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Unit4EarthquakesEarthquakesTangshan,HebeiJuly28th,1976Paragraph1StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideinnortheastHebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwallshaddeepcracksinthem.Asmellygascameoutofthecracks.Inthefarm-yards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutofbowlsandponds.Atabout3:00amonJuly28,1976,peoplesawbrightlightsinthesky.ThesoundofplanescouldbeheardoutsideTangshanevenwhennoplaneswereinthesky.Inthecity,thewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackedandburst.Buttheonemillionpeopleofthecity,whothoughtlittleoftheseevents,wenttobedasusualthatnight.At3:42ameverythingbegantoshake.Itseemedthattheworldwasatanend!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecitythegreatestearthquakesofthe20thcenturybegan.ItwasheardinBeijing,whichisonehundredkilometersaway.One-thirdofthenationfeltit.Ahugecrackthatwaseightkilometerslongandthirtymeterswidecutacrosshouses,roadsandcanals.Steamburstfromholesintheground.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.Two-thirdsofthepeoplediedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.Thousandsoffamilieswerekilledandmanychildrenwereleftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwasnatural?Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.Allofthecity’shospitals,75%ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsand90%ofitshomesweregone.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.Nowind,however,couldblowthemaway. Twodamsfellandmostofthebridgesalsofellor werenotsafefortraveling.Therailwaytrackswerenowuselesspieceofsteel.Tensofthousandsofcowswouldnevergivemilkagain.Halfamillionpigsandmillionsofchickenshaddied.Sandnowfilledthe wellsinsteadofwater.Peoplewereshocked.Then,laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakeshookTangshan.Someoftherescueworkersanddoctorsweretrappedundertheruins.Morebuildingsfelldown.Water,food,andelectricitywerehardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.Paragraph4T