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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,A N,ight,the,earth,didnt,sleep,地球不眠之夜,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。,Strange things were happening in the,countryside,of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village,well,s rose and fell,rose,and,fell,.,rise - rose - risen - rising fall - fell - fallen - falling,Farmers,notice,d that the,well walls,had deep,crack,s in them. A,smelly gas,came out of,the,crack,s.,农夫,注意到,，水井的,井壁,上有深深的,裂缝,，裂缝里,冒出,臭气,。,In the,farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were,too,nervo,u,s,to,eat.,在,农家大院,里，鸡，甚至猪都,太,紧张,而不,想吃食。,Mice,ran out of,the fields,looking for,places to hide. Fish,jumped out of,their bowls and ponds.,老鼠,从,田地里,跑出来,找,地方藏身.鱼,从,鱼缸和池塘,里,跳出来,.,run-ran-run-running,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点左右，有些人,看到,天上一道道,明亮的,光,。,see-saw-seen-seeing,The,sound,of planes could,be heard,outside the city of Tangshan,even,when no planes were in the sky.,即使,天空没有飞机，在唐山城外也可以,听到,飞机,声,。,hear-heard-heard-hearing vt. 听到，听,见,；听说,In the city,the water pipes in some buildings,cracked,and,burst,. but the one million people of the city,who,th,o,ught little of,these,event,s,were asleep,as usual,that night.,在市内，一些建筑物里的水管,爆裂喷发。,但是，唐山市的一百万居民,没有理会,这些,事,，当天晚上,照常,睡着了。,burst-burst-burst think-thought-thought vt. 想；认为,At 3:42 am everything began to,shake,.,It seemed as if,the world was,at an end,!,在凌晨3点42分，一切都开始,摇晃,起来。,似乎,世界,到了,末,日!,begin-began-begun-beginning,Eleven kilometers,directly below,the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century,had begun,.,二十世纪最大的一次地震就在唐山市,正下方,11公里处,发生了,.,begin-began-begun-beginning,It,was felt,in,Beijing,(,which is,more than,two hundred kilometers away.,),One-third of the,nation,felt it.,2,00公里以外的,北京市,都,感到了,地震,，,全国,1 / 3的地方都有震感。,feel-felt-felt-feeling vt. 感觉；认为；触摸；试探,A huge,crack,(,that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide,),cut across,houses, roads and,canals,.,一条8公里长30米宽的,巨大,裂缝,横切,房舍、马路和,渠道,。,Steam,burst from,holes in the ground. Hard,hills of rock,became,rivers of dir,t,.,地上一些洞穴,冒出,了,蒸气,。,石头山,变成了,泥沙河,。,In fifteen terrible,second,s a large city,lay,in ruins,.,在可怕的15,秒,钟内，一座大城市就,陷于一片废墟之中,。,lie-lay-lain-lying vi. 躺；说谎；位于,The,suffering,of the people was,extreme,. Two-thirds of,them,died or,were injured during the earthquake.,人们（遭受）的,灾难,极为深重,。2/3的人在地震中死去或受伤。,die-died-died-dying vi. 死亡；凋零；熄灭,leave-left-left-leaving vt. 离开；留下；,落下,Thousands of,families,were,killed,and many children,were,left,without parents.,成千上万的,家庭,遇难,，许多孩子成了孤儿。,The number of,people,(,who were killed or injured,),reached more than 400,000.,（,死伤的,）人,的数,达到40多万。,But how could the,survivors,believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything,was destroyed,.,幸存的人们,又怎么能相信这是自然现象呢？人们无论朝哪里看，哪里的一切都几乎,被毁了,。,All of the citys hospitals, 75%of,its,factories and buildings and 90% of,its,homes,were gone.,所有的市内医院、75%的工厂和建筑物、90%的家园都,消失了,。,go,第三人称单数 goes 过去式 went 过去分词 gone 现在分词 going,Brick,s,cover,ed the ground,like,red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could,blow,them,away.,残砖,就像,秋天的红叶,覆盖,着大地，然而没有风可以,把,他们,刮走,。,Two,dam,s,fell,and most of the bridges also,fell,or were not safe for travelling.,两座,大坝,垮了,，多数桥梁不是,塌了,就是无法安全通行了。,fall - fell - fallen - falling,落下；倒塌,The,railway tracks,were now,useless,pieces of steel.,铁轨,如今成了,一条条,废,钢,。,Tens of thousands of,cow,s would never give milk again. Half a million,p,igs and,millions of,chicken,s were dead.,成千上万的,牛,再也挤不出奶来。50万头猪和,无数,只,鸡,全都死了。,Sand now filled the wells,instead of,water. People were,shocked,.,井里满是沙子，,而不是,水。人们,惊呆了,。,Then, later that afternoon, another big,quake,(,which was almost as strong as the first one,),shook,Tangshan.,接着，在下午晚些时候，又一次,（,和第一次一样的强烈的,）地震,震动,了,唐山。,(,shake-,shook,-,shaken,-,shaking,),vt. 摇动；震动；握手,Some of the,rescue workers,and doctors,were trapped,under the,ruins,. More buildings,fell down,.,有些,救援人员,和,医生,被困在,废墟,下面。更多的房屋,倒塌,了。,(,trap-,trapped,-,trapping,),vt.,使受困；使陷入困境,Water, food, and,electricity,were hard to get.,P,eople bega,n,to wonder how long the,disaster,would,last,.,水、,电,和食物都很难弄到。人们开始纳闷，这场,灾难,还会,持续,多久。,不是所有的,希望,都,破灭了。,All,hope was,not,lost.,(,lose-lost-l,ost,-,losing,-,loses ),vt. 浪费；使沉溺于；使迷路；遗失；错过,Soon after the,quakes, the army,sent,150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the,rescue,workers.,Hundreds of thousands of,people were helped.,地震,后不久，部队,派了,15万名战士到唐山来协助救援人员，,数十万的,人得到了救助。,(,send-,sent,-send-,sending,-,sends ),vt. 发送，寄；,派遣,；发射,The army,organize,d teams to,dig out,those,(,who were trapped,),and to,bury,the dead,.,部队人员,组成,小分队，,挖出,（受困的）,人,，并,掩埋,死者,。,To the north of the city, most of the 10,000,miner,s,were rescued,from the,coal mine,s there.,在唐山市的北边，来自那儿的,煤矿,的一万名,矿工,，其中多数人,得救了,。,Workers,built,shelter,s for,survivor,s,(,whose homes had been destroyed,),.,援救人员为那些,（家园被毁的）,幸存者,搭起,了,避难所,。,build-built-built,搭起；建造,Fresh water,was taken to,the city,b,y,train,truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to,breathe,again.,用,火车、卡车和飞机向市内运来了水。慢慢地，这座城市又开始,呼吸,了。,take-took-taken-taking,vt. 拿,走,，取,走,；,带到,；接受（礼物等）；买，花费；耗费（时间等）,the end,结束,
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