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xx 年6月6日放送原稿抜粋） 科学技術英語特論?演習木村他金曜講時注意解答用紙枚。 学籍番号氏名記入。 問題次文章津波関Voice ofAmerica放送記事。 英文関以下問答。 Tsunamis happenafter an earthquake strikes,either nearor underthe ocean.The earthquakedisplaces a large amount of waterin the ocean.Waves thenrush inlandquickly andpowerfully,causing deathand destruction.Scientists saythat strongearthquakes underthe seaare responsible for eightyto niypercent ofall tsunamis.Volcanic explosionscan alsocause a tsunami.So coulda largepiece ofland slidinginto thewater orwhen arock fromspace strikesthe ocean.There havebeen threemajor tsunamisworldwide inthe pastseven years.Generally,a majortsunami happensonly onceevery tenyears.In thedeep ocean,a tsunami wave mayrise up only aboutthree hundredmillimeters.In fact,people ona boatat seamay noteven knowthat atsunamiwavehas justmoved pastthem.Tsunamis arelong wavesthat cantravel greatdistances veryquickly-some moveat overeight hundredkilometers anhour.They cancross anocean inless thana day.And atsunami isnot justone wave,but aseries ofwaves.Some of the wavescan behuge.Scientists saythe firstwave isoften notthe largest.That isusually thethird orfourth wave.The wavescan befrom fiveminutes toone hourapart.How is atsunamiwave caused?The landunderneath the ocean ismade upof tectonicplates.These largeareas arealways moving.Usually the plates justrub upagainst eachother ona crack,also calleda faultline.Sometimes,one platesubducts-or slidesunder-another plate.Over time,a hugeamountofpressure buildsupontheplatethat hasslid underthe other.It suddenlysprings up,resulting inanearthquake.The largesubduction zoneearthquakes areresponsibleformost ofthe ocean-wide tsunamis,such asthe recenttsunami inJapan.Scientists areable tomeasure thestrength andposition ofearthquakes because there arehundreds ofseismic monitoringstations aroundthe world.If itisastrong quakeand ithappens nearor intheocean,puters quicklymeasure thelength,depth andlocation ofa quake.These measurementshelp toshow howstrong aresulting tsunamimight be.When atsunami forms,the wavecan spreadout quickly.As itgets closeto land,the forceofthewater builds.People neartheoceanmay heara loud,sucking sound,or anoise similarto atrain orairplane.Then,a“drawback”may happen.Suddenly,alargearea ofcoastline hasvery littlewater onit,becausethewater ismoving awayfrom land.But sometimesthere isno drawback,and highwaves equickly towardthe landwith nowarning.Some tsunamiwaves reachas highas thirty meters.（Science inthe Newsxx年月日放送原稿抜粋） (1)上記英文書津波性質日本語解答。 (a)地震以外津波原因何？（）(b)大津波通常頻度起？（）(c)津波移動速度最高時速何？（）(b)津波各波押寄間隔（時間）？（） (2)上記英文下記単語（文中下線表示）意味前後関係推測日本語書。 (a)subduct（動詞）（）(b)seismic（形容詞）（） (3)上記英文最終段落（When atsunami forms,.thirtymeters.）日本語訳。 科学技術英語特論?演習木村他金曜講時注意解答用紙枚。 学籍番号氏名記入。 問題Answer thefollowing questionsin Englishusing morethan50but lessthan100words foreach question. (1)Describe your research activities. (2)What kindof practicaluse isexpected whenyour researchis pleted? (3)How isyourresearchrelated withthe importantchallenges inthis century(Global w