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Section_ⅣOther_Parts_of_the_Module [原文呈现] Earthquakes Around the Pacific About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide① every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year. China is situated in② one of the most active③ earthquake regions in the world and there have been④ many terrible earthquakes. The most serious of these occurred in Hua County in Shaanxi Province in 1556. The earthquake affected eight provinces in Central China. It covered an area of⑤ 800 square kilometres. In some communities, 60 percent of the population⑥ were killed. In all⑦， 830,000 people lost their lives⑧. The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst⑨ earthquake that has ever happened in the United States⑩. It took place? at 5：15 a．m., and lasted? for only a minute. However, it caused? the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history. [读文清障] ①worldwide/?w??ldwaId/adj.全世界的 ②be situated in坐落于，位于 ③active/?ktIv/adj.积极的；活跃的 其比较级、最高级是分别在其前加more, most。 ④there have been为there be结构的现在完成式。 ⑤cover an area of覆盖面积达…… ⑥population n．人口 population作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。当主语是表示“人口的百分之几，几分之几”时，谓语动词的数根据population的意义来定。 ⑦in all总共；总计　⑧lose ones life牺牲，丧生 ⑨worst为bad的最高级。 ⑩that引导的定语从句，修饰earthquake。此处that不能换为which，因为先行词earthquake前有最高级修饰。 ?take place 发生 ?last ...持续(一段时间)，此时last是不及物动词。 ?cause vt.引起；导致　cause sb. to do sth.导致某人做某事 环太平洋地区的地震 [第1～3段译文] 每天世界上大约会发生400次地震，每年会发生10万多次。 中国位于世界上地震活动最频繁的地区之一，并且已经发生了很多次可怕的地震。最严重的一次于1556年发生在陕西省的华县。那次地震影响了中国中部的8个省份，波及800平方千米。在一些社区，60%的人口丧生。(在那次地震中)总共83万人丧生。 1906年4月18日发生的加利福尼亚地震是美国历史上最严重的一次地震。它发生在凌晨5：15，持续了仅一分钟。然而，它造成了美国历史上最严重的自然灾害。 Fires caused by the California Earthquake? did the most damage?. The fires burned for three days, destroying a total of? 25,000 buildings?. About 500 people were killed in the city of San Francisco and 250,000 were made homeless?. In the whole of? California, the earthquake and fires caused about 3,000 deaths?. The 1906 earthquake was caused by a movement on the San Andreas Fault. One hundred years later, movements on the San Andreas Fault contin