一 well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁坏) whole cities
First, it is not a 1
________ idea to build houses along lines where 2
________ of the earth’s plates(板块) join together
Second, if you think there 3
________ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4
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Third, you must make the houses as 5
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Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6
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Scientists are 7
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They call it “ The Big One ”
However, people today are still building more 8
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The population in and a