2008年高三语文汶川地震阅读专集.doc

高三英语汶川地震阅读专集 /id China to launch three-day mourning period BEICHUAN, China - China will spend three days marking the moment when tens of thousands died in a devastating earthquake, while hope of finding more trapped survivors dwindled Sunday and preventing hunger and disease became more pressing. The government announced an official mourning period starting Monday and asked Chinas 1.3 billion people to observe three minutes of silence starting at 2:28 p.m. — exactly one week after the quake killed an estimated 50,000. The Olympic torch relay — a potent symbol of national pride in t