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M2B3 Cultural Corner译文
友好城市
英国的牛津和法国的格雷诺布尔有什么相似之处？它们都是中等大小的城市，人口在10万到20万之间。它们都拥有大学和工业。旅游业对它们这两个城市来说都很重要，而且它们都靠近该地区一些最漂亮的郊区。但是它们还有其他共同的东西：它们有一个友好城市的约定。
友好城市不是一个新的想法，但是近几年它已经变得很受欢迎，因为这很容易了解和参观其他的国家和城镇。它是一个具有相似面积大小和历史的城镇或城市之间的约定，而且它们还有许多相似的特征，比如说旅游业、工业、文化和娱乐。
友好城市的约定鼓励来自这两个城镇的人们互相参观彼此的城镇。学校、剧院以及体育团体之间都可进行参观和交流。来自国外城镇的旅游者通常待在他们正在参观的城镇的私人家里。对游客来说通常有一个大的聚会。
友好城市的约定或许对于那 想练习讲另一门语言的学生人们最有用处。这是因为和一个外国家庭在一起住一两个星期，就意味着你得讲他们的语言，结果使你进步得很快。
Town Twinning
How are Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France similar? Well, they're both medium-sized towns of between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants. They both have universities and industries. Tourism is important to both of them, and they are both close to some of the most beautiful countryside in the region. But they share something else: they have a town twinning agreement.
Town twinning is not a new idea, but it has become more popular in recent years because it's now easier to find out about and visit other countries and towns. It's an agreement between towns or cities of similar size and age, and which have similar features such as tourism, industry, culture and entertainment.
Town twinning agreements encourage people from the two towns to visit each other. There are visits and exchanges between schools, theatre groups and sports
teams. Visitors from the foreign town usually stay in the private homes of the town they are visiting. There is usually a big party for the visitors.
Town twinning agreements are perhaps most useful for students and people who want to practise speaking another language. This is because living with a foreign family for one or two weeks means that you have to speak their language, and as a result you improve fast.
M3B3 Cultural Corner译文
Earthquakes Around the Pacific发生在太平洋地区的地震
About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year.每天世界上大约会发生
China is situated in one of the most active earthquake regions in the world and there have been many terrible earthquakes.中国位于世界上最活跃的地震带之一，发生
400次地震，每年会发生100，000多次。
过很多次大地震。 The most serious of these occurred in Hua County in Shaanxi Province in 1556. 最严重的一次于1556年发生在陕西省的华县。The earthquake
affected eight provinces in Central China. It covered an area of 800 square kilometres.这次地震影响了中国中部的八个省，覆盖了their lives.在一些地区，残废人数达到
800平方公里。 In some
communities, 60 percent of the population were killed. In all, 830,000 people lost
60%。这次地震中总共有830，000人
丧生。
The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst earthquake that has ever happened in the United States.1906
年4月18日的加利福尼亚大地震是迄今为止发生在美国的最严重的一次地震。 It took place at 5:15 a.m., and lasted for only a minute. 它发生在早上5:15，持续了仅一分钟。However, it caused the worst natural disaster in the nation's history.然而，它却成为了美国历史上最严重的自然灾害。
Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most damage. 加利福尼亚地震
引起的火灾带来了最大的损害。The fires burned for three days, destroying a total of 25,000 buildings.大炎持续了三天，总共烧毁了25，000座建筑物。 About 500
people were killed in the city of San Francisco and 250,000 were made homeless.
在旧金山大约有500人死亡，250，000人无家可归。In the whole of California, the earthquake and fires caused about 3,000 deaths.在整个加利福尼亚，这次地震和火灾造成了大约3，000人死亡。
The 1906 earthquake was caused by a movement on the San Andreas Fault. 1906
年的地震是由圣安德里亚断层的运动引起的。One hundred years later,
movements on the San Andreas Fault continue to cause problems for the whole of California.一百年之后，此断层的运动不断给整个加利福尼亚带来问题。
Earthquakes Around the Pacific
About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year.
China is situated in one of the most active earthquake regions in the world and there have been many terrible earthquakes. The most serious of these occurred in Hua County in Shaanxi Province in 1556. The earthquake affected eight provinces in Central China. It covered an area of 800 square kilometres. In some communities, 60 percent of the population were killed. In all, 830,000 people lost their lives.
The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst earthquake that has ever happened in the United States. It took place at 5:15 a.m., and lasted for only a minute. However, it caused the worst natural disaster in the nation's history.
Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most damage. The fires burned for three days, destroying a total of 25,000 buildings. About 500 people were killed in the city of San Francisco and 250,000 were made homeless. In the whole of California, the earthquake and fires caused about 3,000 deaths.
The 1906 earthquake was caused by a movement on the San Andreas Fault. One hundred years later, movements on the San Andreas Fault continue to cause problems for the whole of California.
M3B3 Cultural Corner译文
发生在太平洋地区的地震
每天世界上大约会发生400次地震，每年会发生100，000多次。
中国位于世界上最活跃的地震带之一，发生过很多次大地震。最严重的一次于1556年发生在陕西省的华县。这次地震影响了中国中部的八个省，覆盖了800平方公里。在一些地区，残废人数达到60%。这次地震中总共有830，000人丧生。
1906年4月18日的加利福尼亚大地震是迄今为止发生在美国的最严重的一次地震。它发生在早上5:15，持续了仅一分钟。然而，它却成为了美国历史上最严重的自然灾害。
加利福尼亚地震引起的火灾带来了最大的损害。大炎持续了三天，总共烧毁了25，000座建筑物。在旧金山大约有500人死亡，250，000人无家可归。在整个加利福尼亚，这次地震和火灾造成了大约3，000人死亡。
1906年的地震是由圣安德里亚断层的运动引起的。一百年之后，此断层的运动不断给整个加利福尼亚带来问题。
M4 B3 Cultural Corner译文
The Green Movement绿色运动