英語詞匯：A Volcanic Eruption

　　As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a databaseabout diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms. Sometimes I did this by giving out questionnaires to those who went through them. But sometimes I had to go through actual disasters myself. The Musaki Volcano was one of them.

　　At that time, I lived in a bungalow alongside the volcano with a novelist, who came for theappreciation of its eruption. One day, when I was drawing diagrams on the balcony and he wasbathing inside, the volcano erupted unexpectedly. The ash and lava fountains shooting highly in the sky varied from 50 to 100 meters in height. It was absolutely fantastic! I even noticed arainbow appear in the fog caused by a heat wave.

　　But, glancing through our surroundings, I foresaw the potential danger and found no guaranteeof our safety. The uncomfortable gas almost made us unconscious. Sweats of anxiety began to drop. Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and boots and eventually made our way to a safe place. How lucky we were even though myprecious equipment and documents were all burnt to the ground!

　　火山爆發

　　作為最好的候選人，我被委派為一個數據庫收集和評估各種自然災害的信息，例如颶風、臺風或雷暴等。有時我通過向經歷過這些災害的人分發調查問卷來收集信息，有時卻得親自經歷實際的災害。Musaki火山就是其中之一。

　　那時，我和一名來欣賞火山爆發的小說家同住在火山邊上的一座平房里。有一天，當我正在陽臺上畫圖表而他在屋里洗澡時，火山突然爆發了，噴射到天空中的火山灰和巖漿噴泉從50米到100米不等，這一情景絕對地奇異，我甚至還注意到一條彩虹出現在熱浪造成的霧里。

　　然而，我向四周看了一下，馬上預見到了潛在的危險，也發現了我們的安全毫無保障。令人不舒服的氣體幾乎使我們失去知覺，憂慮的汗水開始流淌下來。我們努力使自己不要驚慌和顫抖，迅速穿上保護套裝、頭盔和靴子，最后成功前往安全的地方。盡管我珍貴的設備和文件都燒得精光，但是我們真的非常幸運。