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Are We Ready for Another Tsunami?
Introduction
海啸是一种具有强大破坏力的海浪。当地震发生于海底，因震波的动力而引起海水剧烈的起伏，形成 强大的波浪，向前推进，将沿海地带一一淹没的灾害，称之为海啸。
Vocabulary
Tsunami
high-rises （注意前面用的是tall buildings）
temblor
holocaust
universal time n.（二Greenwich Time）世界时间，格林尼治（平均）时
extensive 这里注意原文中"the most extensive tsunami warning system around”我们在写作的 时候也可以这样用最大的什么机构组织。
tremor ，颤动
bulletin
evacuate ，撤出，排泄
fiasco n,大惨败
dialects
比较长，建议只泛读
ArticleWednesday 's massive earthquake near Indonesia was distressingly similar to the one that killed over 220, 000 people in December of 2004. Both happened off the coast of Sumatra and put at least a dozen other countries at risk of tsunami. Yesterday
, s magnitude- quake was smaller than the 9. 1 of 2004, but only slightly. Tall buildings swayed in Jakarta, and some high-rises were evacuated in Singapore. And less than 24 hours later, the quake was followed by a second and third temblor in the same area, which brought buildings down in the coastal Indonesian city of Padang and triggered more tsunami warnings around the region.
So far, the damage appears to be much less serious than the 2004 disaster 一 thankfully. It' s too early to guess at a body count, but most of the destruction will probably come from the quakes thems