[originaltext]W:(12)What did you do during the earthquake?M: Stayed in bed.W:

W:(12)What did you do during the earthquake?
M: Stayed in bed.
W: What do you mean? Didn’t you try to get outside?
M: No.(13)I’d got terrible flu, so I just stayed in bed.
W: So what happened?
M: Well, I must have slept through the first earthquake. Then I woke up at about four in the morning. I still felt terrible with the flu. So I decided to get up and make a cup of tea. I’d just got into the kitchen when I started to feel all unsteady on my feet.
W: So what happened then?
M:(14)I still thought this roaring noise was because of the flu. But I slowly realized that it wasn’t my feeling dizzy and the noises weren’t in my head. I heard the people upstairs screaming. The wooden floor started moving up and down, and the kitchen cupboards were thrown open and cups and saucers came crashing to the floor.
W: What did you do?
M: What could I do? I just stood there and watched.
W: Why didn’t you try to get out?
M: I couldn’t be bothered. I was feeling so terrible with the flu. I just went back to my bedroom.
W: Did you fear your house would fall down?(15)I heard the radio told people to go and sleep in the parks.
M: I didn’t really think the house was going to fall down around me. Though several did, I found out later.
W: Yes, I was sitting in a cafe when the first one started and the whole place started to shake. People were running and screaming and pushing to get out. It was terrible.
12. What are the two speakers talking about?
13. What did the man do during the earthquake?
14. What was the man’s first reaction to the earthquake?
15. What can we learn from the conversation?