时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:初学者听力文摘精选


英语课

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was a deadly earthquake, and occurred on May 12, 2008, killing 1 an estimated 68,000 people. The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries and as far away as both Beijing and Shanghai where office buildings swayed with the tremor 2. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. It is the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time. Strong aftershocks, some exceeding magnitude 6, continued to hit the area even after the main quake, causing new casualties and damage. The central government announced that it would spend 1 trillion yuan over the next three years to rebuild areas ravaged 3 by the earthquake.



2008年四川汶川地震是一次致命性的地震,发生在2008年5月12日,造成大约68000人死亡。在附近地区以及北京和上海都有震感,那里的写字楼有摇晃。这是自1976年唐山大地震以来对中国最致命的地震,也是21世纪最严重的地震。一些超过6级的强烈的余震,在主震之后继续重创此地,造成新的伤亡和损失。中央政府宣布在未来三年斥资1万亿元来重建这片被地震蹂躏的地区。



1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 tremor
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震
  • There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
  • A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。
3 ravaged
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫
  • a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
  • The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
学英语单词
acral hyperplasia
alliably
allowable density of harmful gas
anaerobic biological
antifix
antimerger act
audiphones
brown spot
bus station
buttlicker
Campbell, C.
Campherenol
cantilever valve
Castle Malwood
celebicus
clouere (la clouere riviere)
colombian monetary units
colopodacus obovataus
compensation for stoppage
day indicator unlocking yoke
decaled
Dexafed
dried sweetened milk
ecological bonitation
embery
enforceable approach
enveigling
ESD type boiler
essential amino-acid therapy
eudaemonistic
extended memory
fish-worship
following mechanism
fothering
further education funding council for england (fefce)
geological measuring instrument
germ ring
gladewater
Gumbelina
helicopter assault
housing main body
International direct dial code
jamais vu
jerkinesses
kippered blackcod
limply
long tonforce
look-at-mest
maxillary cartilage
mensch
metallic disk rectifier
meteorological data
method of joint
microbism
microfluctuations
mid field
mirror writing
multikilojoule
naadam
narrative organization
network control program
nonterminated
open deck space
outgoing gauge
overcompliments
pearl mica (margarite)
phygocytin
physiological phenomenon
pizzaless
Platalea leucorodia
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
proiectus taiwanensis
proxygene
puech
quick-look record
Ramus digastricus
repi
retail banking
search engine optimization
self-relative computer
servility
shaanxiensis
sizing test
smoke color
sodium methylarsonate
spore-bearing bacteria
symmetrical triangles
tandem electrostatic generator
testis
tourist tax
toxteth
underailable
unspiritual
variable assembly line
variant of ALGOL-68
vertical deaerator
virginly
walpole's buffer solution
werie
white hopes
window closing
wudu'