灾害英语选读（防灾减灾系列教材）

　　本书主要选自国外媒体对各种自然灾害及公共安全事件的评述报道、新闻社论、专家解析、历史回顾和未来展望。对于每一种自然灾害和公共安全事件，书中都有一个简短的介绍，是为普及科普知识付出的一点努力。在全书的内容编排上，根据自然灾害和公共安全事件的类型分为四部分，每部分根据具体灾害和公共安全事件分为不同单元，每单元精选三篇阅读文章。前两篇文章设置有练习题，第三篇设计为扩展阅读。书后附有习题答案和词汇表，供学习者参考。

Part One  Geological Disasters
　Unit One  Earthquakes
　　Text A  Squeezing Water from Rock
　　Text B  Can We Save California?
　　Text C  Earthquakes Shake Northern Italy
　Unit Two  Mudslides and Landslides
　　Text A  Hundreds Killed in Rio de Janeiro Mudslides
　　Text B  When Land Slides
　　Text C  Papua New Guinea: Dozens Dead and Missing in
Landslide
　Unit Three  Tsunamis
　　Text A  Going Vertical: Fleeing Tsunamis by Moving up, Not
out
　　Text B  Tsunami Wreaks Mental Health Havoc
　　Text C  Indonesia: Inadequate Relief Endangers Disaster
Victims
　Unit Four  Volcano Eruptions
　　Text A  Deepest Explosive Eruption on Sea Floor: Underwater
Remotely
　　　　  Operated Vehicle Jason Images Discovery
　　Text B  Volcanic Ash Cloud Leaves Hundreds of Thousands
Stranded
　　　　 in Europe
　　Text C  Could a Changing Climate Set off Volcanoes and
Quakes?
Part Two  Meteorological Disasters
　Unit One  Floods
　　Text A  Queensland Crisis Points to Lack of Flood Mitigation
and Basic
　　　　 Infrastructure
　　Text B  More Deaths As a “Wall of Water” Engulfs
Queensland
　　　　 Towns
……