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Another Fatal Quake Hits Sichuan

地牛再震四川

【新闻关键字】

1. dozens of：n. 数十个

2. province：n. 省份

3. suffer：v. 遭受

4. tremor：n. 地震

5. mountainous：adj. 多山地区的

6. flee：v. 逃跑

7. magnitude：n. 强度

8. aftershock：n. 余震

Anchor: An earthquake has hit southwest China again on Saturday, leaving dozens of dead. Sichuan Province has suffered hundreds of small but serious quakes since last May’s quake disaster.

新闻主播：周六地震再度侵袭中国西南部，造成数十人死亡。自从五月震灾以来，四川省已遭受数百个小规模但很严重的地震。

STORY: The tremor hit the mountainous border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces on Saturday. According to state media, 33 people were killed and over 500 injured.

新闻内容：地震在周六侵袭云南与四川多山地区的边境，根据国营媒体报导，33人死亡，超过500人受伤。

The quake forced over 150,000 people to flee, and left over 250,000 homes damaged. 地震迫使超过15万人逃跑，并造成超过25万户住宅受损。

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 5.7, while China state media says it measured 6.1.

美国地质调查机构测得强度在5.7级，然而中国国营媒体说测得强度为6.1级。

A slightly smaller aftershock hit 24 hours later, but there are no immediate reports of further damage.

24小时之后又发生较小规模的余震，但没有进一步损害的立即报导。

Sichuan Province has suffered hundreds of small but serious quakes since the May 12th quake disaster, which left 10 million people homeless.

自5月12日的震灾以来，四川遭受数百个小规模但很严重的地震，造成1千万人无家可归。

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