A:Hello. 你好 B:Hey,Marco.It's Drew.Are you watching TV now? 嘿,是我Drew.你看电视呢吗? A:No why? 没有,怎么了? B:Just turn it on and switch to CCTV channel 9.There's a striking

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语抢先学

Computer Simulations Might Predict Future Earthquakes 电脑模拟能够预测未来地震 Geologists say they knew a large earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know when. The Himalay

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--环境科学探索

Swellings of the Earth 有地震! by Matthew Brown Earthquakes are unpredictable, powerful, and sometimes devastating. 地震不可预测且力量强大,有时还深具毁灭性。 9/1 Outside of war and disease, earthquakes have been the cause o

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Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains. One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were damaged. Everyone thought that there would soon be another ear

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 知性英语

A second powerful earthquake hit southern Japan Saturday morning, prompting authorities to issue, and then rescind, a tsunami warning in the region. 日本南部星期六早晨又发生一场强烈地震,促使有关当局向该地区发出了海啸警

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

April 18, 1906, California's San Andreas Fault snaps, shaking San Francisco for nearly 60 terrifying seconds .When the trembling stops, the disaster is only beginning. Gas lines rupture, setting off massive fires, some 700 people die. Most of the cit

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

巴拿马地震修订为6.0级 NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 5.8-magnitude earthquake which hit Panama earlier Wednesday has been revised to be 6.0 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake jolted 52 km south of Pedregal, P

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

希腊宣布凯法利尼亚岛因地震进入紧急状态 ATHENS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The western Greek island of Cephalonia declared a state of emergency Monday, after a 5.8-magnitude quake rattled the Ionian Sea and caused minor damage to buildings

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Nepal's devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew was coming. 尼泊尔遭遇的此次毁灭性地震是在地震专家预料之中。 Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepa

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

(Earthquake) intensity (地震)强度-梅卡利仪测量破坏程度 (Earthquake) magnitude (地震)烈度-里氏仪测量震感强度 After shock余震 Alternative risk transfer 新型风险转移 Anti-seismic design (房屋)抗震设计 Business interruption 营业中断险 Capacity 承

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Chinese scientists are using animals to try to predict when an earthquake may strike, it's reported. 据报道,中国科学家正在尝试用动物预报地震。 Seismologists in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, have set up seven

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

秘鲁发生强烈地震 LIMA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Wednesday has killed three people in the district of Chaparra, in Caraveli province of Arequipa department, local daily El Comercio reported on

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In what has become a too-familiar experience in Tokyo, a crowded subway train screeches to a sudden halt. From around the car, mobile phones start to ring. The sound is an emergency earthquake warning from an iPhone app that lets subscribers know whe

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Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media。 There is no other solution but to

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted off the northeastern coast of Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which occurred at 0210 GMT Saturday, was centered 33 km north of the town of Gueiria.

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Scientists at UC Berkeley released a video showing an earthquake early-warning system that sent an alert before the magnitude-6.0 Napa earthquake Sunday morning. 加州伯克利大学科学家发布的一则视频显示加州酒乡Napa周日上午发生

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

NEW YORK, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Crete, Greece at 21:39:09 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 40.00 km, was initially determined to be at 34.5118 degrees

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

HONG KONG, June 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Northern Territory, Australia at 14:22:12 GMT (22:22:12 Beijing Time) Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 1.50 km, was initially

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

HONG KONG, April.17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia at 18:22:29 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 27.80 km, was initially determine

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BY Misbah Saba Malik, Raheela Nazir ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed, over 180 others injured and hundreds of houses collapsed when a strong earthquake of 7.9 magnitude jolted parts of southern and southwest Pakistan on

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