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事件英语作文:地震无情人有情(通用20篇)

导语:感恩节是美国人民独创的一个古老节日,也是美国人合家欢聚的节日。初时感恩节没有固定日期,由美国各州临时决定。直到美国独立后的1863年,林肯总统宣布感恩节为全国性节日。1941年,美国国会正式将每年11月第四个星期四定为“感恩节”。感恩节假期一般会从星期四持续到星期天。现在小编给你们带来了关于事件英语作文:地震无情人有情优秀作文,仅供大家参考,希望对您有帮助。

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关于图书馆英语高一

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There is a library in every university, some schools pay special attention

to the building of the library, because the library always on behalf of

presentation of a school. We can find all kinds of books in the room, library

provides convenience, but it still has space to improve.

On the one hand, we can check the information and go to the library every

day. It is open all the week, and the time is from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. For

students, they can go to the place all the time. What’s more, the book they want

is easy to find, they can check on the computer, and find the number

quickly.

On the other hand, the library needs to improve its equipment. The books on

the library are very old, it is not good for students to do some research paper.

The amount of the computer is not enough, I always find the students wait for

the computer, while some students need to use the computer for a long time. So

there will be better if increase the number of the computer.

Despite these drawbacks, I am generally pleased with the library and hope

that it will continue to make improvement in the future.

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篇1:食品安全英语

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As is known to all food is a priority for the common people. Recently

however reports about food problems have often been seen in the newspapers

showing that people have always been concerned about what they eat every day.

The reason for this problem is that some of the food producers are too fond of

making money leading to the result that they use whatever will make the food

look good or taste better without considering the bad consequences. This is not

normal because people just cannot live without eating anything.

So we should take all the measures necessary to forbid the food producers

to make food that is not safe enough. Laws should be strengthened and the

government should have more control over these producers. Only when people are

no longer worried about whether their food is safe or not can they enjoy a

better life.

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篇2:保护野生动物高一英语

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Many animals are in danger of dying out. As is shown in the chart, we can

see the number of animal species decreases faster and faster and this trend will

continue. From 1980 to 2010, at least 1 million animal species have disappeared.

Worse still, more and more wild animals are in great danger. It is not a piece

of sensational news; it is a fact, a harsh reality. Unfortunately, we may not

see these animals in the near future.

From the second picture, we can find some reasons. Why is the number of

animal species declining year by year? Apparently animals have become victims of

fashion industry. Animal skin has been used to make fashionable clothes and

these clothes sell at a high price. So some greedy people begin to kill animals

in a large quantity. This irresponsible behavior not only breaks the balance of

nature but also endangers the living environment of human beings.

As far as I am concerned, something must be done to stop this illegal

action. We believe "no buying, no killing". First, we must make concerning laws

to protect these animals in danger. Second, we must take some measures to

protect animals effectively. Animals are our friends and part of our

environment. Third, we should raise peoples awareness to protect animals and

our environment. In this way, we can build a harmonious society and ensure a

sustainable development.

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篇3:我的暑假英语

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I had a joyful summer vacation. During the holidays, I traveled with my

families.

We went to Beijing and stayed there for four days. We lived in the hotel.

It is very beautiful. We visited to the Tiananmen Square, the Imperial Palace,

the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace.

We also went to the Great Wall. The weather was very hot, but we were

exciting. I like Beijing very much. I hope I can go there again.

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篇4:关于戒烟英语

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We can see such signs as “No Smoking” in some public places, which is a

kind of measure taken to ban smoking in public places. However, concerning about

this measures, different people hold divergent opinions. The smokers protest

against that it is a kind of action to deprive of their free right, while the

non-smokers are in favor of banning smoking in public places.

In my opinion, I am inclined to support the latter one—smoking should be

banned in public places. There are reasons accounting for my point. For one

thing, people will be harmed by the second-hand smoking if someone smokes in

public places, especially the infants and children. For another, banning smoking

in public places is also beneficial to the smokers. If they are banned to smoke

in public places, they will restrain themselves from smoking and smoke less. In

the meantime, it is a contribution to reduce the air pollution.

Therefore, I advocate that smoking in public places should be banned so

that we can breathe the fresh air and suffer less from the second-hand smoking.

Let’s work together to create and sustain out green and fresh environment.

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篇5:历年高考满分英语

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April 12 is memorable because our clahad a meaningful experience on that day. In the morning, we bicycled to the suburbs to plant trees, talking and laughing all the way. Upon arrival, we began to work immediately. Some were digging holes. Some were carrying and planting young trees. Others were watering . After getting the work done, we put up a board reminding people to protect the trees. Before leaving we took some photos to record our green action. Seeing the lines of trees, we all had a sense of achievement. We feel it’s our duty to protect and beautify our environment.

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篇6:保护环境英语作文高一80词

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With the development of our society, energy in the world bees more and more

limited, so it is quite important for us to save energy and to protect our

environment。 As a student, there are a lot of methods we can do to save energy

at home。 For example, first, we can turn off the light as well as other

appliances when we are not using them。 Second, recycle the waste water, paper

and other waste so that we can reuse them。 Whats more, it is suggested to use

public transportation more instead of private cars.

Above all, everyone can make a great contribution to our environment。 I

hope I can learn more to develop new and clear energy, like energy from the wind

and solar.

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篇7:有关艺术英语作文高中

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Since I was very small, my parents sent me to learn painting. They thought

I could understand art and mastered one skill. This experience brings me the

sense of art. I have my own understanding of it.

On the one hand, art is an important way to express peoples opinion. When

we see the pictures, the difference between classical and ordinary paintings

lies in the thoughts. The famous artists implant their ideas in the pictures,

which are admitted by the public, so the value of arts can be seen. Some famous

artists expressed their unique opinion and gives arts great meaning.

On the other hand, art is not only from works, but also from life. For

example, my mother cooks the delicious food. Everybody speaks highly of her. So

her food brings people great happiness, which makes the food an art for me.

Whats more, my friends is good at communicating. The way she talks can convince

other easily, so I call the way she communicates as an art.

In all, for me, art is around. It brings people a way to see the world or

makes our life wonderful.

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篇8:勇气英语作文高三100词

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In the matter of courage we all have our limits. There never was a hero who

did not have his bounds. I suppose it may be said of Nelson and all the others

whose courage has been advertised that there came times in their lives when

their bravery knew it had come to its limit.

I have found mine a good many times. Sometimes this was expected--often it

was unexpected. I know a man who is not afraid to sleep with a rattle-snake, but

you could not get him to sleep with a safety-razor.

I never had the courage to talk across a long, narrow room. I should be at

the end of the room facing all the audience. If I attempt to talk across a room

I find myself turning this way and that, and thus at alternate periods I have

part of the audience behind me. You ought never to have any part of the audience

behind you; you never can tell what they are going to do.

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篇9:关于手机的英语

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With the development of science and technology, there are more and more new

products appearing in human beings’ life. Cell phone is a good example.

Nowadays, cell phone has been widely used in people’s daily life. It seems that

people can’t live without it. In my opinion, cell phone really brings so many

advantages to mankind.

First of all, cell phone is very convenient. People can connect with anyone

in anywhere if that person has a mobile phone, too. In other words, people have

to write letter in paper and then wait for a long time to make the letter

arrived the destination in the old days, but now people can write message on

cell phone and then send it to the person they want in a second or just dial

that person’s mobile phone number and then they can talk with each other in a

few second. Secondly, mobile phone can act as a safe guarantee. When people face

dangerous, they can use cell phone to dial 110 to report to the police or ask

for help from friends nearby. And when people worry about another man, they can

call him to make sure whether he is OK or not. Last but not least, mobile phone

contains much interesting entertainment, which can bring lots of happiness to

human beings and make their life more colorful.

In general, cell phone is the product of high-tech, which brings lots of

benefits to our human beings.

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篇10:写信的英语作文100字

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Dear mother:

Hello!

Mom, this is my first time to write to you, very excited, many words do not

know where to start, usually I am more willful, there are a lot of thanks to

you, and do not want to say to you. Today, let me take this opportunity to tell

you a daughters gratitude.

When I was young, you began to have long hair for me. You said girls had

long hair and beautiful hair. But this is a lot of trouble for you, but for your

daughters beauty, I wash my hair once every 32 days and comb a beautiful

hairstyle. Every time I wash my hair, Im afraid Im cold or ironed. You always

adjust the water temperature so well. The children in the community envy me that

I have a good mother.

After I go to primary school, you always get up early every morning and

wake me up after a good meal, but sometimes I still pick and pick, and dont eat

well and make you sad. But you never get angry with me. Instead, you do it for

me on the second day. On the way to school, I saw other children taking the cake

and eating while walking. I wanted to tell you, "Mom, how nice you are!"

Remember last semester, when the math unit test, there was a simple

formula, because of my carelessness made a mistake, you see after very angry,

very hard to criticize me. At that time, I almost cried by your quarrel, but I

knew in my heart that your severity was for my good.

Mom, here I want to say to you, "Mom, I love you!" You are hard! "

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篇11:关于父亲节英语

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Almost every kid will be asked the question of whom do you like better,

your mother or your father. There is no doubt that mother is very great as she

gives you the life, while father is also of importance. Father’s Day is invented

to show gratitude to fathers. Its coming has a story.

The first person to propose the idea of Father’s Day was Mrs. Dodd in 1906.

She wanted a special day to honor her father, whose wife passed away many years

ago. At first, Mrs. Dodd wanted Father’s Day to be celebrated on her father’s

birthday, but later President Johnson signed a paper to declare the third Sunday

of June was Father’s Day. Since then, it became an international day. It is not

only to honor one’s father, but also the fathers of all the people.

Father’s Day reminds people to show gratitude to their fathers, who loves

you all the time and no matter what difficulty you meet, he will stand by your

side. So however busy we are, we should call them now and then.

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篇12:关于校园暴力事件英语作文

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School is not only a place we can learn something,but also is a small society.

"School Violence"is a popular word in the school during this years.And school Violence have many influence for us too.Many of us suffer form bully of school-bullies nowadays.

So,boycott school Violence is what everyone in school should do.Teachers should have a sense of responsibility and carefully found the things which happened in your students and then timely educate and protect them.As we should have a sense of justive and also have a heart of fighting against with evil.Dont be feared,it just like a spring,you weak it will strong,you strong it will weak.

I think if we unite together to fight against with evil.The school will peace and harmonious again!

学校不仅是一个地方我们可以学到一些东西,但也是一个小社会。

校园暴力”是一个流行的词在学校在这一年。和学校暴力对我们有很多影响。现在我们很多人遭受形式的学校里欺负欺负。

所以,抵制校园暴力在学校是每个人都应该做的。老师应该有责任心,仔细发现的事情发生在你的学生,然后及时的教育和保护他们。我们应该有一种justive和也有一个心脏的打击邪恶。别担心,它就像一个弹簧,你弱它就强,你强它就弱。

我认为如果我们团结在一起与邪恶的对抗。学校将和平与和谐了!

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篇13:雾霾英语

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Today, we have a health class. The main content is the harm of haze.

We watched a movie called "the harm of haze", which mainly explained how

terrible haze is.

Haze passed through our bodies, just like games. It comes to the blood

vessel first, let the partners block the blood vessel together, so our blood

pressure will rise; it also has a partner who is less than 0.5cm and has a knife

in both hands, and can directly pass through the blood vessel; it comes to the

internal organs, which are like a tree, and there is white fat like a giant,

which can directly eat the dirty things. However, we have iron ore in our body.

If we eat too much white fat, we will die. This is a blood station! So the

resistance of man has decreased. Its finally at the center - the heart, because

we just blocked your blood vessels, so your heart will cause myocardial

ischemia. "Tremble! Human beings! Im in every breath of yours, "cried haze.

Haze has a great influence on us. With haze, we cant play in the

playground, cant have physical education class, and we need to wear a little

annoying mask. Therefore, we should protect the environment and nature. As long

as you start little by little, you will be able to achieve the results you

want.

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篇14:我的姐姐高中英语作文

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My Sister 我的姐姐

Allow me to introduce my sister. Her name is Carol. She is tall and slim. She has big eyes and wears a pair of glasses.Her hair is long and blond. She is very polite and helpful. She is willing to give seats to the people in need in the bus. She has the same hobby with me. We both like playing tennis and computer games. I don’t think she plays better than me in tennis. But she plays better than me in computer games. Such as Russia, Bricks,Bubbles and so on!

My sister is very hard-Working. She is learning IELTS by herself. She wants to be a teaeher in the future. I think she can make it!

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请允许我介绍一下我的姐姐。她的名字叫卡罗尔。她又高又苗条。她有一双大眼睛,戴着一副眼镜。她的有一头很长的金发。她很有礼貌而且乐于助人。她坐车的时候愿意把座位让给需要的人。她和我有相同的爱好。我们都喜欢打网球和玩电脑游戏。我不认为她网球比我打得好。但她电脑游戏玩的比我好。如俄罗斯,砖块,泡沫等!

我的姐姐总是很努力。她正在学习雅思。她将来想当老师。我认为她能做到!

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篇15:传统节日英语作文高5

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Last Qingming Festival,I return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming

Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was

called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any

underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family

will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a

familys home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland

food. One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area,

the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered

by strangers.

With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the

honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the

spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and

spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good

harvests and more children.

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篇16:关于我的目标英语作文初中

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I will be a middle school student soon. when I look back on my pass days, I

find myself don’t make a difference, I play most of the time and don’t focus on

my study. Now I make up my mind. In the future days, I must study with all my

heart and learn as more as possible. So that I can store something for the

future.

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篇17:有关压力英语初三

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Those who live in cities around the world are likely going to have similar

experiences about living and the associated challenges regardless of their

location on the globe. Most of these challenges revolve around stress which

studies have shown is a part of living. Regardless of what you do and your

profession and place stress is not avoidable but could be minimized. Those who

see stress as an enemy will probably live an irritable life which is quite

unnecessary.

How then do we cope with stress? I am going to give you tips that have

helped and are still helping me in coping with life in the city of Lagos

Nigeria, the most populous African city, where orientation of people is quite

different in many ways about stress and living with others.

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篇18:端午节的由来的英语作文700字

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The 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, according to the custom, every household to pack zongzi, and some places to organize a dragon boat race and so on activities, I asked Dad: why do you want to pack zongzi dragon boat?

Father said: the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the great national poet Qu Yuan, Qu Yuan died in the early May, five stone cast to the river and died, Chu people in order not to eat fish and shrimp in the water to eat Qu Yuans body, dumped the dumplings into the river, at the same time, the Dragon Boat drums and drums can be shocked to walk the dragon, so, the formation of the five eating zongzi dragon boat in the early May, the formation of dragon boat delimit dragon boat in the early May. Custom.

We need to learn Qu Yuans patriotism and we need to have a patriotic heart.

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篇19:关于失败英语作文初中

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When the national entrance examination is over, people always pay more

attention to those who are enrolled by colleges and universities. Those who

failed the examination are treated coldly. Being enrolled by colleges and

universities is, of course, worth congratulating. But giving the successful

candidates excessive praise and neglecting those who failed the examination

might send the wrong message: young people do not have a bright future unless

they go to college or university.

Teachers, parents and society, therefore, should give more attention to

students failing the examination. They are in more urgent need of understanding,

warmth and encouragement. We should tell them that to go to college is not the

only way to success, and that, if they make enough effort, they can still

develop talents in other occupations that will serve society.

Personally, the country’s economic development requires not only

specialized scientists and technical experts, but also knowledge-based workers

and skilled laborers. After some vocational training, these senior high school

students can also become backbones in their own fields and contribute their

wisdom to our society.

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篇20:事件英语作文:关注地震_3000字

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Mobilize是一个平时不太常用的单词,但是此次四川地震灾难发生之后,全世界对于中国政府mobilize抗震救灾力量的效率给予了好评,我们也可以对mobilize有一个全新的认识与了解。在表示“废墟”的时候,英语中通常使用debris和rubble这两个单词。与地震相关的其他词语还包括地震的“震级”,“震中”,“地震强度”、“余震”等等,这些用英语怎么说?媒体是怎样报道的,让我们一起来学学!

2008年5月12日发生在四川西北部的特大地震及其惨重后果牵动了全体国人的心,媒体也迅速介入,在灾难发生后的第一时间,中央电视台启动24小时滚动直播。与此同时,西方媒体也纷纷迅速报道,而且大多惊叹中国政府的救灾效率,尤其是中国政府能在最短的时间内动员最大的人力投入救灾十分赞叹。

通过这些外媒的报道,我们也得到了一个通过新闻学习英语的良好机会,如果我们在积极关注地震灾难以及随后的可歌可泣抗争救灾行动的时候也注意通过英语媒体了解情况,我们就可以掌握一些地道的英语表达,丰富我们的语言应用能力。如美联社5月16日的一篇报道中有以下一段文字:China has mobilized 130,000 army and paramilitary troops to the disaster area, but the quake buckled roads and triggered mountain landslides, meaning that relief supplies and rescuers have struggled to reach the worst-hit areas.

Mobilize是一个平时不太常用的单词,但是此次四川地震灾难发生之后,全世界对于中国政府mobilize抗震救灾力量的效率给予了好评,我们也可以对mobilize有一个全新的认识与了解。中国政府此次动员的抗震救灾力量主要来自军警,上述文字中的paramilitary troops就是“准军事部队”的意思,也就是警察,包括武警。Paramilitary是西方国家通常用来表达警察和武警部队的英语词汇,在我国的汉英词典中,“武警”的译文通常是armed police,但这个表达远不如paramilitary在英语国家中用的普遍。中国政府此次出动的抗震救灾力量中除了军人之外还有大量武警、森林警察、消防警察和普通公安干警,这些警力在英语中可以统称为paramilitary troops。Buckled roads就是“阻挡道路”的意思,其中buckle这个单词在这里使用得十分生动形象,因为“阻挡道路”我们一般是表达为block road的,而buckle的意思是“使扭曲”,“使弯曲”,“使变形”,对于在汶川地震中毁坏的公路来说,buckle这个词显然是再形象不过的了,因为那里遭到毁坏的公路确实扭曲断裂变形了,这一点我们从电视上都看到了。triggered mountain landslides就是“引发山体滑坡”的意思,其中的mountain landslide就是“山体滑坡”的意思,slide属于美国英语用法,指的是(土、石、雪等的)崩落,崩塌。常见派生用法有landslide(山崩,滑坡,塌方),mud slide就是“泥石流”。Trigger这个词用在这里也十分形象,因为它通常表示由于外来力量的作用而造成的某种后果。在美联社的另外一篇报道中,“引发”的英语对应词汇用的spark,其释义与trigger相似,如A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this weeks powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. 我们抗震救灾中所急需的各类“救灾物资”就是relief supplies。说到与“救”相关的词汇,我们的广大英语学习者往往会条件反射想到save这个英语单词,其实不然,在各种灾难救援行动中,rescue是一个更常用的词汇,下文的rescuers就是“救援人员”的意思,而“救援行动”本身在英语中就是relief。“救援人员”还可以表达为relief workers,如美联社的这篇报道中就提到了以下一句话:Relief workers said food, water and tents were urgently needed. 上文中的worst-hit areas指的就是此次地震灾害中受灾最严重的地区,比如说汶川,北川和青川等地。

此次汶川地震造成的严重后果之一就是大量人员、尤其是正在学校上学的孩子们被掩埋在建筑物坍塌之后的废墟之中,在表示“废墟”的时候,英语中通常使用debris和rubble这两个单词。如美联社的这篇报道提到:Rescuers saved a child from the debris of a school in the town of Beichuan 80 hours after the quake struck. They said they could hear weak calls for help from amid the rubble, Xinhua said.其中,debris所涵盖的范围比rubble更广泛,它可以泛指一切物体解体之后形成的碎片或者残骸,比如说飞机发生空难之后的残骸the debris of a plane,又如,The beach was littered with debris(海滩上到处都是残骸)。必须指出的是,debris是不可数名词。相对而言,rubble用在此次地震灾难的报道中就更加具有针对性,因为它表示(被毁的建筑物或墙壁)的碎石,碎砖,瓦砾,而汶川地震之后大量人员就是被掩埋在rubble之中的。Rubble同样也是不可数名词。此外,表示“倒塌的建筑物”时候,英语还经常使用ruin,它是可数名词,因此更经常使用ruins这个复数形式,其搭配介词是in。如美联社的这一报道说:Two girls held handsin the ruins of their school and swore to each other they would not give up hope, Xinhua said.又如,Elsewhere, rescuers were still finding survivors after being buried in rubble for 96 hours… 在词语搭配方面,除了ruin之外,rubble和debris的搭配介词也都是in,如buried in the rubble/debris就是“被掩埋在废墟/瓦砾之中”的意思。如果表达“被困”在废墟之中,那么,这时候的相应单词就是trap,其完整的词组表达就是英语被动式be trapped in the debris。如美联社的报道说: A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety afterbeing trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this weeks massive earthquake.地震中的遇险人员在遭到掩埋之后必定会呼救,这时候的对应英语表达除了上文提到的call for help之外还可以是yell for help,如美联社报道说:Xinhua News Agency said Friday that rescuers could still hear weak yells for help from the collapsed building in Beichuan in the northern part of Sichuan and hope to rescue more students.

汶川大地震造成的灾难性后果之一就是许多学校的教学楼坍塌了,此次我国媒体报道的时候使用的词语叫做“垮塌”,在英语中,无论是坍塌还是垮塌,其实都是一个词,即collapse,既是名词,也是动词,还是美联社的同一篇报道中提到:In the town of Dujiangyan, a school collapse buried 900 students. In Wufu, nearly every building in the village withstood the quake but for a primary school, whose collapse killed some 300 students. 又如,美联社新闻说,Experts said hope was quickly fading for anyone still caught in the wreckage of homes, schools, offices and factories that collapsed in the magnitude-7.9 quake, the most powerful in three decades in quake-prone China.房屋collapse的后果就是被夷为平地,而英语中表示“夷为平地”的对应说法是flatten,如美联社报道说The magnitude 7.9 quake flattened houses, schools and offices the southwestern province of Sichuan. In Hanwang, the towns mostly older buildings were flattened or severely damaged by the quake.

此次地震造成大量人员不幸遇难,让我们无不为之揪心,但这又是无法回避的事实。为此,党中央和国务院紧急强调,在抗震救灾进入第二阶段之后,随着死亡人数的增加和气温的升高,震区防疫就成为工作重点。为严防灾区传染病流行,卫生部防疫队5月15日进驻灾区。这里提到的“防疫”就是epidemic prevention,其中的epidemic是“流行病”,“传染病”的意思,在这里指的是“疫情”。如美联社的这一报道说:There were concerns about epidemics if the dead were not soon buried or cremated. 这个句子中的cremate是人死亡之后进行火化处理的意思。为了更好地应对震区可能出现的疫情,卫生部下发了通知,美联社的报道说:The Ministry of Health issued a notice ordering bodies to be cleaned where they were found and buried as soon as possible, far from water sources and downwind from populated areas.

此次惨烈的大地震造成了数以万计的居民遇难,而且死亡人数还在不断攀升。天灾人祸中的死亡总数,英语中叫做death toll,如美联社报道说The emergency headquarters of the State Council, Chinas Cabinet, said the confirmed death toll had reached 19,509 — up more than 4,500 from the day before. The council said deaths could rise to 50,000, state media reported.上文的意思是,国家抗震救灾总指挥部宣布,截止5月15日,确认的死亡人数已达到19509人,但最终遇难人数可能上升到5万人。

地震造成的直接后果是无数人死伤和无数房屋建筑被毁,但是,地震还可能造成伴随而来的“次生灾害”,对此党中央和国务院十分重视,及时做出应对部署,以避免次生灾害对人民生命财产的再次损害。美联社报道说:Even though aftershocks had mostly abated, the risk of secondary damage remained. Chinas Ministry of Land and Resources warned heavy rains — forecast for the next few days — would likely set off new landslides in the mountainous disaster zone, where many workers were busy extracting victims and recovering bodies.上文中的secondary damage就是“次生灾害”,而aftershocks had mostly abated指的是余震已经减弱。 5月20日下午,中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理、国务院抗震救灾总指挥部总指挥温家宝主持召开总指挥部第11次会议时就强调切实做好受灾群众安置工作,防范次生灾害。

与地震相关的其他词语还包括地震的“震级”,“震中”,“地震强度”、“余震”等等,如美联社报道说,A major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of Southwest Chinas Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday.其中的measuring 7.8 Richter Scale就是“里氏7?8级”的意思,其中的measure还可以表达为register。A major earthquake of 7.8-magnitude shook Chinas Sichuan province on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. 其中的magnitude就是表示地震的强度。Roads to the epicenter were closed due to damage caused by the 7.8-magnitude quake, and the situation was making rescue efforts difficult even 48 hours after the deadly quake.这里的epicenter指的就是地震的“震中”,此次川西北大地震的震中就位于汶川县的映秀镇。又如,A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this weeks powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. Aftershock就是“余震”,上文已提及。而“地震”除了表达为earthquake及其缩略形式quake之外还可以说temblor,这是美国英语中用来表示“地震”的单词。此外,由于此次地震造成的伤亡后果十分惨重,因此在修饰性词汇方面,英语中用了多个不同单词,如massive/powerful/devastating/deadly/killer earthquake。

当然,与地震相关的词语表达还有很多,不可能在这里一一列举。在关注地震奉献爱心的时候,我们也可以通过阅读英语新闻报道来掌握一些英语词汇,丰富我们的语言表达能力,新闻媒介是当今日新月异的政治、经济、科技、文化和社会生活等各个层面活动的最佳表现渠道,语言便是其表现载体,因为语言是伴随着特定的政治、社会等环境而产生的,具有明显的社会性。

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