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Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. This is the first of two shows we are producing this week before the Thanksgiving holiday. I`m Carl Azuz.欢迎收看CNN学生新闻，这是感恩节之前播出的两个节目的第一个。我是Carl Azuz。The Pacific Island nation of Japan sees about 1500 tremors every year, one of them shook the central part of the country on Saturday night. Japan`s meteorological agency says it was magnitude 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey put it at magnitude 6.2. Either way, it was strong. The quake injured dozens of people, at least seven of them seriously. It was centered in a remote area of the mountains, and it seriously damaged or destroyed several structures at the ski resort.太平洋岛屿国家日本每年都会发生大约1500次地震。其中发生在周六晚上该国中部地震令人震惊。据日本气象局表示此次震级高达6.8级。美国地质调查局称此次震级为6.2级。无论怎样，此次地震是非常强烈的。数十人在地震中受伤，至少7人伤势严重。地震发生在该国偏僻的山区，严重摧毁了当地滑雪场建筑。Also, landslides. They flattened houses, have blocked warped roadways. There have been aftershocks as well, one of them measuring magnitude 4.1. But now tsunami warnings were given, and 21 people who`ve been trapped in their homes were rescued.同样，还有滑坡。地震导致房屋倒塌，阻断了扭曲的道路。随后发生了几次余震，其中一次有4.1级。但是现在已经发布了海啸预警，被困在废墟底下的21名群众也被成功营救。Across the Pacific now, to an American city hit by another natural disaster. Lake effect snow. And if that doesn`t sound disastrous, get a look at what it did to Buffalo, New York last week. Some spots got 86 inches of snow, a whole year`s worth in just three days. A resident says people came together to help one another in the city of good neighbors, but there`s another threat now, one that New York`s governor says it worse than the snow.跨国太平洋来到美国一个受其他自然灾害影响的城市。大湖效应。如果听着没有什么可怕的话，那就去纽约布法罗看看上周的降雪到底给当地带来了什么吧。一些地区积雪达到了86英尺厚，仅仅三天时间降雪量已经达到了全年降水量水平。一位当地居民称人们聚集开来帮助邻居清理积雪。但是现在又面临另一个威胁，纽约市长称这个威胁比下雪更严重。ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So much snow out here, in and around the city of Buffalo, but Governor Andrew Cuomo is saying that he is satisfied with the progress that they are making in the snow removal operation. Now, a number of state officials here in western New Yo