Earthquakes in the Western United States
美國西部的地震
Introduction
On June 4, an earthquake happened near Summerlin, Nevada. Other earthquakes also happened in the west of the United States.
6月4日，內華達州Summerlin附近發生了一次地震。美國西部其他地區也發生了地震。
Main Body
The earthquake in Las Vegas started before 2:00 PM. It was not very big. People in houses felt the ground shake. Some cars moved and things in houses made noise.
拉斯維加斯的地震始於下午2點之前。規模並不大。住在房子裡的人感覺到地面在震動。有些車輛移動了，屋內的物品也發出聲響。
Nevada has many faults in the ground. Because of this, Nevada has many earthquakes. This is different from California.
內華達州的地面有許多斷層。因此，內華達州經常發生地震。這與加州不同。
Other earthquakes happened in California and Oregon. One earthquake in the ocean was bigger. But these earthquakes did not cause big waves or break buildings.
加州和俄勒岡州也發生了其他地震。其中一次發生在海洋中的地震規模較大。但這些地震並沒有引起巨浪或導致建築物毀損。
Conclusion
No people were hurt in Nevada. There is a small chance of more small earthquakes soon.
內華達州沒有人受傷。短期內仍有小機率發生更多小型地震。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡️ THE 'PAST' TRIGGER
Look at how we talk about things that are already finished. We use -ed to change the action word.
- happen happened*
- start started*
- move moved*
Wait! Some words are 'rebels' and don't follow the -ed rule. They change completely:
- feel felt
- make made*
🗺️ LOCATING THINGS
To say where something is, we use these simple bridges:
Near Close to (Near Summerlin)
In Inside a place (In the ocean)
Of Belonging to (West of the United States)
⚖️ THE 'NOT' RULE
To say something is not true in the past, we use did not + the normal word.
❌ Did not happened (Wrong) ✅ Did not happen (Right)
Example from text: "These earthquakes did not cause big waves."