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Home > Resources > 日本地震和海啸 / 日本地震和海嘯

日本地震和海啸 / 日本地震和海嘯, by Hweeling

A. 生词表 Vocabulary 

1.规模 / 規模 (guīmó) : scale   / 大规模 : massive
2.引发 / 引發 (yǐnfā) : trigger
3.毁灭性 / 毀滅性 (huǐmièxìng) : devastating
4.海啸 / 海嘯  (hǎixiào) : tsunami
5.强烈 / 強烈  (qiángliè) : strong, powerful
6.损失 / 損失 (sǔnshī) : loss
7.失踪 / 失蹤 (shīzōng) : people are missing
8.甚至  (shènzhì) : even
9.恐怕  (kǒngpà) : I'm afraid that...
10.死亡 (sǐwáng) : dead
11.冲走 (chōngzǒu) : swept away
12.沿海地区 / 沿海地區 (yánhǎidìqū) : coastal areas
13.船只 (chuán zhī) : boats
14.幢 (chuáng) : measure word for buildings
15.首都 (shǒudū) : capital
16.引起 (yǐnqǐ ) : cause, lead to
17.地铁 / 地鐵 (dìtiě) : subway
18. 运行 / 運行 (yùnxíng) : operate
19. 数以千计 / 數以千計 (shùyǐqiānjì ) : thousands
20. 无法 / 無法 (wúfǎ) : unable to 

 B. 阅读短文章 Reading Paragraph

日本的大规模地震造成数百人死亡。这次地震引发了毁灭性的海啸。日本100年来最强烈的8.9级地震造成大规模的损失,许多人失踪,甚至恐怕已经死亡。

日本的大規模地震造成數百人死亡。這次地震引發了毀滅性的海嘯。日本100年來最強烈的8.9級地震造成大規模的損失,許多人失蹤,甚至恐怕已經死亡。

rìběn de dà guīmó dìzhèn zàochéng shùbǎirén sǐwáng。zhècì dìzhèn yǐnfā le huǐmièxìng de hǎixiào。rìběn 100 nián lái zuì qiángliè de 8.9 jí dìzhèn zàochéng dà guīmó de sǔnshī, xǔduō rén shīzōng,shènzhì kǒngpà yǐjīng sǐwáng。

海啸冲走了东京以北的沿海地区的船只、汽车和数百幢房屋。地震震动了日本首都的建筑物,引起了几起火灾。东京所有火车和地铁停止运行,数以千计的人无法回家。

海嘯沖走了東京以北的沿海地區的船隻、汽車和數百幢房屋。地震也震動了日本首都的建筑物,並引起了幾起火災。東京所有火車和地鐵停止運行,數以千計的人無法回家。

hǎixiào chōngzǒu le dōngjīng yǐ běi de yánhǎi dìqū de chuán zhī、qìchē hé shùbǎi chuáng fángwū。dìzhèn yě zhèndòng le rì běn shǒudū de jiànzhùwù, bìng yǐnqǐ le jǐ qǐ huǒzāi。dōngjīng suǒ yǒu huǒchē hé dìtiě tíngzhǐ yùnxíng, shùyǐqiānjì de rén wúfǎ huí jiā。

C. English Translation:

      Hundreds of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan that triggered a devastating tsunami. The most powerful 8.9 magnitude quake hit Japan in more than 100 years, caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead. 
      The tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook  buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home.

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