地震相关英文 (2008-05-25 22:54:26) The quake leveled entire towns, flattening the simple adobe, brick structures and leaving nothing but rubble. 地震夷平了整个城镇，摧毁了简易土坯房和砖结构建筑，在受灾区只留下一片废墟。 The quake has claimed more than 15,000 lives 地震遇难人数超过15,000。 地震营救现场的各种大型机械：crane（吊车）, bulldozer（推土机），excavator（挖掘机，美作“steam shovel ”），truck（卡车 ） 小型营救工具：铁锹（spade），撬棒（crowbar），徒手（bare hands）来搜救幸存者 Air raid sirens, and car, train and ship horns wailed and people stood for three minutes in silence yesterday to mourn the tens of thousands who died in last week's earthquake. 防空警报声响起，汽车、火车和舰船笛声哀鸣，人们肃立着为上周地震中的遇难者默哀 3分钟。 Flags were flying at half-mast across the country and all public entertainment has been suspended as the three-day mourning period started. The Olympic torch relay is also suspended during the period. 在为期三天的全国哀悼日期间，全国各地降半旗致哀，停止各类公共娱乐活动。此间暂停奥运火炬传递。 最近各大新闻媒体高频词： a magnitude 8.0 earthquake 8.0 级地震 a magnitude 8.0 earthquake on the Richter Scale 里氏 8.0 级地震 at a scale of 7.8 on the Richter scale 里氏 7.8 级地震 an earthquake measured 3.8 on the Richter Scale 里氏 3.8 级地震 a tremor was placed at 5.6 on the Ricther scale. 地震的震级被测定为里氏5.6 级。 aftershock 余震 aftershocks had mostly abated 余震已经减弱 airdrop food, drinking water and medicine 空投食物、饮用水和药品（知识延伸：“空投”分为三类，Low-Velocity Airdrop（低速空投），一般用于易碎或者大件物品；High-Velocity Airdrop（高速空投），一般用于耐用品；还有 Free Fall Airdrop（自由降落空投），此类空投不用降落伞，常用于人道主义救援） amputation 截肢 paramilitary troops 准军事部队 buckled roads 阻断了道路 buried in the rubble/deb...
