高中英语必修1unit4课文.pdf

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Unit4Earthquakes

Reading

ANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDNTSLEEP

Strangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheast

Hebei.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseand

fell.Farmersnoticedthatthewellwallshaddeepcracksinthem.A

smellygascameoutofthecracks.Inthefarmyards,thechickensand

eventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.Miceranoutofthefieldslooking

forplacestohide.Fishjumpedoutoftheirbowlsandponds.

Atabout3:00amonJuly28,1976,somepeoplesawbright

lightsinthesky.Thesoundofplanescouldbeheardoutsidethecityof

Tangshanevenwhennoplaneswereinthesky.Inthecity,thewater

pipesinsomebuildingscrackedandburst，buttheonemillionpeopleof

thecity,whothoughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthatnight.

At3:42ameverythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwasatan

end!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecitythegreatestearthquakeof

the20thcenturyhadbegun.ItwasfeltinBeijing,whichismorethantwo

hundredkilometersaway.One-thirdofthenationfeltit.Ahugecrackthat

waseightkilometerslongandthirtymeterswidecutacrosshouses,roads

andcanals.Steamburstfromholesintheground.Hardhillsofrock

becameriversofdirt.Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.

Thesufferingofthepeoplewasextreme.Two-thirdsofthemdiedorwere

leftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjured

reachedmorethan400,000.

Buthowcouldthesurvivorsbelieveitwasnatural?Everywherethey

lookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.Allofthecityshospitals,75%of

itsfactoriesandbuildingsand90%ofitshomesweregone.Bricks

coveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.Nowind,however,couldblow

themaway.Twodamsfellandmostofthebridgesalsofello

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