Disasters

　　In the past hundred years, there have heen frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, mud-rock flows, seismic sea waves, earthquakes, windstorms and the stretching of new deserts.

　　The disasters have killed millions upon millions of people, destroyed countless homes, and wiped out numerous pieces of fertile land.

　　Now more and more people become aware that those disasters have much to do with what we have done to the earth. we have cut down too many trees in the forests,we have badly polluted the environment, we have shocked our own home-planet time and again with tremendously powerful explosions of nuclear bombs.

　　As a result, climates have become abnormal, rainwater rushes down hillsides angrily, and the underground energy goes up to revenge itself on us.

　　The earth is our only home-planet. it is urgent for us to stop damaging it, and to do our best to protect it and make it a lovely place suitable to live in, for we have nowhere to go and survive except where we are now.

　　numerous ['nju:mərəs] adj. 為數(shù)眾多的，許多

　　revenge [ri'vendʒ] n. 報(bào)仇，報(bào)復(fù)，復(fù)仇愿望，獲得滿足的機(jī)會(huì)

　　fertile ['fə:tail] adj. 肥沃的，富饒的，能繁殖的，多產(chǎn)的，(創(chuàng)造力)

　　except [ik'sept] vt. 除，除外

　　abnormal [æb'nɔ:məl] adj. 反常的，不正常的，不規(guī)則的

　　survive [sə'vaiv] vt. 比 ... 活得長(zhǎng)，幸免于難，艱難度過(guò)

　　environment [in'vaiərənmənt] n. 環(huán)境，外界

　　suitable ['sju:təbl] adj. 合適的，適宜的

　　protect [prə'tekt] vt. 保護(hù)，投保

　　frequent ['fri:kwənt] adj. 經(jīng)常的，頻繁的