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新高一必修1第四单元课文+翻译

人教版高中英语新教材必修一课文（Unit4|ReadingandThinking）

THENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN’TSLEEP

地球的一个不眠之夜

Strangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideof

northeasternHebei.Forseveraldays，thewaterinthevillage

wellsroseandfell，roseandfell.Thereweredeepcracksthat

appearedinthewellwalls.Atleastonewellhadsomesmelly

gascomingoutofit.Chickensandevenpigsweretoo

nervoustoeat，anddogsrefusedtogoinsidebuildings.Mice

ranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide，andfish

jumpedoutofthewater.Atabout3：00a.m.,on28July1976，

brightlightswereseenintheskyoutsidethecityofTangshan

andloudnoiseswereheard.Butthecity’sonemillionpeople

wereasleepasusualthatnight.

河北省东北部的农村地区怪事连连：一连几天，村子里的井水升升降

降，起起伏伏，井壁上出现了深深的裂缝。至少有一口水井的裂缝冒

出臭气。鸡甚至猪都焦虑不安，不愿进食；狗拒绝进入屋内。老鼠跑

到田外，寻找藏身之所，鱼儿也跳出水面。1976年7月28日凌晨3:

00左右，唐山城外的天空中出现了耀眼亮光，接着又传来巨大的声响。

然而，那天晚上城里的百万居民仍像往常一样沉睡在梦乡。

At3:42a.m.,everythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasifthe

worldwerecomingtoanend!Elevenkilometresdirectly

belowthecity,oneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe

20thcenturyhadbegun,aquakethatevencauseddamage

morethan150kilometresawayinBeijing.Nearlyonethirdof

thewholenationfeltit!Ahugecrack,eightkilometreslong

and30metreswide,cutacrosshouses,roads,andwaterways.

Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Inlessthanone

minute,alargecitylayinruins.Twothirdsofthepeoplewho

livedthereweredeadorinjured.Thousandsofchildrenwere

leftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledor

badlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.

凌晨3:42，万物开始摇晃，仿佛世界末日即将来临！在城市正下方的

11千米处，20