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Unit 6

Section A How to Prepare for Earthquakes

I. Pre-reading Activities

i. Related Event

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (simplified Chinese: 四川大地震); or "Great Sichuan Earthquake", The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.0 M s according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) and 7.9 M w according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was in Wenchuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, 80 km west/northwest of the provincial capital city of Chengdu, with its main tremor occurring at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC), on Monday May 12, 2008.

Official figures (as of July 6, 2008 12:00 CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,340 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. It is the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area.

ii. Related Information

the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster:

At 5:46:51 AM, on January 17, 1995, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred around Kobe City in Japan. The earthquake magnitude was defined by the Japan Meteorological A gency. The earthquake was named “the 1995 South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake” (or the 1995 Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake) by JMA. It was also referred to as “the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster” by the Japanese government.

1995 年1月17日清晨5点46分51秒，日本科博市附近发生了7.2级大地震。这次地震的级别是由日本气象局（JMA）测定出来的。JMA把这次地震命名为“1995南尤构县大地震”。它也被日本政府称为“汉山地震大灾难”。

iii. New Words and Expressions

1. forecast: (1) vt. 预报，预测(2) n. 预报，预测

(1)The newspaper's forecast that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true. 报纸预测民主党人在这次大选中将被彻底击败,结果变成了事实。

(2) Hurricane has been forecast for tomorrow afternoon. 天气预报说明天下午有飓风。

2. detect: vt. 察觉，发现；探测

The dentist could detect no sign of decay in her teeth. 牙医在她的牙齿上找不到蛀蚀的迹象。

相关词语detection n. 察觉，发现；探测

detective (1) n. 侦探(2) adj. 侦探的

3. watch… for: 留意，观察

He has watched large amounts of books for the treatment of cancer.

他留意了大量书籍中有关癌症的疗法。

4. experimental: adj. 实验的，用作实验的，根据实验的

The medicine is still at the experimental stage. 这种药现还处于试验阶段。

相关词语

experiment n. 实验

5. wax: (1) vi. 变大，增加(2) n. 蜡

(1) Candles are made of wax. 蜡烛是蜡做的。

(2) wax and wane (月的)盈亏、圆缺；[喻]盛衰

6. destruction: n. 破坏，摧毁；引起毁灭的根源；毁灭的原因

The fire caused the destruction of my books. 这场大火使我的藏书被毁坏。

相关词语

destroy v. 破坏，摧毁

destructive adj. 破坏性的，毁灭性的

7. after all: (1) 记住; 别忘了(2) 毕竟; 终究

(1) It has turned out to be a nice day after all. 天气终于转晴了。

(2)I know he hasn't finished the work, but after all, he's done his best.

我知道他尚未完成这项工作, 不过要知道,他已经尽力了。

8. withstand: vt. 经受，承受，顶住

The enemy couldn’t withstand our attack. 敌人抵御不住我军的进攻。

9. joint: (1) n. 接头，接缝，接合处；关节(2) adj. 共有的，联合的

(1) Our arms and legs bend at joints. 我们的胳膊和腿在关节处弯曲。

(2)Mr. Jones and his two sons are the joint owners of the business.

琼斯先生和他的两个儿子是这家商店的共有者。

10. durable: adj. 耐久的，耐用的；持久的

The resolution calls for a just and durable peace settlement in the area.

决议号召这个地区的问题得到公正而持久的和平解决。

11. horizontal: adj. 与地平线平行的，平的，水平的

On a map there are horizontal lines and vertical lines. 地图上有水平线和垂直线。

相关词语

horizon n. 地平线；人的知识、经验、兴趣的限度或范围，眼界

12. beam: (1) n.梁，横梁；光束，射束(2) vi. 愉快地微笑；发光,发热(3)vt. 播送（消息、电视节目等）

(1) The beams of the searchlights fingered the sky over the airport. 一道道探照灯光刺破机场的天空。

(2) He beamed on his visitors. 他对着客人们微笑。

(3) This program is beamed to European countries at 10:00 daily. 这节目每天十点钟向欧洲国家播送13. vertical: adj. 垂直的，竖的，立式的

Walls are usually vertical. 墙通常是垂直的。

14. enclose: vt. (1) 围住，包住(2) 附寄

(1) The football field is enclosed by a wall. 足球场被一道墙围了起来。

(2) I enclose a check for $400. 我附上一张400美元的支票。