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Alex: Excuse me, I’m a journalist and I want to get some information about Typhoon Goni. As a survivor who has experienced it, could you tell me something about it?
Bill: It was 1. awful disaster that left a lot of people dead or missing. In addition, it also led to many other 2. (terrify) disasters, such as floods an
d landslides (山崩). In the hard-hit mountain province of Benguet, landslides 3. (cause) by the typhoon killed at least 12 people by the time resc
uers arrived, including four gold miners
Alex: What were the miners doing when the landslides happened?
Bill: They were sleeping 4. a huge chunk(大块) of the mountain came down and buried their work sites. Rescuers have been searching for any 5. (possible) of survivors, and are still looking for survivors now. 6.(hopeful) the news will be good.
Alex: What damages has the typhoon caused to other areas?
Bill: Actually, someone told me that three people 7. (lose) their lives elsewhere in the north.
Alex: How many houses have been damaged during the typhoon?
Bill: 8. all, nearly 1,000 houses were damaged and more than 32,000 people abandoned their homes and moved to safe areas.
Alex: As you have said, Typhoon Goni is very violent.
Bill: Yes. It is another violent typhoon 9. (hit) the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, 10. left many people dead or missing.
阅读快车系列答案At the beginning of the twentieth century，many people thought that the American family was falling apart.A century later，we know that this was not the case.However，although the family is still alive in the United States，its size and shape were very different 100 years ago.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s，there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear.The extended family usually includes grandparents，parents，and children living under the same roof.The nuclear family consists of only parents and children.
Today there are many different kinds of families.Some people live in “traditional” families，that is，a stay?home mother，a working father，and their own biological children.Others live in two?paycheck families，single?parent families，adoptive or foster families，blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into the new families)，childless families，and so on.
What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 1900s the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise.Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home.In the 1930s and 1940s，many families faced serious financial，or money problems during the Great Depression，when many people lost their jobs.During World War Ⅱ(1939－1945)，5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children.Because many men were at war，thousands of these “war windows” had to go to work outside their home.
During the next ten years，the situation changed.There were fewer divorces，and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation.It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up.Families began leaving cities and moving into single?family homes in the suburbs.The traditional family seemed to be returning.
In the years between 1960s and 1990s，there were many important changes in the structure of the family.From the 1960s to the early 1970s，the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half.The number of single?parent families tripled，and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again.In fact，the single?parent household，once unusual，has replaced the “traditional” family as the typical family in the States.If we can judge from history，however，this will probably change again in the twenty?first century.
The Changes of the American Family
Main comparisons | Contexts | |
Different 1. | There were two 2.types of families in the past， 3.，the extended and the nuclear. | |
Nowadays 4.types of families can be seen than before. | ||
Changes in different 5. | In the 1900s and 1940s | Many of the women had to work outside due to the 6.of money，thus causing the fall of 7. and the rise of divorce rate. |
In the 1950s | Divorce rate slide and there were more children.The families tended to be 8.again. | |
In the years between 1960s and 1990s | Different types of families 9..Traditional families are no longer the typical ones in America. | |
A trend worth noting Author's opinion on changes | Judging from what has happened in the past，it is 10.that the present structure will experience changes again in the near future. | |
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