时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:初学者听力文摘精选


英语课

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was a deadly earthquake, and occurred on May 12, 2008, killing 1 an estimated 68,000 people. The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai where office buildings swayed with the tremor 2. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude 6, continued to hit the area even after the main quake, causing new casualties and damage. The central government announced that it would spend 1 trillion yuan over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged 3 by the earthquake.



2008年四川汶川地震是一次致命性的地震,发生在2008年5月12日,造成大约68000人死亡。在附近地区以及北京和上海都有震感,那里的写字楼有摇晃。这是自1976年唐山大地震以来对中国最致命的地震,也是21世纪最严重的地震。一些超过6级的强烈的余震,在主震之后继续重创此地,造成新的伤亡和损失。中央政府宣布在未来三年斥资1万亿元来重建这片被地震蹂躏的地区。



1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 tremor
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震
  • There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
  • A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。
3 ravaged
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫
  • a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
  • The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
学英语单词
Adelphan-Esidrex
anesthesiologies
anterior superior iliac spine
Antitaurus
BDV (breakdown voltage)
beading line
Bhesa
bias cutter
broken flange detector finger
browster
c-number
calixes
charge-stroage varactor
co-ordinate formula
colonialize
colour discrimination lamp
contingency perspective
conventional ignition system
copper oxide meter
cross-over track
curling dies
cut down expenses
Cynanchum gracilipes
daishowas
darkie
deepa
ever created
facients
Fargesia qinlingensis
feu-farmer
fixed end wall
fluence
fluxing medium
fosen
full address jump
gaudet
give a good example
graphic output unit
Guir, C.
gun-emplacements
hagseed
Hathor capital
helium absorption chamber
high-bay
histologic lesion
Holland cigar
ice cream cake
inferior wings
interim interdict
IP fax
jammed out
JIRA,J.I.R.A.
Judayyidah
kyoga
laraine
laser video
low-frequency region
mallet finger
marriage brokerage
matsen
microvitrain
misquoter
Muscoidea
Naejangdo
Namsan Park
neoprene rubber
newpoints
no-load lose
objective of water conservancy planning
oleate
oriental and ethiopian realm
Pabetangan
phonetic transcriptions
pier mirrors
plant waste
plastic substances
points of inflection
prior to the expiration of the term
proveditor
repaire
rough and tumble
rule with a heavy hand
S.&S.R.
sceats
science fiction
screwing tap
secretarial education
sparks up
spreading rate
squadronist
strain crystallization
superexchange interaction
sus out
suturae occipitomastoidea
symbiogenetic
tattletale gray
the-naze
tranquillisings
United Ireland
wheat-germ oil
winemerchant
wire communication line