Joe: Hey, check this out. Y’know wh

Joe: Hey, check this out. Y’know what Eric asked me when I got into work this morning?

Kristin: I have no idea, what’d he ask you?

Joe: He asked me if I felt the earthquake last night.

Kristin: Earthquake? You’ve gotta be kidding, I didn’t feel an earthquake.

Joe: I know, that’s what I said. He told me it actually woke him up last night. Y’know…

Kristin: What?

Joe: …yeah, it was like, it went, it happened at like, uh, 4:42 in the morning. So we must’ve been sleeping. But I mean, it’s possible that, y’know, even if we had been awake we might not have felt it because, y’know, maybe it, uh, wasn’t felt, y’know, this far north. But, uh, I, I mean I thought he was pullin’ my leg when he first talked about it.

Kristin: Well, I guess it’s not so far-fetched considering we live on a major fault line here.

Joe: Yeah, but actually I think this earthquake was, uh, on a different fault line, um, because, y’know, Eric lives, uh, just, uh, south of San Jose…

Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: …and, uh, the earthquake he said was due east of San Jose, so he was obviously a lot closer to the epicenter than we were. So, I d-, I’m not even sure it was felt here.

Kristin: Yeah, that makes sense. Well, y’know, I’ve experienced quite a few earthquakes in the past several years but I’ve been living here a little over two years, I’ve, I think I’ve only experienced one here. It was really strange, too, I was, um, each, I should say each earthquake has been a completely different experience. But the one I, the one I felt here, I was standing outside a restaurant talking to AJ and another friend and all of a sudden it just felt like, this shift. It’s really hard to explain, but it made me think of, like, a cartoon, like how, in the cartoon, like buildings might just shift to the right and then shift right back.


Joe: Yeah, without falling.

Kristin: Yeah, without falling. And I, I had no idea what was going on for a few minutes afterwards. And then I realized, oh that must have been an earthquake.

Joe: Yeah, you know what I usually notice, the times that I’ve been at home, here…

Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: …and, uh, there’s been an earthquake? It’s almost as if there’s this really big train, or like a gigantic Mack truck going by. And, uh, suddenly I start to hear the heater shaking. And, um, it’s like, the noise is like, uh, is loud for like a second and then it’s gone, so…

Kristin: That’s so…

Joe: …it’s really weird, y’know, it’s almost like the first couple’a times I felt it, I wasn’t even aware it was an earthquake while it was happening.





aftershock: an earthquake that happens right after another earthquake




it dawned on me: I
remembered; I realized






totally: definitely


a while: a long time
it’s a given: there is no doubt

Kristin: Well, that’s so funny you say that because one that I experienced in Bangkok, it actually was after the tsunami and so later I found out that it was, it was, um, aftershock from the tsunami. But anyway, I was in a building up on the ninth floor and suddenly, uh, there was all this rattling. And I’m thinking to myself, it, it just, it, it was so irrational. I’m thinking to myself, god, there’s like a train going by and I can’t believe that this building is shaking so much from the train [laugh]. It… And of course a train wouldn’t have made a building, or at least me up on the ninth floor, feel something to that effect. And I think it happened about two times. And it… That one wasn’t until several days later when I was talking to people and they were like, “Oh didja feel the earthquake?”. Then it dawned on me, oh, that was an earthquake. It was…

Joe: Yeah, I know. It’s, uh, it’s crazy how when you’re not used to feeling them you can think it’s something else.

Kristin: Yeah, yeah totally.

Joe: I mean, I’ve been livin’ here for a while now and I’ve definitely felt my share of earthquakes. I mean, y’know, when you live here it’s a given that you’re gonna experience earthquakes. You just hope that you’re not gonna be here for the big one,

y’know…

Kristin: [laugh] Yeah, right.






perspective: what someone thinks about something


World Series: the championship games in American baseball

taking place: happening

cut out: no longer was able to be seen

rundown: information

weed through: to look or dig through




I’ll tell you what: that is for sure













a dime a dozen: very common
surreal: unreal

Joe: When I first moved here, it was, uh, about five years after the Loma Prieta earthquake, which was a very big earthquake here. And, um, there are a lot of people who lived here who I met who had actually been living in the area when the earthquake hit. So it was interesting to get their perspective…

Kristin: Oh.

Joe: …and, uh, it also like made me remember where I was when I heard about the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was watching the World Series on TV. And, uh, y’know, it was, uh, taking place in San Francisco. So, uh, as I’m watching it suddenly the announcer starts, uh, uh, saying, “Wow, I think we’re feeling an earthquake here.”. And the cameras started shaking. And, uh, all of a sudden the TV coverage cut out. So, uh, y’know, I wanted to get a rundown on what happened. So I turned to the news station and, uh, within a few minutes they were discussing this gigantic
earthquake that had hit San Francisco. And they started showing pictures, uh, maybe thirty minutes later, of these people who were, uh, trying to weed through the rubble of these buildings that had been, like, coming down. So, I mean, it was…

Kristin: Oh, wow.

Joe: …it was pretty scary, I’ll tell you what…

Kristin: Yeah.

Joe: …y’know.

Kristin: Yeah, well, um, you know the three months I was living in Japan I experienced two. Both of those were very different, uh, very different from the one I’d experienced here and also very different from the one in Bangkok. But one of ‘em, I was actually up in my apartment, which was on the fifth floor of a building. And I was woken up at about 5 o’clock in the morning to the building swaying. And because, uh, earthquakes are like a dime a dozen in Japan, they, they’ve built a lot of their buildings to absorb the shock. So that’s why it was swaying, it was really, it was a
very surreal feel.

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Joe: Hey, kiểm tra này ra. Y'know những gì Eric hỏi tôi khi tôi đã nhận vào làm việc sáng nay?Kristin: không hiểu, ông những gì sẽ yêu cầu bạn?Joe: Ông hỏi tôi nếu tôi cảm thấy các trận động đất tối qua.Kristin: trận động đất? Bạn đã phải đùa, tôi không cảm thấy một trận động đất.Joe: tôi biết, đó là những gì tôi nói. Ông nói với tôi nó thực sự tỉnh giấc anh ta lên đêm qua. Y'know...Kristin: những gì?Joe:... có, nó đã như, nó đã đi, nó đã xảy ra tại như, uh, 4:42 vào buổi sáng. Vì vậy chúng tôi phải đã ngủ. Nhưng tôi có nghĩa là, có thể là, y'know, ngay cả khi chúng tôi đã có tỉnh táo chúng tôi có thể không có cảm thấy nó bởi vì, y'know, có lẽ nó, uh, không cảm thấy, y'know, này cực bắc. Nhưng, uh, tôi, tôi có nghĩa là tôi nghĩ rằng ông pullin' chân của tôi khi ông lần đầu tiên nói chuyện về nó.Kristin: Vâng, tôi đoán nó không phải là như vậy không tự nhiên xem xét chúng tôi sống trên một dòng chính lỗi ở đây.Joe: có, nhưng thực sự tôi nghĩ rằng trận động đất này là, uh, trên một đường dây khác nhau do lỗi, um, bởi vì, y'know, Eric sống, uh, chỉ, uh, về phía nam của San Jose...Kristin: có.Joe:... và, ừm, trận động đất mà ông nói là do về phía đông của San Jose, do đó, ông rõ ràng là rất nhiều địa điểm gần nhất để tâm chấn hơn chúng ta. Vì vậy, tôi d-, tôi không chắc nó cảm thấy ở đây.Kristin: Vâng, có ý nghĩa. Vâng, y'know, tôi đã có kinh nghiệm khá một vài trận động đất trong quá khứ vài năm, nhưng tôi đã sống ở đây một ít hơn hai năm, tôi đã, tôi nghĩ rằng tôi đã chỉ có kinh nghiệm một ở đây. Nó đã được thực sự kỳ lạ, quá, tôi là, um, mỗi, tôi nên nói mỗi trận động đất đã là một kinh nghiệm hoàn toàn khác nhau. Nhưng một trong tôi, một trong tôi cảm thấy ở đây, tôi đã đứng bên ngoài nhà hàng nói chuyện với AJ và một người bạn và tất cả của một bất ngờ nó chỉ cảm thấy như, sự thay đổi này. Đó là thực sự khó để giải thích, nhưng nó làm cho tôi nghĩ rằng, giống như một phim hoạt hình, như làm thế nào, trong phim hoạt hình, như tòa nhà có thể chỉ cần chuyển sang bên phải và sau đó thay đổi quay lại ngay. Joe: có, mà không rơi.Kristin: có, mà không rơi. Và tôi, tôi không có ý tưởng những gì đã xảy ra cho một vài phút sau đó. Và sau đó tôi nhận ra rằng, oh đó phải có là một trận động đất.Joe: có, bạn biết những gì tôi thường nhận thấy, thời gian mà tôi đã ở nhà, ở đây...Kristin: có.Joe:... và, ừm, đã có một trận động đất? Nó là gần như là nếu có là tàu thực sự lớn, hoặc như một chiếc xe tải Mack khổng lồ đi theo. Và, uh, đột nhiên tôi bắt đầu nghe bắt nóng. Và, um, nó là như thế, tiếng ồn là như, uh, là lớn nhất như một lần thứ hai và sau đó nó đã đi, như vậy...Kristin: Đó là như vậy...Joe:... nó là thực sự kỳ lạ, y'know, nó là gần như giống như couple'a đầu tiên lần tôi cảm thấy nó, tôi đã không ngay cả nhận thức nó đã là một trận động đất trong khi nó đã xảy ra. aftershock: an earthquake that happens right after another earthquakeit dawned on me: Iremembered; I realizedtotally: definitelya while: a long timeit’s a given: there is no doubt Kristin: Well, that’s so funny you say that because one that I experienced in Bangkok, it actually was after the tsunami and so later I found out that it was, it was, um, aftershock from the tsunami. But anyway, I was in a building up on the ninth floor and suddenly, uh, there was all this rattling. And I’m thinking to myself, it, it just, it, it was so irrational. I’m thinking to myself, god, there’s like a train going by and I can’t believe that this building is shaking so much from the train [laugh]. It… And of course a train wouldn’t have made a building, or at least me up on the ninth floor, feel something to that effect. And I think it happened about two times. And it… That one wasn’t until several days later when I was talking to people and they were like, “Oh didja feel the earthquake?”. Then it dawned on me, oh, that was an earthquake. It was…Joe: Yeah, I know. It’s, uh, it’s crazy how when you’re not used to feeling them you can think it’s something else.Kristin: Yeah, yeah totally.Joe: I mean, I’ve been livin’ here for a while now and I’ve definitely felt my share of earthquakes. I mean, y’know, when you live here it’s a given that you’re gonna experience earthquakes. You just hope that you’re not gonna be here for the big one, y’know…Kristin: [laugh] Yeah, right. perspective: what someone thinks about somethingWorld Series: the championship games in American baseballtaking place: happeningcut out: no longer was able to be seenrundown: informationweed through: to look or dig throughI’ll tell you what: that is for surea dime a dozen: very commonsurreal: unreal Joe: When I first moved here, it was, uh, about five years after the Loma Prieta earthquake, which was a very big earthquake here. And, um, there are a lot of people who lived here who I met who had actually been living in the area when the earthquake hit. So it was interesting to get their perspective…Kristin: Oh.Joe: …and, uh, it also like made me remember where I was when I heard about the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was watching the World Series on TV. And, uh, y’know, it was, uh, taking place in San Francisco. So, uh, as I’m watching it suddenly the announcer starts, uh, uh, saying, “Wow, I think we’re feeling an earthquake here.”. And the cameras started shaking. And, uh, all of a sudden the TV coverage cut out. So, uh, y’know, I wanted to get a rundown on what happened. So I turned to the news station and, uh, within a few minutes they were discussing this giganticearthquake that had hit San Francisco. And they started showing pictures, uh, maybe thirty minutes later, of these people who were, uh, trying to weed through the rubble of these buildings that had been, like, coming down. So, I mean, it was…Kristin: Oh, wow.Joe: …it was pretty scary, I’ll tell you what…Kristin: Yeah.Joe: …y’know.Kristin: Yeah, well, um, you know the three months I was living in Japan I experienced two. Both of those were very different, uh, very different from the one I’d experienced here and also very different from the one in Bangkok. But one of ‘em, I was actually up in my apartment, which was on the fifth floor of a building. And I was woken up at about 5 o’clock in the morning to the building swaying. And because, uh, earthquakes are like a dime a dozen in Japan, they, they’ve built a lot of their buildings to absorb the shock. So that’s why it was swaying, it was really, it was avery surreal feel.