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An Earthquake
地震
A: Did you feel the earthquake last night?
A: 昨晚你感觉到地震了吗?
B: Yes, the whole house was shaking!
B: 是的,整个房子都在震动!
A: I was afraid the windows would shatter1!
A: 我担心窗户会碎!
B: A lot of my collectibles fell off their shelves.
B: 我的许多收藏品从货架上掉了下来。
A: Did they break?
A: 它们坏了吗?
B: Unfortunately. Some of them can be fixed2, though.
B: 不幸的是。不过,其中一些是可以修复的。
A: My cat was outside when the earthquake started.
A: 地震发生时,我的猫在外面。
B: Oh no! That's terrible! Is she ok?
B: 哦,不!太可怕了!她还好吗?
A: She's fine. Animals have good natural instincts3.
A: 她很好。动物有良好的本能。
B: I wish people could predict earthquakes, too.
B: 我希望人们也能预测地震。
A: I think it would just make people panic more easily.
A: 我认为这只会让人们更容易恐慌。
B: You're right. Maybe it's best to leave it to cats.
B: 你说得对。也许最好还是留给猫。
1 shatter | |
n.碎片,乱七八糟的状态;vt.打碎,破掉,散开;vi.打破,脱落 | |
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2 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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3 instincts | |
本能,天性,直觉( instinct的名词复数 ) | |
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