人教版英語必修1課文翻譯(Unit4)

人教版英語必修1課文翻譯（Unit4）THENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN’TSLEEP地球的不眠之夜StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Forseveraldays，thewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell，roseandfell.Thereweredeepcracksthatappearedinthewellwalls.Atleastonewellhadsomesmellygascomingoutofit.Chickensandevenpigsweretoonervoustoeat，anddogsrefusedtogoinsidebuildings.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide，andfishjumpedoutofthewater.Atabout3：00a.m.,on28July1976，brightlightswereseenintheskyoutsidethecityofTangshanandloudnoiseswereheard.Butthecity’sonemillionpeoplewereasleepasusualthatnight.河北省東北部的農(nóng)村地區(qū)怪事連連。一連幾天，村里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏，井壁上出現(xiàn)了深深的裂縫，至少有一口水井冒出臭氣。雞甚至豬都焦躁不安，不愿進(jìn)食；狗拒絕進(jìn)入屋內(nèi)。老鼠跑到田外，尋找藏身之所；魚兒也跳出水面。1976年7月28日凌晨3:00左右，唐山城外的天空中出現(xiàn)了耀眼亮光，接著又傳出巨大的聲響。然而，那天晚上城里的百萬居民仍像往常一樣沉睡在夢鄉(xiāng)。At3:42a.m.,everythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend!Elevenkilometresdirectlybelowthecity,oneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe20thcenturyhadbegun,aquakethatevencauseddamagemorethan150kilometresawayinBeijing.Nearlyonethirdofthewholenationfeltit!Ahugecrack,eightkilometreslongand30metreswide,cutacrosshouses,roads,andwaterways.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Inlessthanoneminute,alargecitylayin

ruins.Twothirdsofthepeoplewholivedthereweredeadorinjured.Thousandsofchildrenwereleftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.凌晨3:42，萬物開始搖晃，仿佛世界末日即將來臨！在城市正下方的11千米處，20世紀(jì)傷害最嚴(yán)重之一的地震爆發(fā)了，遠(yuǎn)在150多千米以外的北京都受到了這場地震的破壞，全國幾乎三分之一的地區(qū)均有震感！一條8千米長、30米寬的巨大裂縫橫切房屋、道路和水路。堅硬的石山變成了泥沙流。在不到一分鐘的時間里，一座大城市淪為廢墟。城里三分之二的居民在地震中死亡或受傷，數(shù)以千計的孩子失去了父母。在此次地震中喪亡或身受重傷的人數(shù)超過了40萬。Everywheresurvivorslooked，therewasnothingbutruins.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.About75

percent

ofthecity’sfactoriesandbuildings，90percentofitshomes，andallofitshospitalsweregone.

Bricks

coveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves，butnowindcouldblowthemaway.Mostbridgeshadfallenorwerenotsafetocross.Therailwaytrackswerenowuselesspiecesof

metal.Tensofthousandsofcows，hundredsofthousandsofpigs，andmillionsofchickensweredead.Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.Peoplewere

inshock—andthen，laterthatafternoon，anotherbigquakeshookTangshanagain.Evenmorebuildingsfelldown.Water，food，and

electricity

werehardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.幸存者目及之處無一不是廢墟，萬物盡毀。市內(nèi)大約75%的工廠和大樓、90%的住房和所有的醫(yī)院都倒塌了。磚塊就像秋天的紅葉覆蓋著地面，但是卻沒有風(fēng)能將其吹走。大多數(shù)橋梁不是坍塌了就是無法安全通行了。鐵軌變成了廢金屬塊；數(shù)萬頭奶牛、數(shù)十萬頭豬和數(shù)百萬只雞也都死掉了。沙子灌滿水井，井水消失殆盡。人們驚恐萬狀，然而臨近傍晚時分，又一次強(qiáng)烈的地震撼動唐山。更多的樓房倒塌了。沒有水、食物，電也停了。人們心里開始疑惑這場災(zāi)難還會持續(xù)多久。Buthopewasnotlost.Soonafterthequakes，thearmysent150，000soldierstoTangshantodigoutthosewhowere

trapped

andto

bury

thedead.Morethan10，000doctorsandnursescametoprovidemedicalcare.Workersbuiltsheltersforsurvivorswhosehomeshadbeendestroyed.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelped.Waterandfoodwerebroughtintothecitybytrain，truck，andplane.Slowly，thecitybeganto

breathe

again.然而，希望尚存。地震發(fā)生后不久，部隊派出了15萬名士兵奔赴唐山，將受困群眾從廢墟中搶救出來，并掩埋了死者。上萬名醫(yī)療工作者趕到現(xiàn)場，救死扶傷。工人為那些家園被毀的幸存者蓋起了避難所，數(shù)十萬的群眾獲到了幫助，火車、卡車和飛機(jī)給城市運來了食物和飲用水。慢慢地，這座城市又開始恢復(fù)了生機(jī)。Tangshanstartedto

revive

itselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetireless

efforts

ofthecity’speople，anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheearthquakeruins.Thenewcityhasbecomeahometomorethansevenmillionpeople，withgreatimprovementsintransportation，industry，andenvironment.TangshancityhasprovedtoChinaandtherestoftheworldthatintimesofdisaster，peoplemust

unify

andshowthe

wisdom

tostaypositiveandrebuildforabrighterfuture.唐山重新站起來并獲得了新生。有了來自政府的大力支持以及唐山人民的不懈努力，一座新的唐山在廢墟中被建立起來。這座新的城市已經(jīng)成為700多萬人的家園，交通、工業(yè)和環(huán)境都得到了巨大的改善。唐山向中國、向世界證明，在自然災(zāi)難中，人民必須勠力同心，保持樂觀的心態(tài)和重建家園的決心。TSUNAMIHITSASIA:OVER6,500DEAD海嘯襲擊亞洲：6500余人喪生ByRobertWoodhouse

Monday,27December2004羅伯特·伍德侯斯

2004年12月27日，星期一Themostpowerfulearthquakeinthepast40yearscausedatsunamithatcrashedintocoastlinesacrossAsiayesterday,killingmorethan6,500peopleinIndonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia,andatleastfourothercountries.Fishermen,tourists,hotels,homes,andcarsweresweptawaybyhugewavescausedbythestrongearthquakethatreachedamagnitudeof9.0.Theunderseaquakestruckaround7:00a.m.,SundayoffthewestcoastofIndonesia’sSumatraIsland.Inthatareaalone,atleast1,870peoplewerekilled.昨日，40年來最為強(qiáng)烈的地震引發(fā)了沖擊亞洲沿海地帶的海嘯，造成印度尼西亞、印度、泰國、馬來西亞和至少其他四個國家6500多人死亡。漁民、游客、酒店、住房和汽車都被高達(dá)9.0級的強(qiáng)震所引發(fā)的巨浪卷走。海嘯巨浪由周日上午7點許發(fā)生在印度尼西亞蘇門答臘島西岸附近海域的海底地震引發(fā)。僅該地區(qū)就有至少1870人遇難。InSriLanka,some1,600kilometreswestofthequakecentre,thenumberofdeathsstoodat2,498,andonemillionmorewereaffectedbythetsunami,governmentofficialssaid.Indianofficialssaidasmanyas1,900hadbeenkilledalongthesoutherncoast.Another254werefounddeadinThailandand54inthreeothercountries.InsouthernThailand,1,900peoplewerehurtandmanymoreweremissing,localofficialssaid.“Iwashavingbreakfastwithmythreechildrenwhenwaterstartedfillingmyhome.Wehadtoleaveeverythingandruntosafety,”saidChandraTheeravit,alocalThaiwoman.政府官員稱，在震中以西約1600千米處的斯里蘭卡，死亡人數(shù)高達(dá)2498人，另有100多萬人受到海嘯的影響。印度官員稱，南部沿海地區(qū)有多達(dá)1900人喪生。泰國另有254人死亡，其他三個國家則有54人喪生。當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T表示，泰國南部有1900人受傷，失蹤人數(shù)則更多。泰國當(dāng)?shù)匾晃慌渝X德拉·特拉維說：“當(dāng)時我和我的三個孩子正在吃早飯，海水開始灌入屋內(nèi)。我們只好放棄一切，逃到安全的地方?！盩housandsofpeoplearestillmissing,andthenumberofdeathsis