賴世雄高級(jí)25課
Hi, everyone, welcome again to Radio English on Sunday.
/ This is Bruce,
/ and this is Peter.
/ join us today on page two hundred six for unit twenty five, Earthquake Precautions.
/..
/ Earthquakes are quite familiar to people living around the Pacific Ocean. Mainland China, and Taiwan, Japan, Philippines...many places, not far from you have earthquakes. And today we're going to tell you something about how to prepare for an earthquake. You can see in the title for word, "precaution". If we take precautions, we prepare for something bad that might happen.
/ And notice here that this word is used together with this word "take", to take precautions, means exactly the same as "to take preventive measures".
/ to take preventive measures or to take precautions.
Let's read through the first paragraph. This is actually a story and a true story about someone experiencing an earthquake. Let's read through the first paragraph and then Peter may point out some vocabulary or grammar structures to help you.
/ ..over here, this article is about somebody that is sitting next to you. :P Right?
/ Yeah.
/ You'll call that situation very horrible situation.
/ We all were here, and this is my memory of it.
Bam! The bathroom door slamming against the wall woke me out of a sound sleep. Groggily wending my way in the dark to the bathroom, I secured the door latch to make sure I would have no further interruptions of much-needed sleep. I then lumbered back into bed and started to drift off.
___________groggy,
Unsteady and dazed; shaky.
搖搖晃晃的，不穩(wěn)的，頭暈的不穩(wěn)的或發(fā)暈的，搖晃的
__________latch, n, v,
A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.
門閂閂，例如門閂，尤指帶有一橫銷，插在槽或狹縫中通過(guò)把手或鐵鏈從一頭提到另一頭
A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
彈簧鎖從外面用鑰匙打開(kāi)的彈簧鎖，用于門上的
latch
v.
latched; latch.ing; latch.es;
latch
v.tr.
To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
鎖住用門閂或好象用門閂鎖住或關(guān)住
latch
v.intr.
To have or be closed with a latch.
鎖用門閂鎖住或被鎖住
To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged:
用門閂關(guān)緊關(guān)得太緊因而把彈簧鎖撞上了：
a door too warped to latch.
門彎曲的太厲害而鎖不上
_______lumber, 1, 木材，木料，---> timber, 2, v, 笨重地行走
We start with the word "bam". Many of you might've expected "bang", that's another common spelling of any loud sound that we hear. Now some people might choose "bam" and others "bang", and there's really not much difference between them; both of them represent loud sounds. That was the sound a bathroom door made as it slammed against the wall, and woke me out of a sound sleep. A sound sleep of course means that I was sleeping like a pig, or sleeping like a rock; sleeping soundly is sleeping very deeply. So, when I woke up, I groggily wended my way, groggy, G-R-O-G-G-Y, is any feeling you have when you are not yet awake, or if you are not clear for any reason, maybe because you're sick. To wend your way is to find your way, it's not so easy. The bathroom door had slammed against the door (wall, actually), so I secured it; I didn't want any more interruptions; I didn't want my sleep to be interrupted. I lumbered back into bed; if you lumber, you walk in an unsteady way as though you feet weigh a hundred pounds each, which (mine do wink), in fact, and then started to drift off. "Drift off" is similar to "nod off", or to "doze off".
/ He dozed off in the middle of my speech, which made me very angry.
I slept like a rock, ---> I slept like a log. 事實(shí)上 I sleep like a pig, 只是中文的用法。
/ :P That may be...my picking up the expression from Chinese; I can't remember if we say that in English.
Ok, let's continue here.
Not for long. My body, the bed, and the whole bedroom began shaking. After a few confused and frightening seconds, I realized "earthquake!", "big one," I added, noting that the neighborhood dogs had joined in the weird sounds the hills around my house were making. Within moments I was out of bed and on my feet, contemplating leaving the house. "I'll wait," I comforted myself, "even these big ones pass in a few seconds."
Not for long could I I drift off because the whole bedroom began shaking. And of course I realized, "uhh-ohh, here's another earthquake," and this one was a big one, not just as a little one. We have lots of those around here. Then I also noticed there were other sounds beside my bedroom. The dogs in the neighborhood, even the hills were making rumbling sounds. "Rumble", this is a sound like thunder, we often say that thunder rumbles. I thought, gee, this is getting scary here; this is a big, maybe I should leave the house but, maybe I shouldn't, because even bigger quakes here usually are finished in just a few seconds, so, I'll wait.
/ rumble,
如果 ramble, v, n, 漫游，---> wander, 2, 搖擺， 我們常常說(shuō) a rambling rose, often refers to a girl that likes, you know, being in love with at least two boys at a time, 一會(huì)兒喜歡這個(gè)，一會(huì)兒喜歡那個(gè)的，水性楊花的女子。_________這個(gè)意思在金山詞霸里沒(méi)有的。
Ok, third paragraph now on page two hundred six. 7:21
This one wouldn't. It kept coming. Everything was shaking and trembling, rattling. I heard a pane of glass crash onto the floor. The walls, the house and the things attached to them seemed to heave, just shudder. I then noticed that the street lights had failed, and my heart was pounding harder than when I used to lift weights. I acknowledged my fear.
Well, the first sentence refers to the last sentence of the previous (proceeding?) paragraph. Even these big ones pass in a few seconds, but this one wouldn't. It kept shaking and shaking. It kept coming; everything was shaking, trembling, rattling. These are all verb related to the shaking sound. "A pane of glass", this is a measure word, for a piece of glass, maybe part of a window or part of a piece of furniture, 一塊, 一格， (玻璃),
this is a pane of glass. Of course it falls to the floor it will crash or shudder. Everything in the house was heaving. "Heaving" is moving up and down in large movements, for example, like a ship on the sea, it'll be heaving up and down, not just shuddering or shaking. Then I noticed there was no more street lights. My heart was pounding very fast and I had to admit I was afraid.
/ :D Or I was not only, you know, afraid, I was in a fix, I was in a very big trouble.
Realizing that there was no time to flee the house, I simply waited and waited. The nearly one minute long temblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me. All was well, or well enough. I walked unsteadily to another room and looked outside. A neighbor with a flashlight was checking on his and others' homes for damage.
Well, this earthquake (due past) finally. It happened about one minute later. The temblor finally subsided. You'll sometimes see this word "temblor" instead of "earthquake". "Subside" is to reduce and my reasoning came back to me; I stopped fearing the situation, and I began to check with a flashlight myself, and neighbor also had a flashlight to see if other homes had suffered any damage.
/ heave 的一個(gè)用法，to heave a sigh,
When I saw Peter leave, I heaved a sigh.
________to heave a sigh; to heave a groan, 呻吟
波浪的起伏，人的胸膛的起伏，都可以用這個(gè)字， heave,
The wind heaves the waves.
風(fēng)吹起浪。
His chest heaved after the race; his chest heaved with every breath.
Ok, let's continue on the next page.
I knew it had been a major quake, though not a centered where I lived. The next day I learned that seven point six Richter-cale earthquake had devastated the lovely rural communities of central Taiwan. For the next few weeks, everyone's life was centered around the quake due to the constant media coverage and electricity rationing. 電力供應(yīng)限制
_______devastate, v, devastator, ...者
To lay waste; destroy.
變成廢墟，荒蕪；破壞
______coverage, n, 報(bào)道，不可數(shù)，
There isn't much coverage of the plane crash in today's newspapers.
A major quake is very strong earthquake; seven point six is definitely very strong, but it wasn't, where we live here in Taibei, it was in more central Taiwan, which was devastated. It was destroyed; many small towns were completely destroyed. And for several weeks, after the earthquake, we had electricity rationing, this is also pronounced [ei], both right and the former is more common. We only had electricity maybe six hours or eight hours everyday from one o'clock to nine o'clock or something like that, and of course we could watch TV or listen to the radio. We say topic A was the earthquake. "Topic A" refers to something which is so important that everybody is talking about it all the time.
/ 里氏地震，...Richter-Scale earthquake,
the earthquake was rated seven on the Richter-scale.
/ or magnitude, means the size of the earthquake; you'll often read that word.
The magnitude of a star is how bright the star is; the magnitude of an earthquake how large the earthquake is.
Let's continue now.
Taiwan is but one of the many places situated along the "ring of fire" encircling nearly half the globe around the Pacific Ocean. Constant volcanic and earthquake action occurs here, sometimes with cataclysmic results. In this century alone, major earthquakes have taken more than one million lives. Many more have been injured and made homeless. The economic, social and personal costs are immeasurable.
________cataclysmic,
cataclysm
n.
地球表面上的巨變(如洪水, 地震等)
洪水, 泛濫
政治或社會(huì)上的任何巨變
滲出, 滲液; 猝變
atomic cataclysm
原子激變
cataclysmic
[9kAtE`klIzmIk]
adj.
cataclysmically
adv.
I mentioned at the beginning of this program about the Pacific Ocean, the Ring of Fire, and Taiwan and the east coast of Mainland China, Japan, all the way over through Alasca (地名), Basta(地名), California, Mexico, countries in South America most famously chilly, all of these areas around the Pacific Ocean, tend to have many earthquakes and even volcanoes. So it costs a great deal of damage, here we say cataclysmic results. Some of these earthquakes and volcanoes killed tens or hundreds of thousands of people, so the costs are immeasurable; it is impossible to measure the human suffering costs by these great natural forces.
/ 火山爆發(fā)的“爆發(fā)”應(yīng)該怎么說(shuō)？
/ erupt, v, eruption, n,
To become violently active:
（尤指火山）爆發(fā)劇烈活動(dòng)：
The volcano erupted after years of dormancy.
那座火山在沉睡多年后劇烈活動(dòng)起來(lái)
i
突然發(fā)生，爆發(fā)
Violence erupted after the football match. (喻)
足球賽后發(fā)生了暴力行為。
（火山）噴出，噴發(fā)
Continuing now.
Over the past quarter century, many countries in earthquake-prone areas have begun to educate their citizens on how to take appropriate precautions for earthquakes.
The following list has been compiled from experience.
_________earthquake-prone areas, 地震頻發(fā)地區(qū)，
_______compile, v,
To gather into a single book.
編輯匯編成一本書(shū)
To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources:
匯編把各種來(lái)源的資料匯集或編制：
compile an encyclopedia.
匯編一部百科全書(shū)
Over the last twenty five years or so, Japan, California, Mainland China, many places have suffered very very large serious earthquakes, so people have learnt from experience. We can't stop the earthquakes, what's worse is we cannot even predict them, however, we can take some precautions. And we have compiled or gathered a list of these hints or tips for you, especially those of you who live in earthquake-prone areas; this means an earthquake likely to have an earthquake sooner or later. And I really hope that you will pay some attention to these and do something to protect yourself before an earthquake could happen.
/ We're living in an earthquake-prone area,
prone, to be prone to, +n, or v,
This area is prone to earthquakes.
He is prone to lie; he is prone to tell lies.
/ Right, and of course then there is no hyphen used.
Well, let's take a look at some of these tips. As far as I am concerned about the most important is what to do before the earthquake. It's often too late to do anything after the earthquake. Please especially pay attention to these two tips.
17:28.
Prepare an earthquake kit near everyone's bed. These kits should include drinking water, a flashlight with batteries, and dry food. Place and extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near the bed to be placed over the head during the earthquake, and for warmth if trapped afterwards.
In our first short paragraph here, we talk about an earthquake kit. The word "kit" is very useful; it is a collection of similar things or a particular purpose. We have a "first aid kit", inside of this, in order to take care of small problems we might have like cutting ourselves or burning ourselves at home; not seriously but enough to require medical attention. Or maybe you're stung or bitten by an animal or insect; you fall down and (scret) yours, in those sorts of problems can be taken care of with a first aid kit. And sometimes in cosmetics. The ladies will buy a make-up kit. A collection of make-up in one little box, or pack. An earthquake kit continues or, sorry, contains or should contain, drinking water; it's very important; a flashlight, it's also important, and some dry food. Also, and this is probably the easiest but also very useful thing to do. Place an extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near your bed. If your building start shaking, you can put the pillow, blanket or quilt over your head to protect yourself. Of course you could also get under a piece of heavy furniture if you have one in your room.
/ first-aid kit, make-up kit,
Let's take a look now what to do during the earthquake.
If possible, get out of the building you are inside of and into a clear area. If escape from a building is impossible, get away from windows and doors. Try to find shelter under structural beams or under any heavy piece of furniture, like a large table or bed.
Now the first thing to remember is you are safest out of doors, not indoors during an earthquake. The danger is the building will fall down, not that the earth will open up and swallow you. This is a myth. Second, if you cannot get out of the building, get away from the sides of the building, which are more likely to collapse; go to the center of the building, under beams or heavy furniture.
/ This is a myth, 這是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的觀念，myth 除了神話外，還有“虛構(gòu)的故事，荒誕的說(shuō)法”的意思。
Next, after the major earthquake, and remember that aftershocks will occur, when shaking ends or subsides, turn off gas lines. Leave the building; never use elevators, quickly but not in a panic. If uninjured, be ready to assist rescue workers with information or labor.
So after the quake, you still have something to do. If you are in a building, get out of it, don't stay inside the building, and be ready to help rescue workers if possible.
/ assist,
to assist someone in doing something,
He assisted me in solving the problem; but he helped me (to) solve the problem.
Finishing.
When a big one happens, there is little anyone can do. Then above contingency preparations, however, could make the difference between and death.
That's all the time we have, but we are going now to review, so listen again carefully to the whole reading.
/ For Bruce, if an earthquake takes place, the first thing he'll do is find, or find out where Peter is, so that he can lie down with Peter, and ..:D
/ :D well, that's the difference between life and death.
/ :D
/ Yeah, that' s a big piece of furniture.
/ My heart was pounding; my heart was beating, but never say "my heart was jumping." :P
Ok, that's it for today. Join us next week.
_________Pan. 2003. 8
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Lesson 25
Earthquake Precautions 地震防范措施
Bam! The bathroom door slamming against the wall woke me out of a sound sleep. Groggily wending my way inthe dark to the bathroom, I secured the door latch to make sure I would have no further interruptions of much-needed sleep. I then lumbered back into bed and started to drift off.
Not for long. My body, the bed and the whole bedroom began shaking. After a few confused and frightening seconds, I realized "Eearthquake!" "Big one," I added, noting that the neighborhood dogs had joined in the weird sounds the hill around my hourse were making. Within moments I was out of bed and on my feet, contemplating leaving the house. "I'll wait," I comforted myself. "Even these big ones pass in a few seconds."
This one wouldn't. It kept coming; everything was shaking and trembling, rattling. I heard a pane of glass crash oneto the floor. The walls of the house and the things attached to them seemed to heave, not just shudder. I then noticed that the street lights had failed and my heart was pounding harder than when I used to lift weights. I acknowledged my fear.
Realizing that there was no time to flee the house, I simply waited and waited. The nearly one-minute long tremblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me. All was well, or well enough. I walked unsteadily to another room and looked outside. A neighbor with a flashlight was checking on his and others' homes for damage.
I knew it had been a major quake, though not centered where I lived. The next day I learned that a 7.6 Richter-scale earthquake had devastated the lovely rural communities of central Taiwan. For the next few weeks, everyone's life was centered around the quake due to the constant media coverage and electricity rationing.
Taiwan is but one of many places situated along the "Ring of Fire" encircling nearly half the globe around the Pacific Ocean. Constant volcanic and earthquake action occurs here, sometimes with cataclysmic results. In this century alone, major earthquakes have taken more than one million lives. Many more have been injured and made homeless.The economic, social, and personal costs are immeasurable.
Over the past quarter century, many countries in earthquake-prone areas have begun to educate their citizens on how to take appropriate precautions for earthquakes. The following list has been compiled from experience.
Before the earthquake:
Prepare an "earthquake kit" near everyone's bed; these kits should include drinking water, a flashlight with fresh batteries, and dry food.
Place an extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near the bed to be placed over the head during the earthquake and for warmth if trapped afterwards.
During the earthquake:
If possible, get out of the building you are inside of and into a clear area.
If escape from a building is impossible, get away from windows and doors; try to find shelter under structural beams or under any heavy piece of furniture, like a large table or bed.
After the major earthquake (remember that aftershocks will occur):
When shaking ends or subsides, turn off gas lines.
Leave the building (never use elevators) quickly but not in a panic.
If uninjured, be ready to assist rescue workers with information or labor.
When a Big One happens, there is little anyone can do. Then above contingency preparations, however, could make the difference between life and death.
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slam against: 猛力撞上
Martin's car slammed against a tree because his brakes didn't work. 注意這個(gè)brake是用了復(fù)數(shù)的。
Groggily, --Groggy,
Unsteady and dazed; shaky.
tipsy,
drift off: 睡著，漸入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)= fall asleep,
It was 4 o'clock before I finally drifted off.
contemplate: v, = consider, + gerund.
We are contemplating taking a trip to Paris.
We are considering taking a trip to Paris.
Rattle: 嘎嘎作響，發(fā)出嘎嘎聲。
subside: （地震、暴風(fēng)雨等）平息，減弱，v,
The best time to exercise is in the late afternoon after the heat of the day subsides.
Hi, everyone, welcome again to Radio English on Sunday.
/ This is Bruce,
/ and this is Peter.
/ join us today on page two hundred six for unit twenty five, Earthquake Precautions.
/..
/ Earthquakes are quite familiar to people living around the Pacific Ocean. Mainland China, and Taiwan, Japan, Philippines...many places, not far from you have earthquakes. And today we're going to tell you something about how to prepare for an earthquake. You can see in the title for word, "precaution". If we take precautions, we prepare for something bad that might happen.
/ And notice here that this word is used together with this word "take", to take precautions, means exactly the same as "to take preventive measures".
/ to take preventive measures or to take precautions.
Let's read through the first paragraph. This is actually a story and a true story about someone experiencing an earthquake. Let's read through the first paragraph and then Peter may point out some vocabulary or grammar structures to help you.
/ ..over here, this article is about somebody that is sitting next to you. :P Right?
/ Yeah.
/ You'll call that situation very horrible situation.
/ We all were here, and this is my memory of it.
Bam! The bathroom door slamming against the wall woke me out of a sound sleep. Groggily wending my way in the dark to the bathroom, I secured the door latch to make sure I would have no further interruptions of much-needed sleep. I then lumbered back into bed and started to drift off.
___________groggy,
Unsteady and dazed; shaky.
搖搖晃晃的，不穩(wěn)的，頭暈的不穩(wěn)的或發(fā)暈的，搖晃的
__________latch, n, v,
A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.
門閂閂，例如門閂，尤指帶有一橫銷，插在槽或狹縫中通過(guò)把手或鐵鏈從一頭提到另一頭
A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
彈簧鎖從外面用鑰匙打開(kāi)的彈簧鎖，用于門上的
latch
v.
latched; latch.ing; latch.es;
latch
v.tr.
To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
鎖住用門閂或好象用門閂鎖住或關(guān)住
latch
v.intr.
To have or be closed with a latch.
鎖用門閂鎖住或被鎖住
To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged:
用門閂關(guān)緊關(guān)得太緊因而把彈簧鎖撞上了：
a door too warped to latch.
門彎曲的太厲害而鎖不上
_______lumber, 1, 木材，木料，---> timber, 2, v, 笨重地行走
We start with the word "bam". Many of you might've expected "bang", that's another common spelling of any loud sound that we hear. Now some people might choose "bam" and others "bang", and there's really not much difference between them; both of them represent loud sounds. That was the sound a bathroom door made as it slammed against the wall, and woke me out of a sound sleep. A sound sleep of course means that I was sleeping like a pig, or sleeping like a rock; sleeping soundly is sleeping very deeply. So, when I woke up, I groggily wended my way, groggy, G-R-O-G-G-Y, is any feeling you have when you are not yet awake, or if you are not clear for any reason, maybe because you're sick. To wend your way is to find your way, it's not so easy. The bathroom door had slammed against the door (wall, actually), so I secured it; I didn't want any more interruptions; I didn't want my sleep to be interrupted. I lumbered back into bed; if you lumber, you walk in an unsteady way as though you feet weigh a hundred pounds each, which (mine do wink), in fact, and then started to drift off. "Drift off" is similar to "nod off", or to "doze off".
/ He dozed off in the middle of my speech, which made me very angry.
I slept like a rock, ---> I slept like a log. 事實(shí)上 I sleep like a pig, 只是中文的用法。
/ :P That may be...my picking up the expression from Chinese; I can't remember if we say that in English.
Ok, let's continue here.
Not for long. My body, the bed, and the whole bedroom began shaking. After a few confused and frightening seconds, I realized "earthquake!", "big one," I added, noting that the neighborhood dogs had joined in the weird sounds the hills around my house were making. Within moments I was out of bed and on my feet, contemplating leaving the house. "I'll wait," I comforted myself, "even these big ones pass in a few seconds."
Not for long could I I drift off because the whole bedroom began shaking. And of course I realized, "uhh-ohh, here's another earthquake," and this one was a big one, not just as a little one. We have lots of those around here. Then I also noticed there were other sounds beside my bedroom. The dogs in the neighborhood, even the hills were making rumbling sounds. "Rumble", this is a sound like thunder, we often say that thunder rumbles. I thought, gee, this is getting scary here; this is a big, maybe I should leave the house but, maybe I shouldn't, because even bigger quakes here usually are finished in just a few seconds, so, I'll wait.
/ rumble,
如果 ramble, v, n, 漫游，---> wander, 2, 搖擺， 我們常常說(shuō) a rambling rose, often refers to a girl that likes, you know, being in love with at least two boys at a time, 一會(huì)兒喜歡這個(gè)，一會(huì)兒喜歡那個(gè)的，水性楊花的女子。_________這個(gè)意思在金山詞霸里沒(méi)有的。
Ok, third paragraph now on page two hundred six. 7:21
This one wouldn't. It kept coming. Everything was shaking and trembling, rattling. I heard a pane of glass crash onto the floor. The walls, the house and the things attached to them seemed to heave, just shudder. I then noticed that the street lights had failed, and my heart was pounding harder than when I used to lift weights. I acknowledged my fear.
Well, the first sentence refers to the last sentence of the previous (proceeding?) paragraph. Even these big ones pass in a few seconds, but this one wouldn't. It kept shaking and shaking. It kept coming; everything was shaking, trembling, rattling. These are all verb related to the shaking sound. "A pane of glass", this is a measure word, for a piece of glass, maybe part of a window or part of a piece of furniture, 一塊, 一格， (玻璃),
this is a pane of glass. Of course it falls to the floor it will crash or shudder. Everything in the house was heaving. "Heaving" is moving up and down in large movements, for example, like a ship on the sea, it'll be heaving up and down, not just shuddering or shaking. Then I noticed there was no more street lights. My heart was pounding very fast and I had to admit I was afraid.
/ :D Or I was not only, you know, afraid, I was in a fix, I was in a very big trouble.
Realizing that there was no time to flee the house, I simply waited and waited. The nearly one minute long temblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me. All was well, or well enough. I walked unsteadily to another room and looked outside. A neighbor with a flashlight was checking on his and others' homes for damage.
Well, this earthquake (due past) finally. It happened about one minute later. The temblor finally subsided. You'll sometimes see this word "temblor" instead of "earthquake". "Subside" is to reduce and my reasoning came back to me; I stopped fearing the situation, and I began to check with a flashlight myself, and neighbor also had a flashlight to see if other homes had suffered any damage.
/ heave 的一個(gè)用法，to heave a sigh,
When I saw Peter leave, I heaved a sigh.
________to heave a sigh; to heave a groan, 呻吟
波浪的起伏，人的胸膛的起伏，都可以用這個(gè)字， heave,
The wind heaves the waves.
風(fēng)吹起浪。
His chest heaved after the race; his chest heaved with every breath.
Ok, let's continue on the next page.
I knew it had been a major quake, though not a centered where I lived. The next day I learned that seven point six Richter-cale earthquake had devastated the lovely rural communities of central Taiwan. For the next few weeks, everyone's life was centered around the quake due to the constant media coverage and electricity rationing. 電力供應(yīng)限制
_______devastate, v, devastator, ...者
To lay waste; destroy.
變成廢墟，荒蕪；破壞
______coverage, n, 報(bào)道，不可數(shù)，
There isn't much coverage of the plane crash in today's newspapers.
A major quake is very strong earthquake; seven point six is definitely very strong, but it wasn't, where we live here in Taibei, it was in more central Taiwan, which was devastated. It was destroyed; many small towns were completely destroyed. And for several weeks, after the earthquake, we had electricity rationing, this is also pronounced [ei], both right and the former is more common. We only had electricity maybe six hours or eight hours everyday from one o'clock to nine o'clock or something like that, and of course we could watch TV or listen to the radio. We say topic A was the earthquake. "Topic A" refers to something which is so important that everybody is talking about it all the time.
/ 里氏地震，...Richter-Scale earthquake,
the earthquake was rated seven on the Richter-scale.
/ or magnitude, means the size of the earthquake; you'll often read that word.
The magnitude of a star is how bright the star is; the magnitude of an earthquake how large the earthquake is.
Let's continue now.
Taiwan is but one of the many places situated along the "ring of fire" encircling nearly half the globe around the Pacific Ocean. Constant volcanic and earthquake action occurs here, sometimes with cataclysmic results. In this century alone, major earthquakes have taken more than one million lives. Many more have been injured and made homeless. The economic, social and personal costs are immeasurable.
________cataclysmic,
cataclysm
n.
地球表面上的巨變(如洪水, 地震等)
洪水, 泛濫
政治或社會(huì)上的任何巨變
滲出, 滲液; 猝變
atomic cataclysm
原子激變
cataclysmic
[9kAtE`klIzmIk]
adj.
cataclysmically
adv.
I mentioned at the beginning of this program about the Pacific Ocean, the Ring of Fire, and Taiwan and the east coast of Mainland China, Japan, all the way over through Alasca (地名), Basta(地名), California, Mexico, countries in South America most famously chilly, all of these areas around the Pacific Ocean, tend to have many earthquakes and even volcanoes. So it costs a great deal of damage, here we say cataclysmic results. Some of these earthquakes and volcanoes killed tens or hundreds of thousands of people, so the costs are immeasurable; it is impossible to measure the human suffering costs by these great natural forces.
/ 火山爆發(fā)的“爆發(fā)”應(yīng)該怎么說(shuō)？
/ erupt, v, eruption, n,
To become violently active:
（尤指火山）爆發(fā)劇烈活動(dòng)：
The volcano erupted after years of dormancy.
那座火山在沉睡多年后劇烈活動(dòng)起來(lái)
i
突然發(fā)生，爆發(fā)
Violence erupted after the football match. (喻)
足球賽后發(fā)生了暴力行為。
（火山）噴出，噴發(fā)
Continuing now.
Over the past quarter century, many countries in earthquake-prone areas have begun to educate their citizens on how to take appropriate precautions for earthquakes.
The following list has been compiled from experience.
_________earthquake-prone areas, 地震頻發(fā)地區(qū)，
_______compile, v,
To gather into a single book.
編輯匯編成一本書(shū)
To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources:
匯編把各種來(lái)源的資料匯集或編制：
compile an encyclopedia.
匯編一部百科全書(shū)
Over the last twenty five years or so, Japan, California, Mainland China, many places have suffered very very large serious earthquakes, so people have learnt from experience. We can't stop the earthquakes, what's worse is we cannot even predict them, however, we can take some precautions. And we have compiled or gathered a list of these hints or tips for you, especially those of you who live in earthquake-prone areas; this means an earthquake likely to have an earthquake sooner or later. And I really hope that you will pay some attention to these and do something to protect yourself before an earthquake could happen.
/ We're living in an earthquake-prone area,
prone, to be prone to, +n, or v,
This area is prone to earthquakes.
He is prone to lie; he is prone to tell lies.
/ Right, and of course then there is no hyphen used.
Well, let's take a look at some of these tips. As far as I am concerned about the most important is what to do before the earthquake. It's often too late to do anything after the earthquake. Please especially pay attention to these two tips.
17:28.
Prepare an earthquake kit near everyone's bed. These kits should include drinking water, a flashlight with batteries, and dry food. Place and extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near the bed to be placed over the head during the earthquake, and for warmth if trapped afterwards.
In our first short paragraph here, we talk about an earthquake kit. The word "kit" is very useful; it is a collection of similar things or a particular purpose. We have a "first aid kit", inside of this, in order to take care of small problems we might have like cutting ourselves or burning ourselves at home; not seriously but enough to require medical attention. Or maybe you're stung or bitten by an animal or insect; you fall down and (scret) yours, in those sorts of problems can be taken care of with a first aid kit. And sometimes in cosmetics. The ladies will buy a make-up kit. A collection of make-up in one little box, or pack. An earthquake kit continues or, sorry, contains or should contain, drinking water; it's very important; a flashlight, it's also important, and some dry food. Also, and this is probably the easiest but also very useful thing to do. Place an extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near your bed. If your building start shaking, you can put the pillow, blanket or quilt over your head to protect yourself. Of course you could also get under a piece of heavy furniture if you have one in your room.
/ first-aid kit, make-up kit,
Let's take a look now what to do during the earthquake.
If possible, get out of the building you are inside of and into a clear area. If escape from a building is impossible, get away from windows and doors. Try to find shelter under structural beams or under any heavy piece of furniture, like a large table or bed.
Now the first thing to remember is you are safest out of doors, not indoors during an earthquake. The danger is the building will fall down, not that the earth will open up and swallow you. This is a myth. Second, if you cannot get out of the building, get away from the sides of the building, which are more likely to collapse; go to the center of the building, under beams or heavy furniture.
/ This is a myth, 這是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的觀念，myth 除了神話外，還有“虛構(gòu)的故事，荒誕的說(shuō)法”的意思。
Next, after the major earthquake, and remember that aftershocks will occur, when shaking ends or subsides, turn off gas lines. Leave the building; never use elevators, quickly but not in a panic. If uninjured, be ready to assist rescue workers with information or labor.
So after the quake, you still have something to do. If you are in a building, get out of it, don't stay inside the building, and be ready to help rescue workers if possible.
/ assist,
to assist someone in doing something,
He assisted me in solving the problem; but he helped me (to) solve the problem.
Finishing.
When a big one happens, there is little anyone can do. Then above contingency preparations, however, could make the difference between and death.
That's all the time we have, but we are going now to review, so listen again carefully to the whole reading.
/ For Bruce, if an earthquake takes place, the first thing he'll do is find, or find out where Peter is, so that he can lie down with Peter, and ..:D
/ :D well, that's the difference between life and death.
/ :D
/ Yeah, that' s a big piece of furniture.
/ My heart was pounding; my heart was beating, but never say "my heart was jumping." :P
Ok, that's it for today. Join us next week.
_________Pan. 2003. 8
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Lesson 25
Earthquake Precautions 地震防范措施
Bam! The bathroom door slamming against the wall woke me out of a sound sleep. Groggily wending my way inthe dark to the bathroom, I secured the door latch to make sure I would have no further interruptions of much-needed sleep. I then lumbered back into bed and started to drift off.
Not for long. My body, the bed and the whole bedroom began shaking. After a few confused and frightening seconds, I realized "Eearthquake!" "Big one," I added, noting that the neighborhood dogs had joined in the weird sounds the hill around my hourse were making. Within moments I was out of bed and on my feet, contemplating leaving the house. "I'll wait," I comforted myself. "Even these big ones pass in a few seconds."
This one wouldn't. It kept coming; everything was shaking and trembling, rattling. I heard a pane of glass crash oneto the floor. The walls of the house and the things attached to them seemed to heave, not just shudder. I then noticed that the street lights had failed and my heart was pounding harder than when I used to lift weights. I acknowledged my fear.
Realizing that there was no time to flee the house, I simply waited and waited. The nearly one-minute long tremblor finally subsided, and my reasoning came back to me. All was well, or well enough. I walked unsteadily to another room and looked outside. A neighbor with a flashlight was checking on his and others' homes for damage.
I knew it had been a major quake, though not centered where I lived. The next day I learned that a 7.6 Richter-scale earthquake had devastated the lovely rural communities of central Taiwan. For the next few weeks, everyone's life was centered around the quake due to the constant media coverage and electricity rationing.
Taiwan is but one of many places situated along the "Ring of Fire" encircling nearly half the globe around the Pacific Ocean. Constant volcanic and earthquake action occurs here, sometimes with cataclysmic results. In this century alone, major earthquakes have taken more than one million lives. Many more have been injured and made homeless.The economic, social, and personal costs are immeasurable.
Over the past quarter century, many countries in earthquake-prone areas have begun to educate their citizens on how to take appropriate precautions for earthquakes. The following list has been compiled from experience.
Before the earthquake:
Prepare an "earthquake kit" near everyone's bed; these kits should include drinking water, a flashlight with fresh batteries, and dry food.
Place an extra pillow, blanket, or quilt near the bed to be placed over the head during the earthquake and for warmth if trapped afterwards.
During the earthquake:
If possible, get out of the building you are inside of and into a clear area.
If escape from a building is impossible, get away from windows and doors; try to find shelter under structural beams or under any heavy piece of furniture, like a large table or bed.
After the major earthquake (remember that aftershocks will occur):
When shaking ends or subsides, turn off gas lines.
Leave the building (never use elevators) quickly but not in a panic.
If uninjured, be ready to assist rescue workers with information or labor.
When a Big One happens, there is little anyone can do. Then above contingency preparations, however, could make the difference between life and death.
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slam against: 猛力撞上
Martin's car slammed against a tree because his brakes didn't work. 注意這個(gè)brake是用了復(fù)數(shù)的。
Groggily, --Groggy,
Unsteady and dazed; shaky.
tipsy,
drift off: 睡著，漸入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)= fall asleep,
It was 4 o'clock before I finally drifted off.
contemplate: v, = consider, + gerund.
We are contemplating taking a trip to Paris.
We are considering taking a trip to Paris.
Rattle: 嘎嘎作響，發(fā)出嘎嘎聲。
subside: （地震、暴風(fēng)雨等）平息，減弱，v,
The best time to exercise is in the late afternoon after the heat of the day subsides.