It was an ordinary afternoon in Wenchuan County, China on this date in 2008. Then, the shaking began. For around two minutes, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake caused great destruction in the area. Over 68,000 people were killed and millions more were injured and left homeless. The Wenchuan earthquake became the deadliest earthquake ever in 21st century. One reason is the strong aftershocks that hit the area for months after the initial big quake. It will still take years for Wenchuan and China to get over the disaster.
2008年的今天原 本普通的下午,突然間中國的汶川縣開始地動天驚。一場持續約兩分鐘、規模8.0的地震在該區造成巨大的破壞。有6萬8千多人喪生,數百萬人受傷及無家可 歸。汶川大地震成為21世紀以來最致命的地震。原因之一是在先前的大地震後,又有許多強烈的餘震襲擊該區達數個月之久。汶川縣和中國將花上數年的時間來走 出這場災難。
單字片語
ordinary a.普通的
The book you lent me had a very ordinary storyline.(你借我的那本書故事情節很普通。)
shaking
n.震動,搖動
magnitude
n. (地震的)強度,震級
destruction
n.破壞;毀壞
injure
vt.使受傷
homeless
a. 無家可歸的
deadly
a.致命的
The hiker fell victim to a deadly snake bite.(那名健行者成為致命蛇吻的犧牲者。)
fall victim to...
成為……的犧牲者
aftershock
n. 餘震
foreshock
n.前震
initial
a.最初的
Construction of this building is still in its initial stages.(這棟大樓的建造仍在初步階段。)
disaster
n. 災難,不幸
The book you lent me had a very ordinary storyline.(你借我的那本書故事情節很普通。)
shaking
n.震動,搖動
magnitude
n. (地震的)強度,震級
destruction
n.破壞;毀壞
injure
vt.使受傷
homeless
a. 無家可歸的
deadly
a.致命的
The hiker fell victim to a deadly snake bite.(那名健行者成為致命蛇吻的犧牲者。)
fall victim to...
成為……的犧牲者
aftershock
n. 餘震
foreshock
n.前震
initial
a.最初的
Construction of this building is still in its initial stages.(這棟大樓的建造仍在初步階段。)
disaster
n. 災難,不幸
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