高一英語課文
Unit 7 Earthquakes
1 . Carl, what does quake mean, as in the word earthquake?卡爾，earthquake這個詞中的「quake」是什麼意思？
2 . Were you in San Francisco at the time of the big earthquake in 1989?1989年舊金山大地震時，你在那兒嗎？
3 . The earth shook for quite a while.地面震動了好一陣子。
4 . And so do you, if you're afraid, and if the earthquake's a big one.假如是強地震，如果你害怕，你也會抖動的。
5 . The house moved and a few pictures fell off the wall, but that was all.房屋也在動，幾幅畫從牆上掉下來，但只是這些。
6 . It was like being on a boat.就好像是坐在一條小船上一樣。
7 . Yes. It sounded like a train that was going under my house.是的。這響聲聽起來像是一列火車在從我的房子下面駛過。
8 . So, in an earthquake, the earth shakes.因此，地震時，地球震動。
9 . What happened next?接著怎麼樣了？
10 . Very strange. It was my first earthquake, you see, and I didn't know what was happening.很奇怪。那是我第一次經歷地震，你瞧，我當時還不知道發生了什麼事。
11 . I was in the kitchen cooking something and I felt the floor move.我正在廚房煮東西，感到地板在震動。
12 . Sure I was. I'll never forget that.我當然在那兒了。我永遠都不會忘記那次地震。
13 . What was it like?那次地震怎麼樣？
14 . And then I watched all the glasses that were on the table fall off onto the floor.接著我看到桌上所有的玻璃杯都掉到了地板上。
15 . First I heard a noise.我最先聽見一陣響聲。
16 . It means to shake.它的意思是「震動」。
17 . Yes, but not very.是的，但不是很害怕。