中國汶川大地震大學英語作文

Like many people in the UK, the team at BBC Learning English have been shocked and saddened by news of the earthquake in Sichuan province. We would like to extend our condolences to those affected by this terrible natural disaster. Below is a special report on the earthquake and the rescue operations taking place.

和在英國的`很多人一樣，BBC 英語教學組的全體成員對五月十二號發生在四川省的地震消息感到震驚和悲痛，中國汶川大地震(China Wenchuan earthquake)作文。在這裏我們對受害者表示最深切的哀悼，向那些受地震影響的人們深表同情。下面是對這次地震和地震營救行動的一篇特別報道。

Rescue efforts are underway in China’s Sichuan province following Monday’s devastating earthquake 災難性的地震, which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale 里氏震級.

According to Xinhua news agency, nearly 15,000 people have died in the disaster, with as many as 24,000 more trapped under rubble 碎石，碎磚 from collapsing buildings and another 14,000 declared missing 申報失蹤.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has visited the area to personally oversee relief work （抗震）救災工作, and is flying to the epicentre 震中 of the earthquake today.

Chinese troops have been mobilised 調動 to carry out rescue operations and emergency aid 緊急救護 has been air-dropped 空降 into areas that have been cut off by the disaster.

Bad weather has hampered 阻礙 relief efforts and in some cases rescuers have had to trek into the disaster area 受災地區 by foot and search for trapped survivors 生還者 by hand as roads have been blocked by debris 瓦礫碎片.

Some residents of the provincial capital 首府 Chengdu have chosen to sleep in tents and government shelters for fear of aftershocks 餘震 causing more damage.

One witness in Chengdu told the BBC the city’s population is helping the relief work by donating 捐獻 food and water for those affected in the surrounding countryside.

Financial aid 經濟救助 has been pouring in 大量湧進 from all over China, with the Chinese government pledging hundreds of millions of dollars. Substantial donations from other countries and humanitarian organisations have also been pledged 承諾，給予（援助）.

Although full casualty figures 傷亡數字 are not yet certain, it is clear that Monday’s earthquake is the worst to strike China since the Tangshan earthquake of 1976.