Like many people in the UK, the team at BBC Learning Englih have been hocked and addened by new of the earthquake in Sichuan province. We would like to extend our condolence to thoe affected by thi terrible natural diater. Below i a pecial report on the earthquake and the recue operation taking place.
和在英国的很多人一样，BBC 英语教学组的全体成员对五月十二号发生在四川省的地震消息感到震惊和悲痛，中国汶川大地震(China Wenchuan earthquake)作文。在这里我们对受害者表示最深切的哀悼，向那些受地震影响的人们深表同情。下面是对这次地震和地震营救行动的一篇特别报道。
Recue effort are underway in China’ Sichuan province following Monday’ devatating earthquake 灾难性的地震, which meaured 7.9 on the Richter Scale 里氏震级.
According to Xinhua new agency, nearly 15,000 people have died in the diater, with a many a 24,000 more trapped under rubble 碎石，碎砖 from collaping building and another 14,000 declared miing 申报失踪.
Prime Miniter Wen Jiabao ha viited the area to peronally overee relief work （抗震）救灾工作, and i flying to the epicentre 震中 of the earthquake today.
Chinee troop have been mobilied 调动 to carry out recue operation and emergency aid 紧急救护 ha been air-dropped 空降 into area that have been cut off by the diater.[由wWw.HaozuoWen.com整理]
Bad weather ha hampered 阻碍 relief effort and in ome cae recuer have had to trek into the diater area 受灾地区 by foot and earch for trapped urvivor 生还者 by hand a road have been blocked by debri 瓦砾碎片.
Some reident of the provincial capital 首府 Chengdu have choen to leep in tent and government helter for fear of afterhock 余震 cauing more damage.
One witne in Chengdu told the BBC the city’ population i helping the relief work by donating 捐献 food and water for thoe affected in the urrounding countryide.
Financial aid 经济救助 ha been pouring in 大量涌进 from all over China, with the Chinee government pledging hundred of million of dollar. Subtantial donation from other countrie and humanitarian organiation have alo been pledged 承诺，给予（援助）.
Although full caualty figure 伤亡数字 are not yet certain, it i clear that Monday’ earthquake i the wort to trike China ince the Tanghan earthquake of 1976.