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高一英语Unit4 Earthquakes 新课标 人教.ppt

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Unit4EarthquakesEarthquakesTangshanHebeiJuly28th1976Paragraph1StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideinnortheastHebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfellroseandfell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwallshaddeepcracksinthem.Asmellygascameoutofthecracks.Inthefarm-yardsthechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutofbowlsandponds.Atabout3:00amonJuly281976peoplesawbrightlightsinthesky.ThesoundofplanescouldbeheardoutsideTangshanevenwhennoplaneswereinthesky.Inthecitythewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackedandburst.Buttheonemillionpeopleofthecitywhothoughtlittleoftheseeventswenttobedasusualthatnight.At3:42ameverythingbegantoshake.Itseemedthattheworldwasatanend!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecitythegreatestearthquakesofthe20thcenturybegan.ItwasheardinBeijingwhichisonehundredkilometersaway.One-thirdofthenationfeltit.Ahugecrackthatwaseightkilometerslongandthirtymeterswidecutacrosshousesroadsandcanals.Steamburstfromholesintheground.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.Two-thirdsofthepeoplediedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.Thousandsoffamilieswerekilledandmanychildrenwereleftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan400000.Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwasnatural?Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.Allofthecity’shospitals75%ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsand90%ofitshomesweregone.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.Nowindhowevercouldblowthemaway.Twodamsfel