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英语翻译On the morning of November 18,1755,an earthquake shook B

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英语翻译
On the morning of November 18,1755,an earthquake shook Boston,Massachusetts.John Winthrop,a professor at Harvard College,felt the quake and awoke.“I rose,” Winthrop wrote,“and lighting a candle,looked on my watch,and found it was 15 minutes after four.” John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather clock.It had stopped four minutes before,at 4:11.Except for stopping the clock,the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel (壁炉台) to the floor.
The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for care.The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum (钟摆).Winthrop,therefore,had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston.He looked at the key on the floor.The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion (运动) by a shock coming from the northwest,perhaps in Canada.
John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather clock.It had stopped four minutes before,at 4:11.Except for stopping the clock,the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel (壁炉台) to the floor.
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在1755年11月18日的早晨,美国马萨诸塞州波士顿发生了一场地震.哈佛大学的John Winthrop教授被地震惊醒了.他写到“我起身了,然后点燃一支蜡烛,看了看手表,时间是4点一刻.”John Winthrop走到楼下的落地钟那里去.落地钟刚停不久,恰恰指向4:11.地震除了把钟震停了,还精确地把一把钥匙从壁炉台震到了地板上.
大钟停的原因是因为Winthrop教授为了保护钟他以前放了些长的玻璃瓶,做个实验以防万一.玻璃瓶管被地震撞倒了下来就卡住了钟摆.Winthrop教授通过这就得到了地震袭击波士顿的准确时间.他看了看地板上的钥匙,地震以其震动的方向把钥匙从西北部摇出位,可能震源来自加拿大.