「美国英文课本学英文22」TheWestRegionoftheUnitedStates...

California is / one of the richest states / in America. It has / a large amount of land. And it also has / more people / than any other state. It has / plenty of natural resources, / too. But everything is not perfect /there.?California has?/ two

major problems: / earthquakes and forest fires.

The San?Andreas Fault / runs through California. Because of it, / the state gets /?many?earthquakes. Some of them / are very powerful. For example,/ there was / astrong?earthquake / in San Francisco / in 1906. It destroyed / many buildings. And it started / numerous fires. Over 3,000 people/ died / after it. There have also been / many other strong earthquakes. Some

people fear / that the “big one” will hit / someday. They think / an earthquake will cause / a huge amount of damage.

During summer and fall, / much of California / is dry. So forest fires,/ or wildfires, / often?start. These fires can spread / rapidly. They burn / many forests. But they also can burn?/ people's homes and buildings. They often kill people /before firefighters?can / put them out.

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加利福尼亚州California是美国最富饶的州之一one of the richest states。它有着广阔的土地，最多的人口以及丰富的自然资源natural resources。但美中不足的是，加利福尼亚州面临着两大难题two major problems地震earthquake和森林火灾forest fire。

圣安德烈亚斯断层the San Andreas Fault贯穿整个加利福尼亚州run through California，使得加利福尼亚州频繁遭遇地震的袭击get many earthquakes。有些地震的破坏力很大，例如， 1906年旧金山就曾发生过强震。那次地震摧毁了很多建筑destroy many buildings，也引发无数起火灾start?numerous

fires，最终导致三千多人遇难。此外，加利福尼亚州还发生过其他多起强震。有些人忧心忡忡地臆测，说不定哪天就会有“大家伙”?the”big one“来袭，造成巨大的搌失cause a huge amount of damage。

夏秋之际during summer and fall，加利福尼亚州的大部分地区都很干燥，所以经常爆发森林火灾或野火forest fires or wildfires。这些大火蔓延得很快spread rapidly，它们会烧毁大片森林burn?many forests、住宅和其他建筑homes and buildings，且常常在消防员将其扑灭之前就已经吞噬了无数生命kill people。

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