事件类英语作文：玉树地震

　　范文

　　Strong earthquake hits China

　　A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 has hit China's 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.

　　译文：

　　强烈地震袭击中国

　　一个强大的地震测量7.8中国南部省份四川、摇晃的`建筑远至北京、上海和曼谷。

　　目前尚不清楚是否有人员伤亡和财产损失的地震,美国地质调查局(UGS)早些时候在7.8。

　　地震的震中是成都以北93公里。

　　汶川地震充分的力量,有人口111000人。

　　在阿坝县的一个藏族地区最近看到西藏和中国政府之间的暴力冲突。

　　据报道有一个地震测量3.9北京通州地区在大致相同的时间。