1、A Night the Earth didnt Sleep,地球的一個(gè)不眠之夜,Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.,For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.,Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.,河北省東北部的農(nóng)村不斷有些怪事發(fā)生：,三天來(lái)，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。,農(nóng)夫注意到，水井的井壁上有深

2、深的裂縫，,A smelly gas came out of the cracks.,In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.,Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.,裂縫里冒出臭氣。,農(nóng)家大院里的雞,甚至豬都緊張得不想吃食。,老鼠從田地里跑出來(lái)找地方藏身。,Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.,At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, some

3、people saw bright lights in the sky.,魚(yú)缸和池塘里的魚(yú)會(huì)往外跳。,在1976年7月28日凌晨3點(diǎn)左右，有些人看到天上一道道明亮的光。,The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.,即使天空沒(méi)有飛機(jī)，在唐山城外也可以聽(tīng)到飛機(jī)聲。,But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as

4、 usual the night.,At 3:42 am everything began to shake.,It seemed as if the world was at an end!,In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.,在市內(nèi)，有些建筑物里的水管爆裂開(kāi)來(lái)。,但是，唐山市的一百萬(wàn)居民幾乎都沒(méi)有把這些情況當(dāng)一回事，當(dāng)天晚上照常睡著了。,在凌晨3點(diǎn)42分，一切都開(kāi)始搖晃起來(lái)。,世界似乎到了末日!,Eleven kilometers directly below the city the grea

5、test earthquake of the 20th century had begun.,It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away.,One-third of the nation felt it.,二十世紀(jì)最大的一次地震就在唐山市正下方11公里處發(fā)生了。,100公里以外的北京市都感到了地震，,全國(guó)1 / 3的地方都有震感。,A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses

6、, roads and canals.,Steam burst from holes in the ground.,Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.,一條8公里長(zhǎng)30米寬的巨大裂縫橫穿房舍、馬路和渠道,地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸氣。,石頭山變成了泥沙河，,In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.,The suffering of the people was extreme.,Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the ear

7、thquake.,在可怕的15秒鐘內(nèi)，一座大城市就沉淪在一片廢墟之中。,人們?cè)馐艿臑?zāi)難極為深重,2/3的人在地震中死去或受傷。,Thousands of families were killed and many of them were left without parents,But how could the survivors believe it was natural?,Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.,The number of people who were killed or seriously i

8、njured reached more than 400,000.,成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)家庭遇難，許多孩子變成了孤兒。,死傷的人數(shù)達(dá)到40多萬(wàn)。,幸存的人們又怎么能相信這是自然現(xiàn)象呢?,人們無(wú)論朝哪里看，哪里的一切都幾乎被毀了。,All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.,Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.,No wind, however, could blow them away.,所有的市內(nèi)

9、醫(yī)院、75%的工廠和建筑物、90%的家園都消失了。,殘磚就像秋天的紅葉覆蓋著大地，,然而它們是不可能被風(fēng)刮走的。,Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for traveling.,The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.,Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.,兩座大壩垮了，多數(shù)橋梁不是塌了就是無(wú)法安全通行了。,鐵軌如今成了一條條廢鋼。,好幾萬(wàn)頭牛再也擠不出奶來(lái)。,Ha

10、lf a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead.,Sand now filled the wells instead of water.,People were shocked.,50萬(wàn)頭豬和幾百萬(wàn)只雞全都死了。,井里滿是沙子，而不是水。,人們驚呆了。,Then, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.,Some of the rescue workers and doctors

11、 were trapped under the ruins.,More buildings fell down.,接著，在下午晚些時(shí)候，又一次和第一次一樣的強(qiáng)烈的地震震撼著唐山。,有些醫(yī)生和救援人員被困在廢墟下面。,更多的房屋倒塌了。,Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.,People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.,All hope was not lost.,水、電和食物都很難弄到。,人們開(kāi)始納悶，這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難還會(huì)持續(xù)多久。,不是所有的希望都破滅了。,Soon after

12、 the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.,Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.,The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.,地震后不久，部隊(duì)派了15萬(wàn)名戰(zhàn)士到唐山來(lái)協(xié)助救援人員，,數(shù)十萬(wàn)的人得到了救助。,部隊(duì)人員組成小分隊(duì)，將受困的人們挖出來(lái)，將死者掩埋。,To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there.,Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed