每日上百起
Every day, hundreds of earthquakes are recorded all around the world.
世界各地每天都有上百起地震發生。
record (v.)(n.) 紀錄
Most pass unnoticed by humans, but some are big enough to bring about serious damage, destroying buildings and infrastructure, triggering volcanic eruptions, and even reshaping the Earth`s surface.
大多數都沒人察覺，但有一些地震大到可引起嚴重的損毀、破壞建築物和公共設施、引發火山噴發、甚至改變地球的地貌。
bring about 導致,引起destroy (v.)破壞infrastructure (n.)公共設施,基礎建設volcanic (adj.)火山的
Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates that are under the Earth`s surface.
地震是由地表下的板塊移動所造成的。
These plates move very slowly, usually only a couple of centimeters a year.
這些板塊移動得很緩慢，通常一年只移動幾公分。
centimeter (n.)公分；centipede (n.)蜈蚣
They may move towards one another, pull apart from one another, or slide past one another.
它們可能會向彼此移動、彼此拉扯、或從旁邊滑過。
slide (v.)滑動,滑行
The boundaries between plates are called faults, and these are the areas where most earthquakes occur.
板塊交界處稱為斷層，這個地方就是大部分地震發生的位置。
boundary (n.)邊界,界線fault (n.) 斷層occur (v.)發生=happen
In a fault line, rock masses on either side are pushed in opposite directions by geologic forces. Friction holds the rocks in place, causing pressure to build.
在斷層線，兩邊的岩塊被地質力量往反方向推進。摩擦力讓岩塊留在原地，也造成壓力累積。
opposite (adj.)相反的pressure (n.)壓力
Eventually, the pressure overcomes the friction and a sudden movement occurs along the fault. This releases a large amount of energy which we feel as an earthquake.
最終，壓力壓過摩擦力，在斷層便會發生突然的移動，並釋放出大量的能量，導致我們感受到地震。
release (v.)釋放a large amount of +不可數名詞 大量的；a large number of + 複數可數名詞 大量的
Some of the countries with the highest rates of earthquakes include China, Indonesia, and Japan because they sit atop major fault lines.
地震最頻繁的國家包括中國、印尼和日本，因為它們坐落在主要斷層線上。
atop (prep.)在…之上major (adj.)主要的