美国有线新闻 CNN 新西兰南岛发生强震并引发海啸 已致2人死亡
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2016年11月
First story takes us to the South Pacific nation of New Zealand, where a powerful earthquake jolted 1 the country's south island just after midnight on Monday. A little more than a million people live in the south island and though earthquakes are common in New Zealand, they're not usually this powerful.
This was a magnitude 7.8 quake, a major one, capable of causing significant damage. Its epicenter was about 30 miles northeast of the city of Christchurch, home to 340,000 people. But the quake was estimated to have hit about 14 miles deep and the buffer 2 between the quake itself and the earth surface might have kept things from being worse.
New Zealand's building code aims to make structure strong enough to get through tremors 3. But especially in an island nation, the quake itself is only part of the problem.
You're hearing tsunami 4 sirens, urgent warnings telling people who live anywhere near the coast to get to high ground, waves that were eight feet higher than the country's usual tide levels were reported early on, a local meteorologist said it was the highest tsunami the country has seen in 38 years. By Monday morning, the threat had eased and people at high risks areas were told they could go back home.
Still, there were a number of aftershocks, some strong enough to cause further damage. The nation's prime minister said at least two people have been killed, but more deaths were feared. New Zealand is located on the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire — a horseshoe-shaped belt where a lot of the earth's volcanic 5 and earthquake activity takes place.
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。
- A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
- Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
- The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
- The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。