unit4sectionⅴ英美文化欣赏.docxVIP

【导读】 地震就像地狱使者 ，他来的悄无声息；等你意识到了 ，一切似乎 又显得那么脆弱 ，但有备无患总是好的。 Earthquakes Over one million earthquakes occur every year but most of these are too small to notice.An earthquake can happen on land or under water.A major quake may last for only a minute but in that time it can kill thousands of people and completely destroy towns and villages. In the early hours of the morning of April 18 ， 1906， people in San Francisco were suddenly thrown to the ground as one of the history s most famous natural disasters struck and the buildings around them collapsed(倒塌 )．The streets were ① described as moving lik