学会生存

江苏 颜景泉

◆语篇导读

生活中，只有那些善于生存、会自我保护的人才算得上是主宰生活的强者。学会生存，是我们日常生活中不可或缺的本领。对于那些会生存、善生存的人来说，生存好像一场游戏。在遇到突发事件时，不要惊慌失措，而要积极开动脑筋，使自己化险为夷，转危为安。

Although we can’t stop the natural disaster,we can prevent and try to reduce unnecessary losses.To learn to live,nobody can neglect its important role.

The 5·12 great earthquake has caused many people in Sichuan to lose their lives.But there are a lot of people who have survived miraculously.This makes us know more about the benefits of learning to live.

In the earthquake,a little girl was studying in the classroom.She was under the collapsed teaching building.She put the stone away side by hand and had a very small space.She continued to move,but one of her legs was crushed by a large piece of cement board.She decided to use a sharp piece of gravel to cut the leg off.She dragged the body tiredly with the bleeding leg.A passage way to life was dug out.She changed her life with a short pain.As one article said,“At a certain time,you only dare to give up,there is a chance to gain a more long-term interest.”

Before the Tangshan earthquake,it was found that a man’s homemade seismograph was ringing.The rabbit in the underground ran away.The cock dared not go into the nest.The small cat,who was usually agile and clever，was also dejected all day.He thought there might be an earthquake.

But when he told his guess to the people in the yard,they did not believe.He had to do some preparation and prevention by himself.It also tells us that it is necessary to know some of the phenomena before the disaster.Only in this way,when natural disaster comes,we can take the right measures to protect ourselves!

◆词语积淀

miraculously/mɪ'rækjuləsli/adv.奇迹般地

benefit/'benɪfɪt/n.利益，好处

collapsed/kə'læpst/adj.倒塌的；暴跌的

crush/krʌʃ/v.镇压；压破

cement/sɪ'ment/n.水泥；接合剂

gravel/'grævl/n.碎石

drag/dræg/v.拖拽

seismograph/'saɪzmə（u）grɑːf/n.地震检测仪

agile/'ædʒaɪl/adj.敏捷的，机灵的

dejected/dɪ'dʒektɪd/adj.沮丧的；灰心的

phenomena/fə'nɒmɪnə/n.现象

◆典句赏析

1.But there are a lot of people who have survived miraculously.但是也有很多人奇迹般地活了下来。

该句是含who引导的定语从句的复合句。people是先行词，关系代词who是主格形式，在定语从句中作主语，此时不能省略。

【即时尝试】正在回答问题的那个学生是约翰。

2....it was found that a man’s homemade seismograph was ringing.……有人发现某个人自制的地震检测仪响个不停。

该句是复合句。主句“it was found”是一般过去时态的被动语态形式；that引导的是宾语从句，从句中的谓语动词用过去进行时态，表示“响”的动作一直持续。

【即时尝试】他说他现在不能告诉你，你将会理解的。

3.The small cat,who was usually agile and clever,was also dejected all day.平时乖巧伶俐的小猫咪也整天垂头丧气。

这是一个复合句。who是关系代词，引导非限制性定语从句；主句中的be dejected是固定词组，意为“垂头丧气”。

【即时尝试】我们的老板史密斯先生下周要去日本。

译文助读

虽然我们无法阻止自然灾难的发生，但是我们可以预防和尽量减少损失。学会生存，谁都不能忽视它的重要作用。

5·12大地震让四川许许多多的人丧失了性命，但是也有很多人奇迹般地活了下来。这更使我们了解了学会生存的好处。

在这次地震中，一个正在教室学习的小女孩被倒塌的教学楼压在了下面。她用手把身边的碎石块搬开，腾出了一块很小的空间。她继续搬着，但她的一条腿被压在一块很大的水泥板下。她决定用一块尖锐的石块把那条腿砍下来。她拖着疲惫的身躯和正在流血的腿挖出了一条通向生命的通道。她以短痛换取了生命。就如一篇文章所说的,“在某个特定的时刻，你只有敢于舍弃，才有机会获得更长远的利益。”

而在唐山大地震之前，有人发现某个人自制的地震检测仪响个不停，养在地下的兔子也跑了；公鸡不敢进窝；平时乖巧伶俐的小猫咪也整天垂头丧气。他觉得可能要发生地震了。

但当他把他的猜测告诉院子里的人时，他们都不信。他只好自己做了一些准备与预防。这也告诉我们知道一些灾难前的现象也是必要的。只有这样，在自然灾害来临时，我们才能采取正确的措施来保护自己！