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Earthquakes Conversation
check this out: listen to this I have no idea: I do not know

Joe: Hey, check this out . Yknow what Eric asked me when I got into work this morning? Trec,k-kim tra get into work: i lm. Ga in thu Kristin: I have no idea, whatd he ask you? (ni tt what i) Joe: He asked me if I felt the earth uake last night. if!whether"li#u,xem li#u$ Kristin: Earth uake? Youve gotta be kidding, I didnt feel an earth uake.

youve gotta be kidding: you cannot be serious

Joe: I know, thats what I said. He told me it actually woke him u! last night. Yknow" Kristin: #hat? Joe: "yeah, it was like, it went, it ha!!ened at like, uh, $%$& in the morning. 'o we must(e )een slee!ing. *ut I mean, its possible that, yknow, e(en if we had )een

pullin my leg: making a joke by lying to someone and pretending the lie is true

ch%c l ang ng& qk$ min,n"mu'nni,(nh)pax b*"c+ th khi,n.u nh it/s possible that you know"c+ th l0 b1n bi.t

,ven if" ngay c-

awake,we might not ha(e felt it )ecause, yknow, may)e it, uh, wasnt felt, yknow, far-fetched: unbelievable nb livb-0 th tin c+ l2 3 ko ch%c ch%n$ c,kho tin this far north. *ut, uh, I, I mean I thought he was pullin my leg when he first talked a)out it. Pulling my leg: a ti ah. Kristin: #ell, I guess its not so far-fetched considering we li(e on a ma+or fault line here. get,x:on,ngh4 m4, not so" kh5ng qu j . et,tr k6nxi7r8nh"v8 m9yj7-l:n,quan
tr;ng !ault: !o,th <t g3y

due east: exactly east of someplace epicenter: the middle of an earthquake

Joe: Yeah, )ut actually I think this earth uake was, uh, on a different fault line, um, )ecause, yknow, Eric li(es, uh, +ust, uh, south of 'an -ose" Kristin: Yeah.

all of a sudden: right away with no warning

Joe: "and, uh, the earth uake he said was due east was

of 'an -ose, so he

"ue:u #ng$#ng ph%a &ng,h:ng &ng, o)(iously a lot closer to the epicenter than we were. 'o, I d., Im not e(en sure it epi xen t7" t6m ch=n be>closer>to smb" ? g6n ai ab'i#tx@ l8"rA r0ng was felt here. sua" ch%c ch%n

each, I should say each earth uake has )een a com!letely different e/!erience. *ut
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the one I, the one I felt here, I was standing outside a restaurant talking to 0- and the on:duy nh1t. another friend and all of a sudden it +ust felt like, this shift. Its really hard to e/!lain, )ut it made me think of, like, a cartoon, like how, in the cartoon, like )uildings might +ust shift to the right and then shift right )ack.

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another friend and all of a sudden it +ust felt like, this shift. Its really hard to e/!lain, )ut it made me think of, like, a cartoon, like how,in the cartoon, like )uildings might bi)u 8nh-tEa nh0 ka,chun +ust shift to the right and then shift right )ack. 'e,ft%di chuy3n.( Joe: Yeah, without falling. Kristin: Yeah, without falling. 0nd I, I had no idea what was going on for a few Fo on"x-y ra a few v0i minutes afterwards. 0nd then I reali4ed, oh that must ha(e )een an earth uake. Joe: Yeah, you know what I usually notice, the times that I(e )een at home, here" Kristin: Yeah. Joe: "and, uh, theres )een an earth uake? Its almost as if theres this really )ig train, or like a gigantic 5ack truck going )y. 0nd, uh, suddenly I start to hear the troen,n"xe lG Haifgentic- khDng l* troack" xe t-i go b(:i qua. Ia 6n l8" Jt nhiBn heater shaking. 0nd, um, its like, the noise is like, uh, is loud for like a second and then its gone, so" Kristin: 6hats so" Joe: "its really weird, yknow, its almost like the first cou!lea times I felt it, I wasnt e(en aware it was an earth uake while it was ha!!ening. Kristin: #ell, thats so funny you say that )ecause one that I e/!erienced in *angkok, it actually was after the tsunami and so later I found out that it was, it was, um, aftershock from the tsunami. *ut anyway, I was in a )uilding u! on the ninth after s1c,k*+ ch=n bi)u 8nh floor and suddenly, uh, there was all this rattling. 0nd Im thinking to myself, it, it +ust, it, it was so irrational. Im thinking to myself, god, theres like a train going )y and I ira s7n n8% (9 l: cant )elie(e that this )uilding is shaking so much from the train ;laugh<. It" 0nd of course a train wouldnt ha(e made a )uilding, or at least me u! on the ninth floor, feel Lt li,st" Mt nh=t something to that effect. 0nd I think it ha!!ened a)out two times. 0nd it" 6hat one fLc,t-hi#u <ng) wasnt until se(eral days later when I was talking to !eo!le and they were like, =>h did+a feel the earth uake??. 6hen it dawned on me, oh, that was an earth uake. It was" o on mi
all of a sudden!veyry suddenly adv$"r=t b=t ng7 xa 6n l8 sudden-adj se,ft"sC tha( Di

aftershock: an earthquake that happens right after another earthquake

it dawned on me: I rememberedK I realiHed

totally: definitely a while: a long time its a given: there is no doubt

Earthquakes Conversation
e/!erience earth uakes. You +ust ho!e that youre not gonna )e here for the )ig one, yknow" Kristin: ;laugh< Yeah, right. Joe: #hen I first mo(ed here, it was, uh, a)out fi(e years after the @oma Arieta earth uake, which was a (ery )ig earth uake here. 0nd, um, there are a lot of !eo!le who li(ed here who I met who had actually )een li(ing in the area when the wukn xwy-nh:lcearth uake hit. 'o it was interesting to get their perspective" pxpPct(pv:quan im g+c nh8n Kristin: >h.
World Series: the championship games in Nmerican baseball taking place: happening cut out: no longer was able to be seen rundown: information dig through

perspective: what someone thinks about something

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Joe: "and, uh, it also like made me remem)er where I was when I heard a)out the @oma Arieta earth uake. I was watching the World Series on 6B. 0nd, uh, yknow, m . it was, uh, taking place in 'an Crancisco. 'o, uh, as Im watching it suddenly the n
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announcer starts, uh, uh, saying, =#ow, I think were feeling an earth uake here.?.
,n nouncer: ng7i ni tin$i pt-

0nd the cameras started shaking. 0nd, uh, all of a sudden the 6B co(erage cut weed through: to look or out.
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o, uh, yknow, I wanted to get a rundown on what ha!!ened. 'o I turned to the news station and, uh, within a few minutes they were discussing this gigantic
wif ven,n Ill tell you what: that is for sure

earth uake that had hit 'an Crancisco. 0nd they started showing !ictures, may)e thirty minutes later, of these !eo!le who were, uh, trying to weed through the ru))le
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of these )uildings that had )een, like, coming down. 'o, I mean, it was"
a dime a dozen: very common Oka m@n"bt surreal: unreal

Kristin: >h, wow. Joe: "it was !retty scary, Ill tell you what"
Kristin: Yeah. Joe: "yknow.

Kristin: Yeah, well, um, you know the three months I was li(ing in -a!an I e/!erienced two. *oth of those were (ery different, uh, (ery different from the one Id e/!erienced here and also (ery different from the one in *angkok. *ut one of Dem, I was actually u! in my a!artment, which was on the fifth floor of a )uilding. 0nd I was

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n u! at a)out E oclock in the morning to the )uilding swaying. 0nd )ecause, uh, earth uakes are like

a dime a dozen
am m7 a 06n " c+ hang tS doHen "tS

in -a!an, they, they(e )uilt a lot of their

)uildings to a)sor) the shock. 'o thats why it was swaying, it was really, it was a (ery surreal feel. F! 4o,)%h1! thG ,giHm ch1n x riu.-Ho

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