和地震有关的英语作文(合集20篇)

Dear friends:

I’m awfully sorry to hear that a horrible and severe earthquake unexpectedly hit your hometown.

Faced with such a rarely-seen disaster, you remain so calm and strong-willed that we are all moved to tears. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Thinking about your present situation, we can not wait a minute to make every bit of our effort to help you. I, as the chairman of student union, on behalf of all my schoolmates, express our most sincere pity and care for you.

Besides, we make a donation of 120 thousand yuan to you, expecting that it can help you go through the difficulty.

A better hometown can be rebuilt. Therefore, never give up whatever happens. Remember we won’t be far away when you need any help!

Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua

May 12th is an ordinary day in 2008,it is in this day that shocking earthquake happened in Sichuan province,China.The earthquake destroyed nearly everything in Wenchuan country Sichuan province.It was terrible.We cant describle the scene what we saw with any words.Thousands of people were injured even died.And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers ,they longed to have families to continue their lives .I am sympathetic to their fate !But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it .For example ,there many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!

What an unbelievable thing it is !their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans!However,they must keep fighting against the death .Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever.Sadness,hoplessness and different kinds of danger spreaded out here and there !

But ,fortunately ,love is around us :the Communist party helps us ,the army helps us ,the people all over the world help us .They offer us with money ,goods ,love and so on !For example ,li lian ji,a warm-hearted man ,offered us with 20 million yuan !

With the help of the such a large love ,we will over come the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future !

2008年5月12日是一个平凡的一天,在这一天,令人震惊的地震发生在四川省,中国。汶川地震几乎毁了一切在中国四川省。这是可怕的。我们不能简述现场我们看到任何单词。成千上万的人受伤甚至死亡。和成千上万的儿童成为不幸的人失去了父亲或母亲,他们渴望有家庭继续他们的生活。我同情他们的命运!但是我相信我们可以对抗命运和改变它。例如,有很多人保持生活没有食物或水约100个小时在地震!

什么不可思议的事情啊!人类的伟大的心灵表现出强大的生命活力!然而,他们必须对抗死亡。许多学校被毁,有许多学生和老师永远离开了我们。悲伤、hoplessness和不同种类的危险到处传播出去!

但是,幸运的是,爱是在我们周围:共产党帮助我们,军队帮助我们,全世界的人都帮助我们。他们给我们钱,商品、爱等等!例如,李连,一个热心的人,给我们2000万元!

的帮助下如此大爱,我们将在地震的破坏,面对我们的美好未来!

In fact, we have always cry from the earthquake that moment, we have always cry from the first to see the bodies of dead children the moment; In fact, we all cry together, to see tens of thousands of PLA personal danger and rushed to the disaster areas moment, but we have not cry, because there are too many disaster areas we need to rescue our compatriots, we need to help, we simply did not have time to cry, so we QianGREnleishui, comfort each other, we Another road, toward the disaster areas, where there is a need our help the brothers and sisters, we have to strong, we loudly told myself, now, we can not cry.

But today, three minutes, we cried, we cried the whole land of mountains and rivers touching it, over the entire Chinese nation and uniting the strength of the grief and indignation, we no longer need to suppress the sentiments in mind, no longer need to control in the past few days in Yanquan Dazhuan tears, street car on a collective whistle, sounding the alarm over the city, a city of Wu Yan, it is also crying, cry on Kuba, we have too many needs to suppress the release, cry on Kuba, We have too many depressing need venting, 3 minutes, we do not want to do what, we just cry, as we are brothers and sisters toward heaven, for those who are strong to survive the hand-foot-compatriots.

On this day, we all Chinese people, is a lifelong hard to forget the day, because today is the "national crisis," Sadness Wenchuan, the country Zhiai, we use such a way, to commemorate those in earthquake In the passing away of relatives, we used this as a way for them came in on the road toward heaven, I hope they can all the way走好， Yao Wang homeland when they look back at the earth, will see tens of thousands of their compatriots hand-foot - , Look up to the sky pray for them, so they will not be alone, not lonely,

The deceased have to, toward the heaven, where there will be no more disasters, there will be no more tears, but for those who survived the disaster in the compatriots, alive to become a challenge, let them in an instant disaster Separated from the experience of life and death, the mother and son have Qingshen, once the husband and wife Enai, the twinkling of an eye they are yin and yang, the two separated, disaster, not only their physical destruction, destruction of their soul, flesh wounds over time slowly healing, Can be the soul of grief, but not so far recovered pieces, post-quake reconstruction of their homes can, we can even build their homes more beautiful, but for us, more important is how to build their own spiritual home, how to ask The soul-deep scars.

Broken heart, tend to become very fragile, post-disaster reconstruction, the firm has become particularly important, three minutes after we wiped away tears, we can not Zaiku, to bravely live, because their relatives in heaven We watched, Tongbuyusheng, sad to tactic is not their wish to see, good to live in, they are to our expectations, think about this, it has the ruins to life for the life of the mother, "Dear Baby, if Can you live, to keep in mind that mother love you "; think that in order to save the expense of four children and teachers, we go to these family members, in their own lives to give us an opportunity to a live, To them, we have to live better.

Just as Premier Wen said the sentence, as you live, to live well, not only Premier Wens expectations, even tens of thousands of brothers and sisters of our expectations, think about all those days and nights in Disaster areas the army for help, from the ruins of their hand to you to save 1.1 points out of the broken hand, the bloodshed, they moved the hands of tile brick shift has not stopped, they run the risk of aftershocks at any time to And the death race, is to allow more people to live, so that the good live, not only for ourselves, but also to all the people we love, good living, is our responsibility as well as your Obligations.

May 12, 2008, let us all Chinese people always remember this day for it, our "national calamity," the history of the Chinese nation, engraved too many disasters, but never the candidate of our national glories , One of the disaster, and again before loading the line, then let us bury the grief of all good, clean up all the ruins, was once their homes on the land, rebuild our homes, to live boldly, to live On a good living.

Strong earthquake damage so large to show once again brought out. In the vicinity of the epicenter and in some cities and villages many houses collapsed and damaged roads telecommunications disruption many schools and hospitals have become ruins. Human vibrant homes Zhuanshun between appalling.

This is a natural disaster caused by difficult to avoid the tragedy it is sad. And this kind of tragedy and in fact the long history of human companions Ruyingsuixing. Far not said that the 1976 Tangshan earthquake despite the past 32 years but has remained a matter of fear. In 1998 the major flood disaster in 2003 the "atypical pneumonia" crisis the end of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the recent tropical storm in Myanmar have caused a large number of casualties and property losses. Human nature is no stranger to disaster but when Wenchuan earthquake and the plain reality of the time the natural power of human beings before the fragile exposed completely.

Wenchuan earthquake the people to disaster areas has caused tremendous physical and mental suffering but also makes the map as a small region the people throughout the country the most about the place. As a so-called human life compatriots suffering in some of the time the countrys grief out of the full performance. The international community has also expressed concern about the rapid and condolences.

When a major earthquake has occurred and aftershocks continued the key word at this time only a matter of fact the word "save" and "assistance." In a sense the "assistance" is also "save" an integral part. There is no doubt that relief has become Chinas current government and the people most important task.

Qinghai lies in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, which formed due to the ongoing collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The main deformation in this area is crustal shortening, but there is also a component of left lateral strike-slip faulting on major west–east trending structures such as the Kunlun and Altyn Tagh fault systems that accommodate southeastward translation of the Tibetan area. More For Yushu earthquake.

青海位于青藏高原的东北部，由于印度板块与欧亚板块的碰撞，形成了青藏高原。这一地区的主要变形是地壳缩短，但在主要的西东趋势结构上，也有一种左旋的断裂作用，如昆仑和Altyn Tagh的断层系统，以适应西藏地区的翻译。为玉树地震。

The earthquake occurred on the Yunshu fault,about 300 kilometres (186 mi) south of the Kunlun fault. The Yunshu fault forms part of the Yushu-Garzê-Xianshuihe fault zone (玉树-甘孜-鲜水河断裂带), one of the most active fault zones in eastern Tibet.In history, many earthquakes with magnitude greater than 7 have occurred in the Xianshuihe fault zone,[此为地域名] for example, the magnitude 7.25 earthquake in the Luhuo area on March 24, 1923, and the Ms 7.6 earthquake on Febuary 6, 1973 in Luhuo.

这次地震发生在距昆仑断裂带以南约300公里(186英里)的玉树地区。(Joozone Note:在这里yushu也可以拼做：Yunshu)。玉树地区是“玉树-甘孜-鲜水河断裂带”的一部分，它是西藏东部最活跃的断裂带之一。历史上，大量的超过七级的地震都发生在鲜水河断裂带，比如，1923年3月24日，在炉霍地区发生的7.25级地震，和1973年2月6日在炉霍地区发生的MS 7.6级地震。翻译由作文地带提供。

Almost all sections of the Xianshuihe fault zone have produced strong earthquakes in records, except the sections of Yushu and Shimian (石棉). However, a trace of a strong earthquake occurred about 16 000 or 17 000 years ago has been found in Shimian. Hence, the Shimian section of the Xianshuihe fault zone is speculated to be currently locked and have the possibility of producing strong earthquake in the future.

据史料记载，除玉树和石棉之外，几乎所有的发生在鲜水河断裂带的地震都非常的强烈。然而，在石棉县发生的一次强烈地震被发现，此次地震发生在约16万或17万年前。因此，鲜水河断裂带的石棉县地带已经被锁定为在未来可能会产生强震。

At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, wenchuan earthquake! At that moment, earthquakes, countless people lost their homes in this sudden disaster, family. From TV and newspaper, I also learned that many like me are get ready for class in the school classrooms brother, sister, brother and sister, they are at the time of the earthquake, because no time to escape, be forever buried in the rubble, lost the life is like a flower. News, all people act to help for the people of disaster areas, some contributions, some unpaid blood donation, some also toured the disaster area to participate in the rescue. Everyone is trying to dedicate a love for the people in the disaster areas.

In our school, but also to develop the mourning and disaster relief activities. In May 2008 on May 21, 19 solstice, is the National Day of mourning, the school playground that flag also quietly be flown. At 14:28 on May 19, 2008, the entire school teachers and students to stand in silence for three minutes for the people of disaster areas the dead. Our school has carried out the donation activity. Under the call of the teacher, the students have their peacetime accumulated pocket money to the school. In class, the students in my hands, to deliver contributions to enthusiastically, 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 50 yuan, one hundred yuan, although money is not much, but every points on behalf of the classmates to the disaster area peoples love. Donation ceremony held in the school, the school classmate to stand on the playground, every class representative on donations, solemnly embodies the students love will be cast into the donation box.

At this moment, I believe that the people in the disaster area with the help of the people all over the country, must be able to stand up from the disaster, rebuild beautiful homeland.

2008年5月12日14时28分，汶川大地震!那一刻，山崩地裂，无数人在这突如其来的灾难中失去了家园、亲人。从电视和报纸上，我也得知许多与我一样正在学校教室中准备上课的哥哥姐姐、弟弟妹妹，他们在地震发生时，由于来不及逃生，被永远地埋在了废墟中，失去了如花的生命。消息传来，所有的人都行动起来，为灾区人民伸出援手，有的捐款捐物，有的无偿献血，有的还亲自奔赴灾区参加救援。大家都在尽力为灾区人民奉献一片爱心。

在我们学校，也开展了悼念和赈灾活动。2008年5月19日至5月21日，是全国哀悼日，学校操场上那面国旗也悄然降下半旗。2008年5月19日14时28分，全校师生为灾区死难人民默哀三分钟。我们学校还开展了捐款活动。在老师的号召下，同学们纷纷将自己平时积攒下来的零花钱带到了学校。在班级里，同学们踊跃地将捐款交到了老师手中，五元、十元、五十元、一百元，钱虽然不多，但每一分都代表了班上同学对灾区人民的爱心。在学校举行的捐款仪式上，全校同学肃立在操场上，各个班级都派出代表走上捐款台，庄严地将凝聚着同学们爱心的捐款投到捐款箱中。

这一刻，我相信灾区人民在全国人民的帮助下，一定能够从灾难中站起来，重建美好的家园。

On April 25, 2015, 14 at 11 points, Nepal (28.2 degrees north latitude, 84.7 degrees east longitude) a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, focal depth of 20 km, 70 aftershocks. The epicenter is located in pokhara, maximum intensity of X, heavy intensity area from the epicenter of eastward.

As of May 1, 2015, the quake killed at least 7040 people, 14123 people were injured, Tibet, China, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, etc are casualties.

The earthquake epicenter located in pokhara, the city is the second largest city of Nepal, the famous tourist resort. For the mountain near the epicenter, broken terrain secondary disasters such as landslide risk is extremely high. Earthquake zone building aseismic performance is very poor, mud-brick building types in masonry structure, give priority to.

Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other countries and regions of the earthquake was felt, and adjacent to the Tibet autonomous region of Nepal jilong xian xigaze nyalam county, tingri county, felt very strongly.

2015年4月25日14时11分，尼泊尔(北纬28.2度，东经84.7度)发生8.1级地震，震源深度20千米，余震70次。震中位于博克拉，最大烈度为X度，重烈度区从震中向东延伸。

截至2015年5月1日，地震至少造成7040人死亡，14123人受伤，中国西藏、印度、孟加拉国、不丹等地均出现人员伤亡。

地震震中位于博克拉，该城市是尼泊尔第二大城市、著名旅游胜地。震中附近为山地破碎地形，滑坡等次生灾害发生风险极高。震区建筑物抗震性能很差，建筑物类型以砌石结构、土砖房为主。

尼泊尔、印度、中国、孟加拉国、巴基斯坦等国家和地区对地震都有震感，与尼泊尔毗邻的西藏自治区日喀则市聂拉木县、定日县、吉隆县震感非常强烈。

On May 12, 2008, there was an earthquake happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan

province. More than 69000 people had lost their lives, 374643 people had injured

and 17923 people could not be found in this earthquake. After the earthquake had

happened, people from all the field joined the rescue teams. At that moment,

people only care about one thing, that was to save more people from this

disaster and encourage the injure to be strong. After seven day, the chairman

declared that May 19 is the national day of mourning. Flags were at half-mast

everywhere on the day of mourning for victims of Wenchuan earthquake.

The mourning day is to remember the people who lost their lives in the

earthquake, on one hand, is to remind people do not forget that day, don’t

forget about the past and look into the future; on the other hand, is to

encourage the survivers to stay strong. Life is worth living for.

Although Earthquake had destroyed our home, but we can build a brand-new

one. We can rebuild our hope. Just as Nixon said so, our destiny offers not the

cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear,

but in gladness. Just have a little faith. Just try to remember that everything

will be alright. We will find what we are looking for in the future.

When mothers were immersed in the joy of mothers day, when the children walking in the childrens day is yearning, when all people expect that the Olympic Games countdown, all of a sudden, shrinks, breaks: 2008 at 14:28 on May 12, a 8.0 -magnitude earthquake wenchuan time terminated at this moment. Human is so small, the life is so fragile, so a few seconds, all over! Rows of torsion crack of slab, the collapse streets bodies, survivors panicked look in the eyes, as if to sigh of the deepest sorrow. Departed relatives, their homes destroyed the whole city lay in ruins, a lifeless.

One party hard, p plus support. Destruction is the wenchuan earthquake, but affects the global Chinese peoples heart. The first time after the earthquake, the volunteers, the peoples liberation army, medical staff rushed to the forefront, day and night ground save buried in the ruins of the life. Successive aftershocks, and continuous heavy rain, the collapse of the debris flow occurred from time to time, always shake their determination to stick to the rescue. "As long as there is a ray of hope, well do efforts a one hundred times," premier wens strong words encouraged everyone to continue to hold on...

One time goes by, the golden 72 hours of rescue already more and more close, all people are looking forward to have more people to be rescued. Sometimes off the lights at night, close your eyes, but I couldnt sleep, and always repeated thought: I can lie in a comfortable bed, covered with a quilt satiated with food and sleep, even as thousands of miles away, at the same time, with many also the burden of being cold floor and bricks, struggling in the ruins of the gap, their hearts in the final a glimmer of hope may hold waiting for rescue workers, or maybe it is slowly despair... I dont know that they could not move, coming along with all the pain and cold, can only put hope on others to live mood how uncomfortable!

Disaster has been a month, but the disaster relief work is far from complete, nor our love like the tide, and as the tide receded, let us heart hand is linked together with the people in the disaster areas, to build homes!

当母亲们沉浸在母亲节的喜悦中，当孩子们徜徉在儿童节的向往中，当所有人期盼在奥运会的倒计时中时，突然间，地动山摇，山崩地裂：2008年的5月12日14时28分，里氏8.0级大地震让汶川的时间在这一刻终止。人类是多么的渺小，生命是如此的脆弱，就那么几秒钟， 一切都完了!崩塌扭裂的楼板，街道旁的一排排尸体，幸存者惊慌失措的眼神，仿佛在发出最深沉悲怆的叹息。亲人离去了，家园毁灭了，整个城市躺在了废墟里，一片死气沉沉。

一方有难，八方支援。地震毁灭的是汶川，但牵动的是全球中华儿女的心。地震后的第一时间，志愿者，解放军，医护人员迅速赶到最前线，不分昼夜地线拯救被埋在残垣断壁里的生命。接连不断的余震，连绵不绝的大雨，不时发生的崩塌泥石流，始终动摇不了他们坚持救援的决心。“只要有一线希望，我们就要尽百倍努力”温家宝总理的坚定的话语鼓励着所有人要继续坚持下去。。。

时间一分一秒的流逝，距离救援的黄金72小时已经越来越近，所有人都在期盼能有更多的人被救出。有时晚上关了灯，闭上眼，我却辗转无法入睡，总是反复的想：我可以躺在舒服的床上，吃饱喝足盖着被子睡觉，可就在几千公里之外，就在同时同刻，很多人还正在被冰冷沉重的楼板和砖头压着，在残垣断壁的缝隙中挣扎着，他们的心在或许抱着最后一丝希望苦苦等待救援人员，又或许正在慢慢绝望。。。我不知道那种自己动弹不得，疼痛和寒冷一并袭来，只能把生存的希望寄托在别人身上的心情有多么难受!

灾难发生已经一个月了，但救灾的工作远远没有完成，我们的爱也不能像潮水一般来，又像潮水一般退去，让我们与灾区人民心手相连，共建家园!

May 12th is an ordinary day in 2008it is in this day that shocking earthquake happened in Sichuan provinceChina.The earthquake destroyed nearly everything in Wenchuan country Sichuan province. It was terrible.We cant describle the scene what we saw with any words.Thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers they longed to have families to continue their lives .I am sympathetic to their fate ! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it .For example there many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!

What an unbelievable thing it is !their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans!Howeverthey must keep fighting against the death .Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever.Sadnesshoplessness and different kinds of danger spreaded out here and there !

But fortunately love is around us :the Communist party helps us the army helps us the people all over the world help us .They offer us with money goods love and so on !For example li lian ji a warm-hearted man offered us with 20 million yuan !

With the help of the such a large love we will over come the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future !

May 12th is an ordinary day in 2008,itis in this day that shocking earthquake happened in Sichuan province,China.The earthquake destroyed nearly everything in Wenchan county Sichuan province. It was terrible.We cant describle the scene what we saw with any words.thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers , they longed to have families to continue their lives .I am sympathetic to their fate ! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it .For example ,there many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!

What an unbelievable thing it is !their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans!However,they must keep fighting against the death .Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever.Sadness,hoplessness and different kinds of danger spreaded out here and there !

But ,fortunately ,love is around us :the Communist party helps us ,the army helps us ,the people all over the world help us .They offer us with money ,goods ,love and so on !For example ,li lian ji, a warm-hearted man ,offered us with 20 million yuan !

With the help of the such a large love ,we will over come the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future !

2008年5月12日是一个平凡的一天,它在这一天,令人震惊的地震发生在四川省,中国。地震几乎毁了一切在Wenchan县四川省。这是可怕的。我们不能简述现场我们看到任何单词。成千上万的人受伤甚至死亡。和成千上万的儿童成为不幸的人失去了父亲或母亲,他们渴望有家庭继续他们的生活。我同情他们的命运!但是我相信我们可以对抗命运和改变它。例如,有很多人保持生活没有食物或水约100个小时在地震!

什么不可思议的事情啊!人类的伟大的心灵表现出强大的生命活力!然而,他们必须对抗死亡。许多学校被毁,有许多学生和老师永远离开了我们。悲伤、hoplessness和不同种类的危险到处传播出去!

但是,幸运的是,爱是在我们周围:共产党帮助我们,军队帮助我们,全世界的人都帮助我们。他们给我们钱,商品、爱等等!例如,李连,一个热心的人,给我们2000万元!

的帮助下如此大爱,我们将在地震的破坏,面对我们的美好未来!

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 has hit Chinas southern province of Sichuan, shaking buildings as far away as Beijing, Shanghai and Bangkok.

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage from the tremor which the the US Geological Survey (UGS) earlier put at 7.8.

The epicentre of the quake was 93 kilometres north of .

Wenchuan, which took full force of the quake, has a population of 111,000 people.

It is in an ethnic area in Aba county which recently saw violent clashes between  and Chinese authorities.

According to some reports there was a second earthquake measuring 3.9 which hit the Beijing district of Tongzhou at roughly the same time.

Telephone lines in the affected area are jammed and there are still no reports of casualties.

Reports from Thailand say high buildings in Bangkok continued to shake several minutes after the tremors began.

"We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. Were still feeling slight tremblings," said an office worker in .

Chinas tallest building, the Jinmao Tower, and other highrise buildings in Shanghais financial district were evacuated after tremors were first felt.

"People were shouting get out, get out, so we all ran out of our dorm," said a student surnamed Zhang at a university in nearby Chongqing.

A spokesman for the China Earthquake Administration said it was still checking the epicentre and scale of the tremor.

2015年4月20日，四川省雅安市芦山发生强烈地震，造成很大损失。学校号召全体师生向灾区捐款。请你拟一个发言稿，在学校捐款动员大会上使用。发言稿主要内容应包括：

1. 对灾区情况的简单介绍(包括地震发生时间、地点、造成的财产和人员损失等);

2. 捐款的意义(帮助灾区人民渡过难关、帮助灾区重建);

3. 如何捐款(自愿、多少不限、以班级为单位，收齐后交到学校红十字会) 注意：

1. 不要逐条翻译;

2. 可适当增加细节;以使文章连贯;

3. 词数至少100词。 参考范文：

Dear teachers and students,

As we all know, a terrible earthquake happened in Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 20, in which many buildings were destroyed and many people were injured. In order to help the earthquake victims to go through the hard times and rebuild their hometown, the school has called on everyone in our school, including both teachers and students, to donate money to the earthquake-stricken area. This donation is voluntary. You can give away however much you want to. The money will be collected by each class before it is handed to the Red Cross Society of our school. We hope that everyone will be kind enough to do what you can to help our fellowmen out of the difficulty. Thank you.

Earthquake is one of the most severe natural disasters. Its shaking of the

ground caused by the sudden breaking and shifting of large sections of Earths

rocky ourter shell. Its results can be very horrible. The Wenchuan Earthquake in

2008 and Japan Earthquake in 2011 are the most severe earthquakes in recent

years, causing huge casualties and property losses. But earthquakes almost never

kill people directly. Many deaths and injuries in earthquaking result from

falling objects and the collapse of buildings

Strong earthquake hits China

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 has hit Chinas southern province of Sichuan, shaking buildings as far away as Beijing, Shanghai and Bangkok.

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage from the tremor which the the US Geological Survey (UGS) earlier put at 7.8.

The epicentre of the quake was 93 kilometres north of Chengdu.

Wenchuan, which took full force of the quake, has a population of 111,000 people.

It is in an ethnic Tibetan area in Aba county which recently saw violent clashes between Tibetans and Chinese authorities.

According to some reports there was a second earthquake measuring 3.9 which hit the Beijing district of Tongzhou at roughly the same time.

Telephone lines in the affected area are jammed and there are still no reports of casualties.

Reports from Thailand say high buildings in Bangkok continued to shake several minutes after the tremors began.

"We felt continuous shaking for about two or three minutes. All the people in our office are rushing downstairs. Were still feeling slight tremblings," said an office worker in Chengdu.

Chinas tallest building, the Jinmao Tower, and other highrise buildings in Shanghais financial district were evacuated after tremors were first felt.

"People were shouting get out, get out, so we all ran out of our dorm," said a student surnamed Zhang at a university in nearby Chongqing.

A spokesman for the China Earthquake Administration said it was still checking the epicentre and scale of the tremor.

Mobilize是一个平时不太常用的单词，但是此次四川地震灾难发生之后，全世界对于中国政府mobilize抗震救灾力量的效率给予了好评，我们也可以对mobilize有一个全新的认识与了解。在表示“废墟”的时候，英语中通常使用debris和rubble这两个单词。与地震相关的其他词语还包括地震的“震级”，“震中”，“地震强度”、“余震”等等，这些用英语怎么说?媒体是怎样报道的，让我们一起来学学!

2008年5月12日发生在四川西北部的特大地震及其惨重后果牵动了全体国人的心，媒体也迅速介入，在灾难发生后的第一时间，中央电视台启动24小时滚动直播。与此同时，西方媒体也纷纷迅速报道，而且大多惊叹中国政府的救灾效率，尤其是中国政府能在最短的时间内动员最大的人力投入救灾十分赞叹。

通过这些外媒的报道，我们也得到了一个通过新闻学习英语的良好机会，如果我们在积极关注地震灾难以及随后的可歌可泣抗争救灾行动的时候也注意通过英语媒体了解情况，我们就可以掌握一些地道的英语表达，丰富我们的语言应用能力。如美联社5月16日的一篇报道中有以下一段文字：China has mobilized 130,000 army and paramilitary troops to the disaster area, but the quake buckled roads and triggered mountain landslides, meaning that relief supplies and rescuers have struggled to reach the worst-hit areas.

Mobilize是一个平时不太常用的单词，但是此次四川地震灾难发生之后，全世界对于中国政府mobilize抗震救灾力量的效率给予了好评，我们也可以对mobilize有一个全新的认识与了解。中国政府此次动员的抗震救灾力量主要来自军警，上述文字中的paramilitary troops就是“准军事部队”的意思，也就是警察，包括武警。Paramilitary是西方国家通常用来表达警察和武警部队的英语词汇，在我国的汉英词典中，“武警”的译文通常是armed police，但这个表达远不如paramilitary在英语国家中用的普遍。中国政府此次出动的抗震救灾力量中除了军人之外还有大量武警、森林警察、消防警察和普通公安干警，这些警力在英语中可以统称为paramilitary troops。Buckled roads就是“阻挡道路”的意思，其中buckle这个单词在这里使用得十分生动形象，因为“阻挡道路”我们一般是表达为block road的，而buckle的意思是“使扭曲”，“使弯曲”，“使变形”，对于在汶川地震中毁坏的公路来说，buckle这个词显然是再形象不过的了，因为那里遭到毁坏的公路确实扭曲断裂变形了，这一点我们从电视上都看到了。triggered mountain landslides就是“引发山体滑坡”的意思，其中的mountain landslide就是“山体滑坡”的意思，slide属于美国英语用法，指的是(土、石、雪等的)崩落，崩塌。常见派生用法有landslide(山崩，滑坡，塌方)，mud slide就是“泥石流”。Trigger这个词用在这里也十分形象，因为它通常表示由于外来力量的作用而造成的某种后果。在美联社的另外一篇报道中，“引发”的英语对应词汇用的spark，其释义与trigger相似，如A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this weeks powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. 我们抗震救灾中所急需的各类“救灾物资”就是relief supplies。说到与“救”相关的词汇，我们的广大英语学习者往往会条件反射想到save这个英语单词，其实不然，在各种灾难救援行动中，rescue是一个更常用的词汇，下文的rescuers就是“救援人员”的意思，而“救援行动”本身在英语中就是relief。“救援人员”还可以表达为relief workers，如美联社的这篇报道中就提到了以下一句话：Relief workers said food, water and tents were urgently needed. 上文中的worst-hit areas指的就是此次地震灾害中受灾最严重的地区，比如说汶川，北川和青川等地。

此次汶川地震造成的严重后果之一就是大量人员、尤其是正在学校上学的孩子们被掩埋在建筑物坍塌之后的废墟之中，在表示“废墟”的时候，英语中通常使用debris和rubble这两个单词。如美联社的这篇报道提到：Rescuers saved a child from the debris of a school in the town of Beichuan 80 hours after the quake struck. They said they could hear weak calls for help from amid the rubble, Xinhua said.其中，debris所涵盖的范围比rubble更广泛，它可以泛指一切物体解体之后形成的碎片或者残骸，比如说飞机发生空难之后的残骸the debris of a plane，又如，The beach was littered with debris(海滩上到处都是残骸)。必须指出的是，debris是不可数名词。相对而言，rubble用在此次地震灾难的报道中就更加具有针对性，因为它表示(被毁的建筑物或墙壁)的碎石，碎砖，瓦砾，而汶川地震之后大量人员就是被掩埋在rubble之中的。Rubble同样也是不可数名词。此外，表示“倒塌的建筑物”时候，英语还经常使用ruin，它是可数名词，因此更经常使用ruins这个复数形式，其搭配介词是in。如美联社的这一报道说：Two girls held handsin the ruins of their school and swore to each other they would not give up hope, Xinhua said.又如，Elsewhere, rescuers were still finding survivors after being buried in rubble for 96 hours… 在词语搭配方面，除了ruin之外，rubble和debris的搭配介词也都是in，如buried in the rubble/debris就是“被掩埋在废墟/瓦砾之中”的意思。如果表达“被困”在废墟之中，那么，这时候的相应单词就是trap，其完整的词组表达就是英语被动式be trapped in the debris。如美联社的报道说： A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety afterbeing trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this weeks massive earthquake.地震中的遇险人员在遭到掩埋之后必定会呼救，这时候的对应英语表达除了上文提到的call for help之外还可以是yell for help，如美联社报道说：Xinhua News Agency said Friday that rescuers could still hear weak yells for help from the collapsed building in Beichuan in the northern part of Sichuan and hope to rescue more students.

汶川大地震造成的灾难性后果之一就是许多学校的教学楼坍塌了，此次我国媒体报道的时候使用的词语叫做“垮塌”，在英语中，无论是坍塌还是垮塌，其实都是一个词，即collapse，既是名词，也是动词，还是美联社的同一篇报道中提到：In the town of Dujiangyan, a school collapse buried 900 students. In Wufu, nearly every building in the village withstood the quake but for a primary school, whose collapse killed some 300 students. 又如，美联社新闻说，Experts said hope was quickly fading for anyone still caught in the wreckage of homes, schools, offices and factories that collapsed in the magnitude-7.9 quake, the most powerful in three decades in quake-prone China.房屋collapse的后果就是被夷为平地，而英语中表示“夷为平地”的对应说法是flatten，如美联社报道说The magnitude 7.9 quake flattened houses, schools and offices the southwestern province of Sichuan. In Hanwang, the towns mostly older buildings were flattened or severely damaged by the quake.

此次地震造成大量人员不幸遇难，让我们无不为之揪心，但这又是无法回避的事实。为此，党中央和国务院紧急强调，在抗震救灾进入第二阶段之后，随着死亡人数的增加和气温的升高，震区防疫就成为工作重点。为严防灾区传染病流行，卫生部防疫队5月15日进驻灾区。这里提到的“防疫”就是epidemic prevention，其中的epidemic是“流行病”，“传染病”的意思，在这里指的是“疫情”。如美联社的这一报道说：There were concerns about epidemics if the dead were not soon buried or cremated. 这个句子中的cremate是人死亡之后进行火化处理的意思。为了更好地应对震区可能出现的疫情，卫生部下发了通知，美联社的报道说：The Ministry of Health issued a notice ordering bodies to be cleaned where they were found and buried as soon as possible, far from water sources and downwind from populated areas.

此次惨烈的大地震造成了数以万计的居民遇难，而且死亡人数还在不断攀升。天灾人祸中的死亡总数，英语中叫做death toll，如美联社报道说The emergency headquarters of the State Council, Chinas Cabinet, said the confirmed death toll had reached 19,509 — up more than 4,500 from the day before. The council said deaths could rise to 50,000, state media reported.上文的意思是，国家抗震救灾总指挥部宣布，截止5月15日，确认的死亡人数已达到19509人，但最终遇难人数可能上升到5万人。

地震造成的直接后果是无数人死伤和无数房屋建筑被毁，但是，地震还可能造成伴随而来的“次生灾害”，对此党中央和国务院十分重视，及时做出应对部署，以避免次生灾害对人民生命财产的再次损害。美联社报道说：Even though aftershocks had mostly abated, the risk of secondary damage remained. Chinas Ministry of Land and Resources warned heavy rains — forecast for the next few days — would likely set off new landslides in the mountainous disaster zone, where many workers were busy extracting victims and recovering bodies.上文中的secondary damage就是“次生灾害”，而aftershocks had mostly abated指的是余震已经减弱。 5月20日下午，中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理、国务院抗震救灾总指挥部总指挥温家宝主持召开总指挥部第11次会议时就强调切实做好受灾群众安置工作，防范次生灾害。

与地震相关的其他词语还包括地震的“震级”，“震中”，“地震强度”、“余震”等等，如美联社报道说，A major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of Southwest Chinas Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday.其中的measuring 7.8 Richter Scale就是“里氏7?8级”的意思，其中的measure还可以表达为register。A major earthquake of 7.8-magnitude shook Chinas Sichuan province on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. 其中的magnitude就是表示地震的强度。Roads to the epicenter were closed due to damage caused by the 7.8-magnitude quake, and the situation was making rescue efforts difficult even 48 hours after the deadly quake.这里的epicenter指的就是地震的“震中”，此次川西北大地震的震中就位于汶川县的映秀镇。又如，A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this weeks powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China. Aftershock就是“余震”，上文已提及。而“地震”除了表达为earthquake及其缩略形式quake之外还可以说temblor，这是美国英语中用来表示“地震”的单词。此外，由于此次地震造成的伤亡后果十分惨重，因此在修饰性词汇方面，英语中用了多个不同单词，如massive/powerful/devastating/deadly/killer earthquake。

当然，与地震相关的词语表达还有很多，不可能在这里一一列举。在关注地震奉献爱心的时候，我们也可以通过阅读英语新闻报道来掌握一些英语词汇，丰富我们的语言表达能力，新闻媒介是当今日新月异的政治、经济、科技、文化和社会生活等各个层面活动的最佳表现渠道，语言便是其表现载体，因为语言是伴随着特定的政治、社会等环境而产生的，具有明显的社会性。

Premier Wen Jiabao, earthquake relief in the frontline commander-in-chief, a session of more than 60-year-old, aftershocks continue in the disaster scene to the spirit of ecstasy in the rubble piled up on the ruins of trouble, and even save people very anxious hands. Fall, climb up, injured his arm bleeding so doctors do not dress, but for a doctor to rescue injured victims. Ciqingcijing, how can we prevent it moving. If it is our own parents, sons and daughters of which it is not Jiuxin ? !

From the disaster of the day, Premier Wen will be the first time in arriving in the area in temporary tents set up in command of the earthquake, relief, rescue. Be buried in the primary school next to the ruins, the Prime Minister with hoarse, choked words, to the ruins of the children propaganda. A reporter at the scene through QQ issued immediately report said: "over 60 of the Prime Minister has no way of the Kude." In fact, Premier Wen is not not strong, but the heart of the Prime Minister for immediate disaster and heartache, this is Love the peoples good premier at this time reveal the truth.

Where victims of the most dangerous situations where the most serious, Premier Wen Jiabao on command in trouble. We can see that in the most severe earthquake relief moment, of all rescue teams to overcome the difficult 1,000 million insurance, with the fastest speed and rushed to the disaster area, the earthquake has more than 60,000 people were rescued. We felt the earthquake relief is the courage, strength, hope for. The people across the country will not be deterred by this major disaster, there will not be immediate destroyed by the tragedy. We firmly believe that with the party and the governments strong leadership, people of all nationalities throughout the country to aid earthquake relief will be a victory!

温总理，抗震救灾的一线总指挥，一位年届六十多岁的老人，在余震不断的救灾现场，以忘我的精神在瓦砾成堆的废墟上奔波，甚至急得亲自动手救人。摔倒了、爬起来，手臂受伤出血也不让医生包扎，而是让医生去抢救受伤灾民。此情此景，怎能不让我们为之感动。倘若是我们自己的父母，哪一个儿女不为之揪心?!

从灾情发生的那一天起，温总理便在第一时间抵达灾区，在临时搭起的帐篷中指挥抗震、救灾、救人。在被掩埋的小学废墟旁，总理用嘶哑、哽咽的话语，向废墟中的孩子喊话。一位在现场的记者通过QQ发出即时报道称：“年过花甲的总理已经哭得不成样子了。”其实，不是温总理不坚强，而是心系人民的总理为眼前的灾难而心痛，这是热爱人民的好总理此时此刻的真情流露。

哪里灾民最多，哪里险情最严重，温总理就指挥到哪里。我们看到在抗震救灾最严峻的时刻，各路救援队伍，克服千难万险，以最快的速度奔赴灾区，震区已有6万多人被救出。我们感受到了抗震救灾的勇气所在、力量所在、希望所在。全国人民不会被这一重大灾情所吓倒，更不会被眼前出现的悲情所摧垮。我们坚信，有党和政府的坚强领导，有全国各族人们的努力援助，抗震救灾一定会取得胜利!

导语：家乡遭受强烈地震，在外打工的人心急如焚。他们的第一个念头就是，亲人可安全?家园怎么样?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Home to a strong earthquake, the people working outside Xinjirufen. Their first thought is that their loved ones are safe » How home-like » Rush to return home as soon as possible, to participate in the rescue and rebuild their homes. But natural disasters which blocked the railway, the train decommissioning, long-distance truck capacity shortage, more than 10,000 from around the convergence of Sichuan Province to Xian transit workers in disaster areas anxiously awaiting the return home! Qualcomm situation in the heart, blood is thicker than water. Migrant workers in the disaster areas to return home affect the way the hearts of the people of Xian. Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Leji, governor Yuan Chunqing the first time made important instructions, Xian municipal government immediately made arrangements to mobilize all the forces can be mobilized quickly organized the citys capacity to the fastest speed Sending migrant workers to go home. To the secretary, to the mayor, to the commander and political commissar of the past, public security, traffic, traffic police and health departments to the person in charge. Migrant workers came to the middle, Wenhanwennuan, a certain commitment to send them home as soon as possible, so that migrant workers have been anxious the warm comfort. Metro, the mobilization of Yanta, who conscientiously fulfill their duties; Bureau of Transportation, bus companies to mobilize, they transferred the bus in good condition; Xian tourism groups to mobilize, they prepared the way migrant workers The necessary food and drink; policemen mobilized, they clear their task is to maintain order and cleared the way by police escort; oil companies to mobilize, they ensure that the fuel is sufficient; mobilization of the health system, ambulances and medical staff Accompanied all the way to the Bao Kang; our troops mobilized, they built the road vehicles and all the necessary supplies. A few hours, Xian on the mobilization of the 268 long-distance bus, eager to return home to the migrant workers send home the road. No Valentines love in the earthquake. Party committees at all levels of Xian, the love, the urgency of radical workers, migrant workers would like to think, to handle the affairs of migrant workers in the hearts. Xian love in all walks of life, their real actions, another interpretation of "a difficult one, P Plus assistance," the traditional Chinese virtues.

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家乡遭受强烈地震，在外打工的人心急如焚。他们的第一个念头就是，亲人可安全?家园怎么样?尽快赶回家，参加抢救，重建家园。但灾害使铁路受阻，火车停运，长途车运力不足，一万多名从各地汇聚到西安中转的四川灾区民工在焦急地等待回家! 情通于心，血浓于水。灾区民工的回家之路牵动着西安人民的心。省委书记赵乐际、省长袁纯清在第一时间作出了重要指示，西安市委、市政府立即作出了部署，要求动员一切可以动员的力量，迅速组织全市运力，以最快的速度送民工返乡。 书记来了，市长来了，司令来了，政委来了，公安、交通、交警、卫生等各部门的负责人来了。来到民工中间，问寒问暖，承诺一定尽快送他们回家，让焦急的民工得到了温暖的抚慰。新城、雁塔政府动员起来了，他们认真履行着自己的职责;交通局、公交公司动员起来了，他们调来了状况良好的大客车;西安旅游集团动员起来了，他们备好了民工路上所需的食品饮料;公安干警动员起来了，他们明确自己的任务是维持秩序，并用警车开道护航;石油公司动员起来了，他们确保的是油料充足;卫生系统动员起来了，救护车和医护人员一路相随为的是保康健;我们的部队动员起来了，他们自带车辆和路上所需的一切给养。短短的几个小时，西安就调集了268辆长途客车，把急切返乡的民工送上了回家的路。 地震无情人有情。西安各级党委、政府有情，急民工所急，想民工所想，把事情办在了民工的心坎上。西安各行各业有情，他们用实际行动又一次诠释了“一方有难，八方援手”的中华传统美德。

我原本以为，这种毁灭性的灾难不会在我有生之年发生。可它，还是发生了。2008年5月12日四川汶川发生8。0级的大地震，让原本喧嚣的城市在倾刻间变成一片废墟，多少生命在瓦砾间戈然而止。那一幕幕揪心的画面让我潸然泪下，咸湿的空气浸满了泪水。那些幸存的孩童睁着无辜的大眼睛看着这个劫后余生的城市，眼了写满了悲伤乃至恐惧。那些年轻，美丽的生命，还来不及跟这个世界说一声“再见”就以阴阳相隔。只是不管是多么沉痛的呼喊也呼不回孩子那纯真的笑容，也喊不回孩子那稚嫩的声音。

I thought this devastating disaster will happen in my lifetime. But, it does happen. In May 12, 2008, Sichuan Wenchuan 8. A 0 magnitude earthquake, let originally the hustle and bustle of the city at the moment the ruins, many lives among the rubble suddenly stop. The scenes of worried picture let me shed tears salty air. The surviving children with innocent eyes looked at the city to be a survivor of a disaster, eyes filled with sorrow and fear. The young, beautiful life, also not to the world to say "good bye" to be apart of yin and yang. But no matter how painful cry will call back to the childs innocent smile, also called the child back that little voice.

然而，面对这些，我却无能为力。唯有捐献出自己小小的爱心，以此表示对灾区人民的关心。我用我的真心，祈祷灾区人民日平安，祝福灾区幸存人民幸福。

However, in the face of these, I incapable of action. Only to donate their little hearts, said this to the people of disaster areas of concern. I use my heart, pray for people in the disaster areas, peace, blessing and happiness of the people of earthquake survivors.

手拉手，一起，为他们祈福。

Hand in hand, together, to pray for them.

Morning, my mother and I rubbed his change to eyes, skid to sit up, turn on the TV to watch the news, the television was on sichuan earthquake situation, my mother and I just watched with rapt attention, the news says the death toll has more than 170 people, 6986 people were injured. The peoples liberation army uncles last night didnt sleep a wink last night, has been in the search and rescue, hope within 72 hours of gold rescue more people.

Among them forth county has an 11 year old girl named Huang Siyi, her parents work in the county, Huang Siyi with grandma and grandpa always live together, at the time of the earthquake, Huang Siyi run down from upstairs, on the way to be on fence. With the help of the neighbours, rescued out of grace. Injury is very serious, scarlett yi has accepted the right leg amputation, but still in a coma, can only rely on breathing machine help to breathe. The doctor said she suffered serious damage of liver and kidneys. Grace is huaxi hospital intensive care unit for emergency treatment. To see her mother tearfully when accepting a reporter to interview, sad, my in the mind very afflictive, sour nose, I pray for her, want her to wake up and get well soon. Yi, come on!

My heart trembling, and the terrible earthquake, damn, why didnt at the time of the earthquake precursor, why no one can predict? Before the typhoon weather here advised us that want us to do a good job of typhoon. Sincerely hope that we can anticipate this natural disaster.

早晨，我和妈妈揉了揉惺松的眼睛，一骨碌地坐起来，打开电视看新闻，电视上面正在直播四川地震情况，我和妈妈就全神贯注地看了起来，新闻上说死亡人数已经超过170多人，6986人受伤。解放军叔叔们昨晚上一晚上都没合眼，一直在搜救，希望在72小时的黄金时间内搜救出更多的人民。

其中芦山县有一位11岁女孩叫黄思怡，她父母在县城打工，黄思怡一直跟爷爷奶奶生活在一起，地震发生时，黄思怡从楼上往下跑，途中被围墙砸到。在邻居的帮助下，思怡被救出来。伤势很严重，思怡已经接受了右腿截肢手术，但依然昏迷不醒，只能靠呼吸机辅助呼吸。医生说她的肝、肾功能受到严重损害。思怡正在华西医院的重症监护室进行抢救。看到她妈妈接受记者采访的时候声泪俱下，伤心欲绝，我心里很难受，鼻子酸酸的，我为她祈祷，希望她快点醒过来，快点好起来。思怡，加油!

我心里直打哆嗦，这可怕的地震真可恶，地震发生时为什么都没有前兆呢，为什么没有人能预测呢?我们这里台风来临之前气象台都会通知，要我们做好防台工作。真心希望我们人类能够事先预测这种自然灾害。