英语听力：自然百科 地震袭击太平洋岛国

 A woman alive is pulled from the rubble¹ of a hotel in Padang, Indonesia. The brunt of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra Island, appeared to have been born by Padang. The death toll² throughout Indonesia is over 700 and thousands are homeless. The region was jolted³ by another powerful earthquake Thursday morning, causing damage but no currently reported fatalities⁴. More than 500 buildings including hotels, schools, hospitals and a mall were destroyed or damaged in Padang. Thousands of people were believed to be trapped in the rubble. This young man was rescued from a collapsed⁵ building.

 

The quake was very powerful and devastating⁶. Thanks to God, I have only been rescued this morning from the quake that happened yesterday.

 

Here, a fire burns out of control following the quake. The quake was so powerful that it caused buildings to sway hundreds of miles away in Malaysia and Singapore. In Padang, as the Wednesday quake struck, thousands of frantic⁷ residents fled in cars and motorbikes, honking⁸ horns. They feared the quake would trigger a tsunami⁹, but no giant waves struck.

 

It's 113. People have been killed...

 

In Samoa and American Samoa, they are cleaning up from tsunami waves that struck and flooded Oceanside villages following a powerful undersea earthquake Tuesday.

 

As rescuers reach remote areas, this footage from the southern coast of Samoa's main island Upolu...

 

Come on, Jesus Christ.

 

Oh, Jesus Christ, please give us the power to allure¹⁰ what is going on.

 

Video recording¹¹ as tsunami waves hit American Samoa, the photographer said prayers, knowing that lives were in peril¹². In this Samoan seaside village, the country’s prime minister said at least 15 houses were swept away. This woman lost her 4 children in the waves.

 

Samoa needs help, and because all of our houses are damaged and everything, so please, we need your help urgently.

 

At least 120 people died in South Pacific islands from the tsunami waves. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric¹³ Administration created a computer simulation of the Samoan earthquakes effects on the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami waves were most damaging closest to the quake. But they did impact beaches up to 15 hours later, and stretched the entire breadth of the world’s largest ocean. Experts claim it generated waves that raced toward American Samoa at speeds as fast as a jumbo jet. It all started with a type of earthquake that tends to generate strong tsunamis¹⁴ because one tectonic plate is moving against another.

 

American Samoa was close to the epicenter, about 125 miles, and the earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 miles, which was deep enough to allow the waves to race across the ocean. Put that all together and there was less than 25 minutes between the ground shaking and the first tremendous waves swamping the beaches of Samoa.

 

1 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 jolted   

（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。

4 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

7 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

8 honking   

v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停，喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Flocks of honking geese flew past. 雁群嗷嗷地飞过。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

10 allure   

n.诱惑力，魅力；vt.诱惑，引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• The window displays allure customers to buy goods.橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。
• The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason.这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。

11 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

12 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。

13 atmospheric   

adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的

参考例句：

• Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
• Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。

14 tsunamis   

n.海啸( tsunami的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently, tsunamis. 海中充满着地震、火山，包括最近发生的海啸。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
• Please tell me something more about tsunamis! 请您给我讲讲海啸吧！ 来自辞典例句