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新必修一unit4
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The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 am on July 28 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night.
河北省东北部的农村发生了一些奇怪的事情。几天来,村里水井里的水涨了又跌,涨又跌。井壁上出现了深深的裂缝。至少有一口井里冒出了一些难闻的气体。鸡甚至猪都紧张得不敢吃东西,狗也不肯进楼里。老鼠从田野里跑出来寻找藏身之处,鱼儿从水里跳出来。1976年7月28日凌晨3点左右,唐山市外的天空出现了明亮的灯光和巨大的噪音。但那天晚上,这座城市的一百万居民像往常一样睡着了。
At 3:42 am, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the cit