美国有线新闻 CNN 冰岛一周地震17000余次 火山随时可能爆发

The European nation of Iceland is called that because it's home to both volcanoes and glaciers¹. A nd meteorologists say there are signs that a volcanic² eruption³ is brewing⁴.

Southwestern Iceland has seen 17,000 earthquakes over the past week according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Sound like a lot? It is a lot. One resident told CNN that it's very unusual to feel the Earth shake 24 hours a day for a whole week. The largest of these tremors⁶ had a magnitude of 5.6. That's considered a moderate quake de?pending⁷ on how deep it is.

There have been some small cracks in the roads and rock falls where the ground is steeper but aside from that not a lot of damage has been reported. The tremor⁵ seemed to calm down from Wednesday to Thursday but a government official doesn't think the seismic⁸ activity is over. And while scientists don't know exactly what's caused this swarm⁹ of quakes, a University of Iceland volcanology professor thinks they might be because there's been a quote "intrusion of magma into the Earth's crust in southwest Iceland."

This is where several volcanoes are located and it's especially concerning because 2/3 of the country's population lives in the southwestern part of the island. University computer models predict that if there's an eruption, the resulting lava¹⁰ flows probably won't impact any nearby towns or the region's international airport but again, that's only based on models. All this has triggered a range of reactions from people there from anxiety to excitement and cameras have been put on standby to live stream an eruption should one take place.

欧洲国家冰岛之所以被称为冰岛，是因为其是火山和冰川的故乡。气象学家表示，有迹象表明火山喷发可能在酝酿中。

冰岛气象局表示，过去一周，冰岛西南部发生了1.7万次地震。听起来像很多？确实很多。一名居民在接受CNN采访时表示，整个星期每天24小时都能感受到地面震动，这种经历相当不同寻常。其中最大震级达到5.6级。根据深度，这被认定为中等地震。

道路上出现小裂缝，地面较陡的地方也出现了落石，但除此之外，没有太多损毁报告。从周三到周四，地震似乎渐渐停止，但一名政府官员认为地震活动还没有结束。虽然科学家尚不清楚导致这一系列地震的原因，但冰岛大学的一名火山学教授认为，这可能是因为“冰岛西南部的岩浆侵入地壳”。

该地区有多座火山，尤其令人担忧的是，该国三分之二的人口生活在岛国冰岛的西南部地区。大学计算机模型预测，如果火山爆发，产生的熔岩流可能不会影响附近的任何城镇或该地区的国际机场，但这只是基于模型预测得出的结论。这一切都引发了该地区人们的一系列反应，有人焦虑或兴奋，还有人已备好摄像机，随时准备直播火山爆发。

1 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

2 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

3 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

4 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

5 tremor   

n.震动，颤动，战栗，兴奋，地震

参考例句：

• 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。

6 tremors   

震颤( tremor的名词复数 )； 战栗； 震颤声； 大地的轻微震动

参考例句：

• 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。

7 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

8 seismic   

a.地震的，地震强度的

参考例句：

• Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
• The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。

9 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

10 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。