新视野大学英语课件_Book3－6How to Prepare for Earthquakes.pptVIP

Unit 6 How to Prepare for Earthquakes Backgroud 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 Agency (JMA). The earthquake was named “the 1995 South Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake” (or the 1995 HyogokenNanbu Earthquake) by JMA. It was also referred to as “the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster” by the Japanese government. Backgroud Information: The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster: /wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake The 2008 Sichuan was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 on the Richter Scale occurred at 14:28 (Beijing Time) on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China and killed at least 68,000 people. It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake. The epicenter(震中) was 80?kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with a focal depth of 19?kilometres (12 mi). The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai—1,500?kilometres and 1,700?kilometres away—where office buildings swayed with the tremor. Text Structure Analysis:  detect: notice (sth. that is partly hidden or not clear) or discover (sth.), esp. using a special method 发现; 探测 (Para 1) 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。 Small quantities of poison were detected in the dead man’s stomach. 在死者的胃里探测到小剂量的毒素。 Compare: find; discover wax: vi. n. (para1) 1) vi. Increase; grow wax and wane (月的)盈亏圆缺; [喻]盛衰 The popularity of the film stars waxed and waned. 电影明星们的名望盛衰无常。 Her feelings for John wax and wane. 她对约翰的感情时好时坏。 wax angry/ old/fat 生起气来/ 渐渐变老/ 胖起来 withstand: bear; oppose successfully; not be changed by (para 2) withstand the storm/ severe tests 顶住风暴/ 经受住严峻的考验 The troops were too weak to withstand another attack. 军队太弱了，抵挡不住下一次进攻。 These shoe