Answer to Dictation 1
Iceland has experienced 18,000 earthquakes in the space of a week,
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Answer to Dictation 2
The largest quake was on February 24 and was a magnitude 5.6.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Volcanoes in southwestern Iceland have been dormant for over 800 years.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Iceland is a volcanic island and is used to the occasional tremor.
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Answer to Dictation 5
Despite the large number of quakes there has been very little damage.
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Answer to Dictation 6
Iceland is situated on top of the meeting of tectonic plates deep in the earth.
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Answer to Dictation 7
Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust around 100km thick.
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Answer to Dictation 8
Living on a tectonic plate means seismic activity is inevitable.
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Answer to Dictation 9
It is very unusual to feel the Earth shake 24 hours a day for a whole week.
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Answer to Dictation 10
It makes you feel very small and impotent against nature.
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