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1、大家论坛club.topsage.com2009年职称英语理工类教材新增部分内容第二部分阅读判断（两篇）第十二篇StudyHelpsPredictBigMediterraneanQuakeScientistshavefoundevidencethatanoverlookedfaultintheeasternMediterranean1islikelytoproduceanearthquakeandtsunamievery800yearsaspowerfulastheonethatdestroyedAlexandria2inAD3

2、365.Usingradiocarbondatingtechniques,simulationsandcomputermodels,theresearchersrecreatedtheancientdisasterinordertoidentifytheresponsiblefault.‘Wearesayingthereisprobablyarepeattimeof800yearsforthiskindofearthquake,'saidMsBethShaw,anearthquakescientistattheUniversit

3、yofCambridge,wholedthestudy.Scientistsstudypastearthquakesinordertodeterminethefuturepossibilityofsimilarlargeshocks.IdentifyingthefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsunamiisimportantforthetensofmillionsofpeopleintheregion,Ms.Shawsaid.ThefaultclosetothesouthwestcoastofCre

4、te4lastproducedabigenoughquaketogenerateatsunamiabout1300,whichmeansthenextpowerfulonecouldcomeinthenext100years,sheaddedinatelephoneinterview.Ms.Shawandhercolleaguescalculatethelikelyintervalsbymeasuringthemotionofeithersideofthefaulttofindhowoftensuchlargeearthquak

5、eswouldhavetooccurtoaccountforthatlevelofmotion,shesaid.Theircomputermodelsuggestedan8magnitudequakeonthefaultwouldproduceatsunamithatfloodsthecoastalregionsofAlexandriaandNorthAfrica,thesoutherncoastofGreece5andSicily6allthewayuptheAdriati7toDubrovnik8.Thiswouldbesi

6、milartotheancientquakeinAD365thatcausedwidespreaddestructioninmuchofGreeceandunleashedatsunamithatfloodedAlexandriaandtheNileDelta9,likelykillingtensofthousandsofpeople,shesaid.词汇：faultn.断层intervaln.间隔tsunamin.海啸magnituden.等级radiocarbonn.放射性碳destructionn.破坏，毁灭simulat

7、ionn.模拟unleashv.放出，释放注释:1.theeasternMediterranean:地中海东部2.Alexandria:阿里山大[埃及北部港市]3.AD:公元后(AD是拉丁文AnnoDomini首字母的所写)4.Crete:[希腊]克里特岛5.Greece:希腊大家论坛club.topsage.com6.Sicily:[意大利]西西里岛7.Adriati:亚得利亚海8.Dubrovnik:杜布罗夫尼克[克罗地亚港市]9.NileDelta:尼鲁河三角洲[埃及]练习:1.Thefault,whichwasoverl

8、ookedbefore,hasbeencloselystudiedbyscientists.ARight.BWrongCNotmentioned2.ItisfuntoidentifythefaultfortheAD365earthquakeandtsunami.