11.The damage was all done in a few minutes.Three great shocks shook the city and a huge wave struck it at the same moment.The sound of crying and moaning filled the air,and over everything there hung a veil of dust.No one could help anyone else:it was each man for himself.One moment men stood in the sun-the next moment they had disappeared
11. The damage was all done in a few minutes. Three great shocks shook the city and a huge wave struck it at the same moment. The sound of crying and moaning filled the air, and over everything there hung a veil of dust. No one could help anyone else; it was each man for himself. One moment men stood in the sun－the next moment they had disappeared
12.By evening most of Port Royal was gone,More than two thousand people had died,and more had disappeared.Two forts had been destroyed.The prisons,containing all their prisoners, had gone.Most of the ships in the harbour had sunk.The only big British ship in the harbour had been thrown out of the water into the middle of the city,where it rested on top of the biggest church in the city,St.Paul's.For a short time two hundred people found protection in the ship.At last it,too,was washed back into the harbour-and the sea then closed over St.Paul's Church!
12. By evening most of Port Royal was gone, More than two thousand people had died, and more had disappeared. Two forts had been destroyed. The prisons, containing all their prisoners, had gone. Most of the ships in the harbour had sunk. The only big British ship in the harbour had been thrown out of the water into the middle of the city, where it rested on top of the biggest church in the city, St. Paul’s. For a short time two hundred people found protection in the ship. At last it, too, was washed back into the harbour－and the sea then closed over St. Paul’s Church!
13.Most of Port Royal disappeared in deep water.When news of this dreadful event reached other places there was only one opinion about it:this was God's punishment on an evil city!Port Royal had sold itself to the devil and deserved its terrible fate! 14.Port Royal never recovered from this shock.The harbour continued in use,but a new city was never built.Perhaps people really believed that the city deserved its fate.Soon treasure-hunters came.Everyone knew that the sunken ships and the ruins of houses contained treasure.Many men tried digging among the ruins. Swimming under water was not easy in the seventeenth century,but eventually,in 1882,one lucky man found three million dollars in a sunken Spanish treasure ship,Others could see the roofs of houses under the water,and so they broke through and stole anything they could find
13. Most of Port Royal disappeared in deep water. When news of this dreadful event reached other places there was only one opinion about it: this was God’s punishment on an evil city! Port Royal had sold itself to the devil and deserved its terrible fate! 14. Port Royal never recovered from this shock. The harbour continued in use, but a new city was never built. Perhaps people really believed that the city deserved its fate. Soon treasure-hunters came. Everyone knew that the sunken ships and the ruins of houses contained treasure. Many men tried digging among the ruins. Swimming under water was not easy in the seventeenth century, but eventually, in 1882, one lucky man found three million dollars in a sunken Spanish treasure ship, Others could see the roofs of houses under the water, and so they broke through and stole anything they could find
15.Slowly the scene changed.Underwater buildings fell quickly into ruins.Sand and water covered the sunken city.The waves pushed the ruins about,and after a few years it was impossible to see where the city lay.However,stories were told about the bells of St.Paul's Church;people said they could hear the bells ringing under the water during storms. 16.Several people have tried to explore Port Royal.In 1965 Robert Marx,an underwater archaeologist,was invited to do the job by the Government of Jamaica;by using modern equipment he hoped to rescue the remains of the city and stop the sea from further destroying them
15. Slowly the scene changed. Underwater buildings fell quickly into ruins.Sand and water covered the sunken city. The waves pushed the ruins about, and after a few years it was impossible to see where the city lay. However, stories were told about the bells of St. Paul’s Church; people said they could hear the bells ringing under the water during storms. 16. Several people have tried to explore Port Royal. In 1965 Robert Marx, an underwater archaeologist, was invited to do the job by the Government of Jamaica; by using modern equipment he hoped to rescue the remains of the city and stop the sea from further destroying them
17.At first he tried to make a map of the city with photographs from the air,Many things can be seen from airplanes that cannot be seen on the ground.Shadows show up the shapes of old cities and farms.However,the water of Port Royal is dark and dirty and consequently,the air photographs were unclear,and all the map-making had to be done under water
17. At first he tried to make a map of the city with photographs from the air, Many things can be seen from airplanes that cannot be seen on the ground. Shadows show up the shapes of old cities and farms. However, the water of Port Royal is dark and dirty and consequently, the air photographs were unclear, and all the map-making had to be done under water