Earthquakes are common; thousands of them happen each day. But most are too 1 to feel. During a 2 earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth 3 terribly and many houses 4 down. Railway tracks break and trains go 5 lines; a great many factories are 6; thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes… 7 the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 8, other disasters such as fires often 9. More buildings are destroyed and more 10 caused.
Man knows the 11 of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, 12, a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 13 a machine which could find out from which 14 the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still 15 by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and 16 they happen, but we still cannot 17 exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot 18 it from happening. So earthquakes are among the 19 disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural earthquakes. 20, scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.
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We often hear stories of animals rescuing people. But now someone has managed to return the favor.
The event took place one snowy January morning. Thomas Smith was walking his dog, Jack, in the park. "As I was walking, I just saw Jack running onto the ice towards the ducks in the middle, and then he fell into the water and couldn't climb out," said Smith. He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog. "Someone else told me the lake was only one-meter deep, but it was at least twice that. I had to break my way through the 6-cm ice. Finally, I got Jack by the neck, and pulled him out. I don't think I have ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land. And when we got there, everyone was asking if Jack was okay-no one was particularly worried about me!"
A neighbor, Julie Brown, saw it all happen. "The dog went onto an icy lake. All of a sudden, it started to go under. There were crowds of people around, and they were all shouting and screaming. Before I knew it, the owner (Smith) was in the water forcing his way through the ice. I can't begin to imagine how cold it was. Everyone was very nervous, but he was as cool as a cucumber —he just crawled back out, put the dog on its lead, and went home."
Many regard him as a hero, but Mr Smith is quite laidback about it. "Most dog owners are the same as me. They would do what I did without a second thought. But in the future, I'm going to make sure he's on a lead near any icy ponds. Pets are members of our family. Would you do the same for them?"
We can learn a lot from kids, especially ones who are working on making the world a better place. GoFundMe started a program called Kid Heroes to celebrate them.
The program includes an activity celebrating over 100 kid heroes, a Parents' Guide, and short videos showing the work of a few kid heroes. Last year, on November 28, GoFundMe donated (捐赠) $ 100 000 to the Kid Heroes program through their Gives Back program.
"The kids in the GoFundMe community were our source of inspiration (灵感), and in speaking to them, we realized that kids are often great role models for us adults because they don't have prejudice (偏见) and they just jump in and help, which is quite different from adults," said Raquel Rozas, chief marketing officer at GoFundMe.
The program supports hundreds of kids who not only help solve problems in their community, but also help other kids in need. For example, there is Paul Burnett, who raised over $ 10 000 to buy a new wheelchair for his best friend Kamden. Through the Parents' Guide, parents are able to learn more about how to make their children take part in these projects. A lot of conversation starters are also provided to help parents guide their kids and raise kids that are open to giving back.
What started out as just a holiday program may become year-round. Kids such as Burnett are always doing amazing things. Another example is Ryder who created an activity on his birthday to raise money to buy presents for kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, hoping to help brighten their day. There's also Walt, who raised over $ 4 000 to donate clothes to some children who aren't able to take their belongings from house to house.
"We kicked it off for the season, but we think it actually makes a difference," said Rozas. "Because these kids are running projects all year round, and the kinds of projects that are running are not just seasonal, they really are solving basic problems in their communities."
George Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia, father died when he was 11 years old. In his (young), Washington was not educated in normal schools. As matter of fact, he went to war rather than going to college. He (fight) against the French and Indians as a British Army officer.
He also led the army during the American Revolution War and became a national hero after they won the war. In 1783, with a peace treaty (条约) signed between Great Britain and the U.S., Washington considered (give) up his command of the army and returned to his quiet and (peace) life in Mount Vernon with his family. However, because his good quality to be a leader, he was first elected (选举) President in 1789. At first Washington wanted (refuse), but public opinion was so strong that finally he gave in. The United States was a small nation when he took office, having 13 states and about 4 million people, but Washington spent most of (he) time working for a better America.
In 1797, Washington finally retired and returned to his family life. (sad), he died on the night of December 14 in 1799, at the age of 67.
When the cat Fluffy disappeared from her home in Navarre, Ohio, her owner found her high in a tree. She wasn't immediately worried because everyone told her that cats always came down when they were hungry.
That was on a Friday. On Sunday, when the white cat still wouldn't budge and stayed high in the tree, Ellen Albert called Erie Valley Fire and Rescue for help with her pet.
"Fluffy was about 40 feet in the air. Too high for the ladders (梯子) we carry," Ryan Shanower of Erie Valley Fire and Rescue says. "She was also near some power lines that caused danger. We tried cat food on day two of her being there and hoped by evening she'd be down. High winds and hard rain on day one evening and most of day two made the rescue difficult."
Fire Chief Rick Annen made his guess about how the cat ended up so high in the tree. Annen saw hawks (鹰) sitting on a building across the street and noticed Fluffy's collar (颈圈) was missing. He supposed that a hawk had picked up Fluffy by the collar and that she had gotten free and fallen high in the tree.
By day three, the rain had stopped, but Fluffy still wouldn't, or couldn't, come down. The fire department reached out to a local tree service to see if they'd lend a hand to the frightened cat. They showed up with a bucket truck (铲斗车) they use to cut tall trees away. Once the bucket truck was up in the air, Fluffy was down in a minute or two.
It was a happy ending, for sure, but not a common day's work for these firefighters.
