09年春季高级口译阅读训练加州地震演习》.docVIP

09年春季高级口译阅读训练(7)加州地震演习》 Rehearsing for Californias Big Earthquake　　At exactly 10 a.m. tomorrow, about 5 million people in Southern California will drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a mans voice declaring, If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake were practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look