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1、人事考试教育网www.chinatat.com版权所有,转载请注明出处!2009年职称英语理工类教材新增部分内容第二部分阅读判断(两篇)第十二篇StudyHelpsPredictBigMediterraneanQuake ScientistshavefoundevidencethatanoverlookedfaultintheeasternMediterranean1islikelytoproduceanearthquakeandtsunamievery800yearsaspowerfulastheonethatdestroyedAlexandr
2、ia2inAD3365. Usingradiocarbondatingtechniques,simulationsandcomputermodels,theresearchersrecreatedtheancientdisasterinordertoidentifytheresponsiblefault.‘Wearesayingthereisprobablyarepeattimeof800yearsforthiskindofearthquake,'saidMsBethShaw,anearthquakescientistattheUniversit
3、yofCambridge,wholedthestudy.Scientistsstudypastearthquakesinordertodeterminethefuturepossibilityofsimilarlargeshocks. IdentifyingthefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsunamiisimportantforthetensofmillionsofpeopleintheregion,Ms.Shawsaid.ThefaultclosetothesouthwestcoastofCrete4lastp
4、roducedabigenoughquaketogenerateatsunamiabout1300,whichmeansthenextpowerfulonecouldcomeinthenext100years,sheaddedinatelephoneinterview. Ms.Shawandhercolleaguescalculatethelikelyintervalsbymeasuringthemotionofeithersideofthefaulttofindhowoftensuchlargeearthquakeswouldhavetoocc
5、urtoaccountforthatlevelofmotion,shesaid.Theircomputermodelsuggestedan8magnitudequakeonthefaultwouldproduceatsunamithatfloodsthecoastalregionsofAlexandriaandNorthAfrica,thesoutherncoastofGreece5andSicily6allthewayuptheAdriati7toDubrovnik8.ThiswouldbesimilartotheancientquakeinAD
6、365thatcausedwidespreaddestructioninmuchofGreeceandunleashedatsunamithatfloodedAlexandriaandtheNileDelta9,likelykillingtensofthousandsofpeople,shesaid.词汇:faultn.断层intervaln.间隔tsunamin.海啸magnituden.等级radiocarbonn.放射性碳destructionn.破坏,毁灭simulationn.模拟unleashv.放出,释放注释:1.theeastern
7、Mediterranean:地中海东部2.Alexandria:阿里山大[埃及北部港市]3.AD:公元后(AD是拉丁文AnnoDomini首字母的所写)4.Crete:[希腊]克里特岛5.Greece:希腊6.Sicily:[意大利]西西里岛7.Adriati:亚得利亚海8.Dubrovnik:杜布罗夫尼克[克罗地亚港市]9.NileDelta:尼鲁河三角洲[埃及]练习:1.Thefault,whichwasoverlookedbefore,hasbeencloselystudiedbyscientists. ARight.BWrongCNotme
8、ntioned2.ItisfuntoidentifythefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsu
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