学术综合英语第三单元

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For nine hours, a teacher, 21-year-old Marsue McGinnis,clung to a piece of driftwood before she was spotted by her fiance,who had mounted his own rescue in a borrowed motorboat.
The Tsunami Threat
ferry Adler and Mary
Carmichael
Background of the tsunami
一、The tsunami icon
二、conditions 1、海水深度 >1000米 2、震级在7级以上 3、较快变浅的海岸地形 地貌
The tsunami process
在冬日里,我前往这个购物商场。
They watched, awestruck,as 500 feet of sand and coral emerged glistening into the sunshine.
他们看着500 英尺的沙滩和珊湖露出悔面，在 太阳光下闪闪发光，都惊呆了。
Suddenly the water came roaring back, sweeping away the children along with the buildings near the shore and the entire waterfront of nearby Hilo.
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awestruck: a. 敬畏的；惊奇不已的 e.g. I stood and gazed at him, awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful.
我站在那里凝视着他，惊叹竟有这么美的人。
glisten: vi. 闪光 e.g. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight. 平静的海面在阳光下闪闪发光。
erupt: vi.
爆发，突然发生
e.g. The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.
这座火山1980年喷发，摧毁了华盛顿州的大片地区。
came into use:
开始使用
come into commercial use 投入商用 come into widespread use 开始广泛使用 e.g. As costs go down, more solar will come into use around the world.
大浪淘沙
cling to:
坚持；依靠；依附；紧握不放
e.g. The mother clung to her son as he said goodbye. 儿子告别时，母亲紧紧抓住他不放。 He clings to the belief that one day he will be able to return to his native home. 他坚信有朝一日他会返回故乡。
venture: vi. 敢于，鼓起勇气前进 e.g. People are afraid to venture out for fear of sniper attacks.
人们不敢冒险外出，害怕狙击手的袭击。
sweeping away:
清除；一扫而空
e.g. Great Waves Sweeping Away Sand
UnfortunateIy, human nature is more resistant to change than either technology or bureaucracy
不幸的是，人性远比技术或官僚更难改变
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para 2 the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center tsunami, the technical term from the Japanese that only came into widespread use in America in the 1960s. But, as they blandly informed reporters the next day, no warning was issued because it was ''impossible to predict whether the waves would be large enough to cause damage.'' Since then, great strides have been made in both geophysics and the concept of government accountability.
突然海水咆哮着回来了，把孩子们和海边的建 筑物以及临近希恪海湾的整个滨海地区一扫而 光，冲刷殆尽。
But, as they blandly informed reporters the next day, no warning was issued because it was ''impossible to predict whether the waves would be large enough to cause damage.'' 但是，第二天他们满不在乎地告诉记者: 没有发出警报是因为"无法预测海浪是否会大 到具有毁灭性" 。 “blandly”为温和地，平静的，这里可以理解 为不太在乎。
由于成本不断降低，太阳能将在世界范围内被更广泛 使用。
make stride: 进步 make great stride in sth 在某方面取得巨大进步
heed: v. 注意，留心 e.g. You should heed this lesson well.
您应该很好地注意这一教训。
head for: 朝……方向/地方去 e.g. In the winter I head for the mall.
裂成 个向 个向 播。
原生的海啸分 为两个波，一 深海传播，一 附近的海岸传
向海岸传播的海啸，受到岸边的海 底地形等影响，在岸边与海底发生相互作用 ，速度减慢，波长变小，振幅变的很大(可达 几十米)，在岸边造成很大的破坏。
para 1 Before and after the tsunami They watched, awestruck,as 500 feet of sand and coral emerged glistening into the sunshine. A few of the braver ones ventured out onto the exposed reef. Suddenly the water came roaring back, sweeping away the children along with the buildings near the shore and the entire waterfront of nearby Hilo.
UnfortunateIy, human nature is more resistant to change than either technology or bureaucracy; 61 people in Hilo drowned when they apparently failed to hear, or heed , the warning to head for higher ground.