thismethodhasn'tworked______,sowecan'tsayit'sbeenperfected.Thethirdmodelisbasedonthetheorythatmajorearthquakescloselyfollowaseriesofminorones.Startingwiththemeasurementsandtimingofthesmallerquakes,acomplex______calculatesthe"timesofincreasedpr

6、obability"ofamuchlargerquake.Rightnow,thismethod,likethefirstmethod,cannotpredictspecifictimesandplaces,butthatmaychangeasitisfurtherdeveloped.Forthemoment,noneofthesemodelscanpredictwithreasonablelevelsofconfidence.【填空答案】1.seismologist:n.［C］地震学家2.pre

7、diction:n.［C］预测，预报3.crack:n.［C］裂缝4.crust:n.［C］外壳5.fault:n.［C］断层6.seismic:adj.地震的7.postulate:v.假定8.cylindrical:adj.圆柱的9.evacuate:v.疏散10.consistently:adv.一贯地，一向，始终如一地11.formula:n.公式，规则【听力原文】Now,you'vebeenreadingarticlesaboutthetremendousdamagedonetolife

8、andpropertybyearthquakes.That'swhyseismologistshavebeenworkingsohardtodevelopmethodsofearthquakeprediction.Wecannowpredictearthquake[assertively]fairlywell,butthepredictionsonlylocatepotentialareasofdanger.Theydon'tpredictthespecifictimeandloc