精讲！40篇短文搞定3500词第4集：可怕的地震

七七 | 4.A Horrible Earthquake

• in horror：震惊，恐惧
• horrible：adj. 恐怖的
• terror：n. 震惊（比horror更强）
• earthquake：n. 地震
• =tremble：n. 颤动

Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.

• dirt：n. 尘土
• dirty：adj. 脏的
• rise：vi. 上升
• rise-rose-risen
• rose也有玫瑰花的意思
• raise：vt. 使…变得越来越高
• raise money：筹钱
• arise：vi. 出现
• arouse：vt. 激起
• well
• adv. 很好地
• adj. 健康的
• n. 井
• judge：v. 评判，判断；n. 评委
• canal：/kəˈnæl/ n. 运河
• 现进表将来，过进表过将
• （位移）：“来来去去开始停止死”
• suddenly = all of a sudden
• come to an end：结束
• end up with：以…告终
• an end：连续不断的
• destruction：摧毁，毁灭
• destructive：毁灭性的
• track：n. 田径
• be on track：在正确轨道上
• back on track：回到轨道上
• keep / lose track of：追踪某人
• bar：n. 棒；酒吧
• barrier：n. 阻碍
• mine：pron. 我的；n. 矿井
• mineral：n. 矿物质
• steamed buns：蒸包子
• steam：蒸汽
• burst out +ing（crying / laughing）
• burst into +n.（tears / laughter / flames）
• crack：n. 裂缝；v. 裂开
• trap：n. 陷阱；v. 困住

The next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters giving an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was shocked by the damage and the victim’s extreme suffering. People were moved when they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”. So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely, but also organized together to help the victims right away. The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks to people’s help, the loss was minimized.

• event：n. （特殊、重大）事件
• outline：n. 概括
• nation：n. 国家
• national：adj. 国家的
• victim：n. 受害者
• extreme：adj. 极度的
• suffering：n. 磨难
• move：v. 移动；remove：v. 去除
• survive：v. 从…活下来
• survival：n. 存活
• survivor：n. 幸存者
• comfort：v.&n. 安慰
• comfortable：adj. 舒适的
• congratulate sb. on soing sth.：祝贺某人做某事
• arrive：v. 到达
• arrival：n. 到达
• symphony：n. 交响乐
• bury：v. 埋葬
• be buried in sth. / doing sth.：专心致志于做…
• frightened：adj. 受惊的
• dig-dug-dug：v. 挖
• dig into：钻研
• ruin：n. 废墟
• minimized：adj. 最小化的
• minimalism：n. 极简主义