The Power of Nature (2/2)
Man’s power to create or destroy is nothing compared with nature’s
April 17, 2007
Tornadoes
These spinning clouds of dust and debris have wind speeds reaching 300 mph. tornadoes can flatten buildings as well as pick up cars and houses and toss them around like toys. Most tornadoes occur in the Midwestern United States. Everything in the path of a tornado is destroyed, yet areas nearby can be left untouched. On a single day in 1999, around 1,500 people were either killed or injured from tornadoes in Tornado Alley.
Earthquakes
People can do nothing to prevent or stop an earthquake. When the earth shakes, whole buildings can collapse, killing people and destroying property. A powerful earthquake shook Pakistan in October 2005, killing more than 73,000 people. Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis, which devastate coastal regions.
Volcanoes
The lava, steam and ash from volcanoes change the landscape and climate. In 1815, Mt. Tambora in Indonesia erupted, killing 92,000 people. The ash from the volcano affected the climate around the world, making it noticeably cooler. In the Northern Hemisphere, the climate change resulted in the worst food shortage of the century. Lava flows destroy property, but because they move very slowly at first, they rarely kill humans.
There is nothing that can compare to nature’s power!
Global Warming 全球变暖
Increased greenhouse gases in the air are causing global warming
Please tell me more about global warming.
Emma He, Chongqing
Most of us are worried about global warming. It’s a problem that will change the future of the world we live in and affect generations to come.
But do you know how to discuss global warming in English? In this programme you can find out some useful words and expressions.
Join Jo Hunter and Yang Li to learn more about this problem. What are the causes of global warming and what will it mean if temperatures do get hotter in the future?
To slow down the effects of the problem there are things we can do. Find out some of the solutions we can expect to be introduced into our lives in the future.
Secrets to a Healthy Life
1. Sufficient qi and blood as well as dredged meridians including veins and metabolism system are two indispensable elements of health.
2. No medicines can heal patients ultimately wether the medicine belongs to traditional Chinese medical science or the Western medicine. All illness are caused by a wrong with something. For this reason, if the patient want to be healthy again, he or she need first to get rid of the bad causing. Essentially, the healthy people are bond to have helthy mind. All kinds of philosophy or theory come from your heart. So long as your heart is plain, your body is healthy.According to this opinion, you need not hurry to the doctors but rely on your own restoration system to heal yourself. Actually, mankind are the same as animals to the extend of fixing themselves when get illed.
3. Right concepts are more helpful than expensive medicine or dangerous surgery. Motiviting by the right concepts, you can make correct desions; then comes the suitable behavior so that you can avoid many disasters.