It's Sunday 11th May, 2008.
2008年5月11日星期五
For millions of people,
對蕓蕓眾生來說
it's just another ordinary day.
不過又是尋常的一天罷了
Meanwhile,
其間
at earthquake monitoring stations around the world,
世界各地的地震監測站
there's nothing special to report.
也沒有任何異常報告
What no-one knows is that 24 hours later,
沒人知道 24小時之后
an extraordinary natural disaster is going to strike.
一場極其嚴重的自然災害即將來襲
A massive rescue operation is under way...
大規模的救援行動正在進行
.. 7.28 this morning, sending shock waves around Asia.
今晨7點28分 強烈震波席卷亞洲
.. A magnitude of 7.8 struck Sichuan Province...
一場7.8級地震襲擊了四川省
An enormous earthquake tears
一場劇烈的大地震
into Sichuan Province in Western China.
在中國西部的四川省突然發生
Over 50 million people are affected.
超過5千萬人受災
Five million lose their homes and 70,000 die.
造成近7萬人死亡 500萬人無家可歸
And all because science can't answer
這一切都是因為目前的科學水平
what seems like a simple question.
尚無法回答這個看似簡單的問題