[00:08.72]Hank Stram lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.
[00:14.97]On October 17th,1989 a strong earthquake took place and killed over 100 people.
[00:23.61]Hank was caught in the earthquake.
[00:27.45]1 Listen to part 1.
[00:32.10]Then answer these questions in pairs.
[00:36.75]Part 1
[00:39.52]I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place.
[00:44.88]The time was 5:15 in the afternoon.
[00:50.02]In our driving along the road to fetch my daughter from school.
[00:55.38]A plan had been to go swimming together.
[00:59.64]I had finished work at about 4:00,and then gone to the post office.
[01:06.40]I was driving along a high road on my way to the school.
[01:11.86]Over my road was another road for cars going the other way.
[01:17.64]Suddenly,I saw the car in front of me started to move from side to said.
[01:24.30]I slowed down,then my car started to shake.I didn't know what was happening.
[01:31.85]Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car.
[01:36.10]I drove even slower,then the road above started to fall down.
[01:43.08]I stopped the car
[01:46.24]and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
[01:51.70]2 Listen to part 2.
[01:56.06]Fill in the blanks and write the words in the spaces.
[02:01.52]Part 2
[02:04.29]I fell myself in the dark,I couldn't move.
[02:09.44]The bottom part of my legs in my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them.
[02:15.99]All aroud me was quiet but below me I could hear shouts in a lot of noise.
[02:23.15]Then I remembered what had happened.
[02:27.23]It's was clear to me now that I had been in a earthquake.
[02:32.56]For about 2 hours nobody came.Then I heard people climbing towards me.
[02:39.61]A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road.
[02:45.85]I called out: "I'm here".I heard the shout.
[02:51.00]Soon a stranger climbing the side the bridge near my car.
[02:56.35]It took more than 12 hours to get me out of my car and bring to a hospital.
[03:03.72]SPEAKING
[03:08.89]You have promised to play tennis with your friend every week,
[03:14.04]but you are not very good at it.
[03:17.88]EXAMPLE:
[03:20.62]A:I'm not very good at tennis,you know.
[03:24.46]B:Don't worry!We're playing for fun. Just try and you'll see you can do it.
[03:32.64]A:I haven't played tennis for a very long time.
[03:37.29]B:Well done!That was a very good ball! You see you can do it!
[03:45.44]A:I hope so.I enjoyed playing tennis with you.See you next week.
[03:50.01]READING THE RESCUE
[03:57.56]Flora heard somebody shouting.She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[04:05.60]Before she could move,She heard a loud noise which grew to a terrible roar.
[04:14.96]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms. She looked around, behind her.
[04:23.31]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[04:31.18]She was so surprised that she couldn't move She wanted to watch it.
[04:38.02]However,before she could think twice,the water was upon her.
[04:45.39]"Run!"Jeff shouted,seizing her arm.
[04:50.72]The next moment the first wave swept her down,swallowing the garden.
[04:58.48]Jeff dragged her towards the house.Everything went so fast, she couldn't think.
[05:07.62]Before they reached the house, a new great wave came,sweeping down trees,
[05:15.98]and sweeping them down too.
[05:20.24]They both went down under water.Then Jeff pulled her up.
[05:28.10]He was standing,holding onto a tree that grew against the wall.
[05:35.07]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[05:41.52]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet.
[05:47.77]Only his hand was holding her hand.
[05:52.73]She fought for her life, and finally pulled herself up.
[05:59.21]Now,the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[06:07.67]was above her knees.
[06:11.33]Jeff and Flora looked into each other's face with a look of fright.
[06:18.38]"Get to the steps!"Jeff shouted.
[06:23.03]It was only just around the corner:four big steps!
[06:30.11]She looked at him,but she could not move.
[06:35.26]When the water seemed to go down a little,they ran.
[06:41.14]As they got to the steps,they heard another great roar,
[06:47.80]and the wall of the house shook.
[06:52.06]The water flowed around their legs again,but Jeff had opened the hall door.
[06:59.63]Flora quickly began climbing the stairs.
[07:04.88]Boom!Another wave struck the house,and a strange cracking noise began.
[07:13.66]The water moved up like a sea.Flora ran up the stairs.
[07:21.03]There she stopped,listening to the strange sounds,while the whole house moved.
[07:29.88]Flora,whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold and wet,started crying.
[07:38.71]"The house is falling down!"shouted Jeff."Where is the chimney?
[07:45.97]Which room?The chimney will stand." Jeff looked out of the window.
[07:54.23]Below,the water swept pass the house like a wild river.
[08:00.60]Tree after tree went down,cut down by the water,
[08:07.13]which must have been three metres deep
[08:11.86]The garden that was once so beautiful was completely destroyed,
[08:18.63]swept away by the wild water.
[08:23.17]A terrible noise went through the house.
[08:27.92]A part of the house had gone down and the floor moved up and down under their feet.
[08:35.79]For some moments both were silent.
[08:40.33]"This will stand.This here will stand.See! That chimney!
[08:47.28]Like a tower. Yes!All right! All right!"
[08:53.45]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[08:59.92]Reading and writing
[09:03.27]During the first week of May I went on a holiday to Sichuan.
[09:09.15]First,I found some photos of interesting places
[09:14.32]which were not too far away from Chengdu.
[09:19.05]I decided to go and see the big Buddha in Leshan and Mount Emei.
[09:26.10]Next,I called a travel agent whose telephone number I found in a newspaper.
[09:33.18]He told me that I could go on a two-day trip to Leshan and Emei,
[09:40.34]which wasn't too expensive.
[09:44.10]My friends,Xiao Rong and Wei Bin,said they would come with me.
[09:50.55]We took a few bottles of water,some apples and oranges,which we put into my bag.
[09:58.80]The next day we got up at five o'clock.
[10:03.48]First,we went to Leshan,
[10:07.32]where we climbed all the way up the mountain to see the Buddha.
[10:12.88]The Buddha is really very big:taller than the highest building in our village.
[10:20.54]Looking up at the large head and down at the large feet makes you feel so small.
[10:28.58]Wei Bin took photos of us standing in front of the Buddha.
[10:34.23]The next morning,we climbed Mount Emei.
[10:39.19]There are many old temples and the forest on the mountain is very beautiful.
[10:46.35]The wild monkeys are the most exciting things on Mount Emei.
[10:52.51]They are not at all afraid of people.In a second they will come to you and touch you.
[11:00.69]The monkeys really liked to touch my hair.
[11:05.23]Xiao Rong took a photo of a monkey that was sitting on my head.
[11:11.01]The monkeys look sweet but they can be very naughty.
[11:16.65]A small monkey suddenly put its hand in Xiao Rong's pocket.
[11:22.81]Wei Bin took out some peanuts and it was fun to see the monkey eat from his hand.
[11:30.18]Finally,towards evening we were on the way back to Chengdu.
[11:36.24]We were all very tired and slept on the bus,
[11:41.57]but our trip to Sichuan was really unforgettable.
[11:47.24]Words and expressions
[11:53.48]UNIT 4
[11:56.54]unforgettable seismograph Howard Carter king
[12:00.61]adj.难忘的 n.地动仪;测震仪 霍华德.卡特 n. 国王
[12:04.69]King Tut host Hand Stram take place
[12:09.06]图特王 n. 主人 汉克.斯图拉姆 发生;产生
[12:13.44]on fire scare disaster finally
[12:17.71]失火 vt.恐吓 vi. 受惊吓 n. 灾难;灾祸 adv. 最后;终于
[12:21.98]rescue Flora roar advance
[12:25.86]n.& vt. 援救;营救 弗洛拉(女子名) n. 轰鸣;咆哮;怒号 n. 前进;提升
[12:29.74]upon seize swallow drag
[12:33.97]prep.在.....之上 vt.抓住;逮住;夺取 n.吞咽;燕子 vt. 拖;拖曳
[12:38.20]pull sb up struggle get on one's feet
[12:42.23]把......往上曳 n. 竞争;努力;奋斗 站立起来
[12:46.25]fight(fought) flow fright
[12:49.97]vi.搏斗;争吵 vi.& n. 流动 n. 惊骇;吃惊
[12:53.69]shake(shook,shaken) stair boom
[12:58.32]vt. 摇动;摇 n.一级;楼梯 n. 隆隆声
[13:02.94]strike(stricken) crack go through destroy
[13:08.48]t.& vi.击打;打动 vi.发破裂声;劈啪地响 通过;经受;仔细检查 vt. 摧毁;毁坏
[13:14.02]tower national deadline fear
[13:17.65]n. 塔;城堡 adj. 国家的;民族的 n.截止时间;最终期限 n. 害怕;担心
[13:21.28]opportunity on holiday Kevin article
[13:25.30]n. 机会;时机 在度假 凯文(男子名) n. 文章;论文
[13:29.33]couch workaholic Buddha agent
[13:33.26]n.(坐卧两用的)长沙发 n. 工作狂 n.佛像;佛陀 n.代理(商)，经纪人
[13:37.19]travel agent temple touch
[13:40.22]旅行社代理人 n.庙;寺;神殿 n. 接触;联系
[13:43.25]naughty peanut note
[13:46.07]adj.顽皮的;淘气的 n. 花生 n. 笔记;注释;纸币 |