Animals Need Protecting Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States aloneare considered in danger.
　　Why should people care? Because we need animals, and because once they are gone, there will never be any more.Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers' stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice, with no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly.
　　Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or planton the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.
　　中文:
　　動(dòng)物需要保護(hù), 動(dòng)物是自然資源,在整個(gè)歷史過(guò)程中,人類一直在糟蹋著這種資源.人們殺死動(dòng)物,獲得它們的皮毛,把它們當(dāng)作食物或運(yùn)動(dòng)方式,或者只是因?yàn)樗鼈兊K事.成千上萬(wàn)種動(dòng)物已經(jīng)從這個(gè)地球上永遠(yuǎn)地消失了.現(xiàn)在另外上百種動(dòng)物也上了瀕危動(dòng)物名單.僅莢國(guó)大概就有170種被認(rèn)為處于危險(xiǎn)當(dāng)中.
　　為什么人們應(yīng)該感到擔(dān)憂呢?因?yàn)槲覀冃枰獎(jiǎng)游?因?yàn)樗鼈円坏┫?就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)再出現(xiàn).動(dòng)物不僅僅是漂亮或有趣.它們不僅僅是人類的食物來(lái)源.在維持自然平衡中,每種動(dòng)物都有其作用.毀滅某種動(dòng)物會(huì)導(dǎo)致許多問(wèn)題.比如,農(nóng)民們?nèi)绻麣⑺罏閿?shù)眾多的鷹,他們谷物和糧食的倉(cāng)庫(kù)就會(huì)受到老鼠和田鼠的破壞. 為什么?因?yàn)辁棾允箢?沒(méi)有鷹控制它們的數(shù)量,鼠類就會(huì)迅速繁殖.
　　幸運(yùn)的是,有些人正在努力幫助拯救這些動(dòng)物.有些組織籌錢以便人們了解這一問(wèn)題.他們也努力使政府通過(guò)保護(hù)瀕危動(dòng)物的法律.很多國(guó)家已經(jīng)通過(guò)了法律.這些法律禁止殺害瀕危名單上的動(dòng)植物.某些瀕危動(dòng)物的數(shù)目正在慢慢地不斷上升.
　　地震：
　　【一】May 12th is an ordinary day in 2008,itis in this day that shocking earthquake happened in Sichuan province,China.The earthquake destroyed nearly everything in Wenchan county Sichuan province. It was terrible.We can't describle the scene what we saw with any words.thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers , they longed to have families to continue their lives .I am sympathetic to their fate ! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it .For example ,there many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake! What an unbelievable thing it is !their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans!However,they must keep fighting against the death .Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever.Sadness,hoplessness and different kinds of danger spreaded out here and there ! But ,fortunately ,love is around us :the Communist party helps us ,the army helps us ,the people all over the world help us .They offered us with money ,goods ,love and so on !For example ,li lian ji, a warm-hearted man ,offered us with 20 million yuan ! With the help of the such a large number of people with love ,we will overcome the difficulty of the earthquake and face our beautiful future !
　　英語(yǔ)新聞:印尼地震海嘯+火山爆發(fā) 死忙人數(shù)過(guò)百
　　Indonesia hit by deadly tsunami, volcanic eruption
　　A powerful earthquake has triggered a three-meter tsunami, that pounded remote island villages in western Indonesia, killing at least 113 people and leaving 500 more missing. But... the catastrophy did not come alone. On Tuesday, Indonesia's most active volcano ALSO erupted, killing 18.
　　The tsunami triggered by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Monday swept away hundreds of homes on the Mentawai islands of West Sumatra,killing at least 113 villagers. Up to 500 others are missing.
　　Maman, Official Indonesian Disaster Agency, said, "A 7.2 Richter scale earthquake occurred Monday October 25th at 9.42 PM. The location was in Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, the depth of the epicenter is 10 kilometers. The villagers fleeing their homes are taking shelter in the mountains."
　　Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted on Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful explosion in years.
　　18 people have been killed and up to 20 injured. Survivors have been rescued and taken to hospital.
　　Dr. Adi Mulyo, Panti Nugroho Hospital, said, "There are 18 injured people being treated in this hospital. All of them have severe burns, some with 40 to 90 percent burns."
　　The eruption of the volcano forced thousands of villagers to stream off the high mountains, crowding into makeshift emergency shelters with straw sleeping mats and bags of clothes and food.
　　People try to reach their relatives by mobile phone as they flee to higher ground
　　in Padang, West Sumatra, on October 25, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP File Photo)
　　Earlier, many had refused to budge, saying they wanted to tend to crops along the volcano's fertile slopes and protect their homes against looters.
　　Authorities have been trying to evacuate more than 11,000 villagers, after the alert status was raised to the highest level.
　　Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity due to its location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire. There is a series of fault lines stretching from the western hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.
　　地震作文：What is earthquake?
　　An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves(地震波). Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer(地震檢波器), also known as a seismograph(地震儀). The moment magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude(里氏量級(jí)), with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible 感覺(jué)不到的 and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas. Intensity of shaking is measured on the modified Mercalli scale(麥加利震級(jí), 麥?zhǔn)险鸺?jí)).
　　At the Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by a shaking and sometimes displacement (位移)of the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter (震中)is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami(海嘯). The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity.
　　In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event—whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans—that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture(破裂, 裂開(kāi)) of geological faults(斷層), but also by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments.
　　An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter means the point at ground level directly above this.
　　關(guān)于火山的英語(yǔ)作文
　　Why does Tazieff risk his life like this?
　　Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later. This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive.
　　New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
　　volcano n. 火山
　　active adj. 活動(dòng)的
　　Kivu n. 基伍湖
　　Congo n. 剛果
　　Kituro n. 基圖羅
　　erupt v. (火山)噴發(fā)
　　violently adv. 猛烈地,劇烈地
　　manage v. 設(shè)法
　　brilliant adj. 精彩的
　　liquid adj. 液態(tài)的
　　escape v. 逃跑
　　live adj. 活著的
　　參考譯文
　　波蘭科學(xué)家哈羅恩.塔捷耶夫花了畢生的精力來(lái)研究世界各地的活火山和探洞.1948年他去了剛果的基伍湖,對(duì)一座后來(lái)被他命名為基圖羅的新火山進(jìn)行觀察.當(dāng)火山正在猛烈地噴發(fā)時(shí),塔捷耶夫有辦法把帳篷搭在離它非常近的地方.盡管他設(shè)法拍了一些十分精彩的照片,但他卻不能在火山附近停留太長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間.他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一股巖漿正向他流過(guò)來(lái),眼看就要將他團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住,但塔捷耶夫還是設(shè)法及時(shí)逃離了.他等到火山平靜下來(lái),兩天以后又返回去.這次他設(shè)法爬進(jìn)了基圖羅火山口,以便能拍攝照片和測(cè)試溫度.塔捷耶夫經(jīng)常冒這樣的生命危險(xiǎn).他能告訴我們的有關(guān)活火山的情況比任何在世的人都要多.