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英文阅读材料—Tangshan:TheDeadliestEarthquakeAt3:42a.m.onJuly28,1976,amagnitude7.8earthquakehitthesleepingcityofTangshan,innortheasternChina.Theverylargeearthquake,strikinganareawhereitwastotallyunexpected,obliteratedthecityofTangshanandkilledover240,000people-makingitthedeadliestearthquakeofthetwentiethcentury.FireballsandAnimalsGiveWarningThoughscientificearthquakepredictionisinitsnascentstages,natureoftengivessomeadvancewarningofanimpendingearthquake.InavillageoutsideofTangshan,wellwaterreportedlyroseandfellthreetimesthedaybeforetheearthquake.Inanothervillage,gasbegantospoutoutthewaterwellonJuly12andthenincreasedonJuly25thand26th.Otherwellsthroughouttheareashowedsignsofcracking.Animalsalsogaveawarningthatsomethingwasabouttohappen.OnethousandchickensinBaiguantuanrefusedtoeatandranaroundexcitedlychirping.Miceandyellowweaselswereseenrunningaroundlookingforaplacetohide.InonehouseholdinthecityofTangshan,agoldfishbeganjumpingwildlyinitsbowl.At2a.m.onJuly28,shortlybeforetheearthquakestruck,thegoldfishjumpedoutofitsbowl.Onceitsownerhadreturnedhimtohisbowl,thegoldfishcontinuedtojumpoutofitsbowluntiltheearthquakehit.1Strange?Indeed.Thesewereisolatedincidents,spreadacrossacityofamillionpeopleandacountrysidescatteredwithvillages.Butnaturegaveadditionalwarnings.Thenightprecedingtheearthquake,July27-28,manypeoplereportedseeingstrangelightsaswellasloudsounds.Thelightswereseeninamultitudeofhues.Somepeoplesawflashesoflight;otherswitnessedfireballsflyingacrossthesky.Loud,roaringnoisesfollowedthelightsandfireballs.WorkersattheTangshanairportdescribedthenoisesaslouderthanthatofanairplane.2TheEarthquakeStrikesWhenthe7.8magnitudeearthquakestruckTangshanat3:42a.m.onJuly28,overamillionpeoplelaysleeping,unawareofthedisasterthatwastobefallthem.Astheearthbegantoshake,afewpeoplewhowereawakehadtheforethoughttodiveunderatableorotherheavypieceoffurniture,butmostwereasleepanddidnothavetime.Theentireearthquakelastedapproximately14to16seconds.Tangshan:TheDeadliestEarthquakeAt3:42a.m.onJuly28,
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