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　　1．[教材原句]In some communities, 60 percent of the population were killed.

　　在一些地区，死亡率达60%。

　　[句型点拨]分数/百分数＋of the population作主语，谓语动词用复数。

　　[佳句赏析]这个国家80%的人口是农民。

　　80 percent of the population in this country are farmers.

　　2．[教材原句]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日发生在加利福尼亚的地震是美国历史上最严重的一次地震。

　　[句型点拨]先行词是最高级或被最高级修饰时，常用that引导定语从句。

　　[佳句赏析]这是我曾经看过的最有趣的电影。

　　It's the most interesting film that I have ever seen.

　　3．[教材原句]Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most damage.

　　加利福尼亚地震引起的火灾造成了最大的破坏。

　　[句型点拨]过去分词短语作后置定语。

　　[佳句赏析]由于房间里没有其他人，Jenny把隐藏在内心多年的话全说出来了。

　　There being nobody else in the room, Jenny let out all the words hidden in her heart for years.

　　4．[教材原句]About 500 people were killed in the city of San Francisco and 250，000 were made homeless.

　　在旧金山市，大约五百人死亡，25万人无家可归。

　　[句型点拨]make＋宾语＋宾补。

　　[佳句赏析]我们选他当英语会话社主席。

　　We made him chairman of our English Speaking Society.

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　　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