日本地震-英语版.ppt

Japans earthquake; Report from NYtimesQuake and Tsunami Leave Wake of Destruction Across Northern Japan;;;While the loss of life and property may yet be considerable, many lives were certainly saved by Japan’s extensive disaster preparedness and strict construction codes. Japan’s economy was spared a more devastating blow because the earthquake hit far from its industrial heartland. Japanese officials on Saturday issued broad evacuation orders for people living in the vicinity of (near) two separate nuclear power plants that had experienced breakdowns in their cooling systems as a result of the earthquake, and they warned that small amounts of radiation could leak from both plants. ;On Friday, at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time, the quake struck. First came the roar and rumble of the temblor(earthquake), shaking skyscrapers, toppling furniture and buckling highways. Then waves as high as 30 feet rushed onto shore, whisking(removing) away cars and carrying blazing(burning) buildings toward factories, fields and highways. By Saturday morning, Japan was filled with scenes of desperation, as stranded survivors called for help and rescuers searched for people buried in the rubble. Kazushige Itabashi, an official in Natori City, one of the areas hit hardest by the tsunami, said that several districts in an area near the Sendai airport had been annihilated(destroyed). ;Rescuers found 870 people in one elementary school on Saturday morning and were trying to reach 1,200 people in the junior high school, closer to the water. There was no electricity and no water for people in shelters. According to a newspaper, the Mainichi Shimbun, about 600 people were on the roof of a public grade school, in Sendai City. By Saturday morning, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and firefighters had evacuated about 150 of them;Readers comment;Im on the 36F of Izumi Garden Tower in Tokyo. Earlier I saw a massive fire from behind Tokyo Tower and the Rainbow Bridge. The way this building swayed was surreal. I