阅读判断7_Moderate_Earthquake_Strikes_England论述.doc

阅读判断Moderate Earthquake Strikes England ?中度地震袭击英国A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007，toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries.2007年4月28日英格兰东南部地区发生中度地震，一些房屋烟囱倒塌，许多居民半夜从睡梦中惊醒。肯特郡几千人遭遇断电，一名女子头部和颈部受了轻伤。 lt felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride, said the woman. “我感觉整个房子就像游乐场的滑行机一样在滑动。”该女子说。 The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel，about 8.5 miles south of Dover and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel.英国地质调查局说，本次里氏4．3级的地震发生于上午8点l9分，震中在英吉利海峡底部，位于多佛尔以南约8.5英里处的海峡隧道入口附近。 Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. 一些目击者看到郡中墙壁出现裂缝，并有烟囱倒塌。当地居民说震动大约持续了10～l5秒。 I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me. said Hendrick van Eck，27，of Canterbury about 60 miles southeast of London.I then heard the sound of cracking，and it was getting heavier and heavier.It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down. “我当时躺在床上，觉得好像旁边有人从床上站起来。”住在伦敦东南部60英里处的27岁的Hendrick van Eek说，“然后我听到有东西裂开的声音，而且越来越响。就好像有人在我床尾不停地并着脚跳。” There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year，but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude??quake struck the central England city of Birmingham. 这种规模的中度地震世界上每年都会发生几千次，但在英国仍非常少见。4月28日的地震是英国自2002年中部城市伯明翰里氏4．8级地震以来最强的一次。 The countrys strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931，measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28??April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain，including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and wa