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Earthquake News Report地震相关报道Item 1 • A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County, 92km northwest of Chengdu, Sichuan at 2:28 pm Monday, said the State Seismological Bureau. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage. PM Wen Jiabao is going to the disaster area and a 180- member aid team set up. So far 5 people were confirmed dead in Sichuan and Chongqing. 译文•据国家地震台测定，5月12日下午2时 28分，距成都92公里的四川汶川县发 生里氏7.8级地震目前人员伤亡和财 产损失暂不清楚温家宝总理正赶赴 灾区指导救援工作。

一支180人的救援 队已集结迄今为止地震已造成四川 和成都5人死亡Item 2•elite airborne trooper：空降兵特 种大队 •parachute：降落伞 •epicenter：震中 •landslide: 山体滑坡 (mudslide: 泥 石流）•Elite airborne troopers parachuted to counties close to the epicenter Wednesday afternoon as the confirmed nationwide death toll continued to climb reaching 14866 by 2 pm Wednesday. 14463 were in Wenchuan, with another 25788 still buried in debris. More than 20000 were out of reach in Anxian County due to large- scale mountain landslides and house collapses. 译文 •周三下午，空降兵特种大队官兵被投 放至震中附近地区参加救援。

截至周 三14时，汶川死亡人数达14866人 其中汶川14463人，另有25788人被埋 在安县，大面积的山体滑坡和房屋 垮塌导致2万多人与外界完全中断联系 Item 3•审计署：The National Audit Office •截留：intercept •挪用：misappropriate•为确保救灾资金和物资按要求及时到 位，严格管理和合理使用，审计署周 五决定对汶川地震救灾资金和物资进 行审计审计员将查处隐瞒，截留和 挪用救灾捐赠资金问题译文•The National Audit Office said Friday that they will audit the use of cash and goods for quake disaster regions, to ensure resources were strictly managed and used in a proper and timely manner. Auditors will investigate and deal with any attempt to hide, intercept or misappropriate donations.。