Kangkang: Li Ming, come and look! A terrible earthquake [1]earthquake：地震struck [2]strike: 美: [straɪk] 英: [straɪk] v. 罢工；击；攻击；打 n. 罢工；打击；袭击；罢课 词形：过去时-struck 过去分词-stricken 现在分词-striking … 继续阅读Qinghai!
Li Ming: Oh, no! When and where?
Kangkang: It struck Yushu in Qinghai Province early this morning.
Li Ming: Was it serious?
Kangkang: Yes. Many buildings fell[3]fall：（突然）跌倒，摔倒；过去式 fell ; 注意与feel “感觉”的区别，feel的过去式是felt. down. Some people died and many people are missing.
Li Ming: [simple_tooltip content=’中考补全对话必会句子。’]I’m very sorry to hear that.[/simple_tooltip]
Kangkang: And I know that there were another two terrible earthquakes[4]another: 又一的；另外的 “another + （大于等于2的数词） + 名词复数” = “数词 + more + 名词复数”，表示”另外的几个……” in China.
Li Ming: Really? Which was the most serious?
Kangkang: I think the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 was more serious than this one, but the Tangshan earthquake in 1976 was the most serious. More than 240 000 people lost their lives in it.
Li Ming: How terrible! How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake [5]protect ourselves from the earthquake：保护我们免受地震的伤害。 protect sb. from sb./sth. 保护某人免受某人/物的伤害?
Kangkang: Let’s ask Miss Wang for help[6]ask Miss Wang for help：向王老师寻求帮助 ask sb. for sth. 向某人要某物 ask sb. for help = turn to sb. 向某人寻求帮助。.
Word Bank
| ↑1 | earthquake：地震 |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | strike: 美: [straɪk] 英: [straɪk] v. 罢工；击；攻击；打 n. 罢工；打击；袭击；罢课 词形：过去时-struck 过去分词-stricken 现在分词-striking 单三-strikes |
| ↑3 | fall：（突然）跌倒，摔倒；过去式 fell ; 注意与feel “感觉”的区别，feel的过去式是felt. |
| ↑4 | another: 又一的；另外的 “another + （大于等于2的数词） + 名词复数” = “数词 + more + 名词复数”，表示”另外的几个……” |
| ↑5 | protect ourselves from the earthquake：保护我们免受地震的伤害。 protect sb. from sb./sth. 保护某人免受某人/物的伤害 |
| ↑6 | ask Miss Wang for help：向王老师寻求帮助 ask sb. for sth. 向某人要某物 ask sb. for help = turn to sb. 向某人寻求帮助。 |
