【背景】
這次地震又發生在祖國的西南部。據四川省民政廳通報,截至今日14時30分,雅安7.0級地震已造成雅安、成都、眉山、德陽、綿陽、樂山、宜賓、內江、資陽、甘孜、阿壩和涼山12個市州33個縣38.3萬人受災,隨著時間,傷亡數據在不斷攀升。
【新聞】
我們來看一段相關的英文報道
A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region.
Saturday's quake, while not as destructive as the one in 2008, toppled buildings, triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county. The village of Longmen was hit particularly hard, with authorities saying nearly all the buildings there had been destroyed in a frightening minute-long shaking by the quake.
周六,這次地震打擊在中國西南部的四川省峻峭的山嶺上。156人死亡,超過5500人受傷,這是5年前那次汶川地震后的又一次發生在這個區域的地震。盡管這次沒有上次那么破壞力大,但仍舊摧毀房屋,導致山體滑坡,官方通報,蘆山縣的通信和電力都中斷了。龍門村受災情況尤其嚴重,短短數分鐘,這里幾乎所有的建筑都被摧毀。
【講解】
“地震” 的英文是earthquake,也可簡稱為quake。這次地震7級,屬于強震,術語是Richter magnitude scale (里氏震級), 地震帶來的破壞,不僅在于發生時shaking and ground rupture (地面晃動和地裂),以及余震(aftershock),更在于它還可能會帶來,比如landslides and avalanches(山體滑坡和雪崩),soil liquefaction(土壤液化),tsunami, flood and fire( 海嘯,洪水和火災),而這些往往更致命。讓我們為災區的人們祈福吧,同時,提供力所能及的幫助。