大学英语学习系统-Level05（Book-3）UNIT10-答案

⼤学英语学习系统-Level05（Book-3）UNIT10-答案⼤学英语学习系统-Level05(Book-3)UNIT10-答案
Task 7
Anna: Margaret, what's the scariest thing that ever happened to you
Margaret: The scariest thing?
Surviving
Anna: You were in the San Jose earthquake
Tell me what happened.
Margaret: Well, I was
ng in an apartment
downtown with my friend Julia. And we
were still asleep on a Tuesday morning, and a little after six o'clock, there was this
horrible sound
and the floor was just bouncing and rolling
like waves
all at the same time.
Anna: Oh my gosh! What did you do? Margaret: Well, it took a second or two to figure out
what was going on - that
it was an earthquake. Then I climbed out of
bed and under the table, and
I
shouted at
Julia to come, but she just
pulled the covers
over her head like it
was a bad dream or something. Anna: Whoa! Margaret: It
lasted
hear people talking outside
, so we tried to
out the front door
, but it
was
jammed shut
Anna: That must
ve been horrifying
!
Margaret: Oh, it was. Nowhere near as strong, but it was still scary
. We just
hugged each other and kept saying, "What do we do?" Anna: What
did you
guys do?
Margaret: Well, I remember that someone shouted, " Get out of there
we shouted back, "We can't! The door won't open." So they said, "Well,
ome out the window
too high up
," because we were
living on the second floor. "Not any more," the person shouted back. So, we looked out the window and, sure enough, we were down on the ground!
Anna: Your second floor apartment was
on the ground
Margaret: We couldn't believe it. We opened the window and crawled out
, and
somebody helped us over
all this rubble. Once we were down safely, we turned
around and looked back at our apartment building. The whole first floor was gone - it was just
totally flattened
Sanchez!" He was this elderly man who lived on the first floor.
Anna: Oh, no.
How horrible
Margaret: Yeah. Julia and I both just burst into tears had a chance
.
Task 9
A:Have you ever suffered
from a natural disaster?
B:Yes, I once experienced an earthquake
.
A:When did it happen?
B:It happened
two years ago when I was visiting Sichuan.
A:That must have been terrible.
B:It was. at the time
I was sleeping, until I got woken up by screams.
A:What did you see?
B:As soon as I heard the screams, I saw the furniture trembling
and things
falling down around me.
A:What did you do?
B:I hid under my bed, hoping that it would all be over soon, but it just
got worse
A:What happened?
B:The whole building collapsed
within seconds.
A:How did you escape?
B:I couldn’t escape. I was trapped in the rubble, unable to move my arms or legs. A:What happened then? B:I was in complete darkness for hours and hours, until a rescue team came and
saved me. I’m lucky to be alive
.
Task 11 A:Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
B:I once experienced
a tsunami when I was in Thailand.
A:How did it happen?
B:I was sunbathing on the beach, when suddenly I felt the ground
moving underneath
me.
A:What did you see?
B:I then saw a huge tidal wave heading towards the coast. Everyone panicked and ran for their lives.
A:What did you do?
B:I ran towards the shops but the wave was already behind me,
swallowing up people, cars, boats and buildings.
A:Did you manage to escape?
B:I felt something very hard and heavy knock
me
down
then I felt myself drowning in water. When I woke up, I was lying on a hospital bed. A:Did you get any injuries? B:I got a broken arm, and my face and legs were bruised
I have never
experienced anything more terrifying in my whole life.。