AHorribleEarthquake
Dirtywaterroseinwellsandcanalsbeforetheearthquake.Butnoonejudgedthatanearthquakewascoming.Suddenly,everythingshook.Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend.Millionsofbrickhousesandanumberofdamsweredestroyed.Railwaytracksbecameuselessbars.Pipesinminesburstandletoutsmellysteam.Hugecrackstrappedcyclistseverywhere.
Thenextday,thiseventwastheheadlineormaintitleofallnewspapers.Withthereportersgivinganoutlineofthedisaster,thewholenationwasshockedbythedamageandthevictim’sextremesuffering.Peopleweremovedwhentheyreadthatthesurvivorscomfortedeachotherbysaying"Congratulations!Yousurvived!"Sotheynotonlyexpressedtheirsympathysincerely,butalsoorganizedtogethertohelpthevictimsrightaway.Theinjuredwererescuedandthedeadwereburied.Thefrightenedsurvivorsweredugoutfromundertheruinsandwereofferedshelter,freshwaterandelectricity.Thankstopeople’shelp,thelosswasminimized.
可怕的地震地震前，水井和运河里的污水都涨涌起来。但是却没人判断出地震即将来临。刹那间，一切都在摇晃，似乎整个世界就要结束。数以百万的砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽;到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。第二天，所有报纸都纷纷以大字标题或主要标题报道了这一事件。记者们描述了灾难的大概情况，全国都被地震的破坏和灾民们极度的苦难所震惊。当人们读到幸存者以“恭喜啊，你还活着。”来互相安慰时，都被感动了。人们不仅衷心地表达了他们的同情，而且还立刻组织起来帮助灾民。伤员被救助了，死者被埋葬了，吓坏的幸存者被从废墟中挖出来了，栖身处、净水和电力也很快得到提供。多亏了人们的帮助，灾区的损失被减到了最小
DifferentCountriesHaveDifferentKindsofEnglishes
VoyagesofpeoplefromEnglandplayanimportantpartinspreadingtheEnglishlanguage.Atpresent,Englishisfrequentlyspokenasanofficialorcommonlanguageinmanycountries,suchasAmerica,Singapore,MalaysiaandsomeAfricancountries.AllbasedonBritishEnglish,theEnglishspokeninthesecountriescanbewellunderstoodbynativeEnglishspeakers.Butactually,theseEnglisheshavebeengraduallychanginginaccents,spellingsexpressionsandtheusageofvocabulary.
Becauseofthisfact,youcanmakeuseofthedifferencestotellwhichcountrytheforeignersofyourblockarefrom.Forexample,ifabossfluentlycommandshisdriver,"Comeupstraighttomyapartmentbyelevatorandtakesomegasformytrucksandcabs",insteadofrequesting"Pleasecometomyflatbyliftandtakesomepetrolformylorriesandtaxis",youcanrecognizehisAmericanidentity,whilethelattersuggeststhatheisBritish.
不同的国家有不同的英语英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加坡、马来西亚和一些非洲的国家。这些国家的英语都以英式英语为基础，能很好地为以英语为本族语的人所理解。但是实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。因为这一情况的存在你就可以利用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家来的了。例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司机:Comeupstraighttomyapartmentbyelevatorandtakesomegasformytrucksandcabs(直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油)”，而不是要求说，“Pleasecometomyflatbyliftandtakesomepetrolformylorriesandtaxis(请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油)”你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人
