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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.