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 ?

Margaret: The scariest thing? the San Jose earthquake.

Anna: You were in the San Jose ? Tell me what happened.

Margaret: Well, I was downtown with my friend Julia. And we were still asleep on a Tuesday morning, and a little after six o'clock, there was this and the floor was just bouncing and rolling , all at the same time.

Anna: Oh my gosh! What did you do?

Margaret: Well, it took a second or two to what was going on - that it was an earthquake. Then I bed and under the table, and I Julia to come, but she just over her head like it was a bad dream or something.

Anna: Whoa!

Margaret: It 24 seconds, and then it stopped. And Julia and I could hear people , so we tried to , but it was . And then the first aftershock hit.

Anna: That must !

Margaret:Oh, it was. Nowhere near as strong, but it was . We just hugged each other and kept saying, "What do we do?"

Anna: What guys do?

Margaret:Well, I remember that someone shouted, " , quickly!" And we shouted back, "We can't! The door won't open." So they said, "Well, ." But I called out, "It's ," 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 ?

Margaret:We couldn't believe it. We opened the window and , and somebody 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 . And then Julia looked at me and said, "Margaret. Mr. Sanchez!" He was this elderly man who lived on the first floor.

Anna: Oh, no. !

Margaret: Yeah. Julia and I both just . He never .

Task 9

A:Have you ever from a natural disaster?

B:Yes, I once experienced an .

A:When did it happen?

B:It two years ago when I was visiting Sichuan.

A:That must have been terrible.

B:It was. 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 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 .

A:What happened?

B:The whole building 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 .

Task 11

A:Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?

B:I once 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 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, people, cars, boats and buildings.

A:Did you manage to escape?

B:I felt something very hard and heavy me , and 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 . I have never experienced anything more terrifying in my whole life.