1. They should regularly check and reinforce their homes, place heavy objects in low positions, attach cupboards and cabinets to walls, and fasten doors so that they will not open accidentally during an earthquake.
    他们应当定期检查和加固房屋，将重物放在低处，将碗橱和柜子贴墙放置，加固房门以防地震时突然脱开。

2. How will family members leave the area during the chaos following an earthquake?
    如何让一家人在地震的混乱中安全离开？

3. A terrific earthquake broke out.
    可怕的地震发生了。

4. A terrific earthquake shook Japan.
    可怕的地震震撼了日本。

5. An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning.
    地震就像夜间的小偷，不打招呼就来了。

6. Also important is an arrangement for family members to communicate if there is an earthquake.
    同样，安排好家人地震时的联络方式也很重要。

7. Much of the city was subverted by the earthquake and a great fire .
    这座城市的大部分都被地震和大火所毁坏了。

8. But that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments ( seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
    但在一些早期记录地震波的仪器（地震计）中，所采用的的确就是这种想法。

9. But that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
    但是早期记录地震波的仪器（地震仪）正是采用了这中思路。

10. Certain birds, like pigeons, also seemed to be especially noisy, and were reported to be flying in unusual patterns before the earthquake.
    有些鸟，如鸽子，也似乎显得特别聒噪，据说地震前它们飞行的方式也与往常不同。