[00:06.09]LISTENING
[00:08.72]Hank Stram lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.
[00:14.89]On October 17th,1989 a strong earthquake took place and killed over 100 people.
[00:24.45]Hank was caught in the earthquake.
[00:28.21]1 Listen to part 1.
[00:31.37]Then answer these questions in pairs.
[00:35.45]Part 1 I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place.
[00:42.50]The time was 5:15 in the afternoon.
[00:47.65]In our driving along the road to fetch my daughter from school.
[00:53.21]A plan had been to go swimming together.
[00:57.36]I had finished work at about 4:00,and then gone to the post office.
[01:04.13]I was driving along a high road on my way to the school.
[01:09.59]Over my road was another road for cars going the other way.
[01:15.47]Suddenly,I saw the car in front of me started to move from side to said.
[01:21.82]I slowed down,then my car started to shake.
[01:26.26]I didn't know what was happening.
[01:29.81]Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car.
[01:33.94]I drove even slower,then the road above started to fall down.
[01:40.78]I stopped the car
[01:43.84]and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
[01:49.30]2 Listen to part 2. Fill in the blanks and write the words in the spaces.
[01:57.55]Part 2 I fell myself in the dark,I couldn't move.
[02:04.21]The bottom part of my legs in my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them.
[02:10.46]All aroud me was quiet but below me I could hear shouts in a lot of noise.
[02:17.61]Then I remembered what had happened.
[02:21.77]It's was clear to me now that I had been in a earthquake.
[02:26.91]For about 2 hours nobody came.Then I heard people climbing towards me.
[02:33.99]A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road.
[02:40.24]I called out: "I'm here". I heard the shout.
[02:45.41]Soon a stranger climbing the side the bridge near my car.
[02:50.76]It took more than 12 hours to get me out of my car and bring to a hospital.
[02:58.13]SPEAKING
[03:03.88]You have promised to play tennis with your friend every week,
[03:08.94]A:I'm not very good at tennis,you know.
[03:12.47]B:Don't worry!We're playing for fun.
[03:17.43]Just try and you'll see you can do it.
[03:22.40]A:I haven't played tennis for a very long time.
[03:27.07]B:Well done!That was a very good ball!You see you can do it!
[03:35.22]A:I hope so.I enjoyed playing tennis with you.See you next week.
[03:41.00]READING THE RESCUE
[03:48.55]Flora heard somebody shouting.She looked around and saw Jeff running.
[03:57.61]Before she could move,She heard a loud noise which grew to a terrible roar.
[04:06.75]She looked at Jeff,who was waving his arms.
[04:12.42]She looked around,behind her.
[04:16.47]There she saw a wall of water that was quickly advancing towards her.
[04:23.84]She was so surprised that she couldn't move She wanted to watch it.
[04:31.99]However,before she could think twice,the water was upon her.
[04:39.35]"Run!"Jeff shouted,seizing her arm.
[04:44.71]The next moment the first wave swept her down,swallowing the garden.
[04:52.47]Jeff dragged her towards the house.
[04:57.33]Everything went so fast, she couldn't think.
[05:02.89]Before they reached the house, a new great wave came,
[05:09.26]sweeping down trees, and sweeping them down too.
[05:15.51]They both went down under water.
[05:20.26]Then Jeff pulled her up.
[05:24.41]He was standing,holding onto a tree that grew against the wall.
[05:31.26]Flora's head was above the water but she couldn't stand up.
[05:37.82]She struggled and struggled,but could not get on her feet.
[05:43.98]Only his hand was holding her hand.
[05:48.45]She fought for her life, and finally pulled herself up.
[05:54.80]Now,the water,which was cold as ice and flowed faster than a river,
[06:02.55]was above her knees.
[06:06.21]Jeff and Flora looked into each other's face with a look of fright.
[06:12.77]"Get to the steps!" Jeff shouted.
[06:17.13]It was only just around the corner:four big steps!
[06:24.21]She looked at him,but she could not move
[06:29.36]When the water seemed to go down a little,they ran.
[06:35.23]As they got to the steps,
[06:38.99]and the wall of the house shook.
[06:43.15]The water flowed around their legs again,but Jeff had opened the hall door.
[06:50.80]Flora quickly began climbing the stairs.
[06:56.05]Boom!Another wave struck the house,and a strange cracking noise began.
[07:04.72]The water moved up like a sea.Flora ran up the stairs.
[07:12.09]There she stopped,listening to the strange sounds,while the whole house moved.
[07:20.95]Flora,whose beautiful hair and dress were all cold and wet,started crying.
[07:28.81]"The house is falling down!"shouted Jeff.
[07:34.06]"Where is the chimney?Which room?The chimney will stand."
[07:40.93]Jeff looked out of the window.
[07:44.77]Below,the water swept pass the house like a wild river.
[07:51.12]Tree after tree went down,which must have been three metres deep.
[07:58.77]The garden that was once so beautiful was completely destroyed,
[08:05.43]swept away by the wild water.
[08:10.00]A terrible noise went through the house.
[08:14.76]A part of the house ad gone down and the loor moved up and down under their feet.
[08:22.62]For some moments both ere silent.
[08:27.17]"This will stand.This ere will stand.See!
[08:32.81]That chimney! ike a tower.
[08:36.86]Yes!All right!All right!"
[08:41.53]INTEGRATING SKILLS Reading and writing
[08:50.00]During the first week of May I went on a holiday to Sichuan.
[08:55.85]First,I found some photos of interesting places
[09:01.00]which were not too far away from Chengdu.
[09:05.67]I decided to go and see the big Buddha in Leshan and Mount Emei.
[09:12.72]Next,I called a travel agent whose telephone number I found in a newspaper.
[09:19.86]He told me that I could go on a two-day trip to Leshan and Emei,
[09:26.94]which wasn't too expensive.
[09:30.70]My friends,Xiao Rong and Wei Bin,said they would come with me.
[09:37.07]We took a few bottles of water,some apples and oranges,which we put into my bag.
[09:45.40]The next day we got up at five o'clock.
[09:50.05]First,we went to Leshan,
[09:53.92]where we climbed all the way up the mountain to see the Buddha.
[09:59.48]The Buddha is really very big:taller than the highest building in our village.
[10:07.14]Looking up at the large head and down at the large feet makes you feel so small.
[10:15.18]Wei Bin took photos of us standing in front of the Buddha.
[10:19.94]The next morning,we climbed Mount Emei.
[10:24.90]There are many old temples and the forest on the mountain is very beautiful.
[10:32.06]The wild monkeys are the most exciting things on Mount Emei.
[10:38.22]They are not at all afraid of people.
[10:42.48]In a second they will come to you and touch you.
[10:47.52]The monkeys really liked to touch my hair.
[10:52.09]Xiao Rong took a photo of a monkey that was sitting on my head.
[10:57.84]The monkeys look sweet but they can be very naughty.
[11:03.51]A small monkey suddenly put its hand in Xiao Rong's pocket.
[11:09.67]Wei Bin took out some peanuts and it was fun to see the monkey eat from his hand.
[11:17.04]Finally,towards evening we were on the way back to Chengdu.
[11:23.10]We were all very tired and slept on the bus,
[11:28.38]but our trip to Sichuan was really unforgettable.
[11:34.02]Words and expressions UNIT 4
[11:42.80]unforgettable
[11:44.26]adj.难忘的
[11:45.72]seismograph
[11:47.30]n. 地动仪;测震仪
[11:48.88]Howard Carter
[11:50.47]霍华德.卡特
[11:52.05]host
[11:53.33]vt.主办或主持某活动 n. 主人
[11:54.61]Hand Stram
[11:56.08]汉克.斯图拉姆
[11:57.56]take place
[11:59.03]发生;产生
[12:00.51]on fire
[12:01.97]失火
[12:03.43]scare
[12:04.81]vt.恐吓 vi.受惊吓
[12:06.18]disaster
[12:07.65]n. 灾难;灾祸
[12:09.13]finally
[12:10.50]adv. 后;终于
[12:11.87]rescue
[12:13.26]n.& vt. 援救;营救
[12:14.64]Flora
[12:16.01]弗洛拉(女子名)
[12:17.38]roar
[12:18.68]n. 轰鸣;咆哮;怒号
[12:19.97]advance
[12:21.39]vi.& vt.前进;提前 n. 前进;提升
[12:22.82]upon
[12:24.20]prep.在.....之上
[12:25.59]drag
[12:26.91]vt. 拖;拖曳
[12:28.23]pull sb up
[12:29.96]把......往上曳
[12:31.70]struggle
[12:33.07]vt.努力;挣扎;奋斗 n. 竞争;努力;奋斗
[12:34.44]get on one's feet
[12:36.22]站立起来
[12:38.00]fight fought
[12:40.18]搏斗;斗争;争吵
[12:42.36]flow
[12:43.64]vi.& n. 流动
[12:44.92]fright
[12:46.24]n. 惊骇;吃惊
[12:47.56]shake shaken
[12:49.68]震动;颤抖 vt. 摇动;摇
[12:51.81]boom
[12:53.13]n. 隆隆声 vt.& vi. 发隆隆声
[12:54.45]strike struck/stricken
[12:57.39]击打;打动
[13:00.33]crackcrack
[13:01.61]vi.发破裂声;劈啪地响
[13:02.89]go through
[13:04.42]通过;经受;仔细检查
[13:05.95]destroy
[13:07.38] vt. 摧毁;毁坏
[13:08.82]deadline
[13:10.19]n.截止时间;终期限
[13:11.56]fear
[13:12.84]n. 害怕;担心 vt.& vi. 害怕;畏惧
[13:14.12]opportunity
[13:15.59] n. 机会;时机
[13:17.05]on holiday
[13:18.52]在度假
[13:20.00]Kevin
[13:21.28]凯文(男子名)
[13:22.56]article
[13:23.89] n. 文章;论文
[13:25.22]workaholic
[13:26.80] n. 工作狂
[13:28.39]Buddha
[13:29.61]n.佛像;佛陀
[13:30.84]agent
[13:32.21]n.代理(商)，经纪人
[13:33.58]travel agent
[13:35.11]旅行社代理人
[13:36.64]temple
[13:37.92]n.庙;寺;神殿
[13:39.20]touch
[13:40.52]vt.& vi. 触摸;(使)接触;感动 n. 接触;联系
[13:41.84]naughty
[13:43.12]adj.顽皮的;淘气的
[13:44.40]peanut
[13:45.72]n. 花生
[13:47.04]note
[13:51.27]n. 笔记;注释;纸币
