F: Terrible. How about peoples lives? ,M: Fortunately no person died. ,F: That's great. It seems that typhoon is not as bad as earthquake. ,M: Yeah, earthquake is one of the worst natural disasters in the world. ,F: That's why many people died in the earthquake. ,M: Well, China is located on the Eurasia Plate, where earthquakes happen frequently due to the earths plates knocking against each other. ,F: Oh, China has been hit by several big earthquakes during its long history.
(A) M: China is isolated from any plate. It's the long history that witnesses so many earthquakes. (B) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: Yes. As I said, China is on the Eurasia plate, which is very vast and moving rather actively. (D) M: Though on the inactive Asiamerica plate, China is so big that earthquakes often happen here.
C