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1、A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPStrange things were happening / in the countryside of northeast Hebei. 河北省东北部的农村不断有些怪事发生。For three days / the water in the village wells / rose and fell, rose and fell.三天来，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。Farmers noticed / that the well walls / had deep cracks in them. 农夫注意到，水井的井壁上有深深的裂缝
2、。A smelly gas came out of the cracks. 裂缝里冒出臭气。In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs / were too nervous to eat. 农家大院里的鸡，甚至猪都得不想吃食。Mice ran out of the fields / looking for places to hide.老鼠从田地里跑出来找地方藏身。Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. 鱼缸和池塘里的鱼会往外跳。At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976,
3、 some people saw bright lights / in the sky. 在1976年7月28日凌晨3点左右，有些人看到天上一道道明亮的光。The sound of planes / could be heard outside the city of Tangshan / even when no planes were in the sky. 即使天空没有天机，在唐山城外也可以听到飞机声。In the city, the water pipes in some buildings / cracked and burst. 在市内，有些建筑物里的水管爆裂开来。But the
4、one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.但是唐山市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事，当天晚上照常睡着了。At 3:42 am / everything began to shake. 在凌晨3点42分，一切都开始摇晃民来。It seemed as if the world was at an end! 世界似乎到了末日！Eleven kilometres derectly below the city / one of the
5、greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. 二十世纪最大的地震之一就在唐山市正下方11公里处发生了。It was felt in beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometres away. 200公里以外的北京市都感到了地震。One-third of the nation felt it.全国1/3的地方都有震感。A huge crack / that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide / cut across hou
6、ses, roads and canals. 一条8公里长30米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍、马路和渠道。Steam burst from holes in the ground. 地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸汽。Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. 石头山变成了泥沙河。In fifteen terrible seconds / a large city lay in ruins. 在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中。Fall in ruinsThe suffering of the people was extreme. 人们遭受的灾难极为深重。
7、Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. 2/3的人在地震中死去或受伤。Thousands of families were killed / and many children were left without parents.成千上万个家庭遇难，许多孩子变成了孤儿。The number of people / who were killed or seriously injured / reached more than 400,000.死伤的人数达到40多万。But how could the surv
8、ivors believe it was natural? 幸存的人们又怎么能相信这是自然现象呢？Everywhere they looked / nearly everything was destroyed. damage人们无论朝哪里看，哪里的一切都几乎被毁了。All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings / and 90% of its homes were gone. 所有的市内医院、75%的工厂和建筑物、90%的家园都消失了。Bricks covered the ground / like red au
9、tumn leaves. 残砖就像秋天的红叶覆盖着大地。No wind, however, could blow them away. 然而它们是不可能被风刮走的。Two dams fell / and most of the bridges also fell / or were not safe for travelling. 两座大坝垮了，多数桥梁不是塌了就是无法安全通行了。The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. 铁轨如今成了一条条废钢。Tens of thousands of cows / would never giv
10、e milk again. 好几万头牛再也挤不出奶来。Half a million pigs / and millions of chickens / were dead. 50万头猪和几百万只鸡全都死了。Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were shocked. 井里满是沙子，而不是水。人们惊呆了。Then, later that afternoon, another big quake / which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. 接着，在下午
11、晚些时候，又一次和第一次一样的强烈的地震震撼着唐山。Some of the rescue workers and doctors / were trapped under the ruins. 有些医生和救援人员被困在废墟下面。More buildings fell down. Water, food, and eletricity were hard to get. 更多的房屋倒塌了。水、电和食物都很难弄到。People began to wonder / how long the disaster would last.人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久。All hope was not
12、lost. Not all. No.不是所有的希望都破灭了。Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan / to help the rescue workers. 地震后不久，部队派了15万名战士到唐山来协助救援人员。Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. 数十万的人得到了救助。The army organized teams / to dig out those who were trapped / and to bury the dead. 部队人员组成
13、小分队，将受困的人们挖出来，将死者掩埋。To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued / from the coal mines there. In / to / on在唐山市的北边，有一个万名矿工煤矿，其中多数人得救了。Workers built shelters for survivors / whose homes had been destroyed. 援救人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and
14、plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.用火车、卡车和飞机向市内运来了水。慢慢地，这座城市又开始出现了生机。C E B D A 1、Strange things were happeningbefroe the earthquake but no one pay attention to them.2、The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.3、People were shocked at the destruction./at the sad sight./at the ruins.4、
15、Thanks to the help of the army, the city began to breathe again./come to life again./recover soon.U4 USING LANGUAGE5Office of the city governmentTangshan, HebeiChinaJuly 5, 2011中国， 河北唐山市政府办公室2011年7月5日Dear Sir or Madam:/ Dear Mr. Yu/ Dear Dr. Li(That is Title + Surname to whom you know)亲爱的先生/女士：Congratulations! We are pleased to tell you / that you have won the high school speaking competition / about new Tangshan. Game/match/spoken English恭喜你！我们很高兴地告诉你，你在以新唐山为主题的中学演讲经赛中获得第一名。Your speech was heard / by a group of five judges, all of whom agreed / that it was the
