第一篇：四川地震英語作文

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.英語作文 China Wenchuan earthquake

Like many people in the UK, the team at BBC Learning English have been shocked and saddened by news of the earthquake in Sichuan province.We would like to extend our condolences to those affected by this terrible natural disaster.Below is a special report on the earthquake and the rescue operations taking place.和在英國的很多人一樣，BBC 英語教學組的全體成員對五月十二號發(fā)生在四川省的地震消息感到震驚和悲痛。在這里我們對受害者表示最深切的哀悼，向那些受地震影響的人們深表同情。下面是對這次地震和地震營救行動的一篇特別報道。

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Rescue efforts are underway in China’s Sichuan province following Monday’s devastating earthquake 災難性的地震, which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale 里氏震級.According to Xinhua news agency, nearly 15,000 people have died in the disaster, with as many as 24,000 more trapped under rubble 碎石，碎磚 from collapsing buildings and another 14,000 declared missing 申報失蹤.prime Minister Wen Jiabao has visited the area to personally oversee relief work（抗震）救災工作, and is flying to the epicentre 震中 of the earthquake today.Chinese troops have been mobilised 調動 to carry out rescue operations and emergency aid 緊急救護 has been air-dropped 空降 into areas that have been cut off by the disaster.Bad weather has hampered 阻礙 relief efforts and in some cases rescuers have had to trek into the disaster area 受災地區(qū) by foot and search for trapped survivors 生還者 by hand as roads have been blocked by debris 瓦礫碎片.Some residents of the provincial capital 首府 Chengdu have chosen to sleep in tents and government shelters for fear of aftershocks 余震 causing more damage.One witness in Chengdu told the BBC the city’s population is helping the relief work by donating 捐獻 food and water for those affected in the surrounding countryside.Financial aid 經(jīng)濟救助 has been pouring in 大量涌進 from all over China, with the Chinese government pledging hundreds of millions of dollars.Substantial donations from other countries and humanitarian organisations have also been pledged 承諾，給予（援助）.Although full casualty figures 傷亡數(shù)字 are not yet certain, it is clear that Monday’s earthquake is the worst to strike China since the Tangshan earthquake of 1976.An 英語作文：What is earthquake?

earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves（地震波）.Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer（地震檢波器）, also known as a seismograph（地震儀）.The moment magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude(里氏量級）, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible 感覺不到的 and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas.Intensity of shaking is measured on the modified Mercalli scale（麥加利震級, 麥氏震級）.At the Earths surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by a shaking and sometimes displacement（位移）of the ground.When a large earthquake epicenter（震中）is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a ts

unami（海嘯）.The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity.In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event—whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans—that generates seismic waves.Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture（破裂, 裂開）of geological faults（斷層）, but also by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments.An earthquakes point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter.The term epicenter means the point at ground level directly above this.來源：http://blog.sina.com.cn/study001

第二篇：四川地震英語美文

Feature: When tremor hits, femininity shines

By Xinhua Writers Zhan Yan, Rong Jiaojiaopsy

CHENGDU, June 27(Xinhua)--

When William Shakespeare wrote “frailty, thy name is woman,” he may have no idea what women could do at times of extreme adversity.As the 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Sichuan, southwest China, on May 12, it let out not only the devastating power within the earth, but also the incredible strength inside women.Though they have suffered both at the quake zone and on the home front, women in Sichuan have helped inspire and give hope to those around them with their strength and love.IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER

A two-month-old baby found under the ruins in Longwan Village, Chenjiaba Township, Beichuan County, on May 12, survived because she was shielded by the body of her mother, who died protecting her.The mother's body was in a kneeling position, with the right hand pressed to the ground and the left holding the baby tightly.A thick roof beam lay across her back.The baby was crying in the space formed by her curved body.Two months before, the mother had undergone enormous pain while giving birth.She chose a natural delivery, rather than the less painful Caesarean.“It's for our baby's health,” Huang Lingli told her husband Mu Jianfeng.She fainted several times during the 25-hour delivery.During the labor, her husband repeatedly asked her to have a Caesarean, but she refused: “I won't give up.I want our baby to be as healthy as possible.”

“Marriage and birth-giving, the two most important things in a woman's life.I've done both and good days always follow,” the husband recalled her saying.However, she only spent two months with her baby Mu Qianqi.In the eyes of her husband, the woman seemed to have boundless energy.She was busy all day, caring for the baby, cooking, working the farmland and tending other family members.The husband worked in Shanghai, thousands of miles away, earning money for the family.“Our daughter laughed in her sleep and woke up giggling,” said her last text message to her husband.The husband said he would keep this message in his phone for the rest of his life, and would show it to the daughter when she is old enough to understand

THE BELATED MESSAGE OF ROMANCE

Li Diyan never expected her husband to carry her photo every day, because after two decades of marriage, she knew he was just not the romantic type.“I thought he knew nothing about romance.He never told me 'I love you' in all those years,” Li says.When she found out how wrong she was, it was too late.One month before his scheduled retirement, Colonel Qiu Guanghua was killed in action--his helicopter crashed while carrying a dozen trapped and injured villagers from the remote mountains.Collecting his belongings, rescuers found a yellowing photo of his wife in his breast pocket.Before the earthquake, the couple were planning how to spend their retirement.“Touring around Shanghai, Hangzhou....We had done a schedule,” Li says.The helicopter disappeared in bad weather in the cloudy mountains.It was found after a 10-day search.When he was missing, she had firmly believed he was alive.On the previous flight, Qiu survived a mishap when he was carrying about 20 injured people from Maoxian County, his home area.The engine overheated, but he managed a forced landing.He had 5,800 hours of flying time.She believed the same thing had happened this time.It was his 64th flight in the 17 days after the quake.Struggling between hope and despair, she often woke in the middle of the night when she heard a noise and asked, “Is that you? Guanghua?”

They lived near the airport.She had to get up early and ride her bicycle for two hours to work.He asked to move, but she refused.“It is near your workplace and convenient for you,” she told her husband.She is still proud of him, the boy from a backwater village who became a pilot.He volunteered for the rescue team although he could have been excused so close to his retirement.“They are suffering.I can't sit watching.I want to do my part,” he told his wife.She assured him she would take care of the family and look for his missing father and mother.She finally contacted them and brought them medicine, foods and a power-generator.Each time her husband left, she worried.“It was his familiar 'Hi' on phone after every flight that made me feel safe at heart,” Li says.But this time, the call never came.She has set up a memorial hall at their home.She pours two cups of liquor before his picture every night, toying with her jade necklace pendant.It was a token of betrothal from him.Another hung round his neck.The Fearless Quake Heroine Fears Night

She is strong and brave during the day, but in the darkness of night, Jiang Min is painful.(1)Jiang is a policewoman from Pengzhou, a city destroyed by the May 12th earthquake.Ten of Jiang’s relatives died in the earthquake, including her mother and two-year-old daughter.Jiang did not leave her post(崗位)as more and more displaced(使背井離鄉(xiāng))people came to Pengzhou seeking help.It was up to police, like her , to find shelter and food.In the weeks following the earthquake, Jiang worked non-stop at temporary shelters.She said she barely slept.(2)Regarded by millions of Chinese as a national heroine, Jiang said she was still struggling with

nightmares(噩夢)from that day.Work distracts her grief.“ I don’t like night”, she said.“I don’t know how I struggled through those days.My heart ached whenever I thought of my daughter and my mother… I didn’t even know where they were,” said she, fighting back tears.(3)Born in 1980 , Jiang led a quiet life before the earthquake, taking a walk with friends, going shopping and drinking tea were her favorite activities.The earthquake changed everything.''Life was carefree then,''she said.The earthquake changed everything.“ The most relaxed moment I have now is when I gather and chat with female workmates,” said Jiang, who was in Beijing for the Tenth National Women’s Congress.“We sometimes cried and we felt better after that.”In order to fight against stress,Jiang attended psychological counseling on occasion.She said talking to psychologists was helpful.''But you still have to rely onn yourself to get over the psychological stress.otherwise on matter what the experts say,it just won't work on you,''Jiang said

A DAUGHTER'S MEMORY AND WISH

“Mum, you gave me life, but I am sorry I can't sustain yours.How I wish I could be your mother if there were afterlife, then I could take better care of you,” wrote Li Jia, 26, on the blog dedicated to her mother, who died in the earthquake.Li Jia, an art editor of an advertising company in Chengdu, was having on-line chat with her mother, who

worked in Beichuan County, when the tremor struck.Her mother went suddenly off-line and couldn't be reached on her mobile.Finally, word came that her mother's workplace was flattened during the quake and her body couldn't be found.Li Jia couldn't believe that her meeting with Mum on May1 when they danced together to celebrate the Labor Day was their last.Memories haunted Li Jia and she decided to open a blog on May 26 for her mother.She wrote that she met her Mum every day in her dreams and hoped to see her often in this way.She confessed her regret at not saying “I love you” due to her shyness.She promised to her mother that she would be strong and happy.“Through the blog, I felt relieved.It is also a way to talk to myself to gain strength to move on,” said Li Jia, adding that her mother's biggest wish was to see her daughter healthy and happy.When Li Jia arrived in Beichuan County on June 21 to see her once cozy home in ruins, she couldn't help weeping silently.But she soon regained self-control.“Mum, I know you are watching me, so I will cry no more.Your love will be lifelong and you will always be there.”(Zhang Yanping, Zhu Yu and Bai Ruixue contributed to the story.)

第三篇：四川地震英語演講稿

What else can I do?

The terrible disaster caused more then 40075 inhabitants deaths and countless injured up to18:00 May 20th.The 8-day search-and-rescue efforts have put more strain on peoples nerves.Many Chinese spent the agonizing week following news on TV, on net, or glancing over newspapers and on public transport during rush hours.Even strangers exchanged information on the updated death toll and the latest outcome of rescue missions;cheered for every survival narrowly escaping hell;mourned each new death;and prayed for the strong lives still trapped in the debris.But hope is dimming as time is running out.So many people lost their lives in a flash, so many happy family become destitute and homeless far and near, so many buildings collapsed without any hesitate, the earth cracked, and even worse, it rained while others try to rescue them…I can not image how sad a child will be that she or he turn out to be orphan after this earthquake.Or the old lost all her offspring in this earthquake.people begin to wonder what they can do to help those who are still suffering.What else can I do? has been the question on everyones mind since the deadly quake hit Sichuan province.After all, only a few warm-hearted volunteers could access the front lines of combating disaster considering the complicated conditions and fear of potential calamity.people can be seen everywhere lining up to make donations.In many cities, blood banks have been reported up to saturation;and volunteers wishing to donate blood have to register and wait for to be notified.More and more people are eager to be involved in the rescue and relief work that they are becoming unsatisfied with the disaster-relief efforts made outside of the quake-ravaged areas;and volunteers are descending upon the worst-hit areas in growing numbers.It is pity that there are a lot of disasters in this Olympic year.This year, we, Chinese people, really have suffered a lot.however, we have not been defeated, instead, weve become more united and show great resolution to overcome all kinds of challenges to make our country more thriving and prosperous.When people shout slogans Cheer up, China!, Cheer up, Wenchuan!after a three-minute silent tribute to quake victims, at the Tiananmen Square in central Beijing,I know that the nightmare of the 8 days gone by will fade from the collective Chinese mind with time;and I could see the Chinese longings to rebuild a better future with dauntless perseverance and national esprit de corps!

第四篇：關于地震作文：四川地震

關于地震作文：四川地震

摘要：也許在此時，在四川又有一條生命因地震而喪失，也許在此時，一個昔日和諧的家庭因地震耳破碎！面對著一切有一切的悲劇，難道您此時就不想為他們說些什么？

相信大家都已經(jīng)找到了，2008年5月12日在我國四川汶川縣發(fā)生了8.0級的強烈地震，給我過造成了嚴重的損失。房屋倒塌，掩埋著一個個鮮活的生命；廢墟里隱藏著許多美好的夢想；廢墟下一條條生命在痛苦地掙扎著，他們還不想結束自己的生命！

看！在抗在前線，在人民最需要他們的時候，救援人員永遠在廢墟中穿行，他們的身影永遠是那么清晰、有力，在人民群眾的心中他們永遠是代表著希望，代表著生的可能！

也許在此時，在四川又有一條生命因地震而喪失，也許在此時，一個昔日和諧的家庭因地震耳破碎！面對著一切有一切的悲劇，難道您此時就不想為他們說些什么？為他們做些什么嗎？我們熱愛生命，如果我們付出的愛能讓更多生命延續(xù)，那樣我們的生命才有價值！

這場無情的災難，使我們的國家面臨著嚴峻的考驗，四川省內，房屋已經(jīng)坍塌了許多，因地震而掩埋的人也不計其數(shù)。災難無情人有情，俗話說：“一方有難，八方支援！”現(xiàn)在，我們的兄弟姐妹正在受著折磨，難道我們不應該給他們一點點幫助嗎？哪怕是一元錢、一句安慰、鼓勵的話語，也是我們的一片心！眾志成城，抗震救災讓我們不分你我，不分遠近，讓最美的太陽永遠照耀在人們的上空；讓最美的微笑永遠掛在人們的嘴邊；讓最堅定的信念永遠銘刻在人們的心中！

眾志成城，抗震救災，是我們最好的諾言！

第五篇：關于地震作文：四川地震

關于地震作文：四川地震

摘要：大災有大愛，大愛最無私。譚千秋、王洪發(fā)等人的壯舉就是大愛，他們愛親人，更愛他人，為了愛他人，可以割舍對親人的愛，他們寧可自己身碎或心碎，也不讓他人心痛。

汶川大地震給我們帶來太多的悲傷，常使我們淚滿襟，同時也給我們帶來太多的感動，常使我們熱淚流。

悲傷讓我們更堅強，感動讓我們更有力量。

地震帶給我們的感動太多了，多如繁星數(shù)不清。最讓人感動的是災區(qū)干部群眾面對生死考驗時做出的感天動地的壯舉。德陽東汽中學教導主任譚千秋在地震發(fā)生的那一刻，張開雙臂護住四名學生，這四個學生幸免于難，可譚老師卻永遠離開了他的學生。北川縣民政局局長王洪發(fā)在地震中先后救出了十位群眾，卻沒有時間去救自己唯一的兒子及親屬，結果他失去了兒子、二姐、侄兒等15位親人。記者問他傷心嗎？他回答：“我想傷心，你能給我時間嗎？”在這次地震中象譚千秋、王洪發(fā)這樣的感人事跡有很多，譚千秋是舍己救人，王洪發(fā)是舍親救人，他們在生與死的選擇上，毫不猶豫地把生留給別人，把死留給自己或自己的親人，這些普通人在關鍵時刻能豁得出來，事跡可歌可泣，令天地動容。

大災有大愛，大愛最無私。譚千秋、王洪發(fā)等人的壯舉就是大愛，他們愛親人，更愛他人，為了愛他人，可以割舍對親人的愛，他們寧可自己身碎或心碎，也不讓他人心痛。這種大愛是地震眾多感動中最精彩的篇章，最動人的頌歌，足以凈化我們的靈魂，純潔我們的心靈。

我們雖然不在災區(qū)，但需要學習、“復制”這種大愛。我們沒有遇到生與死的考驗，在日常工作和生活中卻有公與私、義與利等各種考驗，同樣需要這種大愛做出正確的選擇。

各級領導干部應率先“復制”、發(fā)揚這種大愛無私的精神，在工作中要多想群眾的困難和疾苦，少想自己的位子、票子、孩子等，把更多的愛獻給群眾，多為群眾辦好事、送溫暖，使干群關系更融洽，使我黨更有凝聚力和戰(zhàn)斗力。普通百姓也要“復制”、發(fā)揚這種大愛無私的精神，在日常工作和生活中，多些愛心，少些冷漠；多吃虧，別占便宜；多助人為樂，別損人利己；多大公無私，別自私自利。這樣人與人之間更和睦，社會更和諧。

不論是干部還是群眾，“復制”、發(fā)揚這種大愛無私的精神，既不需要獻出自己的生命，也不需要獻出自己的親人，只是獻出一點個人利益，應該不難做到。大家都做到了，我們的社會就更美好，受益的還是我們每一個人。