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今天上午07时58分，台湾省花莲县海域发生7.3级地震。

🤔️小作业：

1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Taiwan, according to Japan's meteorological agency?

A) 7.2  B) 7.3  C) 7.7  D) 6.9

A) Immediate tsunami warnings issued in Taiwan

B) Part of the headland of Guishan Island slid into the sea

C) Complete power restoration

D) A decrease in tourist activities

无注释原文：

Taiwan 7.7 magnitude earthquake: four dead and dozens injured amid landslides and collapsed buildings

From: The Guardian

Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine and injured at least 821, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the island, and sparking initial tsunami warnings in southern Japan and the Philippines.

The quake, given a magnitude of 7.7 by Japan's meteorological agency, struck close to the popular tourist city of Hualien, on Taiwan's eastern coast, damaging buildings and trapping people amid aftershocks following the quake, which started at 7.58am.

Videos on social media showed children being rescued from collapsed residential buildings. One five-storey building in Hualien appeared heavily damaged, its first floor collapsed and the bulk of the building leaning at a 45-degree angle.

Taiwan's Centre for Science and Technology (CST) said people and vehicles were trapped in the Dachingshui tunnel. Train lines were also damaged, and schools and workplaces were closed across large areas of the city.

Witnesses in Hualien described driving while rocks dislodged from nearby mountains fell down around them, while others rushed outside after feeling the strength of the tremors.

Further north, part of the headland of Guishan Island, a tourist attraction also known as Turtle Island because of its shape, slid into the sea. In Taipei, several people were rescued from a partially collapsed warehouse, and tiles fell from buildings.

Although it was measured at 7.7 in Japan, Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude of Wednesday's quake as 7.3, making it Taiwan's strongest since 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude quake 93 miles (150 km) south of Taipei killed 2,400 and injured 10,000.

Hualien's last big quake was in 2022, when a 6.9-magnitude temblor toppled buildings and derailed a train, killing one person and cutting off power for thousands of residents.

Wednesday's quake caused TSMC, Taiwan's leading semiconductor manufacturer, that is responsible for the production of most of the world's advanced semiconductors, to evacuate its production lines, according to Bloomberg News.

Taiwan's CST said more than 15 aftershocks exceeding a magnitude of 4.0 had occurred so far, but the magnitude has been decreasing.

Damage was visible on some buildings in central Taipei, such as outside the Howard Plaza hotel, where the earthquake had damaged brickwork and dislodged some of the lettering on the hotel's sign.

Mike Hung Hsu, a hotel guest from the US, said he was woken up by the earthquake. “I've never felt this kind of earthquake in LA, even though we have earthquakes pretty often,” he said.

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含注释全文：

Taiwan 7.7 magnitude earthquake: four dead and dozens injured amid landslides and collapsed buildings

From: The Guardian

Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine and injured at least 821, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the island, and sparking initial tsunami warnings in southern Japan and the Philippines.

中国台湾省发生25年来最强烈的地震，造成9人死亡，至少821人受伤，同时引发了建筑倒塌、电力中断以及山体滑坡。此外，这场地震还触发了日本南部和菲律宾的初步海啸预警。

collapse /kəˈlæps/ 作名词，表示“（系统、组织、企业等的）崩溃，瓦解，失败”，英文解释为“the sudden failure of a system, organization, business, etc.”举个🌰：I don't know what caused the collapse of her marriage. 我不知道她婚姻失败的原因是什么。

作动词，表示“崩溃，垮掉，失败”，英文解释为“to suddenly be unable to continue or work correctly”举个🌰：Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 劳资谈判彻底破裂。

power outage表示“停电”，英文解释为“an interruption in the supply of electricity”举个🌰：Storms caused power outages in hundreds of homes last night. 风暴导致昨夜几百户家庭断电。

还可以说power failure或者power cut：A power cut is a period of time when the electricity supply to a particular building or area is stopped, sometimes deliberately.

landslide /ˈlænd.slaɪd/ 表示“（山坡或悬崖的）崩塌，塌方，滑坡，地滑”，英文解释为“a mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff”；

📍landslip等同于landslide，通常为小规模的。（a mass of rock and earth that falls down a slope, usually smaller than a landslide）

spark /spɑːk/ 表示“引发”，英文解释为“If one thing sparks another, the first thing causes the second thing to start happening.”举个🌰：My teacher organized a unit on computer science that really sparked my interest. 我的老师编排了一个关于计算机科学的单元，它真正激发了我的兴趣。

此前，《后浪》和「青年」文中标题中就用到：Bilibili's May 4th Youth Day video sparks discussion on social media 引发热议。

📍“spark”表示一瞬间的光亮或能量的释放，引申为激发某种感情或兴趣。同根词：sparkle（闪耀），常用短语：spark a debate（引发辩论）

类似的还有：

📍stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”举个🌰：The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination. 这首诗能够激发起想象力。

📍provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”，如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。

📍spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个🌰：It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats. 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。

🎬电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。

📍trigger表示“发动；引起；触发”，英文解释为“to make sth happen suddenly”举个🌰：Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction. 坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。

tsunami /tsuːˈnɑː.mi/ 表示“海啸”，英文解释为“an extremely large wave caused by a violent movement of the earth under the sea”

The quake, given a magnitude of 7.7 by Japan's meteorological agency, struck close to the popular tourist city of Hualien, on Taiwan's eastern coast, damaging buildings and trapping people amid aftershocks following the quake, which started at 7.58am.

震中位于中国台湾省东部海岸著名旅游城市花莲附近，日本气象厅认定此次地震震级为7.7级，地震发生于上午7点58分，随后引发的余震造成建筑物受损，人员被困。

magnitude /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/ 1）表示“（尺寸、规模、重要性等）大的程度；巨大；重大，重要性”，英文解释为“the large size or importance of something”举个🌰：They don't seem to grasp the magnitude of the problem. 他们似乎未领会问题的重要性。

2）表示“震级”（the size of an earthquake）。

meteorological /ˌmiː.ti.ə.rəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“气象的”，英文解释为“relating to weather conditions”举个🌰：Accurate meteorological records began 100 years ago. 准确的气象记录始于100年前。

作名词，trap /træp/ 表示“陷阱；夹子；捕捉器”，英文解释为“a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape”举个🌰：The fox got its foot caught in a trap. 狐狸的一只脚被夹子夹住了。

作动词，1）表示“设陷阱（或夹子、捕捉器）捕捉”，英文解释为“to catch an animal in a trap”

2）be trapped表示“被困住；陷入困境”，英文解释为“If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation.”举个🌰：Fire officers used cutting equipment to free his legs, which were trapped under a steel beam. 消防队员们用切割设备松开他被压在一根钢梁下的双腿。

3）表示“（尤指为利用而）收集，存住，保存（热量、水等）”，英文解释为“to keep something such as heat or water in one place, especially because it is useful”举个🌰：A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun. 温室保持着温暖，因为玻璃吸收了太阳的热量。

aftershock /ˈɑːf.tə.ʃɒk/ 表示“（地震后的）余震”，英文解释为“a sudden movement of the earth's surface that often follows an earthquake and is less violent than the first main movement”举个🌰：The initial earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks. 初震后又发生了一系列的余震。

Videos on social media showed children being rescued from collapsed residential buildings. One five-storey building in Hualien appeared heavily damaged, its first floor collapsed and the bulk of the building leaning at a 45-degree angle.

社交媒体上的视频显示，有儿童从倒塌的居民楼中获救。花莲一栋五层高的建筑似乎严重受损，一楼塌陷，建筑主体呈45度角倾斜。

residential /ˌrez.ɪˈden.ʃəl/ 表示“居住的；定居的”，英文解释为“relating to where you live or have lived”举个🌰：You must satisfy the residential qualifications to get a work permit. 要想得到工作许可，你必须要符合居民资格。

storey /ˈstɔː.ri/ 表示“楼层，层”，英文解释为“a level of a building”如：a three-storey house 3层高的房子。

-storey/-story 表示“有...层楼的”，如：three-storey house 一栋三层高的房子，a four-story, brick-and-concrete building 四层砖混结构建筑；

📍storey是英式拼法，story为美式拼法。

表示“（某物的）主要部分，大半”，英文解释为“the main or largest part of something”举个🌰：The bulk of consumers are based in towns. 大多数消费者都是城镇居民。

lean /liːn/ 表示“（使）倾斜，（使）向一侧歪斜”，英文解释为“to (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction”举个🌰：She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear. 她俯身过来和我耳语了几句。

📍在不吃晚饭真的能瘦吗？文中提到，lean作形容词，表示“肉少的；瘦且健康的”，英文解释为“without much flesh; thin and fit”如：a lean, muscular body 清瘦而肌肉发达的身体。

Taiwan's Centre for Science and Technology (CST) said people and vehicles were trapped in the Dachingshui tunnel. Train lines were also damaged, and schools and workplaces were closed across large areas of the city.

中国台湾省科技中心表示，有人员和车辆被困在大清水隧道中。火车轨道受损，该市大部分地区的学校和工作场所已关闭。

tunnel /ˈtʌn.əl/ 表示“隧道；地道；坑道”，英文解释为“a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made by people”举个🌰：The train went into the tunnel. 火车驶入隧道。

📍the tunnel还可以特指“（足球或橄榄球等比赛时球员走向球场的）球员通道”，英文解释为“the long passage through which football, rugby etc. players walk to get to the pitch”。

Witnesses in Hualien described driving while rocks dislodged from nearby mountains fell down around them, while others rushed outside after feeling the strength of the tremors.

据花莲的目击者描述，他们开车时，附近山上滚落的石头从他们身边落下，还有人在感受到强烈震感后冲到外面。

dislodge /dɪˈslɒdʒ/ 表示“（尤指在外力作用下）使移位；使免职；（把某物）强行去除，取出，移动”，英文解释为“to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position”举个🌰：The earthquake dislodged stones from the walls and the roof. 地震震落了墙壁和屋顶上的石头。The wind dislodged one or two tiles from the roof. 大风从屋顶上刮下了一两片瓦来。

tremor /ˈtrem.ər/ 1）表示“轻微地震，小地震”，英文解释为“a slight earthquake”举个🌰：The tremor was felt as far as 200 miles away. 这次小震200英里以外的地方都有震感。

2）表示“（尤指因紧张或兴奋）颤抖，发抖”，英文解释为“a slight shaking movement in a person's body, especially because of nervousness or excitement”举个🌰：There was a slight tremor in her voice. 她的声音微微发颤。

Further north, part of the headland of Guishan Island, a tourist attraction also known as Turtle Island because of its shape, slid into the sea. In Taipei, several people were rescued from a partially collapsed warehouse, and tiles fell from buildings.

再往北，因其外形而得名的龟山岛部分山体脱落入海。在台北，数人从部分倒塌的仓库中获救，一些建筑瓷砖脱落。

headland /ˈhed.lənd/ 表示“海角，陆岬”，英文解释为“a piece of land that sticks out from the coast into the sea”

warehouse /ˈweə.haʊs/ 表示“货仓，仓库”，英文解释为“a building where large quantities of goods are stored, especially before they are sent to shops/stores to be sold”

2）英式warehouse = 美式 warehouse store 表示“仓库批发店，大型零售商店”，英文解释为“a large shop selling large numbers of a particular product at a cheap rate”举个🌰：We bought both sofas from a big furniture warehouse out of town. 这两张沙发都是我们在城外的一家大型家具店里买的。

tile /taɪl/ 表示“瓦片；瓷砖”，英文解释为“a thin, usually square or rectangular piece of baked clay, plastic, etc. used for covering roofs, floors, walls, etc.”如：roof tiles 屋顶瓦。

Although it was measured at 7.7 in Japan, Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude of Wednesday's quake as 7.3, making it Taiwan's strongest since 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude quake 93 miles (150 km) south of Taipei killed 2,400 and injured 10,000.

虽然日本测定地震震级为7.7级，但中国台湾省地震监测机构将这次地震震级定为7.3级，这是自1999年7.6级地震以来台湾省遭遇的最强地震，当时地震发生在台北以南150公里处，造成了2400人遇难，10000人受伤。

Hualien's last big quake was in 2022, when a 6.9-magnitude temblor toppled buildings and derailed a train, killing one person and cutting off power for thousands of residents.

花莲上一次发生大地震是在2022年，当时6.9级地震导致建筑物倒塌，一列火车脱轨，造成一人死亡，数千居民断电。

temblor /ˈtem.blər/ 表示“地震”，英文解释为“an earthquake ”

topple /ˈtɒp.əl/ 1）表示“（使）倒下;（使）倒塌”，英文解释为“to (cause to) lose balance and fall down”举个🌰：The tree toppled and fell. 树倒了下来。

2）表示“打倒；推翻；颠覆”，英文解释为“to make sb lose their position of power or authority”

derail /dɪˈreɪl/ 1）表示“打乱（原定计划）；阻挠”，英文解释为“To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned.”举个🌰：Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks. 重燃的战火对和谈构成了威胁。

2）表示“脱轨”，英文解释为“If a train is derailed or if it derails, it comes off the track on which it is running.”举个🌰：At least two people were killed when a train was derailed in an isolated mountain region. 火车在一片偏僻的山区脱轨，导致至少两人死亡。

📺美剧《24小时》（24）第八季中的台词提到：but the allegations alone could derail the peace process. 但光这谣言就能破坏和谈进程。

🎬电影《超级8》（Super 8）第八季中的台词提到：How could a pick-up truck derail a train? That's impossible. 一辆卡车怎么能让整个火车脱轨 不可能啊。

Wednesday's quake caused TSMC, Taiwan's leading semiconductor manufacturer, that is responsible for the production of most of the world's advanced semiconductors, to evacuate its production lines, according to Bloomberg News.

据彭博新闻社报道，周三的地震导致台湾省主要半导体制造商台积电（TSMC）疏散了其生产线。台积电是世界上大多数先进半导体的生产商。

semiconductor /ˌsem.i.kənˈdʌk.tər/ 表示“半导体”，英文解释为“a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from this material”举个🌰：Semiconductors are used for making integrated circuits and computers. 半导体用于制造集成电路和计算机。

evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ 表示“疏散; 使…撤离”，英文解释为“To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.”举个🌰：They were planning to evacuate the ten officials still in the country. 他们当时在计划将仍在那个国家的10位官员撤离。

Taiwan's CST said more than 15 aftershocks exceeding a magnitude of 4.0 had occurred so far, but the magnitude has been decreasing.

台湾省科技中心表示，到目前为止，已发生超过15次4.0级以上余震，不过震级正逐渐减弱。

exceed /ɪkˈsiːd/ 表示“超过，超出（数量）；超越（规定的范围）”，英文解释为“to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit”举个🌰：The final cost should not exceed ￥100. 最终的花费不应超出100元。

📍词根“-ceed”表示"走，去"，前缀“ex-”表示"出，超出"。近义词：surpass（超过），同根词：proceed（进行），succeed（成功）

Damage was visible on some buildings in central Taipei, such as outside the Howard Plaza hotel, where the earthquake had damaged brickwork and dislodged some of the lettering on the hotel's sign.

台北市中心的一些建筑物受损明显，例如福华大饭店（Howard Plaza hotel）外部，砖石受损，酒店招牌上部分字母脱落。

plaza /ˈplɑːzə/ 1）表示“（城市建筑群中的）购物区，购物中心”，英文解释为“a group of buildings including shops, designed as a single development within a town”；

2）表示“（西班牙语国家城镇中的）露天广场”，英文解释为“an open area or square in a town, especially in Spanish-speaking countries”。

brickwork /ˈbrɪk.wɜːk/ 表示“（建筑物等的）砖造部分，砖结构”，英文解释为“the bricks in a wall or building”

Mike Hung Hsu, a hotel guest from the US, said he was woken up by the earthquake. “I've never felt this kind of earthquake in LA, even though we have earthquakes pretty often,” he said.

来自美国的酒店客人Mike Hung Hsu说，他是被地震惊醒的。“虽然洛杉矶经常发生地震，但我从未感受过这种震级的地震，”他说。

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