Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. 【小题1】. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.

Everyone in the family was busy. 【小题2】, while his brother was making sure the flashlights (手电筒) and radio were working. He also put some candles and matches on the table. Ben was helping his mom make dinner.

【小题3】. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. The family went to bed at 10 o’clock. 【小题4】. He had to listen to some music to calm himself down. He finally fell asleep when the wind was going down at around 3:00 a. m.

When he woke up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. 【小题5】. The family joined the neighbors (邻居) to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.

Scientists have long predicted that warmer temperatures caused by climate (气候) change will have the biggest influence on the world’s poorest people. New research now suggests that has already happened over the past years.

A study coming out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science found that in most poor countries, higher temperatures are more than 90% likely to have resulted in a fall in economic output (经济产量), compared to a world without global (全球的) warming. The influence has been less big in richer countries — with some even benefiting (获益) from higher temperatures.

“We’re not saying that global warming created inequality (不公平)” says Noah S. Diffenbaugh, the writer of the study and a professor at Stanford University who studies climate change. But “global warming has slowed down the improvement”. The poorest countries are facing the worst influence of rising temperatures — for which they are least responsible, he adds.

The new study builds on past research. A 2015 study in the journal Nature predicted that the average income (平均收入) in the poorest countries will be 25% lower by 2100 compared to a world without warming, while some of the richest countries — like the USA-could experience an increase in income. And a report from IPCC, the UN’s climate science body, showed that if global temperatures rise more than 1. 5°C by the end of the century, poor countries will likely face very serious challenges, including the disappearance of whole communities and millions of early deaths. “They will suffer the most, as they are already,” said Mary Robinson, who used to be a UN Special Envoy on Climate Change and a president of Ireland. The influence is greater elsewhere, especially in sub-Saharan, African countries including Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger, where climate change has driven the average income more than20% lower. “There are a number of ways by which temperature influences economic activities,” says Diffenbaugh. What’s clear is that, for poor countries, the news is all bad.

Earthquakes happen very often in Tokyo, but Tokyo is not an unlucky city. Many special parks have been built in Tokyo to keep people safe during earthquakes. These parks look nothing different from the other parks, but when earthquakes happen, they become life-saving places.

Many useful things in those special parks can meet people’s basic needs.

For example,   it is usually hard for people to get water after earthquakes. In the special parks, people can get drinking water from the water pump (泵). If people need to use toilets (厕所), they can choose special toilets that can be used without water. Also, the helicopter ( 直 升 机 ) can land on squares or baseball fields and bring food or other things to people. What’s more, if people need to cook in the parks, some special benches can become cooking things.

However, those useful things are not enough for people to face earthquakes. The most important part lies in training people. The parks, together with fire stations and the police, will train with local people at the usual time. This will let people think and move faster during real earthquakes and let them protect themselves better.

So, what can we do to protect ourselves from getting hurt in earthquakes? First, we need to check our furniture and make sure they won’t fall down easily. Second, when an earthquake happens, we need to stay under tables or desks and protect our head. Third, we can keep our door open and wear comfortable shoes during small earthquakes in order to get out safely.